Well, that was cool!
08-12-17, 08:08 PM
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Well, that was cool!
So here I was tearing along on my bike in Concord, MA near the famous "Old North Bridge", when a couple of young ladies rode by me in a car honking the horn, and shouting "suggestive" comments. 
They did the same to a much younger jogger just down the road.
I don't get that a lot these days.
Okay, I should have perhaps used the term: "flirtatious", rather than: "suggestive". Whatever you call it, I just got a kick out of it.
They did the same to a much younger jogger just down the road. I don't get that a lot these days.
Okay, I should have perhaps used the term: "flirtatious", rather than: "suggestive". Whatever you call it, I just got a kick out of it.
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08-12-17, 08:14 PM
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Congratulations, making that 30 years of cycling worth it.
08-13-17, 03:58 AM
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Are you sure that they weren't being ironic? I've heard there's a lot of that going around amongst the younger folk.
08-13-17, 07:26 AM
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08-13-17, 08:07 AM
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Probably the legs!
08-13-17, 08:50 AM
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I'll take anything as a complement regardless of the intent.
Guys doing that to lady riders get arrested.
Guys doing that to lady riders get arrested.
08-13-17, 11:46 AM
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This is the whole point.
If it isn't OK for men then why is it OK for women? Abuse is abuse and cat calls are not compliments.
Maybe I'm alone here but they don't seem like the kind of women I'd want to be "complimented" by, let alone associated with. My grandmother had a name for girls like that and it wasn't a nice name.
-Tim-
If it isn't OK for men then why is it OK for women? Abuse is abuse and cat calls are not compliments.
Maybe I'm alone here but they don't seem like the kind of women I'd want to be "complimented" by, let alone associated with. My grandmother had a name for girls like that and it wasn't a nice name.
-Tim-
08-13-17, 12:15 PM
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It's a little disconcerting, in your 50's and cat-calls from young women. The last time it happened to me it turned out to be some of the gals that knew me, from a tech placement agency, It was more about cheering me on than anything else, which was cool IMO but also a little deflating compared to random cat-calls.
08-13-17, 01:33 PM
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Spandex is very slimming.
Just don't tell the wife.. she might think you only go out cycling to meet girls.
Puppies and babies are definite "chick" magnets.
Just don't tell the wife.. she might think you only go out cycling to meet girls.
Puppies and babies are definite "chick" magnets.
08-13-17, 01:44 PM
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Poe's Law corollary:
Anything sufficiently ironic is indistinguishable from sincerity.
Anything sufficiently ironic is indistinguishable from sincerity.
08-14-17, 05:26 AM
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This is the whole point.
If it isn't OK for men then why is it OK for women? Abuse is abuse and cat calls are not compliments.
Maybe I'm alone here but they don't seem like the kind of women I'd want to be "complimented" by, let alone associated with. My grandmother had a name for girls like that and it wasn't a nice name.
-Tim-
If it isn't OK for men then why is it OK for women? Abuse is abuse and cat calls are not compliments.
Maybe I'm alone here but they don't seem like the kind of women I'd want to be "complimented" by, let alone associated with. My grandmother had a name for girls like that and it wasn't a nice name.
-Tim-
08-14-17, 05:27 AM
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The "flirting with death" absolutely hilarious! Shared that with some friends.
I noticed on my last organized ride that young (20 somethings) women I spoke with, or shared a hill with called me "sir"...that's super and polite, but also a perspective to consider...LOL.
I noticed on my last organized ride that young (20 somethings) women I spoke with, or shared a hill with called me "sir"...that's super and polite, but also a perspective to consider...LOL.
08-14-17, 06:21 AM
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Note to self:
If a road has the word "Hill" included in it's name, it might not be a good idea to try it.
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If a road has the word "Hill" included in it's name, it might not be a good idea to try it.
08-14-17, 06:27 AM
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Think of if as stuffing 12 pounds into a 10 pound bag.
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Alcohol will make people do things they ordinarily wouldn't.
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This is the whole point.
If it isn't OK for men then why is it OK for women? Abuse is abuse and cat calls are not compliments.
Maybe I'm alone here but they don't seem like the kind of women I'd want to be "complimented" by, let alone associated with. My grandmother had a name for girls like that and it wasn't a nice name.
-Tim-
If it isn't OK for men then why is it OK for women? Abuse is abuse and cat calls are not compliments.
Maybe I'm alone here but they don't seem like the kind of women I'd want to be "complimented" by, let alone associated with. My grandmother had a name for girls like that and it wasn't a nice name.
-Tim-
08-14-17, 08:30 PM
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Hey, at closing-in-on-60, I'll take what (compliments) I can get!, LOL!!!
08-15-17, 11:21 AM
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Call me unlucky or too ugly
Never had any women of any age whistle or catcall or moon or otherwise raz me on a ride. Shucks.
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08-15-17, 02:29 PM
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I rode by the North Bridge park entrance yesterday. No girls! Now I'm disappointed...
In my first year riding (age 64), I failed to unclip 3 times. Once was coming downhill in Sudbury into a T intersection. Almost no visibility to the left which is where I was going. I'm fat, so I always try to avoid complete stops - I want to maintain as much momentum as possible! I'm stretching to see, there's sand, there IS a car coming, and I'm leaned the wrong way. BAM! So I'm lying there, embarrassed, and the two girls in the car lean out to ask if I'm OK or if I need help. Wow! They're from Lincoln-Sudbury HS and they are freaking gorgeous. Had I been quicker witted, I might has asked for CPR.
My "go to" route is 31 miles and hits a corner of Billerica on N road.
In my first year riding (age 64), I failed to unclip 3 times. Once was coming downhill in Sudbury into a T intersection. Almost no visibility to the left which is where I was going. I'm fat, so I always try to avoid complete stops - I want to maintain as much momentum as possible! I'm stretching to see, there's sand, there IS a car coming, and I'm leaned the wrong way. BAM! So I'm lying there, embarrassed, and the two girls in the car lean out to ask if I'm OK or if I need help. Wow! They're from Lincoln-Sudbury HS and they are freaking gorgeous. Had I been quicker witted, I might has asked for CPR.
My "go to" route is 31 miles and hits a corner of Billerica on N road.
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I live in a Navy town and have been very nicely complimented by guys. Yes, it's the legs, although the butt isn't too bad either. And of course, I'm cute.
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