my58vw

Hey every sports has its attire... now lets see how you look in baike attire... hmmm... oh ya look at my legs... do you think they get this way from doing "nothing". Oh ya by the way you need to lose weight...

MadMan2k

Here's some cycling clothes that wouldn't make one look like 'idiots',

https://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.aspx?i=SP702B00
https://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.aspx?i=JE602A02

junioroverlord

I enjoy looking like an idiot thank you very much

trekkie820

The funny thing about that is that he used to be a wrestler, and he has the nerve to make fun of my attire! Now he is just a fat, lazy redneck.

cyclezealot

you hit the nail on the head...He is really envious, more than likely...He is loosing it...Who would appeal to women more...A fit cyclist or a ex has been , getting fat wrestler...Mayb try to appeal to a self-help mode,or else just get out of this redneck..

TechJD

Oh you should have explained this earlier
wrestlers are almost like a breed unto their own
they dont know how to talk to someone without being insualtive
cause thats how they get to be popular in the ring

PainTrain

That's funny.

$20,000 question: How does a Latvian know so much about tractor pulling?

wabbit

Keep in mind that when Lance was in high school in Texas, his classmates would make fun of him and think he was weird for riding his bike to school. And today, they are probably chubby, lazy texans with big beer guts, high cholesterol, and their wives have huge butts.

greenbreezer

Last year after Armstrong won Tour de France #5, a columnist in our local paper wrote an article saying how Lance is not a true athlete. He said any child can ride a bike and how could anyone be considered an athletic hero just for riding a bike? He went to compare bike riding with baseball, how a baseball player needs hand-eye coordination to hit and catch. and the truly gifted players run, jump, catch and throw the ball back into the infield all in one action. The ironic part is that he compared Armstrong with Barry Bonds (who's currently under investigation for steroid use). Needless to say, area cyclists challenged this columnist for even the most simplest of road rides, just a "simple" ride up Page Mill Road (a local ride with a pretty steady climb), He never did it.

I can never understand why anyone would bad-mouth a sport without even trying it. I have absolutely no interest in golfing nor fishing, but at least I don't talk trash about it. I figure it's fun for others so good for them. Your roommate has some serious self-esteem problems and obviously his girlfriend is not helping.

FXjohn

Nice site, nice shorts.
I like the plain adidas top also.

chrisp

The only consolation I have with people this ignorant is the fact that they don't even have the slightest clue of how ignorant they are. THey have absolutley no idea how difficult cycling can be. Their head is so far up their A** that there is no possible way to enlighten them.

trekkie820

Just today I asked him "If you think mountain biking is so easy, why don't you go home, dust off your Dyno, and come hit the trails with me?". The response? "No, uh...um...well, it doesn't have any wheels" (this is after him telling me a few weeks ago that had a Dyno BMX bike that his brother was riding).

aiguy

Tell him "Only the wussie kind of cyclist needs wheels."

cyclezealot

Trekkie..I like to think there is hope for all people and don't give up...Sure,not everyone likes the same activities..But,you find a way to get through to him , with patience,etc.;maybe you can mold him into a better person..
Learning to ride is like graduating from Vouvray white wine to Cabernet Sauvignon..Gradual...
Not everyone wants to intentionally be a slobby couch potato...I would influence those worth influencing; by easy fun rides..Easy rides, don't need the advanced kit for enduring 100 milers...
Favorite scenic rides..It just might get to him...Probably, riding off road in baggies is the best start...Once he gets in 20 miles he might see that saddles cause friction..But, 20 miles of scenery under your own power gets to ALL? Maybe, this clod isn't worth the time?
Next step, maybe see what kind of reading he doesn't do..

BeTheChange

Just keep hitting on his girlfriend blatantly (if he has one). And if he gets a girlfriend and she's not attractive, which is quite possible, you will have to suck it up and sleep with her just out of spite. Hey, tickling those types of guys makes them a lot more uncomfortable than you will be. Seriously, he'll stop if you try to tickle him (a bonus is he'll probably stop talking to you as well).

slvoid

Have you tried asking him what kind of man would dress up in tight spandex, get on the floor with another man dressed the same way, then proceed to grope and grab each other until you're sitting on him, crotch to ass, for 10 seconds?

HiYoSilver

What do you want? You're on a biking forum. You expect us to say tractor pulling is the cat's meow or the new improved Hemi is so much more powerful and efficient than the 70's 426's?

Are you hearing what you want:
response 1-- ignore the #!!#*#$#
response 2-- challenge the slob
response 3-- pushing the idiot
response 4-- intellectually attack the naive
response 5-- gang up on the dummy.

Your info says 3 more weeks. What's the big deal? Maybe the problem is too simple:
1-- he needs love,
2-- you're afraid to show love.
{no not sexual love, get your mind out of the gutter}

either reconcile, or move on. Nothing else is healthy.

SteveE

Yeah, I sent Skip an e-mail personally inviting him for a local ride in the area with me. I didn't even threaten him with Page Mill Road. :-) He declined the offer.

SteveE

trekkie820

Absolutely. He said that wrestlers are hard-asses. To this, I reminded him of the "check the oil" move and how rolling around with another guy on a mat is way more "****" than dressing up in clothing that protects you from the elements while you blissfully experience 30 miles of exercise, soul searching and scenery. All I got is a "Whatever, ***, you wear tights."

cyclezealot

Football players wear Lycra...Or seems like lycra..Hassling cyclists is redicilious..Think it has more to do with fact we are not couch potatos and doing something about our health...Plus, we greet them when they are at their grouchest, on the overcrowded public highways..where they act like Azz holes...What else would we expect.

TechJD

Hey trekkie820 heres an idea
your girl will been a bike for this to work
with both girls present ( tell yours before hand if ya like )
invite him and his girl on a double date of sorts
a ride & picnic, pack and carrie the picnic on the bikes and go to a park to eat

if his has him whiped as you say and she likes the idea , whala!

make sure you can line up a couple of bikes for them incase he tries to use that as an excuse

Avalanche325

Cryogenic, you Sir, are a lazy wuss!!!!!!

Someone had to do it.

I came home from doing a century and saw a guy that lives in my apt building. This guy is about 5'10" 250lbs and it is not muscle. He asked how far I rode. I answered 103 miles. He thought for a second and said, "That's probably about the furthest I have ridden too."

I have laughed so hard reading this thread that my cheeks are hurting from smiling. Thanks everyone.

Do the right thing. Bang his scankey toothless girlfriend. Then tell him how sorry she is in the sack.

Crank It Up

Simple solution: some friendly competition. I'd get my heaviest, slowest bike and challenge him to an "easy" ride. Give him the choice of borrowing any bike he wants from another friend (don't let him trash YOUR bikes). See if he can do a simple 25-miler...if he's fit....go for 50.......THEN when you see him starting to bonk....DROP HIM LIKE A BAD HABIT!!! Preferably leave him in some secluded boonies somewhere.....Yeah...that'll teach him!!!

Crank It Up

I'm somewhat tempted to buy this jersey.....Yeah...rock on!!!

peterlutonslag

thats right! mountain bikers are not wussies and as far as im concerned anyone who mountain bikes is not a wuss, it takes skill, stamina, guts, a lot of balls but its great fun, tell him to shut up! i work in a shop that sells car bits so i know loads about cars too, trust me half these boy racers only make fun of u cause they are insecure about their own motor just being a piece of slow **** with some alloy wheels on it and nothing special.