HTFU, you Pussy.

[madbikeboy]

On the very wet journey into work today (Auckland is under dark skies, wind, and sideways rain) I realised that I'm soft.

I've been riding most days (in fact I'm riding about 4 out of 5 days), but wet days pose a problem in terms of turning up to client meetings dripping...

But, and here's the admission, as I watched bike after bike zip past, it was actually kind of nice to be able to adjust the temperature, and it was kind of neat not having to think "road surface change, is that guy going to pull out, where's my escape route, can I wheelstand here, nice legs on her, where's my turn in point, where's my braking marker"...

Instead I was listening to Toni Childs in my head (it took me about half the journey to recall I had a stereo, and given the boredom that was fast setting in, that was kind of useful).

So, I need to HTFU right? Grow some balls? Be a man? :crybaby:

Well, let me explain, that "nice" sensation lasted about 1.2 kilometers. And as I sat in traffic wondering why everyone was driving so fucking slow, all I could do was watch the bikes zip past and wish I was with them... Tomorrow, I'm going to be visiting clients, and their reception areas are getting wet... :2thumbsup

[007XX]

I have personally never found the concept of getting wet for commuting particularly brave or "pat on the back" worthy, unless one cannot do otherwise.

However, getting wet cos you're on an adventure to somewhere far away, well that's different.

[vifferman]

Meh.:yawn:
I just get myself into car mode before I climb in. It's why car drivers are dangerous - they're mostly asleep. It's also why I didn't take the bike today (more than the crap weather): my brain is no good today, and even though I've been up hmmmm.... 3 hours now, I still feel like I'm still waking up.
I saw very few bikers on the commute, and none of them looked enviable.
One last thing: my bike commute takes about 12 minutes, and it took me about 25 by car. I'm not going to stress about 13 minutes of "time saving" as I've got nothing important to do with it anyway. May as well dribble it away listening to the inanities on The Rock.

[Headbanger]

woohoo, Into my wagon for a 7 hour drive.

Awesome.Love it.

[madbikeboy]

Yeah, it's astoudng how much less you need to think in a car. My journey is anout 15-20 minutes by bike, or 1 hour minimum by cage. I've done the journey in 11 minutes, but I had favourable traffic conditions (meaning the world was gridlocked).

I saw a guy on a Blackbird who was having fun lighting up the rear going up the bridge... All the other riders looked miserable, especially the poor Auckland City Council rubbish collector on his step through, he looked like an extra on the Perfect Storm with big yellow raincoat and pants...

[TOTO]

make sure you have a water bottle with you so you can make yourself wet tomorrow coz the rain is gonna stop by then :stupid:

[nico]

didnt see any fellow bikers dismorning on my ride in but i was early 5ish im sure there were still around we all seem to be conditned to the craps weather round here it's the norm :whistle:

[3L4NS1R]

took me nearly an hour this morning in my cage. I did get there dry, but it was 45 minutes after I usually arrive. Sucks to be a mere driver huh?

[fizbin]

Cold.. Wet... oh
the wether is not that bad today really, it was only drizzel for the most part on my way in so i was all good. it did however take me 10mins of riding to get the wet sensation and realise that i had left all the vents in my paints open
:slap::crybaby:

[TOTO]

take me 10mins of riding to get the wet sensation and realise that i had left all the vents in my paints open
:slap::crybaby:


its a small world out there...

[vifferman]

Yeah, it's astoudng how much less you need to think in a car.
When I first started commuting in D'Auckland, that was one of the things I most liked about doing it by bike: you had to be SO alert that the morning ride was a buzz that set me up for the day. That, and the fact the ride was only 20-25 minutes via the most interesting route (bugger going directly!)
My (worst) record by car was 90 minutes, and 60 of that was traveling a mere 1.5 km down Onewa road, while I watched buses, bikes, and pedestrians :eek: whizz by me. I never did that again, and I failed to understand how people could do that day after day, and not go, "Huh! Why don't I take the bus/ catch the ferry / carpool with my neighbours / walk / cycel / buy a scroter".
There's some real fuckwits in D'Auckland. The congestion is due to a combination of laziness, stupidity, and stubborness. Most of the traffic on the road is single-occupant cars.

