Originally Posted by jamesj (Post 12502818)

someone from c&v said the people were cool in here, and we should come and visit.

thought i would show my face. me on my commute home one evening.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...or/fathead.jpg

Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver (Post 12496481)

If you want to meet ladies while cycling get a 3 speed roadster with a basket and a cute dog.

Originally Posted by irclean (Post 12504320)

Now that's some sage advice! Sixty Fiver is wise...

Originally Posted by FunkyStickman (Post 12488205)

Dude, that trike is awesome.

Originally Posted by Doohickie (Post 12488451)

Dude, if you're gonna ride that thing you need to grow a beard.

Originally Posted by chipcom (Post 12489038)

and an aero belly :D

Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver (Post 12504474)

When I met the most wonderful lady in the world she was worried that I would not like riding with her because she was and continues to ride a Dutch styled city bike and I was working on getting into time trial shape on my fixed gear road bike.

She thought she would slow me down.

I told her that I was just waiting for someone who I could take long leisurely rides with and showed her something that made her heart melt...

I still like to ride fast and long but the best times on a bike are spent with a certain beautiful lady and the pace is never so fast that we can't share our thoughts, hold hands, or steal a kiss or two at a stop.

My granddaughter doesn't have the same hang ups. :D

Can't ride the old roadsters anymore because of my back not liking the position but it was never about the bike but who you wanted to spend your life riding with.

We now have a tandem so we can ride together and she is looking forward to going a little faster and farther and even wants to go cyclo-camping feeling that working together she could see herself riding 100 miles in a day which is not hard on a tandem.

And I really am a pretty utilitarian cyclist and do have a basket and a cute little dog.

:)

Originally Posted by twinquad (Post 12506944)

Here are photos of me in winter commuting gear, compared with a comic strip character and contrasted with myself under different circumstances:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/...31c6a8d295.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/...bf94938fa9.jpg

Originally Posted by chipcom (Post 12506962)

At first I thought, wow, that's great forum camo, all I saw was white! Then I fixed your IMG tags for ya. ;)

Originally Posted by twinquad (Post 12506971)

Gahh, I tried about three different ways of fixing it, then decided I should delete it while I figured it out, but you beat me to it, thanks.

Originally Posted by chipcom (Post 12505823)

My wife won't be caught dead on anything she deems is an "old lady" bike. Even when I take out my Superbe for a nice toodle, she's still all decked out in spandex and on one of her road bikes.

But my granddaughter doesn't share her hangups...she likes her bike with the wicker basket on the bars. :)

Originally Posted by chipcom (Post 12506962)

At first I thought, wow, that's great forum camo, all I saw was white! Then I fixed your IMG tags for ya. ;)

Originally Posted by groovestew (Post 12501813)

...plus the fact that I'm using a cyclocross bike for brevets...

Originally Posted by audi666 (Post 12510116)

Bright jerseys keep you visible, I promise :)

Originally Posted by buzzman (Post 12512281)

Me in 1970

...

Me in 2010

Originally Posted by JR97 (Post 12510984)

A couple of years old. The pic. Not me. I'm more than a couple of years old. ;)

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=198034

Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver (Post 12512438)

You don't look like you have aged 40 years and how cool would it be if you still had that beautiful old Raleigh to take a picture with.

:)

Originally Posted by buzzman (Post 12512281)

Me in 1970

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...sc00033a97.jpg

Me in 2010

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/IMAG0154.jpg

Originally Posted by tjspiel (Post 12496420)

I think there's a general reluctance on the part of women to post their pics online for a whole host of reasons.

College age women have less disposable income than old men and probably don't want to spend what little they have on roadie stuff. ;)

There are lots of young women riding around here and they're serious cyclists but they aren't the spandex wearing type that's going to spend $2k on a road bike and accessories. They'll spend $200 on a SS/fixed gear instead and ride in "regular" clothes depending on how you define that.

If you want to see some like-minded, spandex clad young women on road bikes, find some triathlon training club ride or better yet, get into racing. It's still going to be mostly men though.