Can anybody talk me down from buying a bicycle?

[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 really had my hopes up that it would involve dingos.

[IdolEyes787]

I bought the bike.

My bet is give it 2 months and you'll be shaving your legs.

[ckrit]

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.

[Artemis]

I really had my hopes up that it would involve dingos.

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.

[ckrit]

I really had my hopes up that it would involve dingos.

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.

Welp, at least you got tasmanian devils.

[IdolEyes787]

I really had my hopes up that it would involve dingos.

Sadly yet another animal that hangs out in the big brown country over to the left of us.

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.

[Artemis]

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.

Welp, at least you got tasmanian devils.

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 ), a native pig and a really, really old lizard (200 million years) called the Tuatara.

[IdolEyes787]

Does this mean you hardly ever ride just for the fun of it? 'cos that would be sad.

I would say that I'm a sad little man but I'm not that little.
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.
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.

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.

[Et tu]

Oh, so that's why they're called tasmanian devils, then.

I'd never have guessed.

[ckrit]

Does this mean you hardly ever ride just for the fun of it? 'cos that would be sad.

I would say that I'm a sad little man but I'm not that little.
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.
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.

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. Triathlons. I know all about triathletes (scroll down a bit).

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.