[vifferman]

Cold.. Wet... oh
the wether is not that bad today really, it was only drizzel for the most part on my way in so i was all good. it did however take me 10mins of riding to get the wet sensation and realise that i had left all the vents in my paints open
:slap::crybaby:
What about the other sheep? was the ram OK? The ewes? The lambs?
And did the paints go all runny and form some vague greyish-purplish-khaki colour?

[madbikeboy]

When I first started commuting in D'Auckland, that was one of the things I most liked about doing it by bike: you had to be SO alert that the morning ride was a buzz that set me up for the day. That, and the fact the ride was only 20-25 minutes via the most interesting route (bugger going directly!)
My (worst) record by car was 90 minutes, and 60 of that was traveling a mere 1.5 km down Onewa road, while I watched buses, bikes, and pedestrians :eek: whizz by me. I never did that again, and I failed to understand how people could do that day after day, and not go, "Huh! Why don't I take the bus/ catch the ferry / carpool with my neighbours / walk / cycel / buy a scroter".
There's some real fuckwits in D'Auckland. The congestion is due to a combination of laziness, stupidity, and stubborness. Most of the traffic on the road is single-occupant cars.

I know, it's astounding. I am often tempted to offer a ride to this really hot chick who sits at the bus stop on my way in. I wonder if she'd say yes?

90 minutes - it took me 60 the other day to get from Parnell to the bridge, they've closed off the quay street route with roadworks, the motorway onramp on Stanley street is a joke, and the beach road / customs st approach was being dug up too...

Thank God for lil' scoot.

[BANZAI]

Meh don't have luxury of cage so gotta commute with my bike to work which is about 20-30mins depends on how traffic is doing on motorway.

Bus? Takes more than 1hour...

[RantyDave]

Well, let me explain, that "nice" sensation lasted about 1.2 kilometers.
Right. I had to drive a car at the weekend and two things struck me:

1, Air Con is nice, but actually getting where you want to go is nicer.
2, You have to apply lots and lots of throttle and it barely farking moves.

Stoopid cages. Stoopid taking kids places.

Dave

[riffer]

Meh. Rain. It's only water falling out of the sky.

You're right about the car though Dave. Can't fit four kids on the bike. The wife's Odyssey is sloooooooooooooooooow...

[SixPackBack]

Shirt lifters!

I ride every day regardless of conditions, do not own a car and never will.

[FROSTY]

I guess I'm just in I dont give a fuck mode.
Transport wise I just do what I need to do to get the job done.
Zap to the bank or do a rego on a sold vehicle-hop on the scooter.
Rip out to sarf auckland to get a bit of paper-big bike
Pick up a trailee -Car with trailer.

[Blossom]

I know, it's astounding. I am often tempted to offer a ride to this really hot chick who sits at the bus stop on my way in. I wonder if she'd say yes?



I vote you take a spare helmet (and maybe a jacket) and give in to temptation and ask her. What have you got to lose?

I have not been out on the bike for a couple of weeks cause I have become a human taxi for the 4 smaller members of the family at this their busiest time of year.
fwiw? I dont like ballet
I dont like cricket (especially on hot days)
I dont like prizegivings where I have to wear a skirt
I dont like end of year parties at school
I dont like camp
I dont like supermarket shopping
and I dont like my heavy, slow nissan van.
At this point riding in the rain is very appealing. At least once I get my full I will be able to pillion the kids and that should help.

yep.. I need to HTFU too.:(

[gijoe1313]

Ahhh mr Shaolin Monk has been presented with the peaches of temptation! :yes: His mind is now focussed on other more mortal concerns, his yang needs the yin to produce a mellifluous conjunction of mind and body.

Tarry not long in the shade, allow those seeds to bud where they may
For youth squander not in your days and content in the ground you shall lay!

[koiwoi]

I say STFU not HTFU, I ride for enjoyment, I don't enjoy riding when it's pissing it down.

I almost got on the bike this morning but the weather was awful, glad I drove to work today. I may change my mind if I get stuck in traffic on the way home but it's nice to sit back and relax and listen to the news every once in a while.

No fun having to nurse the throttle around corners in these conditions

[madbikeboy]

Ahhh mr Shaolin Monk has been presented with the peaches of temptation! :yes: His mind is now focussed on other more mortal concerns, his yang needs the yin to produce a mellifluous conjunction of mind and body.

