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Well, it's very cheap... Until it isn't.
http://www.crn.com/news/security/212200253/facebook-spammer-slapped-with-873m-can-spam-fine.htm
What the WHAT?!?

Ok, that's it.  Will all the #pro rockstars please sew an appropriate badge to their kit?  I clearly cannot keep track of you all...!

http://www.bam.org/music/2014/pillow-theory

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Too good not to share:

http://deadspin.com/donald-sterling-is-master-shake-from-aqua-teen-hunger-f-1576333572
My happy hour bar is actually showing the tour of California. $3 miller lites too (not saying much). Pretty cool.
Got a chuckle from Chris Froome looking at stems
When you see it you'll shit bricks..... http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/alec-baldwin-arrested-for-illegal-biking-disorderly-conduct
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Stepping through is not a crime!

Every interview I've ever seen with Cadel Evans totally confuses my understanding of human emotion. He always seems to be on the verge of crying, while simultaneously exhibiting Vulcan-like indifference.
He rocks the full bloz
THIS TOTALLY HAPPENED

http://i.imgur.com/z85ihEI.gif
On May 30, 2014 11:33 PM, "Marc Bertucco" <
Lol! But why?
Who cares!

(#checksmylespostsforpcwithinseconds!)
On May 31, 2014 8:47 PM, "Jules"
When I was watching that live, the commentators had a better idea: he should have put them on before tossing them.
Reoccurring convo I had while spectating the philly race - 

Stranger - "Oh man...what happened?"
Me - "I broke my collarbone last weekend in a race."
Stranger - "Oh jeez. Did you break it at nationals??"
Me - ".....No..."

I guess walking around in a champ sys polo with a sling on makes you look pro.
When someone asks you if you're a pro, you say YES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6LD6ITN2dk
They got my handlebars.  5th Ave at 18th Street.  

I started commuting by bike to work again May 5th.  Yesterday, after one month of almost daily riding in, they took my handlebars - unscrewed the faceplate of my stem, loosened the brake screws, took the bars with brake levers and wires still attached.
I recovered my faceplate and the 4 bolts dropped on the sidewalk.  
My State Bike singlespeed was locked with a Kryptonite chain in front, U lock in the rear.  Saddle was not locked.  
My strategy will be, once I get another bar, to weld a round piece to the bar so I can thread a wire through it to lock it to the bike, definitely lock the saddle with a bit of chain, re-tighten all the bolts and then use a drill-bit to strip them so tools won't work (replacement will be more difficult, but at least there will be something to replace).  And, well, I'm using this as incentive to find another job at a company where I can bring my bike inside.  Who said NY has lost its edge. . . 
Ugh. Dislike. Not sure, but I think all companies/buildings of a certain size are required to allow you bring the bike inside. Don't know what that size is though.
Bastards. Really sorry to hear, @Bruce. If your company doesn't let you bring your bike in after this latest episode--as if having your bike stolen last year wasn't a good enough reason--then yeah, probably time to move on. 
There is a law that allows bikes inside commercial buildings if a tenant requests it. The caveat is the building must have a freight elevator.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikesinbuildings.shtml
Bruce that's an empty feeling to find that, sorry to hear. I locked my beater road bike on 5th Ave every day for a couple of years. My tip is to put two-part epoxy in the allen bolts. If you need to get the part off you can dig it out with a pick, but it foils the bike courier with an allen wrench. The other suggestion is to make your bike look more like a bike courier bike — it basically says think twice, I may be back in 5 minutes to beat your ass.
Bruce that sucks. I've also heard of people using a glue gun and a ball bearing and sticking it into allen bolts. You have to heat up the glue to get it out but it's another way of foiling the thief.
Thanks, all!  While the law says if the building can, it must allow bikes in (unless it receives a waiver), it doesn't say anything about the company making the request - no law that a company needs to ask.  I've spoken with our facilities director and VP of HR.  If they haven't put in the request, then the law doesn't apply.  I showed the bolts I picked up off the sidewalk to my VP and he's going to speak with our CTO.  That's what it's come to, talking with the CTO of a multinational, multibillion dollar company, about bringing my bicycle inside.  Go figure.
In this case, the chairman of the board also owns the building.  You would think that would make this easier.

Great advice about making the bike more difficult to steal.  I like the glue-gun idea, Craig, and the epoxy on the bolts, John.  I did buy a bike I thought looked great, then realized my error when I first locked it up outside.

Kayt, at least they didn't get the bike, this time!  I learned my lesson and bought great locks.  I also consider an extra 12 pounds of locks in my backpack great for training.
Sucks to hear @Bruce.  I've got nothing for advice, save appease whatever bike god you may have angered...
Ugh, that sucks @Bruce. Knowing the company of which you speak, I can't say I'm hugely surprised (but really, I am a little... are the other bike commuters there all locking up outside?). Of _course_ that's what the CTO should be doing...
Thanks, Tim.  I talked to the people who sit around me, mostly graphic designers, and apparently there are a lot of people riding in, either locking their bikes up outside, or using Citibike, even though they have bikes, because they're not allowed inside.  I was surprised to find there were so many people.  I thought about rallying them to the cause, but man, this is about bringing bikes inside a huge building. . . 
I stopped by Ride Brooklyn yesterday and Murray hooked me up with all the missing parts.  $79 is not too bad.  The worst will be taking a brillo pad to my shiny new riser handlebars so I destroy them before someone else does.  I'll rebuild, glue and destroy everything this weekend for a Monday commute.  In the meantime, I'm getting a lot of reading done on the train.
Other option is a folder under your desk.
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On Jun 6, 2014 9:06 AM, "Bruce van-Schalkwyk" <

So I saw this tweet where apparently Froome says about Wiggins in a book, "We rode around him and his moods like a traffic island."

And it made me think, sure some of us KCC dudes may get a little snippy at each other on the forum now and again, but chrissss sakes, why would you say such an obnoxious thing, make a personal attack against someone in a book???
Ghostwriter! 
Controversy sells books?

The way Froome describes Wiggins sounds a bit like how Charly Wegelius described Cadel Evans.
Marc, there are no normal people left at that end of the spectrum.  None.  All gone.  Industry notwithstanding.  

The combination of personality type that is selected for and the effects of the success guarantee it.