Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.The Pontificato
12-20-05, 09:43 AM
Oh, that's supposed to be "The Pontificator". Somehow my user name in it's entirety won't fit. Oh, well.
Hey! Hi!
After a 30 year absence from riding bicycles I went out and bought a Specialized Hardrock Comp Disc and am getting back into the fun.
I originally started "serious" riding as a teen back in 1974 and was then a L.A.W. member as well as a member of a central Ohio touring club now known as the Licking County Bicycle Club.
Fell into it purely by accident. Another student saw me out riding my bike and asked me if I was interested in a bike ride called a "century".
I didn't know what that was. I soon found out :eek:
Over the next three years I put several centuries, half-centuries, a TOSRV (1976), and too many weekly club rides (esp. the "breakfast ride") under my belt. Lawn-moving money was spend on upgrading marginal components, tools, and clothing. My mother's favorite phrase was not "you'll put an eye out!" but "You're going to destroy that bike by strewing it all over the garage floor!" :D
After getting my driver's license bikes became an afterthought then eventually forgotten.
Fast forward 30 years...
Now a burned-out corporate drone beset with weight problems, diabetes, hypertension, and the usual host of mid-life issues I have returned at least in part to a more carefree time.
It's good to be back.
Hey! Hi!
After a 30 year absence from riding bicycles I went out and bought a Specialized Hardrock Comp Disc and am getting back into the fun.
I originally started "serious" riding as a teen back in 1974 and was then a L.A.W. member as well as a member of a central Ohio touring club now known as the Licking County Bicycle Club.
Fell into it purely by accident. Another student saw me out riding my bike and asked me if I was interested in a bike ride called a "century".
I didn't know what that was. I soon found out :eek:
Over the next three years I put several centuries, half-centuries, a TOSRV (1976), and too many weekly club rides (esp. the "breakfast ride") under my belt. Lawn-moving money was spend on upgrading marginal components, tools, and clothing. My mother's favorite phrase was not "you'll put an eye out!" but "You're going to destroy that bike by strewing it all over the garage floor!" :D
After getting my driver's license bikes became an afterthought then eventually forgotten.
Fast forward 30 years...
Now a burned-out corporate drone beset with weight problems, diabetes, hypertension, and the usual host of mid-life issues I have returned at least in part to a more carefree time.
It's good to be back.