NO HANDS ON THE BIKE SMART GUY, TRY IT ON THE ROLLERS AND TAKE PICS PLZ
― cutty, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link
leg curls are killing me
No cycling for three days because I forgot where I left my bike. Turns out it was outside pub.
― caek, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
CAEK MEET GBX, GBX MEET CAEK!!
― ddb, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 01:56 (sixteen years ago) link
BANNED
― gbx, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:42 (sixteen years ago) link
We are such terrors!
Will I be able to ride in Park City during Sundance or is there too much snow?
― caek, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, snowboarding when drunk: your thoughts?
― caek, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link
FIRM BELIEVER IN SNOWBOARDING AFTER A BEER OR 2...ANYMORE, I TEND TO GET CARELESS.
IT'S 52 DEGREES AND WET OUT IN NYC, LOVELY RIDE TODAY!!!
― ddb, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
We have a bike misplacement thread, entertain us there w yr musings and losings!
I need a back mud-guard, I got grit down my jeans yesterday from the inch or two of back that wasn't covered. Gross.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
where is the bike misplacement thread? I remember it but can't find it.
― caek, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't remember what it's called, we need gbx.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Kind of ironic, if you think about it.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
some bandana'd lesbian honked violently at me and called me a faggot while on the willoughby bike lane
― cutty, Thursday, 13 December 2007 01:23 (sixteen years ago) link
bike handling skillz are ++
thanks low-paying job!
― gbx, Thursday, 13 December 2007 02:09 (sixteen years ago) link
22 miles in the freezing cold - my toes are hideously numb, might be time to buy some overshoes
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 15 December 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
shouder surgery yesterday went ok, no rotator or lig damg. just scraping off arthritic collarbone. no bike but trainer for a while and im not too motivated to do that.
― Hunt3r, Saturday, 15 December 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
but you did do it
― cutty, Saturday, 15 December 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
2 hrs on the trainer whilst watching stage 3 of paris-nice 2007
― cutty, Sunday, 16 December 2007 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Trainer work yesterday proved that 8 days without riding = a 5% reduction in performance. Sucks.
― Mark C, Monday, 17 December 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
(oh no i dint xpost).
anyways, there are no usage restrictions on my 4 holed wing. "as pain allows." im like, incredibly able to do things i can actively raise it to near parallel to ground. i could totally ride on it i think. the streets are v icy tho. do i commute on it? do i ride to my postop doc appointment? im on day 4 up in here. what u think iltrmb?
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Have spent most of this week cycling to and from work drinks totally hosed.
I have borrowed skiwear for Park City. Cycled home in the goggles tonight. Twilight visibility would have been excellent, but it was like 3am.
― caek, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Not directly related to my biking but we are mooting a plkan to go and watch the Paris Roubaix in the Trouée d'Arenberg in April. Day trip including a large french dinner.
― Ed, Friday, 21 December 2007 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link
can i come
― gbx, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
arenberg so fucking insane. the streif of the hahnenkahm of road cycling.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
A PROMISE: I'm at my dad's house for over a week and I will have some picturesque shots for you guys.
― Steve Shasta, Friday, 21 December 2007 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, in chicago tomorrow, more riding on the lake.
All can come to the Paris Roubaix.
― Ed, Friday, 21 December 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont care how much dope theyre on i wanna see that someday for the sheer spectacle. looking down that long gradual incline with the lion of flanders and other banners streaming out, and down on the cobbles, or in the mud of the siding, total chaos. and then impossibly a very small group of riders exits onto the tarmac. for the rest, carnage, a desperate chase, or just sit up and look for a car.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 21 December 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry i have been slacking on the log
mostly gym strength work this week with a couple of easy 1 hr rides in between
today was rainy so 2.5 hrs on the trainer, 3x12 minutes in 53x12 woohoo
― cutty, Sunday, 23 December 2007 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link
it's almost time to post pix of my calves gentlemen
― cutty, Sunday, 23 December 2007 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link
xmas eve day ride in central park 3hrs endurance, this was torture at first but eventually i got into a great tempo
― cutty, Monday, 24 December 2007 17:22 (sixteen years ago) link
flying down a desolate bike path along an arroyo slow burbling creek on my left train tracks and occasional freighter on my right 80 degrees and huffin back tire blows out enough to blow the bead out and over the rim "hello? hi it's Steve. yeah uh... can someone come get me?"
