What type of rep does BF have?
08-30-07, 10:44 AM
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BF Gangsta...NOT...
[QUOTE=Mo'Phat;5174952]BikeForums is straight-up gangsta, dog. Don't be frontin'. Holla.
Maybe I am not cut out for BFing, as I was a bit nervous riding solo down 7th Ave in Long Beach last weekend. Puckered more than on the worsed parts of Noble on a bad day. Not sure how well I could hold up in the ghetto wearing riding gear, especially the shoes...couldn't even run if they took my bike! I am sure I saw a few younger "gentlemen" trying to figure out how much crack they could get if they traded in my bike (against my wishes). If I were gangsta tuff I wouldn't have been riding so fast, but I did learn that fear is good for your pace. I will not be riding alone through that neighborhood again.
On the flip side, the older guys (some on their cruisers, complete with groceries) were cool. I got a few "nice bikes" and a lot of friendly "hello"s from the older people, but even they were looking at me like I was from another world.
Maybe I am not cut out for BFing, as I was a bit nervous riding solo down 7th Ave in Long Beach last weekend. Puckered more than on the worsed parts of Noble on a bad day. Not sure how well I could hold up in the ghetto wearing riding gear, especially the shoes...couldn't even run if they took my bike! I am sure I saw a few younger "gentlemen" trying to figure out how much crack they could get if they traded in my bike (against my wishes). If I were gangsta tuff I wouldn't have been riding so fast, but I did learn that fear is good for your pace. I will not be riding alone through that neighborhood again.
On the flip side, the older guys (some on their cruisers, complete with groceries) were cool. I got a few "nice bikes" and a lot of friendly "hello"s from the older people, but even they were looking at me like I was from another world.
08-30-07, 10:58 AM
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[QUOTE=SprSonik;5176308]
Just takes getting used to...I was nervous in traffic and stuff when I started...now its nothing...
BikeForums is straight-up gangsta, dog. Don't be frontin'. Holla.
Maybe I am not cut out for BFing, as I was a bit nervous riding solo down 7th Ave in Long Beach last weekend. Puckered more than on the worsed parts of Noble on a bad day. Not sure how well I could hold up in the ghetto wearing riding gear, especially the shoes...couldn't even run if they took my bike! I am sure I saw a few younger "gentlemen" trying to figure out how much crack they could get if they traded in my bike (against my wishes). If I were gangsta tuff I wouldn't have been riding so fast, but I did learn that fear is good for your pace. I will not be riding alone through that neighborhood again.
On the flip side, the older guys (some on their cruisers, complete with groceries) were cool. I got a few "nice bikes" and a lot of friendly "hello"s from the older people, but even they were looking at me like I was from another world.
Maybe I am not cut out for BFing, as I was a bit nervous riding solo down 7th Ave in Long Beach last weekend. Puckered more than on the worsed parts of Noble on a bad day. Not sure how well I could hold up in the ghetto wearing riding gear, especially the shoes...couldn't even run if they took my bike! I am sure I saw a few younger "gentlemen" trying to figure out how much crack they could get if they traded in my bike (against my wishes). If I were gangsta tuff I wouldn't have been riding so fast, but I did learn that fear is good for your pace. I will not be riding alone through that neighborhood again.
On the flip side, the older guys (some on their cruisers, complete with groceries) were cool. I got a few "nice bikes" and a lot of friendly "hello"s from the older people, but even they were looking at me like I was from another world.
Just takes getting used to...I was nervous in traffic and stuff when I started...now its nothing...
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08-30-07, 11:08 AM
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08-30-07, 11:18 AM
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[QUOTE=herbm;5176393]it wasn't the traffic that scared me, I rode for years in SD with no concerns. It was the fact that my bike (not high end) was worth more than most of the cars in the area, and a lot of the people seemed to know that.
08-30-07, 11:34 AM
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[QUOTE=SprSonik;5176562]Oh I gotcha...I do know that feeling at times....
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LOL, that's one advantage of riding a 'bent. They wouldn't know how much it's worth. They would have no idea who to sell it to. And if they tried to ride it off, they would fall over at the first turn, assuming they could even get it going in the first place! 
08-30-07, 12:41 PM
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I think it's pretty certain anyone on any internet forum is a certified dork, yours truly included.
08-30-07, 12:43 PM
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08-30-07, 12:44 PM
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08-30-07, 12:44 PM
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...you're just auditing the certification courses, which is more dorky.
08-30-07, 12:45 PM
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...and ME could 'straighten out' Anderson Cooper in about 2.8 seconds.
08-30-07, 12:46 PM
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08-30-07, 12:47 PM
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08-30-07, 12:48 PM
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08-30-07, 12:49 PM
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His politics.
ps. Ignore is applied only to that other thread....n00b....If you were certified, you'd know this.
ps. Ignore is applied only to that other thread....n00b....If you were certified, you'd know this.
08-30-07, 12:50 PM
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How I got involved: Jason, one of the crew members and a friend of mine asked me during a game of Dungeons and Dragons if I wanted to do something cool this summer.
08-30-07, 12:53 PM
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Ooh...
-25 hit points!
/where's my 20-sided dice?
-25 hit points!
/where's my 20-sided dice?
08-30-07, 12:54 PM
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08-30-07, 01:01 PM
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08-30-07, 01:42 PM
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08-30-07, 01:46 PM
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