I've never posted in the Road Cycling forum before.

I started riding SS/fixed years ago but now secretly laugh at all the kids who ride them trying to be trendy, even though fixed is a freaking blast to ride and I will always have one in the stable. I make it a point to fly past them at 2x their speed.

I secretly want to get my fixed back on the road, and work on my fitness/spin, but I'm too lazy to turn the wrenches on it. And too scared to tell my geared bike.

I love urban riding; being inches from moving cars, predicting peoples moves, bunny hopping potholes, hitting gaps, overtaking cars, flying down the yellow line in gridlock basically getting my adrenaline fix. But I rarely blatantly blow lights or stop signs and I ALWAYS give right of way at intersections.

I get pissed with people who ride in the gutter/far to the right/in the door zone, in my opinion (and experience) they are just inviting close passes and near misses by not asserting their right to be on the road.

I did a group ride once on some country roads in Delaware and was bored out of my mind (and a little bit over my head, as I was on a fixed gear). I kept thinking how fun it would be to take these country roadies in to the city and see if they could keep up there where you need more than just fitness.

I am getting bored with riding alone all the time but because of my riding habits in the city I rarely try to find people to ride with. I accept the risks myself but I could never live down someone wrecking and getting messed up trying to follow me through traffic.

When I do ride with others, I tone it WAY down and basically go into uber-responsible wilderness trip leader mode.

I love rain and winter riding, I get off on the challenge, the sense of accomplishment and the looks people give me.

I love telling people I don't have a car and that I ride everywhere, but goshdarnit a lot of the time I wish I had a car.

I don't baby my bikes, I ride hard, rarely wash them and don't care about scratches or chips in the paint. But they are almost always kept indoors when not being ridden.

I'm reading that one. Don't tell me how it ends...

It seems like you need a hug.

Dammit. After looking at that lovefest I'm all pissed off and need to ride.

Where the f*ck is my gun?

Just say NO to EPO.

Don't worry, it will not last.

Well, truth be told I was going to suggest he is either a troll or in serious need of psychotherapy or both. Then I got all lovey dovey.

No, I don't doubt his sincerity because, I too, feel rage.

My bike is both my release and my cage

as a motherless chicken looks at the egg.

It's all fun and games until someone in your path does something unexpected.

Paging BikeForums therapists: In the off chance that this is not a troll post, "LaSarthe" needs help.

I didn't read ebrake's confession. Too long

I went for a jog this morning on a local MUP and I could see a guy in one of those weird/awesome Euskaltel helmets coming up on me from behind. He soon flew past on a gorgeous Pinarello carbon frameset with what looked like Campagnolo parts and Zipps (difficult to say with the big gear he was turning). I actually stopped dead in my tracks, and did a sort of 80's-movie hot-chick-lean after he went by.

Then, about five minutes further down the path, an actual smoking-hot woman in a sports bra and short shorts running in the opposite direction gave me a big smile and a friendly wave. Unmoved somehow, I only managed a weak half-wave of my own in return.

I hate where this new hobby is going.

my bike's been hanging in the garage for the last 20 years, I almost threw it out.

rode the picnic loop at memorial park and got passed by a roller blader... didn't know that was possible

my bike's an old piece of schwinn and i like it anyway

i want to take a towel and wrap it around my seat 3 or 4 times

my front wheel is clicking and it's driving me crazy

i'd buy a speedometer but the reality of how slow i ride might be too much to handle

i'd go on a group ride but i'm afraid my bike would fall apart

I'm tempted to take my bike to the lbs so the mechanic can adjust the front derailleur.



...but that might also be an excuse to pretend not to buy a new bike.

*criminy*... I just ride to look better in spandex and hit on babes at the sag stations. What a bunch of freaks...

This is nothing a few thousand dollars well spent won't fix. Lighten Up.

CRANK-IT, here's how this works: I, like you, pulled out my 20+ year old Schwinn a while back. Last fall, to be exact. Put on new tires, greased the chain, rode away. Less than a year later, I am looking for a bigger home because my current place is full of bicycles. I got several for me and one for each of my three daughters. My car is falling apart because I don't maintain it anymore. The only clothing I've bought in '11 is bike duds. My new vernacular includes "riding the hoods", "wheel suckers"and "yard sale". I wear spandex, commando, to WalMart. I've been sailing once in 2011. I have become almost completely one-dimensional. This is where your life is heading now. Live it.

I do the same thing, when I am in bed with your fiancee.....

And in bed with me, you ****** ****ing ******bag.

Don't you mean the correct way?!?

I've been bored stiff with most of the threads here lately, but my interest in cycling stands unchanged.

Go figure.

I am impatient. I want results... NOW.

When passing a hot female runner I always tap the breaks to see what the back looks like
I keep my Bike in the Kitchen so I can see it when I eat my breakfast
I hate when I am driving to work at 6:30 AM and I see that ***hole Pcad riding through my town

I would wear the spandex all day if I could.

My butt and legs are as good as my gut is bad.