Tarry not long in the shade, allow those seeds to bud where they may
For youth squander not in your days and content in the ground you shall lay!

Mmm, this Shaolin Monk is only human, well, at least, the non-ninja parts of me are human... As for spreading seed around the place, alas, I have little opportunity to do so...

[madbikeboy]

Meh. Rain. It's only water falling out of the sky.

You're right about the car though Dave. Can't fit four kids on the bike. The wife's Odyssey is sloooooooooooooooooow...

The Silver Slug (AKA the BMW) needs a calendar to measure its 0-60... I once tried finding the top speed, but as I was waiting to get there, I ran out of food in the car, my facial hair starting getting too long, and I needed to go to the bathroom (falling asleep always makes me need to go piss)...

[Gremlin]

Don't have a car... get questioned by clients why I use a bike (especially in winter).

Easy answer is, considering most days I criss-cross the city attending to problems, and worst days consist of travelling between albany-cbd-east tamaki who knows how many times... did they actually want their problem sorted that day?

A lot is sorted remotely, allowing 6+ "site visits" a day, sometimes before midday... but I love riding. :banana:

[NodMan]

On the very wet journey into work today (Auckland is under dark skies, wind, and sideways rain) I realised that I'm soft.

I've been riding most days (in fact I'm riding about 4 out of 5 days),

So, I need to HTFU right? Grow some balls? Be a man? :crybaby:



Mate your in luck!

During your commute over the coathanger everyday you must see that Sgt on a Bavarian Mad Woman( think he has got the R1200 they tried to stitch me up with..but dont hold that against him) Hes a good dude!

Stop by and tell him that Nod told you he had a supply of HTFU pills and you'd like some! I never needed them when I was working cause I didnt have to ride a Bloody Mutant Womble but now when I work 14hours every day I need a whole bottle of em!!

On another note I guess the roads must be safer in Jaffaland now theres not a pig on a Honda to look out for!

Hows ya track bike coming along?

stay cool and ride everyday not just 5 days a week

[Maha]

Shirt lifters!

I ride every day regardless of conditions, do not own a car and never will.

You do so! How do you and Mrs 6pak get to parties ?? jog?....:whistle:

[musicman]

You think riding to work today was bad, you should try riding FOR work! Especially with tyres barely wider than bicycle tyres, the rear fishtailed around quite a bit today! And not on purpose, either, although it is fun locking up the rear when it's dry making a loud screeeech coming up to intersections and watching people brace for the impact, haha.


All the other riders looked miserable, especially the poor Auckland City Council rubbish collector on his step through, he looked like an extra on the Perfect Storm with big yellow raincoat and pants...

Haha, that'd be me...

[madbikeboy]

Mate your in luck!

During your commute over the coathanger everyday you must see that Sgt on a Bavarian Mad Woman( think he has got the R1200 they tried to stitch me up with..but dont hold that against him) Hes a good dude!

Stop by and tell him that Nod told you he had a supply of HTFU pills and you'd like some! I never needed them when I was working cause I didnt have to ride a Bloody Mutant Womble but now when I work 14hours every day I need a whole bottle of em!!

On another note I guess the roads must be safer in Jaffaland now theres not a pig on a Honda to look out for!

Hows ya track bike coming along?

stay cool and ride everyday not just 5 days a week

Hey, track bike is still a pile of bits, but there's less bits and more bike which seems like progress.

As for your mate, I think he stopped me the other day, nice guy, let me off for a ticket which he knew wasn't fair since a cager was trying to convert me to roadkill at the time...

I'll be seeing him again soon enough :)

[roy.nz]

On the very wet journey into work today (Auckland is under dark skies, wind, and sideways rain) I realised that I'm soft.

I've been riding most days (in fact I'm riding about 4 out of 5 days), but wet days pose a problem in terms of turning up to client meetings dripping...

But, and here's the admission, as I watched bike after bike zip past, it was actually kind of nice to be able to adjust the temperature, and it was kind of neat not having to think "road surface change, is that guy going to pull out, where's my escape route, can I wheelstand here, nice legs on her, where's my turn in point, where's my braking marker"...