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 24 December 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
PIX PLZ
― gbx, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
guys guys i just went on a tandem for the first time EVER, awesome fun! only like 25 or 30km around country lanes in the dordogne but so ace!
― emsk, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
No riding today, but- 20 mins ago in treacherous riding conditions:
me: *walking on v. v. icy/snow sidewalk, crossing over dedicated bus lane as bus approaches. move a foot or so to left to ensure not being hit by bus*
small voice behind me: "on your left" *nearly simultaneous bike crash sound*
me: *look over shoulder, prepare to ask "are you ok?"*
little woman in balaclava on _decked_ Primus Mootry cx rig: *picking self up* "Oh, gee thanks."
me: *dander rising* "was i in your way?"
lwodpmcb: "i said 'on your left'!"
me: "WHAT!? WHY ARE YOU ON THE SIDEWALK? WHY ARE _YOU_ EVEN ON A BIKE? DON'T TRY TO LAY THAT ON ME. nice cross bike tho." *spins on heel, continues walking."
its the most smugly self-righteous ive been in... hours, i was angry and embarrassed at the same time. im sure to her i just looked like some douchebag in a suit.
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
i visited my pops in south carolina and got to some biking! 12 miles or so, which is just about how long i can go before getting bored.
i started out riding my stepmom's Giant bike, which is sweet, then switched and rode my dad's pedal-backwards-to-brake bike. also my dad fell off his bike once.
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 December 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
next summer will be the summer of biking. so excited you guys.
awesome!
MADISON TO CHICAGO. THINK ABOUT IT.
― gbx, Friday, 28 December 2007 04:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I got like $150 worth of bike tools for Christmas but except for one cone wrench basically NONE of them will be of use on my cotter-pinned, threaded-freewheel babies. I had to take everything back. The LBS they came from did not have a lock ring wrench, a third hand, cloth bar tape, or anything I needed for sale. ;__;
― Laurel, Friday, 28 December 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I realize this is all my fault for having obsolete machines but I can't help that right now.
― Laurel, Friday, 28 December 2007 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
<3 u
― gbx, Friday, 28 December 2007 08:07 (sixteen years ago) link
wow. how long do you think that would take?
― Jordan, Friday, 28 December 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
its like 150mi right?
― sleep, Friday, 28 December 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
that's about right. so maybe 13 - 15 hours or something?
― Jordan, Friday, 28 December 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Why are bike lanes on the left in nyc?
― Ed, Monday, 31 December 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
one-ways?
― gbx, Monday, 31 December 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
driver on left of car, easier to see you
― cutty, Monday, 31 December 2007 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Ugh - haven't touched my bike for 6 days due to social and alcoholic commitments, and now we're forecast freezing winds so there's no chance of me getting out on the open road. Also I have a cold so the trainer isn't likely to get much use either. Kinda pathetic to have lost my bike fitness by the start of January.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
First time on bike in month! Desperate bid to get fit again before skiing holiday! Titanic struggle to get out of bed in time for work after over a week off! Only 35 minutes late!
Freezing winds, what, when?!?
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 11:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Today, in theory! Except the forecast snow hasn't come and it was cold but still this morning.
― Mark C, Thursday, 3 January 2008 10:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Bike lane on the left is basically mandatory on bus routes, the bus spends whole time weaving back and forth across where lane would be if on the right.
― Laurel, Thursday, 3 January 2008 14:58 (sixteen years ago) link