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Jason762
03-24-08, 11:33 AM
Hey. I'm Jason, from East Bay Area, SF, California (a 30 minute bike ride from Berkeley).

I ride a Giant OCR2 (http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/gi/giant-04-ocr-2-giant-road-bike-2004-ocr-2-road-bikes.gif) from (I believe) 2004. I've been riding on and off since I was a kid. My first "real" bike was a BMX single speed that my uncle built for me. I have a lot of fond memories of that bike.

Anyway, now I just ride 10 miles daily to and from work (5 miles each way). I came here to rekindle my fondness of the single speed bike I grew up on. Now, as I read around, I'm thinking about fixies.

So look for me in the SS/Fixie forums! :beer:

Jason

East Hill
03-24-08, 11:39 AM
Hi Jason, check into the Northern California regional subforum, too. Quite a few members from around your part of the world. Good to see you commuting :D .

Welcome to BF!

East Hill

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Jason762
03-24-08, 12:02 PM
Thanks East Hill, posted a response there.

5 miles is nothing on a bike, despite my coworker's beliefs. They'll ask where I live and I'll say "by the casino" and their eyes will get wide and go "Really? That's far!".

Pssh, not really, you're just lazy :p

East Hill
03-24-08, 12:06 PM
Thanks East Hill, posted a response there.

5 miles is nothing on a bike, despite my coworker's beliefs. They'll ask where I live and I'll say "by the casino" and their eyes will get wide and go "Really? That's far!".

Pssh, not really, you're just lazy :p

Yes, most of us have encountered that response. I live about eight and a half miles from work (one way), and quite often when I get off work I do not go straight home, but go for about a 25 mile ride.

The first distance is hard enough for people to grasp, but when I tell them I ride longer distances for fun--then they think I am crazy :rolleyes: .

East Hill
Jason762
03-26-08, 12:20 PM
I forgot to say with the "anything else?" question.

I'm hearing impaired I (used to) wear two hearing aids - until I lost one cycling :( and know sign language.
East Hill
03-26-08, 01:46 PM
I forgot to say with the "anything else?" question.

I'm hearing impaired I (used to) wear two hearing aids - until I lost one cycling :( and know sign language.

There's at least one other member who's deaf--Curiouswill. He has not been visiting lately, but I think that he is on the road.

There's quite a few members here with significant hearing loss, but I don't know if they know ASL.

One of my sisters, who lives in San Jose, is a certified ASL interpreter, by the way :) .

East Hill