Can anybody talk me down from buying a bicycle?

[ajkent]

Just make sure that you will look for a quality and dependable bicycle but should not be a pain in your pocket.

[Something Else]

Paylay

Shut up.

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Ironically the bike's weight and the bike's cost in ounces of gold are exactly the same.

I like the chest of drawers.

[chalice]

Shut up.

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Ironically the bike's weight and the bike's cost in ounces of gold are exactly the same.

I like the chest of drawers.

Yes, noice chair. Clearly pilfered from Versailles during the Vichy. You can't pedal yourself away from the holocaust, you monster.

I bet that's Hitler's left testicle in that little wooden shrine, too.

[megabyteme]

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[Snee]

Paylay

Shut up.

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Ironically the bike's weight and the bike's cost in ounces of gold are exactly the same.

Noice. Just above the minimum weight allowed by UCI for racing, innit?

I'm not liking your pedals, but then I'm not really a roadie. Time ATAC ftw. I'd not mind your wheels one bit, however.

Also, I'd have guessed you'd be sporting super record.

Not that Sram Red isn't several steps up from what I'm using, or anything.

[Something Else]

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[IdolEyes787]

I'm not liking your pedals, but then I'm not really a roadie. Time ATAC ftw.

I have an inflexible ankle and a corresponding collapsed arch on one side from an accident and I find that the float in the Speedplays compensate better than the Times.Otherwise I like the Times better.

[Snee]

I'm not liking your pedals, but then I'm not really a roadie. Time ATAC ftw.

I have an inflexible ankle and a corresponding collapsed arch on one side from an accident and I find that the float in the Speedplays compensate better than the Times.Otherwise I like the Times better.

Ah, welp. I started out with Shimano SPDs (not SL as I rode MTB then later CX) anything half-decent beats the (very limited) float in the ones I used.

Is that your only bike, or do you do touring or anything like that with something else? I think I remember you saying you don't do much off-road.

[chalice]

Bikes don't kill people, accidents do.

Idol, lay your flesh bare and regale us with tales of your hideous accident, which plainly left you bereft of optimism and taste in bicycles. You don't have to if you don't want to, but I feel all I know of you is a muscular propensity, too much celluloid, and a stalwart refusal for all things stupid.

Let me in, or I'll blow the bloody doors off your bike to the max.

[IdolEyes787]

Bikes don't kill people, accidents do.

Idol, lay your flesh bare and regale us with tales of your hideous accident, which plainly left you bereft of optimism and taste in bicycles. You don't have to if you don't want to, but I feel all I know of you is a muscular propensity, too much celluloid, and a stalwart refusal to for all things stupid.

Let me in, or I'll blow the bloody doors off your bike to the max.

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.
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.