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    Posted: April 17 2005 at 11:59

i live in one of the most popular places to ride offroad,  but i'm still a die-hard road rider, have been for decades. 

current road bikes include: vitus ocs (dura-ace 25th anniversary group), vitus 979, bianchi...

utah is a great place to ride, but i would love to ride around europe just for fun.  i love watching those euro classics on tv: paris-roubaix, liege-bastogne-liege, and all the rest...also love to watch  the great tour of italy (giro)...

i try to put in about 1500 - 2000 miles / yr. but the older i get, the harder it is.

used to race, but gettin'  too old for that too 










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I walk everywhere. I have a bike which I've had for years, but never really use it anymore (I think one of the tires is punctured anyway).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2005 at 15:56

I plan on becoming more outdoorsy and getting a good bike. I basically get no physical exercise right now. My home school plan doesn't require me to take phys for this year, and I never walk or run or pump iron. Nope. I am skinny , but I am way out of shape. The only exercise I get is when I am going on all cylinders at Arby's; but whatever exercise that is, is surely diminished when I sit down to a Big Montana, some curly fries, and a Jamocha shake!!
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I love cycling. I used to do around 9 or so miles a day going to work and back, then my bike - which was not a great machine - fell to pieces, and I've been walking ever since, as I cant drive.

I will get round to buying a new bike in the very near future.
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I have a Schwin mountain bike, nothing too fancy, no shocks or space industry alloys.

I ride with my kids -- mostly pavement, some easy dirt.....

Good clean fun.Smile
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I bike to univeersity thrice a week 
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I have 3 "professional" cycling bikes, and until a year ago is was competing in the "junior-men class" all around Europe.

Progrock is by the way fantastic to listen to while training, and because I trained about 20 hours a week, I became a prog fanatic .
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Ow by the way, I didn't really understand your question, or wasn't it a question?

If you need advice, just ask, but in clear english, so stupid dutch men can also understand .
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Your name is Haas then, love cycling, used to do it a lot. tried racing, but I wasn't build for speed

Love to watch cycling races. Tour de France is my favourite sporting event of the year, hope Ullrich will be on form this year
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2005 at 20:51
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

Tour de France is my favourite sporting event of the year, hope Ullrich will be on form this year



Amen to that...
TdF used to be my favorite too, until it turned into the "Tour de Lance" 




footnote: It's really too bad that Americans just are not that excited about bicycling and bike racing like they are in Europe.








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I've got a crappy mountain bike that I'm trying to punish into submission. Weather permitting, I jump on with my MP3 player loaded and ride as hard are my quads can push to a 12 mile circuit. The bike is near melt-down, but my quads are tighter than a first time prisoners ass cheeks.
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Used to have one of the first 'Orange' hardtails with index gearing that cost me a bomb back in the day but since deciding to ride to work my love of off roading has decreased rapidly. The Orange died under the wheels of a 4x4 (although I got away with just a broken rib and toe) some years back but the British Eagle I replaced it with is just not the same.

Cycling can be great fun though.


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I live in a small town, we have a lot of forests, some castles (but not very close to my home) and many other places to go by bike...
 I have some friends to go with on tours.
It's gr8 fun
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I was a keen cyclist at one time
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