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12-08-2009, 10:57 AM #1
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12-08-2009, 12:11 PM #2
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whew, ok, i thought i was gonna be missed
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12-10-2009, 01:13 AM #3
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Pinkbikes, I sent you a PM about handing Maidei over to you.. did you get it?
Max
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12-13-2009, 08:51 PM #4
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hey
How's Maidei surviving the Australian summer?
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12-13-2009, 11:45 PM #5
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I handed Maidei off to Pinkbikes over the weekend. I have a feeling they're headed for shadier riding areas than the beach!
Max
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12-14-2009, 02:13 AM #6
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What are the odds?
OK, so Maxxxie and I had our Maidei handover this weekend. She is weathering the weather well and seems none the worse for wear for her adventures so far.
But I must make comment on the weirdness of it all. You see, Maxxxie sent me a PM to let me know we were ready for a handover and we pondered whether we could arrange a meet up or whether she should just slip Maidei in the post to me. We decided on a meet up to handover, as I figured, "What are the chances of many TE'ers actually meeting in person outside the USA? Probably not too common."
So we settled on a rendezvous point (a lovely spot on the foreshore at Shorncliffe) and Max gave me the details - will be on a blue Cannondale Synapse and wearing this year's Cycle Queensland jersey.
This is where it got weird.
You see, Cycle Queensland is a 9 day cycle tour around Queensland, which attracts 1500-odd people all up. I was also on this tour this year, riding it on a tandem with my DD.
I remembered that I had chatted to a gal on a blue Synapse one day when we had both stopped for lunch in some farmer's paddock in the middle of nowhere. I had asked her about how she was enjoying her Synpase, because I will be handing my roadie down to DD before there is too much more growing, and I was interested in the various options.
So I sent a PM back to her to ask whether perhaps she was the same gal. OMG - she was! So how weird is it that you can meet somebody on a webforum from halfway around the world, and then find that you have actually met before, and also find out that you live one suburb away??!
Oh - and here is the photo of the successful handoff...
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12-14-2009, 02:25 AM #7
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Love stories of good karma and chance like this!! And Maidei helped you 2 meet again.
Great to see!
Last edited by shootingstar; 12-14-2009 at 02:59 AM.
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12-15-2009, 01:31 AM #8
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I can't tell you how much that made me laugh!!!
Originally Posted by pinkbikes
So how weird is it that you can meet somebody on a webforum from halfway around the world, and then find that you have actually met before, and also find out that you live one suburb away??!
Pleasure to meet you again, Pinkbikes. Give me a hoy if you'd like to go for a ride sometime.
Max
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