Would you let someone borrow your bike?
05-08-09, 06:29 AM
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Let's not drag Picard into this. I know you're tempted to do it again, but fight it.
You know what, I give up. Your tacit wisdom has shown me that it's okay to have someone's sweaty ass all over my saddle. No, wait, that still sounds unpleasant.
Don't do it.
You know what, I give up. Your tacit wisdom has shown me that it's okay to have someone's sweaty ass all over my saddle. No, wait, that still sounds unpleasant.
Don't do it.
05-08-09, 06:33 AM
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The Cannondale, sure. My dad rides it all the time.
Either one of my Fujis, no way in hell.
Either one of my Fujis, no way in hell.
05-08-09, 06:33 AM
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My main reason for not lending my Marinoni to anyone is because he is set up for me. Everything, including the Brooks saddle, is customized to me. If I loaned him out, things would likely have to be adjusted for the other person, and then I'd have to adjust them back for me again which would involve a lot of measuring and hassle ... and it's just not worth it.
Early on I did let one friend ride my first road bike around a parking lot. When she realized how smooth and capable the bike is....she couldn't stand to ride her bike anymore. After that she went and bought a better one....
05-08-09, 06:51 AM
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yeah, so long as they're fairly experienced and I know them or have met them at a race club or something (but everyone at a race club has a better bike than mine anyway).
05-08-09, 06:53 AM
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Back in 1992, I lent my complete Mavic equipped Fuso to a @#%^&* mountain biker and he promptly overshifted and wrecked my Mavic derailleur. Felt like pulling out his nails one by one or waterboard his dumb A***. Argh!, still makes me mad about how dumb I was, letting somebody else ride my bike. Never again.
05-08-09, 08:29 AM
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Some times there are friends whose friendship you value almost as much as my bike..Well, at least most of my bikes.
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05-08-09, 08:42 AM
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Heck no. Well, they can borrow my beat-ass MTB. But my road bike? Nein. Nyet. Non. Nope.
I would consider letting someone ride it down to the end of the driveway and back.
I would consider letting someone ride it down to the end of the driveway and back.
05-08-09, 08:58 AM
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When I bought my first stick-shift car, I didn't know how to drive stick shift yet (figure that one out), so I had my dad drive it to tell me what he thought of the car. Once I figured out stick shift, I didn't let anyone drive it.
When I bought my first road bike, I didn't know how to ride a road bike yet (again, figures), so I had my road-experienced dude ride it around to tell me what he thought of the bike. Now that I have the hang of riding a road bike, I won't let anyone else ride it.
Both situations give me visions of a person who isn't used to my car/bike getting spooked by the shifting/handling and causing something bad to happen when they freak out and lose control.
Nope.
When I bought my first road bike, I didn't know how to ride a road bike yet (again, figures), so I had my road-experienced dude ride it around to tell me what he thought of the bike. Now that I have the hang of riding a road bike, I won't let anyone else ride it.
Both situations give me visions of a person who isn't used to my car/bike getting spooked by the shifting/handling and causing something bad to happen when they freak out and lose control.
Nope.
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05-08-09, 09:20 AM
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I'd let a close friend or relative ride it. I'd only adjust the saddle height though so they better fit the bike otherwise.
05-08-09, 09:29 AM
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I only have one bike and it would take me forever to save the money I needed to buy a repacement, so NO.
I believe that a good friend wouldn't ask to and would understand if I said no. They know what that bike means to me.
I believe that a good friend wouldn't ask to and would understand if I said no. They know what that bike means to me.
05-08-09, 09:30 AM
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05-08-09, 10:06 AM
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I have two "main" road bikes. I like having two because if something breaks on one and you have to order a part you still have to other to ride.
I lent one of my road bikes to a friend for a week to see if he would like bike commuting better on a road bike versus his "comfort" bike. I didn't know that somebody could mess things up that quickly. It took me a couple of hours to get things working correctly again. And the bike was filthy when he returned it.
I lent one of my road bikes to a friend for a week to see if he would like bike commuting better on a road bike versus his "comfort" bike. I didn't know that somebody could mess things up that quickly. It took me a couple of hours to get things working correctly again. And the bike was filthy when he returned it.
05-08-09, 10:15 AM
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I let a coworker borrow my CX bike with 700x23's on it so he didn't have to use his mountain bike in sprint tri. I wasn't worried about him wrecking -- I trust him plus I know where he works and his job is several levels above mine so any damage would be covered. I even went out with him one afternoon after work to make sure the seat was adjusted as much as well as possible.
Two stupid things bothered me when he brought it back:
1) Seat post set all the way down in the seat tube and tightened (so he could fit bike in his truck) and not returned to the correct height -- which he saw me mark with a pen and explain why I was doing that.
2) At some point he rode through a mud puddle so there's this big muddy spot on one edge of each wheel and splashed up on the frame. A little dust from a 20 mile ride wouldn't be a problem but I was kind of ticked off that he couldn't simple wipe that stuff off.
Would I lend my bike again? Sure. But I would tell this story first and hope the next person had a better clue.
Two stupid things bothered me when he brought it back:
1) Seat post set all the way down in the seat tube and tightened (so he could fit bike in his truck) and not returned to the correct height -- which he saw me mark with a pen and explain why I was doing that.
2) At some point he rode through a mud puddle so there's this big muddy spot on one edge of each wheel and splashed up on the frame. A little dust from a 20 mile ride wouldn't be a problem but I was kind of ticked off that he couldn't simple wipe that stuff off.
Would I lend my bike again? Sure. But I would tell this story first and hope the next person had a better clue.
05-08-09, 10:17 AM
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05-08-09, 10:22 AM
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I seem to be on the more open side of things as I just lent my CX bike out for a little weekend ride.
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05-08-09, 10:23 AM
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If I had an extra bike, I'd loan one out. I guess if it was really important I could loan out my bike and use my gf's for awhile. Regardless, we're trying to get an extra "house bike" together for guest use.
05-08-09, 10:34 AM
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You gonna eat that?
I bought my most expensive bike for $100. So.... as long as they could handle it, I see no reason why not.
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