Get off my lawn. Seriously.
06-01-14, 07:14 AM
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Get off my lawn. Seriously.
Rant central here.
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Momento mori, amor fati.
06-01-14, 07:24 AM
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Drawing from some active threads, we 60+ cyclists get no respect.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
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06-01-14, 07:35 AM
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I aspire to be a 60 plus cyclist one day who gets no respect. What's the issue? You're alive and on a bike. Things could be worse.
06-01-14, 07:44 AM
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Drawing from some active threads, we 60+ cyclists get no respect.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
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06-01-14, 07:58 AM
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06-01-14, 07:59 AM
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A rant is self-sufficient. A rant need not be explained or justified. Never argue with someone who is ranting. You may ignore it or join in, or best yet distract the ranteur (this is a cycling forum and all must be French or Eye-talian) by ranting about something else.
But argue with a rant? Toujours déclassé.
Don't do it again.
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Momento mori, amor fati.
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06-01-14, 08:00 AM
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06-01-14, 08:10 AM
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06-01-14, 09:04 AM
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If we agreed all the time what would there be the point in both of us posting? Seriously.
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My greatest fear is all of my kids standing around my coffin and talking about "how sensible" dad was.
My greatest fear is all of my kids standing around my coffin and talking about "how sensible" dad was.
06-01-14, 09:11 AM
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Let's nip this in the bud.
A rant is self-sufficient. A rant need not be explained or justified. Never argue with someone who is ranting. You may ignore it or join in, or best yet distract the ranteur (this is a cycling forum and all must be French or Eye-talian) by ranting about something else.
But argue with a rant? Toujours déclassé.
Don't do it again.
A rant is self-sufficient. A rant need not be explained or justified. Never argue with someone who is ranting. You may ignore it or join in, or best yet distract the ranteur (this is a cycling forum and all must be French or Eye-talian) by ranting about something else.
But argue with a rant? Toujours déclassé.
Don't do it again.
06-01-14, 09:16 AM
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Dude, you made it to 60. Be happy and keep moving on.
06-01-14, 09:44 AM
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06-01-14, 10:27 AM
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And by 'grow up', does this mean aspire to be 60?
You're welcome on my lawn, but watch out for the weed killer.
Oh wait a minute - we took out our lawn. You're welcome on our gravel yard.
06-01-14, 10:30 AM
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Too much weed killer? You realize of course exposure to weed killer gives you gas?
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06-01-14, 10:58 AM
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Lycra is good on bents.......... Keeps the ability of young ladies, and some guys, to look up your shorts, to a minimum.....
06-01-14, 12:01 PM
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06-01-14, 12:40 PM
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Drawing from some active threads, we 60+ cyclists get no respect.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
Say it ain't so!
06-01-14, 01:43 PM
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Drawing from some active threads, we 60+ cyclists get no respect.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
Those who stay fit and competitive are wannabe racer boys and need to grow up.
Those who are slow and chunky need to be rounded up and shipped off to the shuffleboard courts.
Those who like full carbon are pretentious materialists who likely drive Jaguars, NTTAWWT.
Those who like steel are miserable Luddites.
Carrying parallelism to an obnoxious extreme, those who ride bikes built in 19XX should have Aricept put in their water.
And the worst: chunky slow bent riders who shamelessly wear Lycra. Sigh.
Discuss.
That's just mean.