Why did everything change going to a red bike?
03-30-16, 10:26 AM
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Why did everything change going to a red bike?
I have ridden bikes of different colors, but now that I am riding a red bike everything has changed. I nod to other riders and they nod back. I smile, they smile back. AND I wave, sometimes just raise my pinky off the hoods, and I get a wave in return. Are red bikes the "in" to acceptance into the elite cyclist club? Wish I had known this year's ago. I even rode an orange bike for a while. I noticed I almost got waves, and nods returned. Now that I am on an unmistakable red bike, I feel like I belong. It's a great feeling.
03-30-16, 10:31 AM
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The smiling and waving is because they think you are nice. Red bikes are so much faster, people are surprised you are going at a slow and courteous speed.
03-30-16, 10:51 AM
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Flop.
03-30-16, 10:59 AM
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I forgot to mention my avg. speed is up 2mph. I am capturing KOMS and getting kudos on Strava. I have an excel spread sheet that documents the change, just don't know how to post it h er e.
03-30-16, 11:05 AM
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I considered red but felt it too much responsibility for me after only riding for less than a year. Red is for cyclist who have logged millions of miles, like something that has to be earned.
03-30-16, 11:11 AM
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Maybe it is because of how you fold your Not Bibs?
03-30-16, 11:13 AM
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That's so weird! When I started riding a flat black bike, I STOPPED waving at people and started wearing eyeliner. And no one will make eye contact with me. Small children just start crying as I run into them on the MUP, whereas, with my old red bike, they would laugh and giggle as they hit the tarmac. And when I DROPE THE HAMER I leave a contrail of broken crabon dust behind me!
I have no idea what's going on. Could it be my new chamois cream?
I have no idea what's going on. Could it be my new chamois cream?
03-30-16, 11:15 AM
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I finished second in a race to Larry Shields when he was Junior National champion. I raced against Greg Lemond when he was but 14. And I took down Olympic champion Mark Gorski in a miss n out. A long and storied career. I've earned the right to ride red.
03-30-16, 12:45 PM
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5K post on BF is also a must. Keep on posting, I've heard at 10K post you can legitimately run aero bars on your red bike.
03-30-16, 12:53 PM
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That's so weird! When I started riding a flat black bike, I STOPPED waving at people and started wearing eyeliner. And no one will make eye contact with me. Small children just start crying as I run into them on the MUP, whereas, with my old red bike, they would laugh and giggle as they hit the tarmac. And when I DROPE THE HAMER I leave a contrail of broken crabon dust behind me!
I have no idea what's going on. Could it be my new chamois cream?
I have no idea what's going on. Could it be my new chamois cream?
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That's so weird! When I started riding a flat black bike, I STOPPED waving at people and started wearing eyeliner. And no one will make eye contact with me. Small children just start crying as I run into them on the MUP, whereas, with my old red bike, they would laugh and giggle as they hit the tarmac. And when I DROPE THE HAMER I leave a contrail of broken crabon dust behind me!
I have no idea what's going on. Could it be my new chamois cream?
I have no idea what's going on. Could it be my new chamois cream?
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