Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Your claim to "Softcore" status?

My bikes have been parked since early November. The Historian's thread was just asking for a copycat. :D

Now, what qualifies you as a total wuss? :p

I got off my bike to go down a hill at the weekend*.

*It was a steep off road hill covered in snow, roots and mud and I was on my cross bike. But almost everyone else rode down.

I bailed on riding yesterday morning because there was an inch of snow/slush.

Last year during my second 200k attempt, I DNF'd. I finished up 109 miles and regrouped with my friends at the finish of an organized century I had ridden to the start line from my house. Instead of taking a break for a half hour, eating a burrito and having a pint of HTFU, I mooched a ride home in one of my friends' cars.

Some days I'll take the long route home (longer by 3 miles) because it's along the dead flat MUP and I only have to go up 1 hill at the end of my commute, instead of the shorter route with 3 big hills.

The club has a ride scheduled for this week-end some miles north of here. Easy ride. Lunch run. I'm meeting the group with my camper...:o

...because I ride a lot of miles....but all in FLAT Florida....i don't like climbing overpasses and I don't go out if it's under 50 degrees or if it's raining.

I think I may leave a little early or late today to avoid a little rain
"This afternoon... generally after 2 PM... isolated to scattered
thunderstorms will begin to develop across North Texas. Any storms
that develop will have the capability to quickly become severe. The
most likely area for storm development will be just west of the
Interstate 35 corridor and eastward. These storms will move to the
east northeast around 50 mph and will be capable of large hail...
damaging winds in excess of 70 mph... and a few tornadoes.

Another round of severe thunderstorms are expected during the
evening hours across western North Texas along the dryline. These
storms will likely organize in a strong squall line that will move
east at 50 to 60 mph. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 70 mph will
be the main threat with this line... but embedded brief tornadoes
will also be possible."

I cancelled the last day of a tour once, because it was raining.

I'll ride in the rain but I won't leave the house if it's already raining.

My whole career as a cyclist. :(

I haven't ridden in close to a month. The irony is the weather has been so unseasonal that it's a shame I'm not out on the bike. Life, a back injury, and ski season keep me from riding this time of year. So I'm a wussy. Getting reacquainted with the rollers this week though, as much as my sciatic will let me....

Riding rollers in the winter, rather than riding outside.

I haven't ridden since last AUGUST. Plus, I rode less than 500 miles all of last year.

Riding rollers in the winter, rather than riding outside.

Nah. Rollers are too much like real work to qualify you for softcore status. Unless you have a front stabilizer.


(Rollers are faceplant city for me)

about 2 miles into my ride home from work, It started to snow a little bit(no accumulation) so I caught the next subway to my apartment 2 miles further down the road.

Last week I was 10 minutes from home and got a flat tire. The temperature was hovering around freezing, and I did not have a spare tube. I had a patch kit, but called my wife on the cell phone anyway. I figured that I would get home faster if she came and got me, and I would not have to deal with touching all of that cold metal and freezing my butt off. The shell jacket that I was wearing is great while I'm pedaling and generating my own heat, but is just too cold to stand around in.

A non-wuss would have just patched the tire, and pedaled harder on the way home to fight off the shivers.

... I don't go out if it's under 50 degrees or if it's raining.

+1

Riding at night... I haven't done it, really. I've ridden downtown after dark where the streets are lit up like daylight anyways. But October was the end of my cycling for the year, since my commute goes through some unlit residential neighbourhoods, and I'm not comfortable riding when I can't see everything around me. After daylight savings was over I rode to work maybe twice, and that was it for the winter.

I stop to much for breaks and to watch the ships on Lake Earie and the Detroit river like yesterday I spent 30 min watching a Coast Guard Ice breaker making a path for a Ore carrier . I And I won"t leave the house if I got to fight a 20+ mph headwind . And if its less than 40 degrees F I just go to the gym :O) in the car ! There is more but you get the idea .

My trainer has over 99% of my total miles ridden since November of 08.

Is it at least 50 degrees outside? No? Back on the trainer!

If I am getting cold and wet, and getting wetter, I won't go. I had forgotten how cold it can be in the rain when you are soaked and getting more soaked. That just takes to long to warm up after arriving at work.

I will go if the rain has passed and isn't in the general area of my place. A light shower on the ride is a little refreshing, until cold rain water goes down your back.

If the high is less than 55 I won't go, unless there is a small Santa Ana wind event.

It didn't rain on Sunday but I chose to go out to breakfast instead. Then went out to a movie. I could have rode but I'm a softcore wuss!:D

I'm a weather wuss. If it's too cold (like under 45) or wet, I won't ride outside. Then it's trainer time.

