the dream is flat on the LES
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“I want you to tune up my bike”
“Ok. It needs our standard tune up package and these parts.”
“I don’t want any parts, just give it a basic tune up”
“Your parts are too worn out for me to do a basic tune. I will not do a repair that I can’t guarantee, and I cannot guarantee anything without replacing those parts.”
“Just do what I say or I’m picking the bike up”
“Ok, come get it”
Then we had the exact same exchange in person when he picked it up. Haven’t been that frustrated in a long time. I’m in my last 30 days of the bike mines, so hopefully that’s the most frustrated I get til I’m out.
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i love that one. trying to explain that just a new chain to replace the broken one will only make things worse.
The kind of person who belives in the laying on of hands
Didn’t say anything when I first saw it, but after 3+ times thinking about it since this post went up, I think it deserves a tarcklebee nomination. I mean seriously; good advice, photographic evidence, and necro’ing a 3 month old post.
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seconded!
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Slam dunk for a tarcklebeelzebub
I have trouble believing they both gave up at once without an impact
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Oh man no way that sucks
https://app.midpage.ai/case/woodall-v-quality-bicycle-products-10679309
Background
- Plaintiff Ronnie Woodall sued after a bicycle allegedly disassembled during use; defendants were Quality Bicycle Products, Inc. and Russell T. Pickavance II d/b/a Cycleast.
- Defendants removed the case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction; Woodall later moved to voluntarily dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2).
- The District Court entered final judgment dismissing the case without prejudice and awarded “Cycleast” its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, defining “Cycleast” to refer to both defendants.
- Cycleast sought $18,906.50 in attorneys’ fees (104.2 hours; blended rate $181.44) and $400 in costs (removal filing fee).
- The magistrate applied the lodestar method, found the blended rate reasonable, determined the time records lacked sufficient detail and billing-judgment showing, reduced total hours by 20% to 83.4 hours, and computed a lodestar of $15,132.10.
- Recommendation: grant in part — award $15,132.10 in attorneys’ fees and $400 in costs.
I’d still like to know what actually happened
After Defendants removed that case to federal court, Plaintiffs filed a
motion for voluntary dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). Plaintiffs sought dismissal without prejudice because “Woodall requires additional medical treatment at this time and desires to focus on attaining the medical treatment rather than engaging in litigation at this time.” Dkt. 21 in 1:20-CV-00554-LY. The District Court granted the motion, dismissed the case without prejudice, and awarded Defendants reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees. Id. at 28.
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anyone recognize that all city frame?
I remember some meme pages making fun of all city for this back in 2019/2020ish
Someone selling a Bombtrack on Marketplace for A$950.
quote: “Converted bombtrack arise with 6 gears….
The bike had a crash in 2022 and the frame was repaired with chrome molly and repainted green. Painting and repair cost 1100. No issues since repaired 4 years ago.”
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Which bit was repaired
It doesn’t look like the fork was.
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(•_•)
You could say that the front of that bike has…
( •_•)>⌐■-■
arisen
(⌐■_■)
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was that pic from before the $1100 repair/paint? im confused.
I believe that is the repair.
Obv crunched the HT connections so it was replaced with chrome moly tubes
oh i understand now, sort of.