Ass-slappin' roadies?
07-04-07, 10:32 PM
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Put your ass in the air! https://eyespot.com/share?cmd=permali...criEJW0iIWcUl1
07-04-07, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by pedalMonger
Put your ass in the air! https://eyespot.com/share?cmd=permali...criEJW0iIWcUl1
07-04-07, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by chipcom
Point of order: 'arse' is a four-letter word, 'ass' is only three. 
Well, I guess that's what you get from a backwards penal colonist. Ha. My bad.
Yes, i wave or at least nod to most other cyclists I see, except in a paceline. Even cranking hard up hills i can usually spare a breath for a Keep going! or Good Luck! as i pass a slower rider, often in normal clothes and riding a MTB up a road. (in Chinese of course). and i do chat to other cyclists when I'm stopped. It's rude not to, I would have thought.
But then it's also rude to condemn all other roadies, especially targetting the lycra clad ones (what on earth do you have against the right clothes for the job?), as if they were some kind of hell-born scum simply because they didn't wave at you. We're not all sharing the sme dream out there.
07-04-07, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JonathanGennick
Why? Can't they see where they're going?
Hand signals are really vital to paceline riding.
07-04-07, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by urodacus
But then it's also rude to condemn all other roadies, especially targetting the lycra clad ones (what on earth do you have against the right clothes for the job?), as if they were some kind of hell-born scum simply because they didn't wave at you. We're not all sharing the sme dream out there.
07-05-07, 05:13 AM
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We have a few people do this in town,it was started by a sumwhat ex pro racer guy(all though i have never seen him race???) its a way to let the rider behind you somethings up ahead,it gets your attension better then someone saying walker up
07-05-07, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by qw1a
Not only that, but the fact that someone is in good enough shape to wear tights and makes enough money to buy all of that carbon fiber equipment is pretty disturbing...
That's why we call them "tights."
Originally Posted by PaulH
I've never ridden a bike for sport, but I used to be a runner. If you are running hard, you have very little awareness of things around you. You are right at the limit of your aerobic abilities, and not far from collapse. You have a limited ability to notice, recognize, or communicate with another person.
Why do folks assume that all, or even most, roadies are some sort of world-class athletes? That's like saying the overweight dentist who drives a Maserati on a Sunday afternoon must be on the NASCAR circuit. Why does everyone assume it is somehow more work to pedal a lightweight bike than a bomber?
qw1a is right, the bikes are bling, and define the sport.
And there is nothing wrong with that. Hugs to everyone.
07-05-07, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by plodderslusk
That is exactly the point. You see the behind of the rider in front. You do not see potholes or pedestrians.
Hand signals are really vital to paceline riding.
Hand signals are really vital to paceline riding.
07-05-07, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Spreggy
I have to admit that I used to think "Hey look another cool cat on a bike" and wave or say 'Mornin', but the snootier roadies are wearing me down. Soon, no one will get a wave from Spreggy, and the world will be a lesser place.
It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice. There's some freakin' wisdom right there my brothers.
...and if the roadies don't wise up and get busy with the friendliness, the commuters should rise up and hold a massive "slap the roadie on the ass" contest, nationwide.
It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice. There's some freakin' wisdom right there my brothers.
...and if the roadies don't wise up and get busy with the friendliness, the commuters should rise up and hold a massive "slap the roadie on the ass" contest, nationwide.
07-05-07, 09:11 AM
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I don't understand all the lycra hate going on in this thread. Just because I'm a commuter and I ride a 38 pound MTB with fenders and racks doesn't mean I have to wear baggy shorts and a 2-sizes too big t-shirt.
I like my lycra bib shorts. Anyone who has a problem with me wearing them, I offer the cyclist's curse: May your spokes turn to spaghetti!
I like my lycra bib shorts. Anyone who has a problem with me wearing them, I offer the cyclist's curse: May your spokes turn to spaghetti!
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07-05-07, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by CliftonGK1
I don't understand all the lycra hate going on in this thread.
07-05-07, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by tlc
Me neither. My lycra tights are awesome and if anyone thinks I look like a nancy in them what do I care? They're the ones staring at my arse...
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07-05-07, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by thelazywon
OK, that's it/ Commuter slap the roadie's ass contest. Someone cool start the thread. Any thread I start gets 0.5 replies.
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A dog-loving friend finally provided me with a workable definition of "roadie":
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
07-05-07, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Krink
A dog-loving friend finally provided me with a workable definition of "roadie":
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
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Originally Posted by chipcom
Nice to know you found a definition that fits your unique personality, wear it proudly. In the meantime I'll content myself with a simpler definition...one who rides a bike on the road.
Talk about ass-slappin' rudeness.
07-05-07, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by chipcom
...I'll content myself with a simpler definition...one who rides a bike on the road.
<changes from commuter clothes to club lycra outfit, and dials the personal-o-meter over to 'ars*hole'>
07-05-07, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Krink
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
Somehow I feel excluded...
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Originally Posted by Phantoj
It's a signal to the guys in the back of the group to move over or to stay over.
Usually, it's slapping the right bun cheek... this means "move over towards the left." It's really the hand signalling by waving towards the left, but it comes off as a slap.
Usually, it's slapping the right bun cheek... this means "move over towards the left." It's really the hand signalling by waving towards the left, but it comes off as a slap.
07-05-07, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Krink
A dog-loving friend finally provided me with a workable definition of "roadie":
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
07-05-07, 12:13 PM
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I just like saying, "Ass-slappin' Roadies"!!
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07-05-07, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Krink
A roadie is a dachshund trying to run like a greyhound while dressed like a poodle.
I'm gonna be a Clydesdale trying to run like a race horse while dressed like a candidate for "What Not to Wear."
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07-05-07, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DataJunkie
I'm an ass happy roadie.
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Originally Posted by rando
I just like saying, "Ass-slappin' Roadies"!!
Their speed will probably double as they try to escape the crazy commuter.