CDs as spoke cards

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on July 15, 2010 at 10:22am

I saw a dude last weekend with an old floppy disk (yes : the 5.25" one that actually *is* floppy).
pretty retro.

I am thinking gold CDs would be good for me. anyone wanna trade (they were Kodak IIRC) ?

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Permalink Reply by Fred Noinaj on July 15, 2010 at 10:29am

I think that was on Doug's bike! haha

He was the first one to get his bike cleaned by me.

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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on July 15, 2010 at 11:34am

I'm pretty sure that as Doug as well. He used to have a steel pie plate in his spokes, but he said it flew out one day while he was riding.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on July 15, 2010 at 11:44am

You've seen it before last week; I've had one in the spokes of all my bikes for a while. I have also shoved old pie plates, CDs and Cheetos bags into my spokes; is it any wonder I have problems with my wheels staying true?

dan brown said:

I saw a dude last weekend with an old floppy disk (yes : the 5.25" one that actually *is* floppy).
pretty retro.

I am thinking gold CDs would be good for me. anyone wanna trade (they were Kodak IIRC) ?

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Permalink Reply by Cullen Carter on July 15, 2010 at 12:24pm

Notorious,

Your name caught my eye. I'm curious about it pronunciation:
Notorious "Doug"
or
Notorious "DEE YOU GEE" (inspired by Notorious B I G) ?????






notoriousDUG said:

You've seen it before last week; I've had one in the spokes of all my bikes for a while. I have also shoved old pie plates, CDs and Cheetos bags into my spokes; is it any wonder I have problems with my wheels staying true?

dan brown said:

I saw a dude last weekend with an old floppy disk (yes : the 5.25" one that actually *is* floppy).
pretty retro.

I am thinking gold CDs would be good for me. anyone wanna trade (they were Kodak IIRC) ?

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Permalink Reply by Gort 12-mile Pinklegneep on July 15, 2010 at 12:31pm

Doesn't this stress the spokes? As a fat man who bikes every where I am mega concerned about wear on spokes.

the spoke cards aren't a big deal but CDs being thicker and more rigid seem like they'd be bad for the wheels.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on July 15, 2010 at 12:31pm

Either, I'm not picky.

Cullen Carter said:

Notorious,

Your name caught my eye. I'm curious about it pronunciation:
Notorious "Doug"
or
Notorious "DEE YOU GEE" (inspired by Notorious B I G) ?????






notoriousDUG said:

You've seen it before last week; I've had one in the spokes of all my bikes for a while. I have also shoved old pie plates, CDs and Cheetos bags into my spokes; is it any wonder I have problems with my wheels staying true?

dan brown said:

I saw a dude last weekend with an old floppy disk (yes : the 5.25" one that actually *is* floppy).
pretty retro.

I am thinking gold CDs would be good for me. anyone wanna trade (they were Kodak IIRC) ?

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