Are You a Cyclist ?
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Topic: Are You a Cyclist ?
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Are You a Cyclist ?
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 11:59
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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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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 12:02
| 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). |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 15:56
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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!! |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 07:21
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 08:13
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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. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 08:48
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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. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: JrKASperov
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 13:15
I bike to univeersity thrice a week 
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Posted By: haas
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 13:24
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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  .------------- "the attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. there is always the hope that something dangerous may happen" - Claude Debussy |
Posted By: haas
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 13:25
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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 .------------- "the attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. there is always the hope that something dangerous may happen" - Claude Debussy |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 20:17
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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 ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 20:51
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. |
tuxon wrote:Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 19 2005 at 00:09
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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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:31
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. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 03:35
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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  ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 07:38
 I was a keen cyclist at one time------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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