Is this really lame?
03-06-09, 03:28 PM
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Pretend it was an "unlucky" bee that was hit at high speed and is now stuck to your grill. Sort of looks like that anyway.
03-06-09, 03:38 PM
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I would do it if my little girl ask ! they are only little once, and like someone else said soon she will be a teenager. Then your just the stupid bike riding geek she has to put up with to get money for clothes. : )
03-06-09, 03:45 PM
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However, if you really need to take it off, you can explain that you want the bee to be safe, and maybe your bedside table would be safer and you'll see it more.
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03-06-09, 03:48 PM
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I once rode with spiderman tatoos all over my arms. The fake ones of course, that my daughter put all over my forearms. No body dared ask...
03-06-09, 03:56 PM
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I still don't get it. Why would you want to take it off again?
03-06-09, 03:56 PM
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One way out of this is to get into a bad crash tomorrow. Then you can tell her the bee is not so lucky after all.
(OK, that's horrible. Seriously, as long as it's attached securely, I don't think it's lame at all.)
(OK, that's horrible. Seriously, as long as it's attached securely, I don't think it's lame at all.)
03-06-09, 03:58 PM
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03-06-09, 04:02 PM
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Since somebody already beat me to the punch on the suggestion that you tell her to HTFU, my next response is that you need to "flip it".
03-06-09, 04:03 PM
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That's awesome. I envy you.
Well, did you do it? (also awesome)
ive been asked to race with a stuffed shark in one of my bottle cages
03-06-09, 04:18 PM
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03-06-09, 04:21 PM
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Someday, you'll be all tapped out, wondering if you can finish...
And then you'll think "I've got something nobody else has -- the Lucky Bee!"
And you'll do it.
It's like having your own on-bike cheering section. You just can't buy something like that!
03-06-09, 04:35 PM
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All REAL men have a lucky bee on their headset. If any wussie road Nazis gives you any guff just.....well......you could......dude, you're a Dad....you're screwed!
Just take the hit and move on like all the other guys with lucky bees on their headsets. Oh, and give you're daughter a big hug and thank your lucky stars that you have a kid that loves you enough to give you a lucky bee. you lucky bee you!
Just take the hit and move on like all the other guys with lucky bees on their headsets. Oh, and give you're daughter a big hug and thank your lucky stars that you have a kid that loves you enough to give you a lucky bee. you lucky bee you!
03-06-09, 04:56 PM
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You just have to explain to her how dangerous a place for "lucky bee" to be or some other way of making her believe that taking it off is her idea.
03-06-09, 05:02 PM
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If you're insecure or worried more about what others think of you than your own daughter then by all means take it off!
03-06-09, 05:05 PM
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Keep the bee. Sounds like you've got a good kid...you should show that off. Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
Like others have said, when you're out hurting on a ride, you've got something to keep your mind off how bad the hill sucks or how bad you're hurting.
Like others have said, when you're out hurting on a ride, you've got something to keep your mind off how bad the hill sucks or how bad you're hurting.
03-06-09, 06:19 PM
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Personally, I plan to let my kids know I love them and am proud of them in ways other than putting "My child is an honor student at ____ elementary" bumper stickers on my car (or the bicycle equivalent).
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03-06-09, 06:25 PM
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So, what's more important, pleasing a child or pleasing the bozos who think a stuffed animal on your bike is a bad thing?
03-06-09, 06:35 PM
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considering you log over a million vertical feet of climbing a year, and all in a 55 tooth chainring, you shouldnt really be worrying about your bee, nor should you be worrying about what others think of said bee.
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03-06-09, 06:36 PM
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Keep it.
Up on the head tube, it reminds me of the plush toys you see strapped to the grills of dump trucks & the like.
Up on the head tube, it reminds me of the plush toys you see strapped to the grills of dump trucks & the like.