**Confession thread**
05-06-11 | 07:52 PM
#426
Stand and Deliver
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Tampa Bay
Bikes: Cannondale R1000, Giant TCR Advanced, Giant TCR Advanced SL
I sometimes try to get into the rotation so I'm not pulling the last mile so I can be fresh for the final sprint. It usually doesn't work out the way I planned.
05-06-11 | 08:58 PM
#428
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Northeast TN
ok ill play..
i worked as a bike mechanic at Dicks sporting goods but quit because i got tired of working on lame bikes and keep missing group rides.
i have spent twice(almost 3 times) as much on upgrades as i paid for the bike.
i am NOT to fat for this sport.
i climb better than i sprint but wish it was the other way around.
i worked as a bike mechanic at Dicks sporting goods but quit because i got tired of working on lame bikes and keep missing group rides.
i have spent twice(almost 3 times) as much on upgrades as i paid for the bike.
i am NOT to fat for this sport.
i climb better than i sprint but wish it was the other way around.
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05-06-11 | 09:49 PM
#429
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Northeast TN
I am a terrible speller. Not just a bad one, a horrible one.
One of my most vivid memories from first grade was a time when I couldn't remember how to spell few. That's right, a three-letter word. It simply slipped my mind, which made for a rather embarrassing spelling test. I don't know how the teacher sat there with a straight face.
If it wasn't for the spell checker, I'd look extremely illiterate sometimes.
One of my most vivid memories from first grade was a time when I couldn't remember how to spell few. That's right, a three-letter word. It simply slipped my mind, which made for a rather embarrassing spelling test. I don't know how the teacher sat there with a straight face.
If it wasn't for the spell checker, I'd look extremely illiterate sometimes.
i thought i was the only one. i think you could beat me at a spelling bee. ive always been a math guy
05-06-11 | 10:09 PM
#430
Senior Member
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From: Northeast TN
who shaves their legs to go faster? after you crash and get some good road rash you will wish you did shave your legs. i also think it looks odd to see hairy legs on bike short /bibs. to each his own i guess.
05-06-11 | 10:49 PM
#432
Senior Member
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Ok, ok, this a thought so far. Every time I see those runner/jogger on the bike lane when there's a dedicated jogging/running lane next to it, I feel like running them over with my bike. Yes, a $3000 bike, and I think it's worth it even if total my bike while doing it. So, one of these days you guys read on the news paper that someone got run over by a bicycle, it's most likely me. 
05-07-11 | 12:35 AM
#438
Descends Like Avalanche
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Somewhere between Funkytown and Margaritaville, PA
Bikes: Lynskey R240, Sportive, and a Helix Sport disc model in the works; Eddy Merckx MX Leader; Specialized Rock Hopper Comp (1988!)
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05-07-11 | 03:03 AM
#441
Senior Member
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From: RVA
05-07-11 | 05:18 AM
#443
grilled cheesus
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 6,957
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From: 8675309
Bikes: 2010 CAAD9 Custom, 06 Giant TCR C2 & 05 Specialized Hardrock Sport
im a bieleber. later.
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05-07-11 | 06:12 AM
#444
Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 38
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From: Simsbury CT
Bikes: 2008 Specialized Roubaix Expert, SRAM Force, Boyd 38mm wheels
Sometimes, when I'm home alone, I take my bike into my bedroom, whisper sweet nothings to her, massage a little chamois cream onto her top tube, and then...
05-07-11 | 08:07 AM
#445
Still can't climb
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 23,024
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From: Limey in Taiwan
i once rode my road bike in jeans and regular shoes.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
05-07-11 | 09:00 AM
#446
he said member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 13,813
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From: is everything
Bikes: yes please
05-07-11 | 09:25 AM
#447
Artificial Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,162
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From: The Cloud
Bikes: Retrospec Judd, Dahon Boardwalk, Specialized Langster
I don't use GPS, own a smart phone or a wireless computer.
And I have no desire for any of them.
I do think some of the videos that show a lot of that info are pretty cool.
And I have no desire for any of them.
I do think some of the videos that show a lot of that info are pretty cool.
05-07-11 | 09:32 AM
#449
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 416
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From: california
Bikes: a heavy old steel Frankenbike Gitane, a cruiser (not something I'd buy for myself, but it was a gift, what can you do?), a Greg Lemond, a Specialized Stumpjumper(old, steel, fully rigid), and a Specialized Safire
-Early on, when I first started cycling, I made the mistake of buying one of those stupid "skort" things with bike shorts attached underneath. I don't know what I was thinking. I'm too embarrassed to ever wear it.
-I put $15 Look Delta pedals on my CAAD 10.
-I put $15 Look Delta pedals on my CAAD 10.