Instead I was listening to Toni Childs in my head (it took me about half the journey to recall I had a stereo, and given the boredom that was fast setting in, that was kind of useful).

So, I need to HTFU right? Grow some balls? Be a man? :crybaby:

Well, let me explain, that "nice" sensation lasted about 1.2 kilometers. And as I sat in traffic wondering why everyone was driving so fucking slow, all I could do was watch the bikes zip past and wish I was with them... Tomorrow, I'm going to be visiting clients, and their reception areas are getting wet... :2thumbsup

I've got no choice what the weather is like, only got the beaut so its all weather for me.:2thumbsup

[SixPackBack]

You do so! How do you and Mrs 6pak get to parties ?? jog?....:whistle:

The luverly Mrs 6pack drives her car [while simultaneously batting my hands away from hers tits]..........you won't see me drive a cage

[madbikeboy]

The luverly Mrs 6pack drives her car [while simultaneously batting my hands away from hers tits]..........you won't see me drive a cage

Shirtlifter. Can't believe she manages to bat your hands away.

[Maha]

The luverly Mrs 6pack drives her car [while simultaneously batting my hands away from hers tits]..........you won't see me drive a cage


Ahhhhhh the english language eh?
We have five vehicles here and I own two....the two bikes, so I guess I dont own a car either...;)

[SixPackBack]

Ahhhhhh the english language eh?
We have five vehicles here and I own two....the two bikes, so I guess I dont own a car either...;)

Semantics. She has one car and no other way of getting to work, so for me its the bike or the bus [not that I'm complaining, just think you lot are soft]

[Maha]

Semantics. She has one car and no other way of getting to work, so for me its the bike or the bus [not that I'm complaining, just think you lot are soft]

Im HARD as Bro'.....:eek:

[SixPackBack]

Im HARD as Bro'.....:eek:

As hard as jello jublee's :cool:

[Katman]

Tomorrow, I'm going to be visiting clients, and their reception areas are getting wet...

The mind boggles.

:eek5:

[Pussy]

The mind boggles.

:eek5:

Dead right there, Katman... I reckon he should use the dunny like everyone else does...

[Fatt Max]

Must admit, I HATE the cage whatever the weather. I too have to get geared up to go driving for anymore than a trip to the dairy / bakery / chemist etc.

Even the missus who has inherited my scooter is talking "Two Wheels Are More Fun Than Four, Eh" so sooner or later I'm hoping to have a whole family of bikers.

The only time I'm not too bikehappy is when its dark, blowing 40 bastards and pissing with rain. I can honestly say there have been 2 occasions this year that I have said "Not tonight, Joesephine" and opted for the bus home.

[Sparrowhawk]

We've now got 1 cage, 3 bikes for the 3 adults in the house. If we're all going to the same place we fight over who has to drive the cage'n'kids! :girlfight:
But other than that, I take the bike to work no matter what the weather, our border takes his GN250, and my wife takes the cage ('coz she gets to drop the kids off, ha ha) wishing she was on the zzr the whole time!

[Katman]

Dead right there, Katman... I reckon he should use the dunny like everyone else does...

Not quite what I was thinking.

I was wondering if MBB has that effect on all his female clients.

[martybabe]

Dead right there, Katman... I reckon he should use the dunny like everyone else does...

Are you not even slightly miffed at the title of this thread dude, I think MBBs having a pop bud, that's fighting talk where I come from. :bash:

[Pussy]

Are you not even slightly miffed at the title of this thread dude, I think MBBs having a pop bud, that's fighting talk where I come from. :bash:
It's okay, Marty. I can find out where he lives and drop something unsavoury from underneath a shearing shed on his roof... or put some sand in his Vaseline :whistle:

[jrandom]

You're all fucking pussies.

All of you.

<img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/2uh1x0g.jpg"/>

[SixPackBack]

You're all fucking pussies.

All of you.



Wearing Lycra with a seat jammed up their bums and traveling slower than a step thru??............HOMO'S the lot of 'em!

[Insanity_rules]

Ahhh mr Shaolin Monk has been presented with the peaches of temptation! :yes: His mind is now focussed on other more mortal concerns, his yang needs the yin to produce a mellifluous conjunction of mind and body.

Tarry not long in the shade, allow those seeds to bud where they may
For youth squander not in your days and content in the ground you shall lay!

