Why is being a beginner/recreational cyclist with an expensive bike a crime?
08-05-06, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Chongo
'Cause when I first started cycling, every ride was uphill and against the wind both ways, and we had to use heavy steel frames with only one bottle cage, and we had to use itchy wool jerseys, and we had to glue on our tires, and we know who Eddy Merckx is, and we had non-indexed downtube shift levers, and had to endure clammy leather chamois, and had to nail our cleats into our shoes, and had only ten gears, and had to loosen and tighten our toe straps at every stoplight, and had no EPO,.....
08-05-06, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Chongo
'Cause when I first started cycling, every ride was uphill and against the wind both ways, and we had to use heavy steel frames with only one bottle cage, and we had to use itchy wool jerseys, and we had to glue on our tires, and we know who Eddy Merckx is, and we had non-indexed downtube shift levers, and had to endure clammy leather chamois, and had to nail our cleats into our shoes, and had only ten gears, and had to loosen and tighten our toe straps at every stoplight, and had no EPO,.....
08-05-06, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom Stormcrowe
I flat got smoked by a guy on an S Works Tarmac just yesterday! He outclimbed me, but I caught him on the DH. I ride an old Raleigh Pursuit, from around 1988, btw. Personally, I don't care wht you buy as a noob! If you can afford a Kestrel CF or an S Works Tarmac, or a full on custom build from "Real Expensive Bikes, Inc", more power, Bro! Go for it!
08-06-06, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by oilman_15106
Darn, thought the link was real.
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Originally Posted by MillCreek
You just described my first serious road bike and accessories, in the early 70's, to a T. Although up here it was uphill both ways and raining. The wind, not so much.
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