Pista

- We go to the opening of another "Piss bike" (slang for track bikes, from "Pista") boutique.

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3T "Pista" Track Drops - deep, classic drop shape - made from hardened 7075 aluminum alloy - approx. 42cm wide - in immaculate condition.

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3T "Pista" Track Drops - deep, classic drop shape - made from hardened 7075 aluminum alloy - approx. 42cm wide - in immaculate condition.

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The man, who did not want his named used, said he once helped collect the bodies of eight farmers from a village called La Pista that were put on display in the Nebaj town square.

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Blame Greenspan, for years he stood up in front of congress and told us that Pistas were a solid investment, with infinite returns, that everyone would want a Pista.

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That led Goldman Sachs to start derivatizing Pistas, in a complex formula that leveraged a brakeless Pista into a 40 story office tower in Dubai.

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-A Pista, an iPod, a pair of skinny jeans, and an ironic t-shirt

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It all crashed when Bear Sterns executives actually rode a Pista and noticed they did not go uphill by themselves, nor was there space for their latino man-servants to pedal.

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Crossing the Manhattan Bridge and heading into the city yesterday, I was passed by a rider on a brakeless Pista.

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Of course, early "hipster" retirement isn't the only reason to sell your Pista; sometimes your wife puts her "foot down:"

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