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Old 08-01-10, 08:00 PM
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I am unable to keep up with my headlight beam when riding at night.
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
I climb like a lead balloon.
The bride and I used to hang out in a club named "Lead Balloon".
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Old 08-02-10, 05:09 AM
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I'm so slow that I'd have to speed up to go backwards.
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Old 08-02-10, 07:47 AM
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I'm so slow that I can't finish th.................
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I'm so slow a spider weaved a web across my handlebars while I was riding! (look to the left of my thumb and you can see his web)..........LOL.......I was 30 miles into my ride btw!

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It is said that you can see your future if you look into Chuck Norris' eyes.

Unfortunately, the future is always the same: death by round-house kick to the head.
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Old 08-02-10, 10:11 AM
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I'm so slow I have walker style tennis balls - on my tires.
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I'm so slow that "turtles" offer me bungie cords, when I'm climbling a big hill!
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Old 08-03-10, 10:13 AM
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I once won a race with a tortise. I passed him when he pulled off of the side of the road to take a nap.
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I'm so slow my friends call me trackstand.

I'm so slow a snapping turtle helped me off the road.

I'm so slow on the last hill clime someone installed a placard on me and dedicated me as a town monument.
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Old 08-03-10, 03:08 PM
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I'm not saying I'm slow, but they were paving a new trail on the route of my last ride, and they finished ahead of me.

On the ride before that, a snail jumped off my stem so he could get home faster.

On the ride before that, the speed display on my computer just read "Zzzz".
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Old 08-03-10, 07:51 PM
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I once was pretty speedy but I've been slow ever since the team physician gave me opE .
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I once was pretty speedy but I've been slow ever since the team physician gave me opE .
The pharmacist probably couldn't read the script...
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I'm so slow

I'm slower than Bert

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Old 08-03-10, 09:25 PM
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Old 08-03-10, 11:34 PM
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I'm so slow my hair blows forwards in the wind...

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Old 08-05-10, 12:16 PM
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Pokey1 says it all!!!
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Old 08-05-10, 02:24 PM
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They have to tie me to the chicken to cross the road!

There's a full cycle of the moon on a normal commute day!

I had hair at the beginning of the commute to the store!

Concrete had replaced wagon wheel ruts on my daily commute!

The sidewalls of my tires rot before the nibs are worn off!

My beard got caught in the front wheel before I made to work!

I started getting liver spots before I made around the block!

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Old 08-06-10, 05:40 AM
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I'm so slow That

I am so slow that is sight of a half an hour other riders are two days in front of me.

I am so slow that dogs that waiting to chase me die of old age before i get to them
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Old 08-06-10, 11:36 AM
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I'm so slow that when I haul @$$ i have to make two trips
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Old 08-06-10, 12:59 PM
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....everyone who passes me does a spectral red shift.
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Old 08-06-10, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Chilidawg
I'm so slow that when I haul @$$ i have to make two trips
I think that's more of an "I'm so fat that...." entry .

On my last ride, the badeffin' neighborhood dogs got lazy and sent a snapping turtle to chase me.
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Old 08-06-10, 03:00 PM
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The immovable object just dropped me.
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Old 08-06-10, 03:19 PM
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We're all so slow that, for this thread, the adbot just popped up an ad for a tricycle.
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