This is hard to admit but I've taken a year off from any serious riding and it shows. I've gained weight and I can barely pedal the bike around the block. I find every excuse not to ride... I admit I have become a wuss, a fred, a total bike dork!

So OK no more excuses, I need to start riding and getting back to century riding again.

By the way, you guys who choose to use a trainer when it's cold... that is not wussin' out. You are still riding! Be proud of your commitment. Me? I would join Beanz for breakfast and a movie.

...because I ride a lot of miles....but all in FLAT Florida....i don't like climbing overpasses and I don't go out if it's under 50 degrees or if it's raining.

Hey, that is hard core for Florida...

I won't ride when it gets below 50, and I am in Pennsylvania. That is half the year. And it has to be over 50, dry and on the weekend. :o

shaved legs

I'll ride in the rain but I won't leave the house if it's already raining.

+1, but only if the temp is over 75. Riding in a cold rain is just asking for pneumonia.

My trainer has over 99% of my total miles ridden since November of 08.

Beat ya, my trainer has 100% of my distance since November 13th of '08..... Second Qualifier it's a grand total of 42km, but the trainer is still new enough that the box is in the recycling bin outside.....

We hit 9℃ today, almost warm enough to ride outside..... :D

shaved legs

'kay, 'kay... okay, I can top that: shaved legs and I'm taking the camper. :D

Me? I would join Beanz for breakfast and a movie.


Hey, we have rules about that! I get atleast 2 slices of our toast and any leftover hashbrowns you don't eat. Not to mention half your Junior Mints at the theatre!:roflmao2:

I don't ride unless the temperature is greater than 50'F / 10'C. (No cold weather gear)

I don't ride if it is raining. (Why? It sucks)

I don't ride if the wind is over 15MPH / 24 Km/h. (Why? It sucks)

Florida...
I ride for the enjoyment, not putting myself through hell.

By the way, you guys who choose to use a trainer when it's cold... that is not wussin' out. You are still riding! Be proud of your commitment. Me? I would join Beanz for breakfast and a movie.

Agreed. A dedication to cycling that would have one even consider hopping on a human hamster wheel is clearly hardcore.

I walked past a mirror the other day.

Definably "Softcore":(

I have only rode my bike once since September. Also, I have not visited the forum since October until a couple of weeks because I was to embarrassed to admit it. :( I did manger to ride a couple of weeks ago in my new bib tights in 40 degree weather, so maybe there is some hope for me yet. But then again, I want some rain gear before get to hardcore. :p

...because I only ride for fun.

Went riding with a group from Denver on a night ride... couldn't keep up

Riding at night...

I can soooo relate.

I have done some night riding, more than a few times, even own some really expensive lighting equipment for just the event. But, after almost being run down by a horny buck chasing after a doe in heat, one night, a few months ago, I now get the willy's.

That beast was so close that, not only could I smell him, I could also make out every insignificant little detail on his droul-dripping muzzle -- not to mention the sharp pitch-fork like tips of his 12-point rack. Had I not hit my brakes the second that the doe skirted across the bike trail, right out in front of me, I'd would have put myself directly between that buck and his sought-after booty. He would have skewerd me like a kabab.

Old BVT here has been a bit reluctant to go out on a night ride ever since.

I hate wind. If its raining, I will ride but wind? I hate it and yes, I have screamed due it being windy.
Oh and I ride everyday, but its only 15 miles. I have no determination to do anymore..and all the roads around here are 45mph-60mph. Not easy riding a fixed gear bike at 15-19mph.

If the weatherman says that it's raining or 40 degrees or colder, I roll over, go back to sleep for an hour and drive to work.

Oh and I shave my legs AND arms. do I win now?

I bought a fluid trainer last winter and have ridden it 3 times. Thats about $100/ride. I honestly can't stand using a trainer.

My weather cut-off is 65 degrees. And I'll only ride then if the suns out.

Is there something worse than "softcore" ? Mashmallowcore?

I always round up when I talk about my mileage. For example, a lazy ride of 17.2 miles becomes an "Epic 18 Mile Adventure" in the retelling.

My weather cut-off is 65 degrees.

That's about as warm as my office. You win.

I havent rode since early October and managed to go from 185 back to 205 lbs. for now.

I finished my first century, It only took me 38 days to complete.

My aerobelly has something to do with softcore status... That and my mileage so far for Feb 2009....0. That should be corrected next week!

My stomach is softcore. :(