Author Topic: Any cyclists? (Read 106700 times)

j-dub · « **Reply #150 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:22:28 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on September 06, 2013, 01:12:36 PM

Quote from: j-dub on September 06, 2013, 01:03:10 PM
have a giant ocr 1 that my pops used to ride before he upgraded and upgraded and upgraded..

Can it go off road? Apparently all the "Cyclists" on gE are pud bike lane riders.

sorry benji #teamroadbike

michigancat · « **Reply #151 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:25:33 PM »

I personally think road cyclists are fairly odd people, but not awful like hipsters on fixies. I know a road commuter that wears a full tights suit and clip shoes for a 3 mile ride each way. I think I went through my cyclist classifications in this thread already.

michigancat · « **Reply #152 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:27:03 PM »

At least the road cyclists generally wear helmets and obey traffic laws for the most part (except the 4-way stop by my house.

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IPA4Me · « **Reply #153 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:28:47 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on September 06, 2013, 01:25:33 PM

I personally think road cyclists are fairly odd people, but not awful like hipsters on fixies. I know a road commuter that wears a full tights suit and clip shoes for a 3 mile ride each way. I think I went through my cyclist classifications in this thread already.

Hardcore commuter.

IPA4Me · « **Reply #154 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:30:46 PM »

I'm a loner roadie. I find that the bike clubs in Louisville are full of asshats. So I just do my own thing.

ben ji · « **Reply #155 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:33:44 PM »

Quote from: IPA4Me on September 06, 2013, 01:30:46 PM

I'm a loner roadie. I find that the bike clubs in Louisville are full of asshats. So I just do my own thing.

"Doing your own thing as long as I can keep my bike on this nice manicured road"

Meanwhile ben ji is blazing down the sidewalk hopping curbs to cross streets and slamming it down dirt trails behind the quicktrip. What is that? A drainage ditch? eff it, i'm going in because I have a Magna and this bike can handle anything.

IPA4Me · « **Reply #156 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:34:36 PM »

What's a sidewalk? ;-)

pissclams · « **Reply #157 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:46:49 PM »

kim carnes · « **Reply #158 on:** September 06, 2013, 02:18:45 PM »

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Quote from: yoga-like_abana on September 06, 2013, 11:12:47 AM
I never ride either of my bikes.. Went through a stage where I did.. Now it just seems like a hassle

Same. I bought a Schwinn when I enrolled at KSU. Rode it constantly in college. It is still in very good shape and is a nice smooth ride, but I have rode it like 5 or 6 times since school.

You rode a bicycle in college. You sorry bastard. That is hands down the loseriest thing you can do. You seem to have rebounded decently in old age, but man.
I rode one to school periodically too. Mainly on nice days and because I refused to buy a parking pass. lived close enough to bike but far enough not to walk.

Same. Chase.

You live too far away from campus to walk? That is hands down the loseriest thing you can do.

asava · « **Reply #159 on:** September 06, 2013, 03:02:30 PM »

Can confirm I used to wear a full road ride get up for my commutes in and back (see previous graphics). Now i just have a velcro strap and a bunch of chinos. And a helmet. DO IT. SUPER SERIOUS BOUT THIS GUYS: PROTECT THAT NOGGIN.

IPA4Me · « **Reply #160 on:** September 06, 2013, 03:05:07 PM »

Helmet always. Spandex kit only on the workout rides.

asava · « **Reply #161 on:** September 06, 2013, 03:06:06 PM »

Quote from: IPA4Me on September 06, 2013, 03:05:07 PM

Helmet always. Spandex kit only on the workout rides.

Sometimes the lines get blurred when your commute is also a workout.

michigancat · « **Reply #162 on:** September 06, 2013, 06:21:35 PM »

Yeah, you're a moron if you don't wear a helmet. I mean like the dumbest of the dumb. why on earth would you not wear one?

I'll give the roadies that, they ALWAYS have a helmet on.

ednksu · « **Reply #163 on:** September 06, 2013, 11:44:39 PM »

Really jonesing to upgrade from my old Schwinn MTB I got when Tailwind in Topeka was going out of business.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #164 on:** September 06, 2013, 11:48:41 PM »

I don't wear a helmet.

kim carnes · « **Reply #165 on:** September 06, 2013, 11:51:03 PM »

Wear a helmet while riding a bicycle? My word, I've heard it all now.

michigancat · « **Reply #166 on:** September 07, 2013, 12:07:22 AM »

Quote from: seven on September 06, 2013, 11:48:41 PM

I don't wear a helmet.

why not?

star seed 7 · « **Reply #167 on:** September 07, 2013, 12:19:00 AM »

Never even entered my mind.

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #168 on:** September 07, 2013, 08:33:05 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on September 07, 2013, 12:07:22 AM

Quote from: seven on September 06, 2013, 11:48:41 PM
I don't wear a helmet.

why not?

I don;t either.. but I ride on the sidewalks.. eff you mhk drivers that are actually segwick co and joco drivers

michigancat · « **Reply #169 on:** September 07, 2013, 10:18:45 AM »

Quote from: seven on September 07, 2013, 12:19:00 AM

Never even entered my mind.

well if you don't wear a helmet some pavement may soon enter your mind. (I think we may have created a PSA right there)

Tobias · « **Reply #170 on:** September 07, 2013, 10:27:35 AM »

anyone ever bounced their head off the pavement? I did it as a kid (with helmet) and that's about the most helpless feeling split second I've ever had in my life. team helmet man.

asava · « **Reply #171 on:** September 07, 2013, 01:20:43 PM »

Quote from: Tobias on September 07, 2013, 10:27:35 AM

anyone ever bounced their head off the pavement? I did it as a kid (with helmet) and that's about the most helpless feeling split second I've ever had in my life. team helmet man.

The one time it saves your life is worth the 10,000 times you look like a dork. And honestly, you don't look THAT bad in it. In fact, I was thinking about how that needs to change. Why are people who don't wear helmets not the dorks? Gonna start calling all non-helmet wearing cyclists "dorks" as I pass them by.

There have been some pretty big advancements in helmet technology too. These things are becoming really popular around here...

http://www.pocsports.com/en/14/wheels-helmets

AST · « **Reply #172 on:** September 07, 2013, 01:30:22 PM »

i agree totally asava

just think if a football player took the field without a helmet

would he be called cool or an idiot

forget "dorks" and let's just call them idiots

IPA4Me · « **Reply #173 on:** September 07, 2013, 02:08:52 PM »

Dude got spooked by some dogs a couple of years ago at the end of my neighborhood. Lost his balance and whacked his head on the pavement. He died within a week from the swelling and fluid. I always think about him when I see someone tooling along without a helmet.

asava · « **Reply #174 on:** September 07, 2013, 02:49:56 PM »

That is awful.