A week on a beach cruiser - FTW!!!
01-16-12, 02:04 PM
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A week on a beach cruiser - FTW!!!
So I spent the last week visiting my GF in SoCal. The only bike available for me to ride was a beach cruiser. I rode it every day. One day I put 35 miles on it!
No doubt I was missing my skinny-tired roadie, but I wasn't missing the single digit temps back east. Temps in SoCal were in the 60s and 70s.
Conclusion: cycling on a beach cruiser > not cycling at all
I'm welcoming any and all comments on the validity/absurdity/ridiculousness of the concept...
No doubt I was missing my skinny-tired roadie, but I wasn't missing the single digit temps back east. Temps in SoCal were in the 60s and 70s.
Conclusion: cycling on a beach cruiser > not cycling at all
I'm welcoming any and all comments on the validity/absurdity/ridiculousness of the concept...
01-16-12, 02:11 PM
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cycling on a beach cruiser AT THE BEACH >>> any road bike day here in OK.
01-16-12, 02:11 PM
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The quality of the ride is not always measured by how fast you go but rather, by the where and who you are riding with.
01-16-12, 02:33 PM
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01-17-12, 12:52 AM
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I had the same experience last summer in the FL panhandle area. We spent a week there on a family vacation, and I rode every day up and down the 30A on a beach cruiser I found in the garage of the rental house. It was great! Slow, but fun.
01-17-12, 06:34 AM
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Slow Bicycling being fun! Imagine that. 
01-17-12, 05:57 PM
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01-17-12, 06:08 PM
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when I was in college in western mass I took an old schwinn cruiser with a spring-mounted fork from the garage and rode the trails on Mt. Toby, which was across the street from my house. I think i invented Mountain Biking, but I didn't have the presence of mind to go to Norhtern California and become Gary Fisher.
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01-17-12, 06:51 PM
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I bet the scenery was really nice, ooops you couldn`t look you had your girlfriend
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Yep! They can be lots of fun. I always enjoy riding with my grandsons. I seriously doubt that they can HTFU.
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01-17-12, 07:49 PM
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Just saying. No reason to think like this.
01-17-12, 07:53 PM
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