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Aside from being a committed cyclist, what's your next biggest hobby?

Old 01-11-12, 09:54 AM
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I would love to get into karting. However, like many of my interests and would-be interests it's all too expensive. Thus, physically is bicycle racing, and sans money I'm now starting that books I've wanted to write for the past decade.
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Old 01-11-12, 10:12 AM
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How are UFOs a hobby?
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Old 01-11-12, 10:32 AM
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Old 01-11-12, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by patentcad
Pcad rocks.


Nice. I like those PRS fret markers.

(Those are PRSs, aren't they?)
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Old 01-11-12, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Machka
... So here are some questions for others who are into photography here ... what kind of camera do you have? Do you like it? If you were to buy another, what would you get?


Originally Posted by Commodus
... I see lots of things while I'm out riding...but I don't know anything about cameras.
A good subject for a separate OT thread.
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Old 01-11-12, 10:46 AM
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I used to race motorcycles (too broke now).





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Old 01-11-12, 10:58 AM
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Old 01-11-12, 11:11 AM
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Climbing, Trail running, Reading Sci-fi fantasy, would love to get into back packing or mountaineering (Even took a backpacking class last year in college), and hanging out with the girlfriend.
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Old 01-11-12, 11:14 AM
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Old 01-11-12, 11:17 AM
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Photography.
I want to learn woodworking, time will tell.
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Old 01-11-12, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Hiking and kayaking.
Since this is turning into a picture thread:













Not one of these is more than 100 road miles from Seattle.
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Old 01-11-12, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Since this is turning into a picture thread:













Not one of these is more than 100 road miles from Seattle.
It's settled I'm moving to Seattle lol
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Old 01-11-12, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DGlenday
Nice. I like those PRS fret markers.

(Those are PRSs, aren't they?)
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this thread rules.
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Old 01-11-12, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
How are UFOs a hobby?
When a person researches UFO reports, examines UFO photos, watches UFO videos, contributes to UFO blogs, and belongs to a UFO forum, you can safely assume that the person has a hobby related to UFO's.

Also, when the same person spends time sky-watching, studying planets, asteroids, moons etc. and he occasionally observes something that cannot be scientifically explained and he personally designates it as being a possible UFO, that person again, can be safely classified as a UFO hobbyist.

- Slim

PS.

The same can be said about Crop Circles...
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Old 01-11-12, 11:44 AM
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My other hobby is the track...

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Old 01-11-12, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by rangerdavid
Actually, it's collecting watches and guns.
This....

If my wife ever looked in my watch boxes, or my safe I wouldn't have to worry too much about having a cut out in my saddle...
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Old 01-11-12, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Beau210
It's settled I'm moving to Seattle lol
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Old 01-11-12, 12:03 PM
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Camera P*rn 2 by MajorMantra, on Flickr

In the past I've been heavily into r/c planes and helis, and aquariums.

Not a hobby exactly, but in the past few weeks I've been reading a bit about watches and I now have this powerful urge to get one of these:

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^^ Wow that's a great looking watch.
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Well, I'm a full-time student studying genetics, as well as a lab assistant, so that's the bulk of my time outside of cycling.
If I'm not riding bikes, I'm probably fixing them up.
I'm a big gamer, whenever I have time (which isn't too often).
I enjoy backpacking on the weekends with my wife, and anything else that gets me outside.

In general, I love learning. I'm constantly reading books, articles, editorials, and anything else I can get my hands on. Some of my favorite topics are biology (duh), history (early American in particular), religion, politics, and fiction (Tolstoy, Kafka, Moliere, Tolkein, Herbert, and many others).
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Old 01-11-12, 12:17 PM
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Besides biking, my biggest hobby is following Formula 1 and sports car races. I'll watch other sports and such, but Le Mans and F1 are the two that I can't get enough of and the only two I'll regularly shell out money to travel to see, and collect memorabilia for each (posters, diecast cars, racing games, literally hundreds of books, hats, shirts, ect.). I'd be into karting if I had the money, but it's so expensive that it makes high end bikes seem easily attainable by comparison.

Besides that, the usual. Photography, movies, reading voraciously, drinking as many new kinds of beer as possible, and learning as much as I can about food.
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Old 01-11-12, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Commodus
^^ Wow that's a great looking watch.
It really is. I only have a couple of watches and they're pretty pedestrian Victorinox. I'd love to get something special and unusual.
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