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That was your trashy furniture. :O
The paycheck is spent on bike parts and protein powder and whatever is left over goes to the necessities of life.
Jesus grow up and start living like a responsible adult will you.
Fantastic. That's stupider than war.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I've not only crashed in every way known to Man I'm pretty sure that I invented a few new ones.Uphill,downhill,alone,in groups,at starts, at finishes,into moving objects and stationary ones.I've even managed to crash standing still.Quote:
Originally Posted by chavis
The one for the lingering injury though was on a sweeping left turn right before the finish of a race in a meaningless sprint for 11th place or something. I was second wheel which would usual be relatively safe but the guy in front of me suddenly decided that he needed a closer view of the pavement.I have clear memory of sliding to a stop and looking over to see my bike a few yards away, still had the shoes in the pedals but thankfully minus my feet.
That taught me that basically life's a joke and at the end of the day the best you can really hope for is the company of people who make fun of your misery and a back room with some trashy furniture in it.
If only I'd had the foresight to strap a bomb to me.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by chavis
You know how long it took me to notice that you guys decked out Idol's ride with truck nuts and Daves, and that they weren't just replies? A full 2 minutes.
I've only had one bike accident myself. I don't do sports stuff with bikes, so it was a recreational/utility type accident. It's really hard to describe, so I'm aiding the explanation with a MS Paint depiction on my laptop.
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Before I had Lasik surgery, I was pretty blind without glasses or contacts (-5.75 prescription strength). I went out riding to Blockbuster one night, and decided to do so without any vision correction aids. It was close by, and I just wanted to jump out quickly to avoid late fees. I made it there just fine, but on my way back I was racing along the sidewalk. The particular section of road was not lit, but on I sped. I didn't spot the turn in the sidewalk and slammed straight into the sign post with the left side of my body, the bike traveled another 50-75 feet (like 20-25 meters?) without me. I had bruising on my inner thigh, pectoral, swelling of my face, for a little while. I somehow just caught a nice fine edge, hurt like hell and shocked the shit out of me.
Adult bikes are vehicles and don't belong on the sidewalk.The Universe was merely telling you that you're a putz.
If I was the Universe I would have also had a dog come along and piss on you as you lay there.
It might be different in Canada, but personally, I put very little faith in the American driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I have done some really horrible things to my body through various sports, including a partial malfunction while skydiving which didn't end well, daddy teaching his four year old to drive the nice big boat while I'm bringing my jetski in to dock, surprise! and various other assorted bad karma including being the meat in a car sandwich, but my one contribution to the this is going to hurt from a bike perspective was when I was a teen. I decided to ride down to a local park/nature reserve, this only had a grassy path and it had been raining lightly, the incline down to the park was steep, the brakes were wet, there was just no stopping power and there were these HUGE volcanic rocks dotted all over the countryside in the park. I avoided most but not all of the rocks, I hit one squarely, impacted the frame and buckled it right back to the point where it had arced up by about 15 degrees and left handlebar rammed straight into my leg. The crush injury caused my thigh to swell to 29" and stayed that way for over a month, I looked severely deformed. Those were the days......
I don't imagine many make it out of their skydiving accident in a capable enough position to talk about hitting pumice with their bike tires.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
A 'partial mal' is a skydiving term for a partial malfunction where your drogue parachute tangles some of your lines this can be slightly bad to to very bad. In my case it caused a loss of control and a hard landing. If the drogue becomes fully involved, it can cause the chute to fail to deploy, you have a secondary chute if the main fails you cut away and use that, if that fails you flap.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI don't imagine many make it out of their skydiving accident in a capable enough position to talk about hitting pumice with their bike tires.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
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Originally Posted by Artemis
I bought the bike. The ultimate deciding factor is that I ended up buying 2 bikes today.
You see, I don't have to clear purchases through the wife, I just tell her I'm buying shit. This laissez faire arrangement goes both ways, so she wanted a nice bike too. However, she wouldn't go for the online purchase, so off to the bike shop we went. There were very few bikes that would permit her to reach the ground, which was a must for her. We test drove a few, she ended up getting the Giant Cypress DX W (the W is for wimminz) for $500 and change. She already has a gay white basket up front. It's sitting not 10 feet from me now, upside down with both wheels off.
Only problem is, now there's more space we need to allocate for bike storage in the apartment, and the bike is a little too heavy to hang from a single hook. I have to rethink the entire storage strategy. :sigh:
I think I've found my storage solution:
http://www.amazon.com/Kettler-8959-5...pr_product_top
You guys are insane. Those most I've ever paid for a bicycle was $99 from Wal Mart. Then again I've never had nothing but problems with those types of bikes so maybe I should stop being so cheap.
