Road cyclists
06-12-19 | 01:37 PM
#76
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OP should stick with the road bike. Faster to escape from gangs of kids on the levee.
06-12-19 | 04:05 PM
#77
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Especially the start when the one rider wipes out and can't stop sliding down the course
06-12-19 | 04:16 PM
#78
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It looks like alot here need a full suspension mtb just to support them on two wheels. No wonder they can't even ride a RB and constantly worry about blowouts.
06-12-19 | 05:18 PM
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It's not nice to disparage other members, even if they've pointed out your errors. Better to try and learn from them. Furthermore, we don't do weight shaming on BF. There are hefty folks here who could probably cost you a lung if you tried to keep up on an actual ride. Have you mentioned if you actually own a bike?
06-12-19 | 05:35 PM
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It's not nice to disparage other members, even if they've pointed out your errors. Better to try and learn from them. Furthermore, we don't do weight shaming on BF. There are hefty folks here who could probably cost you a lung if you tried to keep up on an actual ride. Have you mentioned if you actually own a bike?
"I'm sure your credentials are quite scary. Advanced degree in troll-threading?"
06-12-19 | 07:04 PM
#81
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You don't have to go down this path. 
You could settle your mind, get a bike and go for a ride, start over.
You could settle your mind, get a bike and go for a ride, start over.
06-12-19 | 07:57 PM
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I'm reading the words, but they're not fully registering. Something about different bikes being different?
06-12-19 | 08:37 PM
#83
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The things you say that are true about the bikes being different are too obvious to need saying. The things you say that aren't obvious aren't true.
06-12-19 | 09:41 PM
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Okay, I'm convinced.
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A race bike in any era is a highly personal choice that at its "best" balances the requirements of fit, weight, handling, durability and cost tempered by the willingness to toss it and oneself down the pavement at considerable speed. ~Bandera
A race bike in any era is a highly personal choice that at its "best" balances the requirements of fit, weight, handling, durability and cost tempered by the willingness to toss it and oneself down the pavement at considerable speed. ~Bandera
06-12-19 | 10:19 PM
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I think we have seen the best of Hr1 and it has come time to stop throwing food to the beast under the bridge.
