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Old 06-02-11, 08:16 PM
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It's my medication
After cycling now for 10 days straight after not riding so regularly since January, it's amazing how it makes me feel. I feel much more calm and positive. I'm getting thinner. The physical and psychological benefits of riding a road bike are rather remarkable.

Racing, freds vs. road nazis, bike schwag, BF, etc.; that's all white noise. Road cycling is my medication. It has been that way for the better part of 20 years. I'm 53, I hope it stays that way for at least another 20 years.
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Is that what Lance meant by 'dope'?
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Originally Posted by patentcad

Vicodin is my medication. It has been that way for the better part of 20 years. I'm 53, I hope it stays that way for at least another 20 years.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
After cycling now for 10 days straight I'm getting thinner.
it's purely dilusional.
You'll always be too fat for this sport.








oh yeah - for the sarcasm impared
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Your local pharmacy does not approve.

On the other hand, your bike shop probably does.
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I trust the Pcultists will carry this thread for at least 20 pages.
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
I trust the Pcultists will carry this thread for at least 20 pages.
If the ratio of individual posts remains the same, you will be to blame.
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
I trust the Pcultists will carry this thread for at least 20 pages.
My over/under is four.
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My over/under is four.
I'll take the over please.
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Cycling is good, but there's still something to be said for Oxy and Vicodin.
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and when I have a bad cough I kind of enjoy the codine cough syrup, it puts me in a nice place where nothing really bothers me.
Except for Glenn Beck.
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Cycling is cheap medication, even if you're not on the generic version.
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At least Shep and Cavoto have a sense of humor.
Unlike myself.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Cycling is cheap medication, even if you're not on the generic version.
My HMO won't approve the real stuff anymore. It's all generic, including cycling.
That's why I ride a Giant instead of a Cervelo.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Cycling is cheap medication, even if you're not on the generic version.
Haha, I wish. I have almost $5000 in bicycles hanging on my wall, and another $1000 in various off-bike gear.
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And when the Pcultists all awake from their slumber in the morning, this thread is going to take off like a SAM.
Especially seeing it's a friday, the most unproductive day in American industry.
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
My HMO won't approve the real stuff anymore. It's all generic, including cycling.
That's why I ride a Giant instead of a Cervelo.
You're not riding generic until your frame is decorated with "Windsor" stickers.
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If i rode every day i would just eat more, drink more beer/wine, and carbo up every night. I would even need more miles as my Meds. Maybe even find my "Zen moment" in the process.
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
I trust the Pcultists will carry this thread for at least 20 pages.
You had 8 of the first 17 replies. At what point does one become a Pcultist?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You had 8 of the first 17 replies. At what point does one become a Pcultist?
I'm pushing for the over.
But alas I'm going to bed now.
I'm pulling for Asia and then Europe to cover this thread for the next 10 hours.
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I'm sure the Pope has since retired for the evening hoping to see at least 2, maybe 3 pages when he logs back on.
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
My HMO won't approve the real stuff anymore. It's all generic, including cycling.
That's why I ride a Giant instead of a Cervelo.
The comparison is Giant is to bicycling as Pfizer is to pharmaceuticals.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
The comparison is Giant is to bicycling as Pfizer is to pharmaceuticals.
Damn, I need sleep.
Incorrect.
Giant = Generic version of Cervelo
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Originally Posted by BarryJo
Damn, I need sleep.
Incorrect.
Giant = Generic version of Cervelo
If you say so Skippy.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Cycling is cheap medication
Not when you factor in vitamin Di2 it's not.
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