Our hobby has not always been so noble...
03-08-10, 05:54 AM
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Our hobby is transportation and sport, it possesses no more nobility or lack of it then the riders bring to it themselves.
03-08-10, 06:50 AM
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For sure. The resistance used bicycle too. You might note also.. The British Scout master was sympathetic to Hitler and Germany.. He likely sent those British scouts to the perfect bicycle retreat in terms of fitness training, being that Germans take their cycling seriously.
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"Our" hobby? Riding and camping is touring, and is for Freds!
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Interersting stuff. Thanks for the links, midgetmaestro and botto.
03-08-10, 12:49 PM
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" Riding and camping is touring"
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"and is for Freds!"
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Roadies dress up in weird clothing, spend gross amounts of money on themselves, brag about their supposed exploits; that's quite a "noble" hobby. ;-)
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"and is for Freds!"
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Roadies dress up in weird clothing, spend gross amounts of money on themselves, brag about their supposed exploits; that's quite a "noble" hobby. ;-)
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What makes you think it's so noble now?
03-08-10, 02:43 PM
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i was thinking of doing some longer than one day rides this summer like spend the weekend cycling in one direction, stay at a B&B saturday night and wherever i end up at on sunday evening i just get the train back. would this now be classed as spying?
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you must have looked like a total dork in that case. you know who keeps getting arrested wrngly for spying? plane spotters. You are like a plane spotter. Dork.
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Yes, here.
Apparently, you need a security pass even to drive by the facilities. I didn't realize it at the time.
Apparently, you need a security pass even to drive by the facilities. I didn't realize it at the time.
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Touring is for bicyclists who aren't afraid of getting out of cell phone range and for Freds who are tougher than racer boys
Bet you'd be cryin' and dialin' at the half way point of the Alpowa Summit outside of Clarkston, WA if you had to huck yourself, your bike and all the gear you need to exist on the road for 3 weeks up a 2000ft climb over 12 miles.
On second thought, you wouldn't do it in the first place...you're not tough enough. .
Bet you'd be cryin' and dialin' at the half way point of the Alpowa Summit outside of Clarkston, WA if you had to huck yourself, your bike and all the gear you need to exist on the road for 3 weeks up a 2000ft climb over 12 miles.
On second thought, you wouldn't do it in the first place...you're not tough enough. .
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i can't believe no one's said it yet...
that adds new meaning to the term "Road Nazi"
hehe.
that adds new meaning to the term "Road Nazi"
hehe.
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Dork? Hardly.
Now if I had been riding a recumbent with helmet mirrors and other Fredly gear, they would have been justified in calling out the SWAT team after me.
Now if I had been riding a recumbent with helmet mirrors and other Fredly gear, they would have been justified in calling out the SWAT team after me.
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Touring is for bicyclists who aren't afraid of getting out of cell phone range and for Freds who are tougher than racer boys
Bet you'd be cryin' and dialin' at the half way point of the Alpowa Summit outside of Clarkston, WA if you had to huck yourself, your bike and all the gear you need to exist on the road for 3 weeks up a 2000ft climb over 12 miles.
On second thought, you wouldn't do it in the first place...you're not tough enough. .
Bet you'd be cryin' and dialin' at the half way point of the Alpowa Summit outside of Clarkston, WA if you had to huck yourself, your bike and all the gear you need to exist on the road for 3 weeks up a 2000ft climb over 12 miles.
On second thought, you wouldn't do it in the first place...you're not tough enough. .
I'd expect more out of someone from Colorado. That's not even a mountain; it's a hill, tough guy.