Quoting Mark Twain, Harusaki and I believe a little influence of Akira Kurosawa? Nice fusion.

I sometimes need the cage for my work but I mostly commute on the VTZ of doom. One thing I notice when driving the cage, the traffic REALLY makes me crazy. The bike is the morning wake up I desperately need.

Like war as in traffic.....................

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content.

[mattian]

I always ride in the wet/hail/tornados..... because I have no other choice.
I pulled up to the fruit and vege shop today, doing some of my grocery shopping and this big fat woman gets out of her huge 4 wheel drive in the parking space in front of me and says. "god, it sucks being you today doesn't it! sliding all over the place" I was gobsmacked ! I thought of so many comebacks to say to her before she dissappeared but, I bit my tongue........ I thought of Katman telling me off for giving bikers a bad name.

[Ixion]

Today was not very nice. the more so as I had for various resons to take the SV into the city, and it is shit as a commuter , expecially in the wet. However, it's all just part of lifes rich tapestry. I do not mind the wet, some years ago I found a very useful formula to waterproof myself.

Beesway, borax and turpentine. Combine the ingredients in a large cauldron, heat until the turpentine is just smoking (CAVEAT: At this point it is quite close to the flash point. This may not be a good time to knock off and go get a beer). Stir well, and immerse oneself completely. (A straw to breath through is handy). Once the mixture has cooled , climb out, scrape of the surplus, and polish well. Repeat at intervals, and you will never have any problems with your skin leaking.

I do notice that there are few bikes on wet days but the GN250s are ALWAYS out, rain or shine. They are the real bikers. A wee spot of rain separates the bikers from the posers.

[madbikeboy]

You're all fucking pussies.

All of you.

<img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/2uh1x0g.jpg"/>

One of my chick mates tried riding the nationals (track) last summer, she'd just had surgery on her wrist, pins and shit to hold the bones together. She got told she wasn't allowed to ride with a cast.

She literally tore the cast off, and rode with a two day old fractured wrist, no pain killers, and she was sprinting.

I've ridden with broken bones, and I've done 10 hour days in snow.

Cyclists are harder than any other pro athlete. Soccer panzies get taken from the field on stretchers. Tyler Hamilton broke his collarbone on day two, rode the rest of the 2000 odd kilometers of the Tour De France, won a stage on a solo breakaway - and wore his teeth down from grinding them from the pain.

Rugby players are all dumb thugs. Sailors are all shirtlifters.

[Swoop]

I dont like camp
You ride a suzuki to prove this?
Get a Honda and be camp and happy, sweetie!

[PrincessBandit]

Meh don't have luxury of cage so gotta commute with my bike to work which is about 20-30mins depends on how traffic is doing on motorway.

Bus? Takes more than 1hour...
And if dat dam bus or train don' come, den it even longer!!!

Not quite what I was thinking.

I was wondering if MBB has that effect on all his female clients.
Yes, I've never heard it referred to as a "reception area" before, but then I have lead a sheltered life as you know Steve.




I do notice that there are few bikes on wet days but the GN250s are ALWAYS out, rain or shine. They are the real bikers. A wee spot of rain separates the bikers from the posers.
Woo hoo, I was lane splitting on the Southern on my wee GN loaner, in the rain..... does that make me a real biker?


You ride a suzuki to prove this?
Get a Honda and be camp and happy, sweetie!
Camp, did someone say camp? Well this one time a band camp.......

[madbikeboy]

KatMan posted:
"Not quite what I was thinking.

I was wondering if MBB has that effect on all his female clients."

Okay, you've met me in real life, the effect I have on women is that I'm so nice I bore them to death. Women seem reluctant to get wet just by looking at me... LOL!

[gijoe1313]

KatMan posted:
"Not quite what I was thinking.

I was wondering if MBB has that effect on all his female clients."

Okay, you've met me in real life, the effect I have on women is that I'm so nice I bore them to death. Women seem reluctant to get wet just by looking at me... LOL!

And yet you have the outward appearance of a bad biker boy ... its all that raspberry tulip drop tea and bathroom soap bombs giving them mixed signals, the soy-decaf latte doesn't help, nor does the manicures and pedicures also ... I think you need to stop frequenting the ponsnobby areas!