L-Plate Rider
well my bike has cost me $4000( i have put better stuff on it) and thats out of my own money and im 17. ive just relised 250cc motorbikes are the same price and you dont have to pedal and you look coolerOriginally Posted by jrandom
why didnt anyone tell me
so now with the money that was going to get me a new MTB bike, is going towards a motorbike
Easily wound up!!
Lycra shorts will not stop the pain... only time in the saddle will do that!
Come on Bud..... tuff it out!
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e mare libertas
er... the inside seam in my baggy board shorts grated a hole in the skin of my crotch with every stroke of my right leg. Serious rawness ensued.
OK?
So Lycra shorts *would* have avoided the pain.
You want to join me in the bow-legged club for a day, matey?
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- mikey
Rest In Peace
Good to see ya picked a bike up man, give me an motoracer a bell if ya head out woodhill way and we'll tag along, i'm slow and unfit and have put on 12kg since looping the TL, cast is coming off this thursday so anytime is good for me
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e mare libertas
OK, I will do that. Hopefully with recently-broken hands and an extra 12kg you'll be slow enough that I can actually keep you in sight. I only get to use the bike on the weekends that Sarah doesn't want it, so I'm not sure if this coming one will be a go. But you *will* be getting a call at some point.Good to see ya picked a bike up man, give me an motoracer a bell if ya head out woodhill way and we'll tag along, i'm slow and unfit and have put on 12kg since looping the TL
If I really really like this, and don't get bored too quickly, I might have to buy one of my own. She's already getting twitchy about me wanting to try putting the road slicks on and riding it 30km each way into work once a week. If I start taking it offroad regularly she might put her foot down.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
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Don't forget me!!Good to see ya picked a bike up man, give me an motoracer a bell if ya head out woodhill way and we'll tag along, i'm slow and unfit and have put on 12kg since looping the TL
parting of the sensory
You were supposed to Giant Iguana your way to work today.
Did you?
How was it?
Can you still walk? :spudwhat:
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
e mare libertas
I didn't, because I didn't get to bed until 3am this morning, then woke up late and was in a rush. Also I am well knackered from not enough sleep.
I'm going to do the ride to Northcote and back tomorrow morning and time myself, instead.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
parting of the sensory
... and then you'll report back here as to whether riding made you super, or just poopered.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Look Ma, no hands hehehe
oh so we all have to wait another day.......for your report...lol
hohum, what to do in the meantime while we all wait.....
Hmmmm maybe go for a MOTORbike ride later this arvo....
:spudwave:
e mare libertas
Yes, I'll probably be at the office by 11-ish tomorrow, so I'll log on and tell you all whether I'm dead or merely half dead.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Hardcore Biker
Me too! Actually, it seems I'm going to be at Woodhill this Sunday at 8:00am! Me and some workmates are training for an upcoming x-country race - the Colville Connection (http://www.colvilleconnection.co.nz/) 70km of sheer pain!!
BTW, re: choice of shorts for cycling, my 100% cotton warehouse shorts (as opposed to polyester board shorts) work well enough for me i.e. no chafing!
Slob by name, not by nature..
e mare libertas
Well, you're way above *my* level then. I'm almost too tentative to head out to Woodhill for serious efforts yet. I'm going to make sure I can do a decent distance on the road without collapsing, first.
Yes, I found an old pair of shorts tucked under some jeans in a bottom drawer that do the job nicely without grating any holes in me.
And to think that the bike shop wanted to sell me a pair (or two) of some kinda special neopropynylenium riding shorts, guaranteed to make me go at least 300% faster, at $110 a pop.
Bah.
However, the evil and dastardly Mrs Random managed to get some of that gear for herself via the decidedly underhand argumentary tactic of comparing it to protective motorcycling gear, and asking me whether I'd skimp on *that*, and how much did my helmet cost again, and what did I spend on new glubs just last month... I quickly knuckle under and whip out the gold cards under that sort of nuclear-weapon persuasion.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
go to www.groundeffects.co.nz they have awesome gear that looks cool - all the advantages of cycle shors in a boardie style. the supertankers and underdogs are cool - i have supertankers for hot days at the track
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