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Originally Posted by oceanfx
(Post 6458095)
I 'raced' a roadie this afternoon on my way home. We both obviously just got off work and were tired, but we kept the same pace for about 10 km, and finally ended up sharing a lane for the last couple. we talked about the weather, i asked him how the don (bike trail in toronto with NO WINTER MAINTENANCE signs all over it) was, and then i wished him good luck cause i had to walk a hill that he could spin. we ride different bikes, but we had fun together. then we went and did our own things--how hard is that?
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Originally Posted by james_swift
(Post 6458140)
I was rollin' slow one day, just takin' it easy, when this decked-out roadie pulls up along side me, puts his hand on my back and starts pushing me while saying, "Need some gears?". I laugh. "Need some gears?", he repeated, thinking I didn't understand. I laugh again. Then he shifts up a gear and proceeds to dance away on his pedals TDF-style in order to impress me, and to re-affirm his observation that I need gears.
I really like commuting ss with a low gear. The schmucks who want to race just blow right by me. |
Originally Posted by nathbdp
(Post 6458190)
this is cool. most roadies here are hotheads who come off as if they are forced to ride a bike against their will.
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These days I enjoy it when a roadie passes me; which may be because it's only happened once down here (by no means bragging, people just ride really slow here, it's more difficult not to pass them)... but it also gives me a little motivation to put in extra effort.
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"Beat him in a foot-vs-bike race and I'll be impressed."
I'm usually riding about 15 mph on longer rides. Which seems reasonably fast to me. Except when I stop to think that a guy running a 4-minute mile is also running 15 mph. And there are unicyclists going 15 mph. Then it seems awfully slow. |
wow. i looked up some R600DA posts. very interesting.
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why cant you guys and roadies just make peace? why not just recognize that you have a common enemy, the car, and band together?
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Originally Posted by okay
(Post 6458581)
why cant you guys and roadies just make peace? why not just recognize that you have a common enemy, the car, and band together?
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yeah i have a couple of roadie friends and we get along perfectly; some of them even have/do ride fixed
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i don't understand the "rift." i don't care what anyone rides, as long as it's not one of those dumb electric sit/scooter things, and they jump into crosswalks to avoid lights, or your that doofus on a recumbent with anti war posters on it rolling at 8mph in rush hour. beyond that, it's all gravy. bike's are bike's. people are people.
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Originally Posted by Tom Stormcrowe
(Post 6457577)
You near Indiana? You can join me on a 310 mile day, if you can keep up with a 48 year old man riding a road bike ;) I'm shooting for a sub 18 hour triple century ;)
and most people consider it a feat to do a single century. |
Fixed gear rider drops roadie on expensive bike! Film at 11.
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Originally Posted by metaljim
(Post 6458782)
beyond that, it's all gravy. bike's are bike's. people are people.
i ride just about any bike i can, from bmx to dual suspension no need for prejudice against ones own kind |
Can we cut to the chase and just start bragging about how big our dicks are?
It would save me having to read page after page of discussion about folks in spandex with gears and their social temperments just to find some good penis comparisons. |
Originally Posted by frankstoneline
(Post 6458980)
Can we cut to the chase and just start bragging about how big our dicks are?
It would save me having to read page after page of discussion about folks in spandex with gears and their social temperments just to find some good penis comparisons. dick pictures = banned :( and you know someone's going to whip out the 'pics or it didn't happen' line. |
Originally Posted by frankstoneline
(Post 6458980)
Can we cut to the chase and just start bragging about how big our dicks are?
It would save me having to read page after page of discussion about folks in spandex with gears and their social temperments just to find some good penis comparisons. |
the real R600DA...
http://bikeforums.net/search.php?do=...&starteronly=1 |
I wasn't sure where to post this but this thread seems like the right place. This is my new tat, it isn't fixed-gear-specific but it is a shout-out to all the gnarly dudes like myself and the OP that know in their hearts of hearts that riding a fixed gear bike is the best thing in the world.
If you ride with gears, you might as well be driving an SUV with seal-skin hubcaps. Don't hate! http://www.parktool.com/images/whats...0834_28435.jpg |
Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
(Post 6459720)
I wasn't sure where to post this but this thread seems like the right place. This is my new tat, it isn't fixed-gear-specific but it is a shout-out to all the gnarly dudes like myself and the OP that know in their hearts of hearts that riding a fixed gear bike is the best thing in the world.
If you ride with gears, you might as well be driving an SUV with seal-skin hubcaps. Don't hate! http://www.parktool.com/images/whats...0834_28435.jpg |
That tat is fugly.
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I've been on geared hiatus in Edinburgh and I must say it's been pretty good. It'll be nice to get back to fixed too. The bottom line is, you need lots of bikes.
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Thing is, it seems that most of the guys I know who were almost exclusively fixed-gear riders are nowadays roadies or 'crossers.
If you stick with cycling long enough, you'll find your way to a geared bike sooner or later. |
One should have multiple bikes.
I commute on a fixed gear, ride off road on a geared MTB (and commute in the snow on it), and ride centuries \ group rides\ organized rides on a CF racing bike. All are fun in different ways. |
nathBDP wins BFFGSS trolling award :beer:
I just get impatient and start rickrolling people, while homeboy has restraint |
Originally Posted by andre nickatina
(Post 6459062)
tits pictures = vip status.
dick pictures = banned :( and you know someone's going to whip out the 'pics or it didn't happen' line. ...maybe I'll just post pics of my tits so I can be VIP. |
Originally Posted by frankstoneline
(Post 6460629)
After reading this I immediately recalled the "post your ink" thread where that girl was posted with gaffers tape over her nipples. I feel cheated as a man, i think diq pix should be ok if you cover the end with black tape!
...maybe I'll just post pics of my tits so I can be VIP. |
I raced a car today and won. But it was pointed in the opposite direction. And parked. That still counts, right?
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Wow,what a sad and empty life it must be when one's highlight of the day is posting on the interweb about winning a race that happend only in his head.:(
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Nice Drop...
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Originally Posted by DataJunkie
(Post 6460223)
One should have multiple bikes.
I commute on a fixed gear, ride off road on a geared MTB (and commute in the snow on it), and ride centuries \ group rides\ organized rides on a CF racing bike. All are fun in different ways. |
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