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Old 05-21-15, 12:12 AM
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Waves to Ramona
*Waves to Nermal* Nice weather you're having.
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Old 05-21-15, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Stucky
Hah! I had a Sears bike too, at one point- a gold 5-speed! And yeah, while I do enjoy being an adult and being able toi make own decisions; the point is, that I really don't see big difference as far as my rides and enjoyment of them, now that I can afford "good bikes" vs. when I rode POS's/BSO's. Sure, it's nice to know you own quality- but that quality manifests itself more when you're looking at the bike or cleaning it than when you are riding it. And I'm not one to care about proclaiming "Look at me! I can afford a fancy bike!".

The hills are still hard to get up (In fact, they're harder now!)...and the descents are still fun.....
I love going up hills even on the tandem. It's going downhill I'm not fond of. Too darned fast. Maybe if I'd kept riding after I first learned as a kid, I'd have enjoyed them. As it is, I didn't learn to ride again for roughly 45 years. Now that I do it again, I'm kind of disappointed. I had hoped that once I could ride a bike, I could do all the things I envied the other kids the ability to do like jump on a bike and go to the movies or to a friend's house to hang out or to the park to lie in the sun. But we all got older in the meantime and we have jobs and there's a lot less time to do those things and/or people think it's silly to be trying to do them by bike. *sigh*
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Old 05-21-15, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by YouthInAsia
I never thought about that. Now I wonder how many people see me riding to work and think I'm a drunk. Haha!
There's probably a lot less of that kind of thinking if you're able to ride a straight line and can stay in your own lane.
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Old 05-21-15, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Ramona_W
I love going up hills even on the tandem. It's going downhill I'm not fond of. Too darned fast. Maybe if I'd kept riding after I first learned as a kid, I'd have enjoyed them. As it is, I didn't learn to ride again for roughly 45 years. Now that I do it again, I'm kind of disappointed. I had hoped that once I could ride a bike, I could do all the things I envied the other kids the ability to do like jump on a bike and go to the movies or to a friend's house to hang out or to the park to lie in the sun. But we all got older in the meantime and we have jobs and there's a lot less time to do those things and/or people think it's silly to be trying to do them by bike. *sigh*
Ah! You've hit upon a key issue: Time! When we were kids, not only did we have the time, but we generally weren't going out and doing 30 or 40 miles at a clip. We'd just hop on our bikes and go downtown, or around the block. Lately, I'm finding myself doing short little 15 mile rides, just so I'll get out there and ride- without having to try and justify to myself taking bigger chunks of time out of the day to "go play bikes" I mean



Originally Posted by Ramona_W
There's probably a lot less of that kind of thinking if you're able to ride a straight line and can stay in your own lane.
That's why we wear lycra. Alcoholics don't wear lycra (Unless they are also cyclists).

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Old 05-21-15, 08:15 AM
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My opinion is a carryover from my motorcycle riding--- I don't care WHAT you ride; it's THAT you ride.
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Originally Posted by JerrySTL
Yes. Especially if they pass some poseur on a mega $, carbon fiber bike.
IMO, "serious riders" don't give a damn if they pass or don't get passed by anybody else, and don't care what anybody else is riding. They ride when they want on what they have, period.
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Old 05-21-15, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by mprelaw
Yeah, I hear you there. It's probably only the second most prestigious jersey in cycling.

Go big, or go home. Go Yellow.
The second most prestigious jersey in cycling, and a quarter might get you a call on a payphone if you can find one.
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Old 05-21-15, 08:43 AM
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What's a pay phone. LOL
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Originally Posted by thylton48
What's a pay phone. LOL
They are as rare as someone in the U.S. who is serious about the "prestigious jerseys" of the pro cycling world.
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Old 05-21-15, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
They are as rare as someone in the U.S. who is serious about the "prestigious jerseys" of the pro cycling world.
Mention "Giro" to 100 Americans, and 2 may have heard the name, and they know it as a helmet.
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Old 05-21-15, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mprelaw
Mention "Giro" to 100 Americans, and 2 may have heard the name, and they know it as a helmet.
Giro? Isn't that the Greek sandwich?
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Originally Posted by mprelaw
Mention "Giro" to 100 Americans, and 2 may have heard the name, and they know it as a helmet.
About the same percentage as the number of Americans who know the term "peloton" or would use the word "kit" to describe clothes that they might wear anywhere.
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Old 05-21-15, 04:16 PM
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Close enough. Haha!
Originally Posted by auldgeunquers
Pope's chauffeur I think.
Originally Posted by Needles
My opinion is a carryover from my motorcycle riding--- I don't care WHAT you ride; it's THAT you ride.
You take the dude on the unicycle seriously? So long as he's not wearing a clown nose and the unicycle's not made by Huffy, right? Haha!

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Originally Posted by YouthInAsia
You take the dude on the unicycle seriously? So long as he's not wearing a clown nose and the unicycle's not made by Huffy, right? Haha!
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I ride anytime I get time and am not in serious pain (If I can get out it helps the pain) Work and having a wife that doesn't drive makes get out more than 2-3 a week tough sometimes I get 25-40 miles most weeks I may ride a surly LHT or steamroller or a mongoose brutus or huffy three speed or I just got a univega mountain bike depends on what kind of mood I'm in
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GP, nice video. How can we NOT take that dude seriously? Dang. He's the man.

I'm convinced that if riders are just lolly gagging and riding casually then car drivers don't take them seriously. And if riders are on cheap Huffy bikes, unless they're working their butts off and they "look" serious, I don't think cars take them seriously either. Are my perceptions skewed?
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