GuitarWizard

I, for one, would like to add a hot chick to this thread.....



Now there we go....

LIVE2BIKE80

Very nice but she might have too much weight up top to entitle her to an ultralight bike

Cypress

Oh, and

SDRider

Now all we need is a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head and this thread will be complete.

SDRider

This thread is now complete.

thewalrus

2Rodies

Then you know some either very stupid or gullible people.


BTW what does it say about Lance when he shows up to an amature mt bike or cyclocross race? This is something he did a lot of in the past. Or when he shows up to the Tuesday Nighter to race with those 'fast rec' riders? During my 1 hour plus ride with him he was totally cool and never gave me any attitude because I wasn't a pro rider. Apparently the pros don't think the way you do about amature or grassroots racing, that may be because before they were pro's they were amature racers too.

ElJamoquio

Yup. You are, as long as you're semi-active. Many people I work with drag race, others road race, none of them are remotely pro, and everyone assumes they're not when it's brought up in conversation.

Yes again.

I sincerely doubt a reasonably intelligent person would assume someone who races on bicycles is a professional athlete. Hell, I sometimes doubt that most Americans *know* that there are professional bike riders.

AlanS

...oh...I forgot to mention that your original post lacked originality. I give you a failing grade for mind-numbing banality.

SDRider

Agreed. I feel stupider just having read it.

uga8589

Hey, Is this that fat guy's hot wife?

BikingCT

Now that, I'll do!!!

PhattTyre

The bald guy with the grey ponytail is only buying the Viper now because I took him so long to save up for it. Old guys buy nice stuff because they can finally afford the cool stuff they've always wanted. You don't have to be young or super fit to enjoy quality.

OB1

envy is one of life's seven deadly sins.

LIVE2BIKE80

This is great, I must hit some real cords with you with all these personal attacks. It is so easy to get under some people's skin. As for originality, I am pretty sure that alot of the current posts have been addressed at some point or another.

LIVE2BIKE80

If you felt so stupid why keep responding? Have you nothing better to do?

SDRider

I'm so glad you joined. You are really contributing so much to this forum. Kudos to you...

LIVE2BIKE80

How about this SDRider? It is a free country, people are free to buy the most expensive bike and I am free to write what I want and how I want. If you choose not to read it I couldn't care less. Now isn't that an original idea AlanS?

ravenmore

Ok, well I gained enlightenment tonight. Not from reading this thread (suprise), but by going on a group ride. Turns out 'cbip' is a guy I know and ride with a lot. I didn't know it was him and he was mainly yanking my chain for fun, and the rest of you guys were inadvertantly sucked in along with me. Although we did have a discussion tonight about racers vs. non-racers - not sure anything was settled in person either. 2Roadies - he did show up at the shop ride last Sunday. He was expecting me to be there but rode w/you guys when I didn't show(I was traveling). I think when he said "I rode with a guy who rode with Lance" he might have actually been referring to you.

cbip

"And now for the rest of the story"
I really thought Ravenmore would catch on faster but I had to let the cat out of the bag last night.
Come on guys you either are riding everyday as a job, that means getting paid to do it, which makes you a Pro racer or you ride everyday as recreational rider which means you dont get paid which makes you an Amature Racer. Both are riders but one of them is a RACER the other just races. Not that there is anything less impressive about the racing you do, just dont think you are some stud racer just because you can out run Bobby Joe Blow who went out drinking last night and is hung over at the race today.
Like I said before, "people always overgrade there paper"

Mo'Phat

I give you a C-.

This thread needs more hot chicks.

mellowdave

This is a very stupid thread, BUT

I rode an organized ride two weeks ago, (Camp For all Hilltop ride)

There was some BIG 'OL DUDE (official medical term) on a BMC, full record, nice bike all in all, but the real killer, which I didnt notice til the end of the ride (which by the way he finished an hour behind me despite having gone 20 fewer miles) was the HYPERON ULTRA WHEELS!

I was blown away. I couldnt believe it. THis thing was like 10G after all was said and done, and all it needed was a set of Profile folding aero bars to be the pinnacle of MS 150 Barneyness. More power to dude for getting out there onthe bike, and knocking it back, I mean I dont care what his kit cost him, but really, those wheels are absurd. ESPECIALLY for a laid back charity ride that he averaged about 10 -11 mph for. Showing up like that for a charity ride is almost a slap in the face. He prolly raised hell about the 50.00 entry cost. I have a pic, I'll post it in a bit.

ravenmore

C'mon Chuck, why you hatin'? -there's more to it than that. Most "racers" I know are nice guys and really don't have much attitude. They're pretty helpful and supportive to other cyclist most of the time. And, to be honest, racing for me has been a humbling experience if anything. Patrick's an ex-pro. Did you ever notice how little attitude the guy has? He's the most encouraging supportive guy I know, and he by far has the most bragging rights. The guys you're complaining about are probably like 5% of the racing community (granted they can be obnoxious and vocal so you notice them more). We work hard for what we do and like anything you work hard for you take a certain pride in it. Otherwise you wouldn't do it. So when someone comes along making remarks like yours here it may understandably alienate some folks.

I may be whatever you want to call me - an "amature" racer. A Cat 5 racer - whatever. Sorry I'm not in the TDF but I still race bikes.

Ginetta

Yeah im sure you dont care what his kit cost him since you generalize that "his wheels are absurd", "bringing his bike to a charity event was almost a slap in the face" and "he probably *****ed about the entry fee".

How the hell would you know if he b!tched about the entry fee? How do you know he didnt drop a 5k donation? Nice post

mellowdave

SUPERGREG!!