Southern California - You know your in so-cal when...

Every single damn store you go into has a Pinarello Prince fully built haha. I'm so tired of seeing that damn bike when I go in to get some Co2 its damn depressing. One kid at the store had the audacity to tell me that if I was going to look at a Pinarello FP5 I might as well check out the Prince...yah I mean ****, if your going to spend 5k whats 5k more. HAHA.

lets play the game.

you know you're in so cal when you can do a night ride in January.

lets play the game.

you know you're in so cal when you can do a night ride in January.

Heck, in the winter, the only time to ride is at night!

You know your in so-cal when you got cut off by a guy driving a Ferrari.

lets play the game.

you know you're in so cal when you can do a night ride in January.

I did night rides in January in Minnesota, they just sucked a lot harder.

You get yelled at by a redneck in a pick up truck that cost $100,000.

...your Saturday morning group ride has 200 people in it.

. . . people riding are dressed for an arctic expedition when the temp is 60 degrees F.

You get yelled at by a redneck in a pick up truck that cost $100,000.

I was drooling at Hi-Tech Bikes yesterday and there was guy in getting fitted for a REALLY nice Tri bike that left in a HUGE red truck. It was just a little strange seeing a cyclist in this huge gas guzzling vehicle! :)
I'm not sure he was a redneck, but....
Chris
(I drive a Miata and yes, I'm secure in my manhood!) :D

...when you want to pick up a dictionary and a style manual and beat the kapok out of people who still haven't learned the difference in a second-person possessive (your) and a second-person present-tense contraction (you're = you are).

...a driver on a cell phone has no idea he almost ran you off the road. Oh nevermind, that happens everywhere now.

You know your in so-cal when you got cut off by a guy driving a Ferrari.

Funny you mention that...

Didn't actually get cut off by a Ferrari but was cycling on a Sunday morning last summer and got passed by a Ferrari, so I thought to myself wow that's pretty neat!, and then they just kept coming.... Turns out it was some sort of car club heading out to drive the canyons. I was passed by a total of 17 Ferrari's that morning, everything from old Magnum PI style up to brand new cars that still had the dealer plates. It was a trip.

.... When you see a Lamborgini with a Cervelo on a trunk rack. Yes, I've actually seen this.

.... When you see a Lamborgini with a Cervelo on a trunk rack. Yes, I've actually seen this.

Yeah, I always just have my limo driver cart my Cervelo around. :D

When the Capoforma winter line is in the 80% off box in February.

Funny you mention that...

Didn't actually get cut off by a Ferrari but was cycling on a Sunday morning last summer and got passed by a Ferrari, so I thought to myself wow that's pretty neat!, and then they just kept coming.... Turns out it was some sort of car club heading out to drive the canyons. I was passed by a total of 17 Ferrari's that morning, everything from old Magnum PI style up to brand new cars that still had the dealer plates. It was a trip.

Was this down on PCH around Newport Beach?

You know you in so-cal when you hear a women say how she never rides in the same breath as she mentions her brand new cervelo then picks up a pinarello and complains its too heavy.

.... When you see a Lamborgini with a Cervelo on a trunk rack. Yes, I've actually seen this.

A guy I used to work for had a Testerosa with a USCF sticker in the back window..I always thought that was a nice touch

It's cloudy and PCH is deserted. :D

I'm doing 90 miles this weekend from hermosa beach up pch and i'm hoping pch will be dead, i've never ridden on PCH down that way past santa monica

... when people can't distinguish between "your" and "you're."

I'm doing 90 miles this weekend from hermosa beach up pch and i'm hoping pch will be dead, i've never ridden on PCH down that way past santa monica

If you get out really really early (6:30 to 7am), you'll be fine. Pick up some tail wind through Malibu on the way back at 25mph and you should be good to go. Just wave the cars around ya and watch out for doors opening in your path.

Was this down on PCH around Newport Beach?

Nope, Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley. Presumably they were heading to Bouquet or San Fransisquito

When 99% of the homeowners don't do their own lawns.

Where it starts sprinkling and besides every local news channel doing Doppler 7000 coverage of "STORM WATCH 2008!!," you get everyone on the damn freeway driving like a skittish and blind 13 year-old. On their cell phones.

is 15mph 2 slow to be on pch? i'm going slow cuz i've never gone past 80 miles.

...when "serious" roadies are so uptight, you couldn't drive a pin up their backside with a jackhammer.

...when wannabe weekend warriors get winded at 17mph, yet still backslap heavily all over the internet after their rides.

When you drop a bunch of overweight 40 year olds on 10k bikes and they still act hard as hell and give you attitude.

you know you're in so cal when ...

You go into a Starbucks and the anorexic 13 year old in line ahead of you orders a caffeine-free non-fat latte with sugar-free caramel. You know, because she's watching her figure.

:p

Actually, most of these so far apply to norcal as well.

