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Old 08-08-07, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by steaktaco
For the record, sunblock doesn't stop you from tanning, it keeps you from damaging your skin.



I've heard more than once that any SPF rating over 15 is redundant... I guess the way it works, maximum blocking is achieved at 15. However, I'd love if someone has a technical explanation to back this up.
I spit on this.

I have empirical information. Anything below 50, my skin erupts.
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Old 08-08-07, 12:20 PM
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How did we get onto sunblock? so confused...and no i don't wear any...southern italian olive skin! love it! except that whole high-blood pressure short lifespan we have a history of .
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Old 08-08-07, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by road racer
*cheers*
mabey we could get some local riders together to storm the inner city streets of Detroit....
btw you are one brave *non black* man choosing to live down by Wayne State, that's some serious *HOOD* livin down there. Hell my getto pass is not even good down there.... they see/smell the suburbanite weakness all over me.
Hell Wayne State area is becoming the white enclave for Detroit, filled with all of the urban hipsters who grew up in West Bloomfield and other cookie cutter suburbs, and now they consider themselves morally superior, because they bought a 200,000 condo in a gentrified area.
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Old 08-08-07, 12:25 PM
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I've wondered the same thing. I've only seen one or two black roadies in the last year. Seems like I'd see alot more.
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Old 08-08-07, 12:28 PM
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On my last shop ride, I'd say that out of 50 riders, there were probably 2 black riders, 5 Asians, and 3 or 4 Hispanics.
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Old 08-08-07, 12:31 PM
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There is always 1 on my rides.
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Old 08-08-07, 12:34 PM
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technically i am not i roadie i prefer the term long distance tourer

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Old 08-08-07, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by EGreen
I am going to take the OP's question as innocent curiosity.

I've noticed lately that there are a lot more African American roadies around here than there used to be (or seems to be). I'm happy about that.

I have a racial/ethnic curiosity myself... by far the most luminous praise I have received for my ride has come from those of Indian/Pakistani origins yet I never see them on a roadbike. One of these days I have to ask why.
I'm Indian, and I ride a road bike... There are a lot of black guys out here in Brooklyn riding too. Not too many hispanics on road bikes, and the younger non-white kids seems to be on those BMX bikes. So basically around prospect park I see a bunch of middle-class old white guys, the black guys in their teams, and me on road bikes. The younger white guys are almost always on fixies, and the younger non-white guys are on mountain bikes or BMX bikes. These are all generalizations, but this is generally how it seems to fall out.

I think you don't see many asians on bikes because they think of bikes differently. When I lived in Japan, most people just had a granny bike that they use to get everywhere when they are younger, and when they buy a car, they never ride again. The utilitarian nature of the bike makes it less of a hobby (there are some road bikers in Japan, but I never saw them, I did meet one guy who ran a high end bike shop). In China they are ditching bikes for cars as quickly as possible, hence "Greyjing"- the pollution is insane.

Cycling has a rep of being the athletic alternative to golf, something like tennis also used to have. It takes a long time for barriers to break down, but once they come down, it can happen quickly. I can't even count the number of black and latino kids on BMX bikes I have road by on my road bike who would get excited by the thought of riding a road bike, and I think it is because I have dark skin that they suddenly thought that they could also do it.
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Old 08-08-07, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by banerjek
I pity most of y'all. There's something to be said for never needing to buy/apply sunscreen or worry about getting burned when you intend to be outside all day....
Uh... yeah, I need to wear sunscreen.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=329513
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Old 08-08-07, 12:40 PM
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wow...wow...amazing to see the US is still in the dark ages when it concerns race.

BTW, Discovery, America's Team®, has two Asian riders.
 
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I'm only white on the palms of my hands and feet! hehe!

Asian mix: Filipino and Chinese. So I'm short and have no hair on my chest and back! haha!
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Old 08-08-07, 12:42 PM
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Old 08-08-07, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pathdoc
I've wondered the same thing. I've only seen one or two black roadies in the last year. Seems like I'd see alot more.
Then you need to visit California. I was on last Sunday's Tour de Peninsula and roadies were present despite it being just a fun ride. There were roadies of different colors sporting kits from Discovery, Liquigas, CSC and so on and so forth. There were blacks, asians, latinos, and middle-eastern roadies all over the place. Its like being in a melting-pot or something.

EDIT: Here is a list of new races to looke out for courtesy of Russell Peters:
Hook up an Italian and a Jamican = Pastafarians
Indian and Jewish =Hinjews
a chick from the Phillipines and guy from Holland=Hollapinos
Cuban and Iceland =Ice Cubes
French and Greek =Freek"
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Old 08-08-07, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
wow...wow...amazing to see the US is still in the dark ages when it concerns race.

BTW, Discovery, America's Team®, has two Asian riders.
Were they in some sort of race? Are we still on topic?
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Pretty sure he was joking about WSU being hood. Or at least I hope he was...

That's not to say that 1.5 miles south, east, or west isn't...
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Originally Posted by gabdy
You know how white men can't jump? Black men can't cycle.
Don't tell that to the guys in MajorMotion here in L.A.

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Old 08-08-07, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by aprilm
Uh... yeah, I need to wear sunscreen.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=329513
Don't worry... I look like The Amazing Floating Torso in the dark.

And my girl laughs everytime she sees the bibs knocked off of my back, but I've never seen it.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
You better pray the same North African dudes who regularly crush marathons and long distance running events don't get together sufficient scratch to pursue the expensive, elitist, fiscally exclusionary sport of road cyling. Because if THAT happens the next 27 Tour de France winners will be friggin Kenyan. They would not be white men.

The last time I checked all you needed to start running was your feet.

I do nominate 'black men can't cycle' for the August BF Clue Store Award (as in you seem to need a trip there).

black men cant cycle = kenyans can beat anybody in marathon racing
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Originally Posted by bdcheung
Let's play "Guess My (notbike)Race"
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Old 08-08-07, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
black men cant cycle = kenyans can beat anybody in marathon racing
They can't! they can just annihilate them!
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I'm Vietnamese so I guess I'm supposed to be yellow. But my arm looks more dark tan-brown than anything. I am also covered in much more hair than that of a standard asian man. I have more hair than some of my white friends. My GF is White. I've been told I'm somewhat of banana or twinkie... yellow on the outside white on the inside. I burn sometimes but not often. What was the question again?
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Originally Posted by huytheskigod
I'm Vietnamese so I guess I'm supposed to be yellow. But my arm looks more dark tan-brown than anything. I am also covered in much more hair than that of a standard asian man. I have more hair than some of my white friends. My GF is White. I've been told I'm somewhat of banana or twinkie... yellow on the outside white on the inside. I burn sometimes but not often. What was the question again?
Hairy asian man? You lie!

I'm actually a Philippine Islander. My wife is one also but her skin is whiter than some white folks I've met.
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Asian mix: Filipino and Chinese. So I'm short and have no hair on my chest and back! haha!
So what your saying is cycling is the only sport you have a genetic advantage in?



j/k: I'm also filipino "Kamuska ka!"
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Im asian...if that counts...Chinese and Austrian mixed... not bad...lol...for non white cyclist.
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