That's fine if you happen to be a dwarf or you live in an apartment with very high ceilings, otherwise you'll be doing impromptu impressions of Quasimodo, while navigating the multiple danglingQuote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
obstaclesbicycles.
I know you loathe organic chemistry, but shirley a little bit of curare will dissuade the casual thief from purloining your wheels, and you will have the satisfaction of kicking said shitheel while he's down for having the temerity to think of trying it on with you...... :naughty:
For a $100, I'll help you track down a Giant Cypress DX W and a 2010 Jamis Ventura Comp. Might even have ceiling hangers... :sly:Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkin'
I just use my balcony for the normal-sized ones I use on a regular basis. I've got a pretty hefty chain to lock them to the railing, just in case ninjas rapel down the side of the building to steal them.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
My folding bike sits by the door.
I've got two more in storage. They're kind of shit, though.
Going by the way idle cunningly dodged that question by means of not answering, I'm going to assume that idle's other bikes are either deeply embarrassing or horribly expensive (so that he avoids answering in fear of being targeted by rings of international bike thieves).Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
Tadpole trikes and/or penny-farthings made of gold, is my guess.
Sorry I got distracted by cheap booze and expensive women and forgot to reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by ckritGoing by the way idle cunningly dodged that question by means of not answering, I'm going to assume that idle's other bikes are either deeply embarrassing or horribly expensive (so that he avoids answering in fear of being targeted by rings of international bike thieves).Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
Tadpole trikes and/or penny-farthings made of gold, is my guess.
I've got like half a dozen bikes although a couple are lacking parts as have donated some of theirs to their betters .
Rocky Mountain .Redline .Cervelo Trek Marinoni a couple of battered and much abused Bianchi team bikes from when people still rode those sort of things in races. .Haven't done any touring.Nary ever turned a pedal not in anger even before I started and after I stopped racing.:pinch:
I really had my hopes up that it would involve dingos.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
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Originally Posted by mjmacky
My bet is give it 2 months and you'll be shaving your legs.
Does this mean you hardly ever ride just for the fun of it? 'cos that would be sad.
Also, touring can be good times and you should totally have a go at it, some time. It's only fun when you've got somewhere decent to sleep if it's more than a day of riding, ofc.
I've even been thinking of getting a recumbent especially for long tours.
Sadly yet another animal that hangs out in the big brown country over to the left of us. They have Dingoes, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Platypus and lots of loudmouth irritating cunts, you'd be right at home. :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Welp, at least you got tasmanian devils.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArtemisSadly yet another animal that hangs out in the big brown country over to the left of us. They have Dingoes, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Platypus and lots of loudmouth irritating cunts, you'd be right at home. :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
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Originally Posted by ArtemisSadly yet another animal that hangs out in the big brown country over to the left of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
So I guess my next question have you ever lost any children to them is rather pointless now.
Actually I bet someone knew that there weren't any dingos in your cuntry but somehow putting sheep sort of didn't have the same appeal.:(
What about crocs.I bet you have a lot of those lurking about don't you?Crikey.
Errr... no, they got them too. All we really got out of the deal was alot of birds( and some of them don't even fly :idunno:), a native pig and a really, really old lizard (200 million years) called the Tuatara.Quote:
Originally Posted by ckritWelp, at least you got tasmanian devils.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
I would say that I'm a sad little man but I'm not that little.Quote:
Originally Posted by ckrit
Anyway I get your point and I totally agree but strange as it sounds some people are cursed to get pleasure in abusing themselves to no good end. If there wasn't then the World wouldn't be blessed with the Ironman Triathlon.:mellow:
Actually after I retired from racing and finally stopped crying instead of slowing down to smell the roses I put a fixed gear on one of my bikes and regularly TTed around a fifty Km loop trying to improve my times.:blink:
I believe this senselessly driven part of me comes from not really having a regular job for most of my life to properly suck the ambition out of me.
Oh, so that's why they're called tasmanian devils, then.
I'd never have guessed.
Oh. Triathlons. I know all about triathletes (scroll down a bit).Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787I would say that I'm a sad little man but I'm not that little.Quote:
Originally Posted by ckrit
Anyway I get your point and I totally agree but strange as it sounds some people are cursed to get pleasure in abusing themselves to no good end. If there wasn't then the World wouldn't be blessed with the Ironman Triathlon.:mellow:
Actually after I retired from racing and finally stopped crying instead of slowing down to smell the roses I put a fixed gear on one of my bikes and regularly TTed around a fifty Km loop trying to improve my times.:blink:
I believe this senselessly driven part of me comes from not really having a regular job for most of my life to properly suck the ambition out of me.
