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Old 12-14-08, 04:57 PM
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just tell her that every ten pounds you lose on your body gives you an extra inch you know where
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Originally Posted by EGreen
Cycling or Women?
Short answer: both.
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I thought this was going to be a choice. Because obviously to be a true cyclist you can't have a woman. I pick cycling, it's cheaper, I can ride it more often, my bike doesn't yell at me, and it's always ready for a ride. Well, except when it has parts missing, but I can fix it. I can't fix women.
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Originally Posted by Flatballer
I thought this was going to be a choice. Because obviously to be a true cyclist you can't have a woman. I pick cycling, it's cheaper, I can ride it more often, my bike doesn't yell at me, and it's always ready for a ride. Well, except when it has parts missing, but I can fix it. I can't fix women.
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Seems to me you're asking which would we choose if we had to make a choice. BillyD chooses to have both, yet every time I look at how bony some of you dudes are it's clear to me you have chosen cycling. You can't be that sickly skinny and attract a woman.

There's no way I would forego women for cycling . . . it's not that important.
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Mine forbids me from shaving my legs.
Arrgh. I just don't understand this... if only women were more open to guys shaving their legs, I'd be more open to dating non-cyclists.
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cycling or women? ride them all!
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"The One" will accept, nay, prefer you the way you are. My wife digs skinny men. Good thing, with me being 1.95 lbs/inch.

In summary: both
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Originally Posted by EGreen
Do the women in your life complain that you are too skinny? Mine do. All of them!

And I am 6' 2'' 175 lbs! A heavy weight by cycling standards!
Oh, puh-leeeze.

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Bah...women are a pita, or at least the ones my age. No offense to our fellow ladies on the boards, your the exceptions.

Shaved skinny legs on a 135lb 5'9" guy, most women don't prefer. I chose cycling. Like previously said, never yells, no arguing, never turns down a ride, doesn't give me any problems, better investment, healthier, and less stressful.
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A la April: shaved legs are incredibly hawt! I can no longer find anything attractive about hairy legs...I'm ruined for life!
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I managed to start dating a girl I work with based on my passion for riding my bike, then last night she told me I am getting too skinny (6' 0" 165). I told her that I want to get a six-pack by summer time, because I have never managed to do it. She told me she thinks six-packs are gay and that she wants more of me to "grab on to". pshhh!!
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I say, just do a little weight work in your upper body and women will love your skinninesss. Between your abs and your calves. They will go nuts.
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Old 12-15-08, 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by cyclezealot
I say, just do a little weight work in your upper body and women will love your skinninesss. Between your abs and your calves. They will go nuts.
It don't work that way for me...I don't gain mass. I've tried.

Stronger upperbody =/= faster cycling
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I started dating my present girlfriend 3 years ago, and I was playing baseball in HS. I was quite a bit bigger than I am now. I lost 30lbs of mostly upper body muscle. My girlfriend hates cycling, especially the associated danger and shaved legs. And yes, she gets touchy when I talk about losing weight. Luckily for her, I put some mass on this semester because I couldn't ride as much (and I eat like a pig!).
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My wife hugs me and then tells me it feels like hugging a girl because I'm so lean!
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Originally Posted by Basil Moss
My wife hugs me and then tells me it feels like hugging a girl because I'm so lean!
Couldn't get worse than this! Except, perhaps, hugging a corpse!
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actually, doesn't it mean he has man boobs?
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Women?
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
actually, doesn't it mean he has man boobs?
That would be a woman, not a girl. Or maybe an anorexic woman...?
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Originally Posted by BananaTugger
Women?
Yes, plural.
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Originally Posted by EGreen
Yes, plural.
I can't even claim the singular.
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