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    From =?UTF-8?B?Y3ljbGludG9t?=@cyclintom@yahoo.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Fri Aug 29 18:41:48 2025
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    On Wed Mar 5 14:47:14 2025 Zen Cycle wrote:
    On 3/5/2025 2:38 PM, cyclintom wrote:
    On Web 22 14:56:54 2025 AMuzi wrote:

    "Dennis"? lol....let me guess, Dennis is Tom Ritchey's real name and
    only you know that...right, or is this another case of "light lines"?


    I know him when he was riding klunkers down that hill over in Marin. I
    hate to have to explain this to you but he is not this supreme expert
    you seem to think he is. And I've ridden bikes of his that rode like
    shit. He screwed around with geometry for some time before he hit the
    sweet spot. While those guys wee riding a total of perhaps 5 miles to
    crash down that hill I was riding 50 mile round trips with 16% climbs on >> it. My cousin lives 2 or 3 miles from tha5 hill.




    Shouldn't you be telling us about those 2, 200 mile days at an average speed of 20 mph.

    I'd love to, if that had ever happened.

    One of the engineers I worked with was Dennis Ritchey so I confused their names. You on the other hand simply lied.

    I never claimed in any posting here or any strava activity that I ever
    rode 200 miles in one day. It never happened. It's just another one of
    _your_ lies. not mine.
    You are jying through your teeth. There is no other way I would have gotten the idea that you said that, unless you did. And since no one else seems to have read that, it is pretty clear what people think of your postings, you worm.
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  • From Roger Merriman@roger@sarlet.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Sat Aug 30 17:21:23 2025
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    cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
    On Wed Mar 5 14:47:14 2025 Zen Cycle wrote:
    On 3/5/2025 2:38 PM, cyclintom wrote:
    On Web 22 14:56:54 2025 AMuzi wrote:

    "Dennis"? lol....let me guess, Dennis is Tom Ritchey's real name and
    only you know that...right, or is this another case of "light lines"?


    I know him when he was riding klunkers down that hill over in Marin. I >>>> hate to have to explain this to you but he is not this supreme expert
    you seem to think he is. And I've ridden bikes of his that rode like
    shit. He screwed around with geometry for some time before he hit the
    sweet spot. While those guys wee riding a total of perhaps 5 miles to
    crash down that hill I was riding 50 mile round trips with 16% climbs on >>>> it. My cousin lives 2 or 3 miles from tha5 hill.




    Shouldn't you be telling us about those 2, 200 mile days at an average speed of 20 mph.

    I'd love to, if that had ever happened.

    One of the engineers I worked with was Dennis Ritchey so I confused
    their names. You on the other hand simply lied.

    I never claimed in any posting here or any strava activity that I ever
    rode 200 miles in one day. It never happened. It's just another one of
    _your_ lies. not mine.




    You are jying through your teeth. There is no other way I would have
    gotten the idea that you said that, unless you did. And since no one else seems to have read that, it is pretty clear what people think of your postings, you worm.


    Consider how often yourCOve misunderstood/remembered things which yourCOve then just repeated.

    And one can read back his comments and look at Strava etc.

    This is a Tom problem as ever!

    Roger Merriman

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?Y3ljbGludG9t?=@cyclintom@yahoo.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Sat Aug 30 19:26:54 2025
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    On Sat Aug 30 17:21:23 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:

    Consider how often you?ve misunderstood/remembered things which you?ve then just repeated.

    And one can read back his comments and look at Strava etc.

    This is a Tom problem as ever!
    Roger you've said that many times before but you've never quoted me saying anything about Flunky that he didn't say himself. In case you're unaware of it, you can erase postings on Strava so your pretense that looking on Strava proves anything is a false belief.
    Why haven't you made any comments about the "races" that Flunky claims to have done that are virtual "races" that are preposterous?
    I'm perfectoly willing to give credit to Flunky for the things he actually has done. But there isn't anything that he has done that he will not exaggerate completely out of proportion.
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  • From Roger Merriman@roger@sarlet.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Sat Aug 30 23:04:34 2025
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    cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
    On Sat Aug 30 17:21:23 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:

    Consider how often you?ve misunderstood/remembered things which you?ve then >> just repeated.