Otherwise, I don't think I could ever be arsed to do anything with a bike but ride it for fun or get from a to b (preferably passing by x on the way). Your job-theory may have some merit, there.
Comfortable and fast on the flats but I've heard that they're a bitch on even small climbs.Of course that's just something that I read or heard and so totally believe even if it's wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by ckrit
Also thank God for triathletes or cyclists would have no one to look down on.
Besides the French I mean.
I've been reading some unnerving shit about the craftsmanship of those other products (Rad, Racor, Delta Force Tactical Unit G). I think I'm going to take a drive out to Toys R Us or Sears, if either is still in existence, and see if I can't buy it in store.Quote:
I used to be like that too, which was well enough since all of my bikes have been stolen. But once you commit to keep him/her safe, shoot higher (they feel great). I'd probably have more to say in about a week or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkin'
I have high ceilings. We've got some thieving motherfuckers living here, busting locks and stealing them straight out of the bike room. We've got an incompetent greedy board and a disinterested staff. The other problem is I'm ground level with my patio.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArtemisThat's fine if you happen to be a dwarf or you live in an apartment with very high ceilings, otherwise you'll be doing impromptu impressions of Quasimodo, while navigating the multiple danglingQuote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
obstaclesbicycles.
Have you formed an echelon and ridden some wheel-sucking guido into the gutter yet?
I was going to ask you what echelon means here, but I decided to first consult wikipedia.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
What does echelon mean here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
I've seen the Harbor Freight ones in-store, and while I'd expect to do a little bit of modifying, the majority of the system is capable. The difference between $60 and $8 (especially since you need 2) is enough for me to take a trip to the hardware store and replace the shoddy parts. The basic principle is the same regardless of the brand name. Before I purchase anything from HF, I read all the comments, and heed the ones who stand out as knowing what they are talking about. If you find one of the more expensive ones in-store, look at the fine points, and make the mods on the cheap ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI've been reading some unnerving shit about the craftsmanship of those other products (Rad, Racor, Delta Force Tactical Unit G). I think I'm going to take a drive out to Toys R Us or Sears, if either is still in existence, and see if I can't buy it in store.Quote:
Originally Posted by megabyteme
From what I've seen, people are replacing the ropes (too thin; too short) and modifying the rollers so that they don't derail, and buying stronger bolts. The benefit of doing it yourself this way, is that you know the quality of each part being used. Even the expensive ones have been accused of cutting some corners like ropes being too short.
Of course you don't want $1000 worth of bikes falling from the ceiling, I do think you can save nearly $100 by making some cheap upgrades.
I did see all those points people were making, and will be using my own screws + anchors regardless. The biggest problem I have are the "hooks". That's why I want to take a trip down and examine something tangible. Most of those people were complaining that what is depicted in the image is not what they send you (all the manufacturers made changes to L-shaped grabber thingies). Even if I am getting a cheap one, I need some visual confirmation that I'm getting a hook, and apparently Toys R Us and Sears are the only outfits selling these items in store.Quote:
Originally Posted by megabytemeI've seen the Harbor Freight ones in-store, and while I'd expect to do a little bit of modifying, the majority of the system is capable. The difference between $60 and $8 (especially since you need 2) is enough for me to take a trip to the hardware store and replace the shoddy parts. The basic principle is the same regardless of the brand name. Before I purchase anything from HF, I read all the comments, and heed the ones who stand out as knowing what they are talking about. If you find one of the more expensive ones in-store, look at the fine points, and make the mods on the cheap ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
From what I've seen, people are replacing the ropes (too thin; too short) and modifying the rollers so that they don't derail, and buying stronger bolts. The benefit of doing it yourself this way, is that you know the quality of each part being used. Even the expensive ones have been accused of cutting some corners like ropes being too short.
Of course you don't want $1000 worth of bikes falling from the ceiling, I do think you can save nearly $100 by making some cheap upgrades.
They are riding their bikes the same way the Chinese drive on their highways. Maybe it's some Asian secret, or all of those bikers are gay and want to be close enough to smell each other's Lycra ballsweat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
Drafting 101Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyThey are riding their bikes the same way the Chinese drive on their highways. Maybe it's some Asian secret, or all of those bikers are gay and want to be close enough to smell each other's Lycra ballsweat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
Almost all the energy that you expend while a bike is used overcoming air resistance.The closer you can "draft" off of something the lesser the effort.Pros regularly ride inches apart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxYC4...eature=related
or more poetically
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/mv-yXM8/chasing_a_truck/