....then what would you ride?

Now that's funny right there.

I swore up and down for years I'd never wear any, but now I think it's actually more comfortable while on the bike.

ehh, no thank you I see how long it takes my wife to do that stuff and I'm like efffffff that!

hehe my wife sure likes it when I wear my cycling stuff.

I think I started getting one after only 2 or 3 rides in cycling shorts.

I don't screw with leg shaving, but my team training camp in the mountains this weekend will be 10 guys and 1 girl, yet we still needed a facebook event notice that "Everyone should shave their legs before coming, because we only have 1 shower and no one wants to wait for you to do that". My fiancee laughed hard at all of us for even needing to make that disclaimer.

I'd like to see what all the fuss is about with shaved legs, but I fear the ridicule from friends and co-workers. Not sure my wife could ever take me seriously after that either... Also not sure where to stop...

If my legs would magically shave themselves I'd be into it.

When I went to a former college roommate's wedding, another one of our roommates (who I hadn't seen in almost 20 years) asked, "You're not still shaving your legs, are you?" I used to race back in college, but I stopped racing around 1995. That made my affirmative answer all that much more awkward.

Part of the reason I still shave is that if I am wearing tights in the spring, and I don't shave my legs, the hair sometimes pokes out through the tights. That's not a good look on anyone.

How often do your friends and co-workers see your legs? Unless you work at UPS, I bet it's less than you might think.

Usually try to play volleyball with the co-workers on a weekly basis in the summer after work. And the friends, likely just as often. Once would be too many for these non-cyclists.

I can't stand to see people riding with their knees pointing outwards.

One guy I ride with kicks out his left knee all the time. I swear its every other pedal stroke, and for whatever reason, its frustrating as all hell for me. Definitely know what you mean.

Another..

My saddle color and bar tape color don't match, and it doesn't bother me at all.

Finally took down the Christmas tree.


[HR][/HR]The 2013 Weight & Mileage Project
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rofl!

I earn all the money, but my wife tells me how much I can spend.

BTW, this is a good thing.

I know the names of all of the Bravermans.

What a first post.... I foresee proud fredliness in my future.
What's bigger than a Clydesdale? .....I'm a former Clydesdale roadie - 25 years ago in college I was 6'3", 215 pounds and 7% body fat.... rode 200 - 300 miles a week AND played hockey.... then life happened - Married, Job, Kids, Responsibility... you know the story. I stopped riding and put on 70 pounds! Now, I plan to dust off (it literally has 1/4" of dust on it) the old bike and ride again. I'm debating whether to upgrade or ride as is (early 90's Dura-Ace, non-indexed down tube shifter, original black Look pedals, Canondale 3.1? frame, Cinelli bar and stem)..... I like some of the new technology but refuse to pay the ransom for it when my antique works just fine...Too bad my old RoadGear "beer cooler" lid died a long time ago. Maybe I'll pull out the old Bell V-1pro lid just to mess with folks.... !

Does this make me an Elephantine Fred?

I've known the significance of the yellow jersey for almost 4 decades and I will STILL WEAR a plain bright yellow Jersey so the yahoo's in the pickups can see me.... Hard to miss seeing someone wearing a yellow jersey with a 50" chest!

I confess I do not know who the Bravermans are, but do know that there is reference to two Bravermans in Friends. Joey has a line in his soap opera about a Dr. Braverman, and Mrs. Braverman's apartment is where Chandler and Rachel steal the cheescake.

I also confess I know way too many lines from Friends.

^^^ NBCs Parenthood. I rarely watch TV and this is the first time in years (decade?) that I actually know the names of the characters. Friends may actually be the last show about which I can make that claim.

I turned around early at a century this past Saturday so I could avoid some of the climbs. It's the third year in a row I've done that at this ride.

On Sunday a bird pooped on my saddle while I was at a break and I didn't wipe it off. Some of it is still there and some ended up on my shorts.

Even though Chain Love hasn't had anything worth buying in ages I keep checking.... just in case.

I found myself considering walking behind someone rather than beside.

wut?

For the drafting, of course.

After one group ride, when we stopped at a gas station, I walked directly behind the guy I had been drafting for about an hour. It was pretty weird.

On a couple of occasions I have built a bike around a single component on which I got a great deal. The bike gets ridden for a few months, then sold.

I don't know why I do this.