    And one can read back his comments and look at Strava etc.

    This is a Tom problem as ever!




    Roger you've said that many times before but you've never quoted me
    saying anything about Flunky that he didn't say himself. In case you're unaware of it, you can erase postings on Strava so your pretense that
    looking on Strava proves anything is a false belief.

    Why haven't you made any comments about the "races" that Flunky claims to have done that are virtual "races" that are preposterous?

    I'm perfectoly willing to give credit to Flunky for the things he
    actually has done. But there isn't anything that he has done that he will
    not exaggerate completely out of proportion.


    He isnrCOt the one telling fishermen tails about his fitness etc, his Strava etc support that herCOs a fit guy who races, your the one who brought in unsupported claims neither he or anyone else rCLremembersrCY him claiming any of these things, this is very much a you thing.

    Roger Merriman

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  • From zen cycle@funkmasterxx@hotmail.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Sun Aug 31 08:05:12 2025
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    On 8/30/2025 7:04 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
    cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
    On Sat Aug 30 17:21:23 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:

    Consider how often you?ve misunderstood/remembered things which you?ve then >>> just repeated.

    And one can read back his comments and look at Strava etc.

    This is a Tom problem as ever!




    Roger you've said that many times before but you've never quoted me
    saying anything about Flunky that he didn't say himself.

    Oh, like you claimed I said I was a production engineer, a manufacturing engineer, a QC engineer, or that I lived in New hampshire? Hint, sparky:
    I never claimed any of those things, Those were all figments of your imagination

    In case you're
    unaware of it, you can erase postings on Strava so your pretense that
    looking on Strava proves anything is a false belief.

    Tommy, There were never any postings on my strava account of a 200 mile
    ride. They weren't erased because they were never there to begin with.

    Why haven't you made any comments about the "races" that Flunky claims to
    have done that are virtual "races" that are preposterous?

    Probably because a) the claims are true, Zwift proves that*, and 2) they aren't preposterous. Virtual racing is now an annual UCI sanctioned
    event. BTW - Jay Vine, who won the UCI Esports Worl Championships in
    2022 is currently leasing the Vuelta a Espa|#a KOM standings (end of the
    first week today).


    I'm perfectoly willing to give credit to Flunky for the things he
    actually has done.

    no, actually, you're not, and you never have.

    But there isn't anything that he has done that he will
    not exaggerate completely out of proportion.

    Name one thing I've ever claimed I did in this forum that was "out of proportion".

    I have no idea where you dreamed up this ridiculous fiction about me
    doing two-hundred mile rides. The the fact that I would ever even
    attempt to post such a thing fails the basic logic test - People I've
    ridden and raced with for decades follow me on Strava. If I were to post
    such a ride, they would be the first ones to call me out, they know
    rides over 4 hours aren't something I do. They also know what I'm
    capable of, and something as ridiculous as a two hundred mile ride at a
    20 mph average would be something they would immediately know was bogus. Unlike you, these are people I respect and in two cases consider my
    mentors when I started racing in the 1980s.

    Why would I be ashamed of something from a loudmouth asshole I've never
    met on the other side the country when I see and ride with the people
    that follow me on strava an a regular basis. Does it make any sense the
    I would deleted such a ridiculous fantasy ride because a piece of shit
    like _you_ doubted it? Get over yourself.

    No, tommy, this is something you dreamed up from somewhere that has no
    basis in any fact of plane of reality.

    He isnrCOt the one telling fishermen tails about his fitness etc, his Strava etc support that herCOs a fit guy who races, your the one who brought in unsupported claims neither he or anyone else rCLremembersrCY him claiming any of these things, this is very much a you thing.

    Roger Merriman

    Thanks Roger - BTW - notice how this is a posting from March he's
    replying to? Talk about no life......



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