Not anymore I won't !!!


At the grocery store yesterday, I watched one of the workers wheel her bike out of the employee area and across the store to the door. I thought it was pretty cool, they let her keep it inside. Maybe I'll try it.

My two cats sometimes get grease on them from walking to close to one or more of the five bikes on our first floor.

While I don't have a problem locking up my bike outside places like restaurants and movie theaters, I do bring my bike inside my local happy hour spot all the time. It's for convenience and not out of fear of theft. As for grocery stores, I have brought my bike inside several times while on tour. I always ask first. I usually leave it within sight of a cashier. Not really worried too much about a customer trying to leave the store with a bike loaded down with 40 lbs. of gear.

Hah, one of mine had a greasy ear for months from that.

Cats like to climb on them, claw the seats, have loud hiss-fights through the wheels and frame, and knock the bikes over when possible. Those are fairly unique to cyclists.

I've yet to have any of those things happen with my cats. They're both too old for that kind of stuff.

One of my bikes with a out of production seat that took me ages to find, was leaning against the side of my bed. One of the cats shredded
it.

When we moved to a house without a garage, we had to have a second shed built for storage because my bikes took up all the space in the original tool shed.

If a store has a problem with me bringing my bike inside, they don't get my money.

Only once have I had a problem. Walmart can go **** themselves.

Having to make sure my swimming trunks are longer than my bike shorts and having to wear a shirt to the beach. If I don't wear a shirt I leave the beach with beautiful brown arms and a lobster tan in the shape of a shirt.

It is better to ask for forgiveness then approval . :thumb:

Having to explain that my idea of a relaxing vacation includes >200 miles of cycling. Often the response is, "I like to sit my butt in a chair on the beach, I'd never consider riding a bike 50+ miles a day relaxing." People just don't get it.

definitely

What problem?

When I first got married my wife was weirded out because my legs were smoother than hers. I just handed her my Baxters cream.

Ha! We have a little orange tabby and he constantly has black streaks on his face, I'm not sure why but he loves nuzzling my rear derailleur.

This too. When I went on my honeymoon 2 years ago, it was a conscious struggle every day for me to not at least go to the resort's gym and ride the stationary for an hour or two. My mind and body are so hardwired to want to exercise when I feel like I've overindulged with food/drink, but my wife wanted me to stay with her and do absolutely nothing and that's what I did.

I hate wind! Last year I turned a corner into what must have been a 40 mph head wind and it stopped me in my tracks. Forecast for the day was 20-25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph! In this case the weatherman was right!

All I have to do is look under the bed or couch to see what she's "hiding" from me. :roflmao2:

Having more scratches and scars than most others I know and feeling oddly proud of them.

Use the wind as a training aid. When I ride into the wind, I just focus on heart rate and cadence. When I have a tailwind, I go for Strava KOMs. :)

I know a lot of people that run out of their house when a storm is coming through Phoenix so they can snipe segments.

I have a love/hate relationship with wind. I love headwinds because I know it makes me stronger yet curse at it at the same time. It is nice when I have that tailwind behind me though. In Oklahoma wind is just part of life.

Doesn't he care enough about his bike to close the fly? It might get wet.

Ben

Headwinds don't make me stronger. I have a hard time, mentally, really pushing it into a strong wind. I just can't bring myself to really dig down and push to get up to 12 MPH. Now, up a hill? I can push up that because I can see the hill. Ugh, I hate wind...

Wont use a kickstand, adds weight.

Was he fat? Because when anything like that has happened to me from a guy, he's always fat.

...And he wasn't to happy when I directly told him "why is it always the fat guy saying that" either, but hey, if he didn't want to get crap he shouldn't have dished it out. He looked hurt and didn't talk to me for a week, but based on the kind of things he was saying not sure if that was a drawback.

I don't care whether someone's overweight or not - I'm not exactly skinny myself after years of computer work - but I don't want to hear any bizarre ego trip from them trying to berate people making healthier choices either, and in my experience that's usually what that is.

I'd probably laugh when I was around during that conversation

alas, my cyclist problem is that I'm too skinny, I can't even wear watches because it'll be too loose around my wrist

Chainring scar on my left calf.

The people taking my pulse at the office blood drive...double checking manually after seeing the reading on the machine.

People asking..You rode how many miles? On a bike?

As the original I hate wind poster........
 

....it doesn't make me stronger either. I have severe back problems, one of which is spinal stenosis, and doc says riding is geat exercise for me but try to avoid long hills or steep climbs as it aggrivates my leg and back pain.

We have a 3 1/2 mile hill on the local mup and I can usually make it up without stopping but the pain gets pretty bad near the top.

Riding into heavy winds is for me like riding steep hills....no fun and painful. I try to ride every day so I'm no stranger to wind, but I still get stiff and sore after riding on windy days.

When I take to the road, it also makes it very difficult for me to hear motorists approaching from the rear as I tend to rely more on sound than my mirrors.

Wanna spouse swap ?