What got you into cycling?
01-26-21, 12:44 PM
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It was the mad coaster brake skids when I was 6 years old.
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For me it was simple. Too many sprained ankles running. Tough to sprain an ankle while clipped in. dave
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I rode a lot as a kid. It was how we got around in the 70s. At least where I came up, parents didn't generally drive kids everywhere. And I loved riding. I had a gas pipe Raleigh ten speed, but it was a racing bike to me.
Then I got older, bought a motorcycle, and didn't ride a bike again for decades. The road I live in happens to be frequented by a lot of riders and did get a sort of wistful feeling watching them go by. But I never really thought of riding again until my wife said she wanted to get bikes to ride around the neighborhood. Bought a hybrid off CL and it was fine, but after a few weeks I bought a road bike and the old feeling immediately returned.
Then I got older, bought a motorcycle, and didn't ride a bike again for decades. The road I live in happens to be frequented by a lot of riders and did get a sort of wistful feeling watching them go by. But I never really thought of riding again until my wife said she wanted to get bikes to ride around the neighborhood. Bought a hybrid off CL and it was fine, but after a few weeks I bought a road bike and the old feeling immediately returned.
02-02-21, 09:40 AM
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my bike was a life part beginning in the 1st grade as how i got to school and then 4th grade delivering groceries and from then on i have always ridden a bike either to school(s), job(s), or for work
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02-02-21, 02:28 PM
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I can't believe I just read all of these stories. Loved every one of them.
As for me, I rode bikes all over the place as a kid and loved them. Cars came into play in HS, so I took a break. Enter college..... I borrowed a friends mountain bike (hadn't ever seen one before) and couldn't believe it had 21 gears. I went to college in Gunnison and that first ride up Signal peak was brutal, but the ride down was it. HOOKED!!. I bought my first mountain bike at the Tune Up bike shop in Gunnison in 86, a Trek 800. I pounded the crap out of that bike. Hartmans Rocks, Kill Hill (which we called hamburger hill back then). I rode with a group of guys that could really put the hammer down. Turns out one of them was a future Leadville 100 winner. I let you guess who that was. I've been riding and racing ever since.
I was recruited to be on a neo pro mountain racing team sponsored by Cannondale around 2008. I loved it, being sponsored and having kits, bikes and whatever else the team dished out. After a few years, it became too much. Riding wasn't fun anymore and I felt like I HAD to get on my bike. I think I dropped off of the team in 2012 and eventually quit riding. Enter 2020 and I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and was over weight. I got back on the bike and rediscovered how much I love being on a bicycle.
As for me, I rode bikes all over the place as a kid and loved them. Cars came into play in HS, so I took a break. Enter college..... I borrowed a friends mountain bike (hadn't ever seen one before) and couldn't believe it had 21 gears. I went to college in Gunnison and that first ride up Signal peak was brutal, but the ride down was it. HOOKED!!. I bought my first mountain bike at the Tune Up bike shop in Gunnison in 86, a Trek 800. I pounded the crap out of that bike. Hartmans Rocks, Kill Hill (which we called hamburger hill back then). I rode with a group of guys that could really put the hammer down. Turns out one of them was a future Leadville 100 winner. I let you guess who that was. I've been riding and racing ever since.
I was recruited to be on a neo pro mountain racing team sponsored by Cannondale around 2008. I loved it, being sponsored and having kits, bikes and whatever else the team dished out. After a few years, it became too much. Riding wasn't fun anymore and I felt like I HAD to get on my bike. I think I dropped off of the team in 2012 and eventually quit riding. Enter 2020 and I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and was over weight. I got back on the bike and rediscovered how much I love being on a bicycle.
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02-02-21, 03:07 PM
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Here's one that may or may not have been mentioned yet: The bike is a good excuse to buy accessories for, upgrade and modify.
For a few years, I owned a Jeep Wrangler. The accessory aftermarket for Jeeps is enormous! Probably equals the GNP of many small nations... The bike industry is almost the same way. Here it is wintertime and there is a foot of new snow on the ground but I can keep busy with my bike ordering cool parts for it. If I throw enough money at it by buying CF parts, I'll have lost half a pound by the time I can ride it again. But it's fun.
For a few years, I owned a Jeep Wrangler. The accessory aftermarket for Jeeps is enormous! Probably equals the GNP of many small nations... The bike industry is almost the same way. Here it is wintertime and there is a foot of new snow on the ground but I can keep busy with my bike ordering cool parts for it. If I throw enough money at it by buying CF parts, I'll have lost half a pound by the time I can ride it again. But it's fun.
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