I have a cushy seat on a $1500 rig. I ride in swim trunks. I don't care.

I've yet to see trucks swim. That would be interesting.

http://www.carpictures.com/media/ima...2505857AC.jpeg

I'm sure it's the highlight of any group ride.
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LOL I have to confess I do this too. I also accepted compliments on riding "all the time" when honestly I'm down to half the mileage I was clocking a couple of years ago :(

I lean forward and lift my cheeks. It's about the only time that you'll see me riding "flat backed."


I have this streak of vanity mixed with false humility running through me as well.

Even more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzxuEOxYSLE

I have followed a hot girl for 5 miles, then I had to ask her for directions because I hadn't payed any attention to where I was going.

If it gives you any ideas: I'm pretty insecure about it too. I'm quite overweight and it shows in those shorts. ;) What I do is wear a pair of gym shorts over them (the kind that gives you the full range of motion you'll need to ride, don't let the seam restrict your upward pedal). That way I get all the benefits of the padding and chamois, and maybe only lose a little bit of the sweat wicking ability. It also lets me wander around when I'm off my bike feeling a bit more normal.

I don't wear a helmet. I don't like things on my head like hats and helmets. I don't intend to ever wear a helmet on the bicycle. If you are in California, and it ever comes up for a vote, vote to get rid of the mandatory helmet use law for motorcycles. I still do some dumb and unsafe things while riding my bicycle. I am guilty of many of the confessed sins and misdemeanors above. I will try to be a gooder rider tomorrow.

I spent three hours earlier going through the viral video of the day thread... and though it's midnight, I'm about to go back to it.

I raced a tractor today.

I rode in the drops last week.

Just to see what it felt like.

That's so very KENTUCKY of you. Awesome

The good thing about racing a tractor is that you can usually win. :)

Not uphill. Those things are fast climbers!

Another confession: I race cars... and 99% of the time I lose. Smoking that tractor was a real confidence booster. I think I'm ready for the trash truck. :innocent::innocent:

What was the ride billed as?

If it was a no drop B ride then they are pricks. If it was a A ride then you probably would have held them back with a lack of speed not a lack of endurance.
Bike shorts give me more numbness issues then cargo shorts. 30 miles is well within my zone where none of my bikes give me must problem.

My confession:
I have a couple times shown up on rides Full on Fred on my Beater 84 Mangalloy Trek 420 in cargo shorts and golf shirts and got the down the nose look from weekend roadies in their matching super hero outfits riding $3k carbon wonders. Understand I could just as easy grab my Cannondale with Campy Proton wheels, GP tires and Ultegra drivetrain just a hair over 20lb (its a 63cm). I may not have that top end speed but As a commuters I am use to cranking a bike that is 30lb or more daily so anytime I ride a empty bike don under 25lb I (we commuters) have power in reserve for hills.

I have a sick love of lunching "weekend roadies" on hills when I am still seated and grind past them while they are standing on the cranks swing the bike back and forth like they are in the alps with Lance. Most of those weekend roadies run more gear then they can handled for the hills around here. We have a Rails to Trail here that they all hit every weekend and never get more then about a 2% grade on their "training ride". I run a 28 low on all but one of my bikes (the Cannondale R300 has a 26 becasue I didnt think the short cage derailleur could handle a 28) and a 39 on the front of most to give me some hill gear if I don't have a triple. I love sneaking up on them "On your left" and seeing them look at the bike and me as I pass and then its even better when their ego gets them and they cant let the "Fred" pass and I just keep grinding and they cant get away. LOL

What'sa Fred?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_(bicycling)

Got to exercise my little fun today on a 22 mile ride celebrating the 3 foot law that went into effect yesterday. We tagged onto a Saturday morning Group ride that a LBS puts on.

Did Ride the Cannondale and wore my bike shorts but a Golf shirt and my MTB helmet. About 35 riders and a lot of them on Madone's and other really high end road bikes. I Ended the ride mid pack as there were plenty of real deal riders and we got broke up by some lights and traffic and I was never able to get caught back up with the front half of the ride. I started at the rear so in all a good day. Met a couple nice folks today and had one thank me fore Pulling for a good while.

Fred:
Fred Birchmore who the term was originally coined from Rode around the world in the 30's and has a book about it. The bike he did it on is in the Smithsonian.
He is still alive and will turn 100 in November.
A birthday celebration 5k run is planned.
http://www.active.com/running/athens...e-fun-run-2011
I think a bunch of cyclist need to show up on his Birthday in November.
Video of him from last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K81V0WA6lPA

Ahh. The Anti-Koolaids.

I've been reading bikeforums (particularly commuting) for many years, but finally signed up for an account today, just to brag that I rode my bike to work for the first time ever today.

Cool! Start a thread, let us know how it was.

A couple of days after I posted in this thread about hitting a kerb because I was looking at something else, I rode into a ditch at the side of a narrow country road while looking at one of my panniers to see why it was making a noise.

--- LMAO!!!! OMG I almost did that too!!!!

When its really hot I sometimes wear a low cut tank to keep cool but honestly it makes drivers more 'friendly' for some reason?