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PatrickGSR94 02-14-13 09:17 AM

ummm... I swapped my platform pedals onto my road bike last Saturday night for a casual group ride where I didn't want to fool with cycling shoes. Actually worked and felt pretty nice with some skater-style shoes. But I was also wearing a new pair of jeans, which left some blue markings on my white saddle. :notamused:

Oh well, all the more reason to get a black saddle, yes? :D

vfrjo 02-14-13 11:30 AM

The ups guy that serviced a store i used to work at shaved his legs. Nobody said anything to him, but some of the ladies talked about it after he left almost daily. Didn't even faze them when I let them know he raced bikes. I always thought they were bitties for talking about him.

caloso 02-14-13 11:35 AM

I'm sure I've heard it before, but I don't think I could identify dubstep versus any other kind of dance music if I heard it played.

Waxbytes 02-14-13 02:47 PM


Originally Posted by RTDub (Post 15272683)
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.

Maybe you like building bikes?

Dudelsack 02-14-13 04:39 PM


Originally Posted by vfrjo (Post 15273412)
The ups guy that serviced a store i used to work at shaved his legs. Nobody said anything to him, but some of the ladies talked about it after he left almost daily. Didn't even faze them when I let them know he raced bikes. I always thought they were bitties for talking about him.

This thread is for confessions, not tattle-tales ;)

YOJiMBO20 02-14-13 05:32 PM

I want to build up a fixed gear bike.

YOJiMBO20 02-14-13 05:41 PM


Originally Posted by YOJiMBO20 (Post 15274649)
I want to build up a fixed gear bike.

And I may have just found a frame to do so...

BoomMcNasty 02-14-13 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94 (Post 15272894)
ummm... I swapped my platform pedals onto my road bike last Saturday night for a casual group ride where I didn't want to fool with cycling shoes. Actually worked and felt pretty nice with some skater-style shoes. But I was also wearing a new pair of jeans, which left some blue markings on my white saddle. :notamused:

Oh well, all the more reason to get a black saddle, yes? :D

Before your black saddle purchase is made you may be able to salvage the white one with a Mr. Clean magic eraser.

vfrjo 02-14-13 09:47 PM

I was confessing that I thought all those bitties were/are bitties. The rest was just background info.

Ice41000 02-15-13 03:41 AM


Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94 (Post 15272894)
ummm... I swapped my platform pedals onto my road bike last Saturday night for a casual group ride where I didn't want to fool with cycling shoes. Actually worked and felt pretty nice with some skater-style shoes. But I was also wearing a new pair of jeans, which left some blue markings on my white saddle. :notamused:

Oh well, all the more reason to get a black saddle, yes? :D

No.
Get white jeans.

Leukybear 02-15-13 03:48 AM

As a result of my commuter being a fixed gear bike, I ride my fixed gear more often than my roadie. But I make it up to the carbon mistress by having her in between my legs for quadruple or more the commuting mileage combined on weekends. Oh yeah this must imply that I love fixed gears. Which I do happen to own a couple of because track = fixed gear = sw33t fixie.


Originally Posted by YOJiMBO20 (Post 15274649)
I want to build up a fixed gear bike.

Just do it.

RT 02-15-13 07:38 AM


Originally Posted by Waxbytes (Post 15274133)
Maybe you like building bikes?

I do like building bikes, but I do not like the expense, yet I still do it.

RT 02-15-13 07:40 AM

This whole thread is a desperate cry for therapy.

Fishmonger 02-15-13 02:35 PM

I'm in a work meeting right now.

RT 02-15-13 03:04 PM


Originally Posted by Fishmonger (Post 15278093)
I'm in a work meeting right now.

This is your boss. Pay attention.

Gluteus 02-15-13 03:09 PM


Originally Posted by Fishmonger (Post 15278093)
I'm in a work meeting right now.

I am using the toilet. (#2)

SempreCycling 02-15-13 05:46 PM

I want to do the lbs group ride tomorrow morning but it's going to be 34* with snow flurries and I hate being cold.

surgeonstone 02-15-13 07:14 PM

I have been working too, too hard, 16-18 hrs a day x two weeks. Have not cycled once during this time, yet I have been on BF. I feel like a fraud.

Mike F 02-15-13 08:19 PM


Originally Posted by Gluteus (Post 15278273)
I am using the toilet. (#2)

More productive than most meetings I attend... End result is usually the same :)

alexaschwanden 02-15-13 10:31 PM

I sold my Caad10 for a Trek 520 touring bike.

Orangejuice 02-20-13 05:34 PM

I read all 70 pages of this thread at work.

I am obsessed with matching all my gear, from bottle cages to jersey.

I only bought my latest road bike because I think it is sexy.

I love seeing other cyclists when I ride and always smile/wave/raisemyfingersoffofthebarwave yet they often do not return the favor and i despise them for it, but I will never stop greeting them joyfully.

BoomMcNasty 02-20-13 08:58 PM


Originally Posted by Orangejuice (Post 15297361)
I read all 70 pages of this thread at work.

I am obsessed with matching all my gear, from bottle cages to jersey.

I only bought my latest road bike because I think it is sexy.

I love seeing other cyclists when I ride and always smile/wave/raisemyfingersoffofthebarwave yet they often do not return the favor and i despise them for it, but I will never stop greeting them joyfully.

If you're ever in the Tampa Bay Area I will wave back! :thumb:

Cookiemonsta 02-22-13 04:38 AM

This is the first winter where I barely did any cycling. Dont have my rollers in my current place, have been too busy to go to the gym regularly, and the snow/salt and chemicals on the road has been eating away at my bikes in previous years and I don't want to deal with replacing parts because of it yet again.

As a result... I gained.... 5 #$%@^ kilograms. I know they will be gone in another few months. Even so...

caloso 03-06-13 06:47 PM

I put Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, and the Spice Girls on a training playlist.

Jandro 03-06-13 08:03 PM


Originally Posted by caloso (Post 15353825)
I put Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, and the Spice Girls on a training playlist.

Is it so you push yourself by trying to outrun the music? You clever dog, you.


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