I was drooling at Hi-Tech Bikes yesterday and there was guy in getting fitted for a REALLY nice Tri bike that left in a HUGE red truck. It was just a little strange seeing a cyclist in this huge gas guzzling vehicle! :)
I'm not sure he was a redneck, but....
Chris
(I drive a Miata and yes, I'm secure in my manhood!) :D

For me, riding a bike is NOT a political statement, please don't turn it into one!

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...when wannabe weekend warriors get winded at 17mph, yet still backslap heavily all over the internet after their rides.


How dare you!:eek:.I was doing 17.5!:D

For me, riding a bike is NOT a political statement, please don't turn it into one!

It has nothing to do with anything political......

For one I think it's idiotic for ANYONE to drive a huge jacked up truck with "Dub-Dubs" that couldn't possibly tow anything because it's too high. It's totally unnessesary and is a complete waste! NOW, for a cyclist to drive this montrosity is 100x worse as we should have a clue. This had nothing to do with the government or the current administration...it may have something to do with the environment as that's seperate from "political" and something we all should be concerned with.

I wasn't going to go this deep into it, but since you brought it up.......

.....when wannabe weekend warriors get winded at 17mph, yet still backslap heavily all over the internet after their rides.


Wow, I figured this would be over in the "elitest" thread in the road forum! :eek:

Politics doesn't simply refer to government and administration, it also applies to social concerns...that is a politically lined statement. I now refer to argument F "big truck small penis" GAME ON.

I now refer to argument F "big truck small penis" GAME ON.

So true!

Politics doesn't simply refer to government and administration, it also applies to social concerns...that is a politically lined statement. I now refer to argument F "big truck small penis" GAME ON.

Big truck + balls hanging from the rear = REALLY REALLY REALLY small penis :p

hahahahaha! I spent 2 weeks in paris and literally didn't see 1 pick up, it was amazing.

...when a ****** in a CSC jersey looks at your bar-end shifters like they are Martian antennae.

It has nothing to do with anything political......

For one I think it's idiotic for ANYONE to drive a huge jacked up truck with "Dub-Dubs" that couldn't possibly tow anything because it's too high. It's totally unnessesary and is a complete waste! NOW, for a cyclist to drive this montrosity is 100x worse as we should have a clue. This had nothing to do with the government or the current administration...it may have something to do with the environment as that's seperate from "political" and something we all should be concerned with.

I wasn't going to go this deep into it, but since you brought it up.......

Sorry, but you're wrong, environmentalism is all politics and nothing else...go into as deep as you want, you had to bring it here not me. When you make buying decisions for other people, that's political.

Sorry, but you're wrong, environmentalism is all politics and nothing else....

Sorry, but you're wrong about "Sorry, but you're wrong, environmentalism is all politics and nothing else...."

Was this down on PCH around Newport Beach?

That's just called "Saturday in Newport Beach" - not a special event.

...when you're in line at the 99 Cents Only store, and a Lionel Ritchie song comes on over the speakers, and the guy in front of you starts shaking his hips, and you ask him who did that song, anyway, and after some Lionel Ritchie banter, you discuss each other's purchases, and it turns out he is buying products to clean the rainy-season rust off his bike, which he bought instead of a car, and then you reconvene outside, and he realizes he hadn't properly locked his bike, yet still it is there, and a mutual sigh of relief is shared, and then you admire his bike, and look at the rust spots, and shake hands and grin, and off he rides...

You haters need to get out more. LA + bikes = rule!

... when people can't distinguish between "your" and "you're."

Ouch.

Yet also: LOL.

i <3 u

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...when you're in line at the 99 Cents Only store, and a Lionel Ritchie song comes on over the speakers, and the guy in front of you starts shaking his hips, and you ask him who did that song, anyway, and after some Lionel Ritchie banter, you discuss each other's purchases, and it turns out he is buying products to clean the rainy-season rust off his bike, which he bought instead of a car, and then you reconvene outside, and he realizes he hadn't properly locked his bike, yet still it is there, and a mutual sigh of relief is shared, and then you admire his bike, and look at the rust spots, and shake hands and grin, and off he rides...

You haters need to get out more. LA + bikes = rule!

It's a game. You're supposed to be making a joke.

Sorry, but you're wrong, environmentalism is all politics and nothing else...go into as deep as you want, you had to bring it here not me. When you make buying decisions for other people, that's political.

I think it might be at least a little bit about the environment.

I am confused as always.

Sorry I brought the big red truck up all....I will only respond on-topic from now on.

You know you're in SoCal when people can actually talk about a "rain" bike and rust and not laugh!

Sorry, but you're wrong, environmentalism is all politics and nothing else...Sometimes it takes politics to help the environment.

Sorry I brought the big red truck up all....I will only respond on-topic from now on.This is BF SoCal. Threads go off-topic quite frequently. As long as everyone keeps their cool, all is fine. :)