Friendly cyclist in matching kit on nice bike
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When a person on a bike looks like this, I admit I do not stop and I do not ask.
And I know that's crappy of me.
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The point is this is the 41, where clusters of the same topic seem to appear together. This seems to be in response to the "Unfriendly" post, where "matchy matchy kit riders on crabon bikes" were blanketly described as uncivil, and meanies.
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I once asked a guy in a matching kit with a carbon bike (MAMIL, they call them) if he needs help as he was pushing his bike uphill on a short climb. He said yeah and laughed ......i didnt stop, just to realise he was to fat for the hill and probably embarrassed.
True story
True story
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I just got it, I thought the OP was meaning that his and the other guys kit were matching, like they were in the same club or something - maybe even the same Tour Team
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I once asked a guy in a matching kit with a carbon bike (MAMIL, they call them) if he needs help as he was pushing his bike uphill on a short climb. He said yeah and laughed ......i didnt stop, just to realise he was to fat for the hill and probably embarrassed.
True story
True story
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On Saturday I was 25 miles into a 50 mile ride when I had a flat. I pulled over and started changing it. Several cyclists rolled by and asked if I needed anything. I told them I was good. Then I tried to blow a little air into the spare tube and saw it had a hole. Sigh. I started trying to figure out cross streets in the neighborhood so I could ask my wife to pick me up, when a guy on a nice bike in matching kit stopped and asked if I needed anything. I told him my spare tube had a hole. He reached not his bag and gave me one. Ride saved!
I don't know how much his bike cost, or what it was made of. I was too focused on my flat to notice.
Also, I've done the same for other cyclists.
I don't know how much his bike cost, or what it was made of. I was too focused on my flat to notice.
Also, I've done the same for other cyclists.
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nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
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How dare you seek to redress one of our most cherished stereotypes. Please turn in your NY card and move to Jersey or Texas or something.
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(I'd never suggest that anyone move to New Jersey)
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Easy with the Texas bashing, I mean I don't have anything against new yorkers. In fact the first person I ever ran off the road in my pickup was a new yorker.
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But the Cowboys logo is revered across the land. Try to keep up.
It's all in fun.
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One of the first jobs I had out of college was in the Dallas area. I remember my first rides in north Texas. Coming from California I wondered how long it would be before some Texas redneck would try to run me off the road. I was actually a bit afraid! It didn't happen! People were so nice to me and I couldn't believe it--even when I would ride in the countryside east of Dallas! Kids, playing in their front yards, would sweetly wave to me as I would ride by and, no--they weren't giving me salutes with their middle fingers as I had gotten so used to back home! Truck drivers would give me plenty of room and would honk at me to give me encouragement (probably because they were amazed that anybody would be crazy enough to ride in 105 degree weather in that terrible humidity).
Quite surprising it was!
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Yes, The Cowboys are (more like were) America's team, especially back when they had the All American boy at QB.
But to be fair, we should say throughout America, except for a strip of coastline running from Connecticut to northern VA.
But to be fair, we should say throughout America, except for a strip of coastline running from Connecticut to northern VA.
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