[MENTION=175954]Tundra_Man[/MENTION] - quite the commute challenge there riding on peanut brittle!
Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
I'm still breaking records with my lack of car driving. After 4 weeks since my last fill-up and I still have just under half a tank left. YTD miles cycling exceed YTD car miles by nearly 500 at this point.
Very nice Patrick!
Originally Posted by
ptempel
I've seen others fall on wet white paint so I think I'm in good company.
Been there. Done that. Got the bruises. That and wet leaves.
Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
A coworker has been shopping for a road bike. The bike shop has steered him to a
store-brand Ultegra-level, full-on carbon road bike for about two grand OTD. He's going to bring it to work tomorrow for a demo ride at lunch. I don't know whether to talk him out of it, he's a big guy who doesn't ride that much and I think he'd be way happier on an endurance or gravel or similar bike, but he sounds like he's already convinced it's a great deal.
It's funny to me when somebody shells out the big bucks for a 17lb bike but is packing an extra 30-40lbs in their gut. Who knows? Maybe the higher price will guilt him into riding more often.