Are any of the roadies here also smokers?
06-04-08, 07:46 AM
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Are any of the roadies here also smokers?
Cigarettes you stoners.
Come on now, 'fess up.
Inquiring roadies want to know.
Not FORMER smokers now. SMOKERS.
Like our future President I mean.
Come on now, 'fess up.
Inquiring roadies want to know.
Not FORMER smokers now. SMOKERS.
Like our future President I mean.
06-04-08, 07:50 AM
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Good grief no.
When you start at age 8 racing bikes, it's pretty much drilled in to you from day 1 not to do that. Smoke and you were off the team, no questions asked, no chance for redemption. Regardless of what your "friends" did.
That, and 10 of the last 11 people in my family that have died, did so from cancer.
When you start at age 8 racing bikes, it's pretty much drilled in to you from day 1 not to do that. Smoke and you were off the team, no questions asked, no chance for redemption. Regardless of what your "friends" did.
That, and 10 of the last 11 people in my family that have died, did so from cancer.
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Totally forgot who posted this picture of their coach:
Frankly I find the image completely offensive. What a terrible influence on young ones. I mean really what self respecting cyclist would ever read "Bicycling"
Frankly I find the image completely offensive. What a terrible influence on young ones. I mean really what self respecting cyclist would ever read "Bicycling"
06-04-08, 07:51 AM
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06-04-08, 07:54 AM
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The days of running a dozen miles before a breakfast of unfiltered Camels have long passed. I miss the durability aspects of it, not the rest.
06-04-08, 07:59 AM
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Good grief no.
When you start at age 8 racing bikes, it's pretty much drilled in to you from day 1 not to do that. Smoke and you were off the team, no questions asked, no chance for redemption. Regardless of what your "friends" did.
That, and 10 of the last 11 people in my family that have died, did so from cancer.
When you start at age 8 racing bikes, it's pretty much drilled in to you from day 1 not to do that. Smoke and you were off the team, no questions asked, no chance for redemption. Regardless of what your "friends" did.
That, and 10 of the last 11 people in my family that have died, did so from cancer.
06-04-08, 08:03 AM
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Can't imagine how you could smoke and still bike, and that's coming from a reformed smoker. I drink my share of the brews though, so no judgments.
06-04-08, 08:07 AM
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06-04-08, 08:26 AM
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I don't smoke but a couple of my roadie friends do.
06-04-08, 08:28 AM
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If I throw back a few beers and/or shots, I'll have a cigarette or three over the course of the night. But that happens maybe 3-4 times a month. And I barely consider myself a roadie.
Smoking while riding? Too much wind, I lose the ember. Unless I'm riding back from the bar, on the sidewalk, going 4 mph.
Smoking while riding? Too much wind, I lose the ember. Unless I'm riding back from the bar, on the sidewalk, going 4 mph.
06-04-08, 08:28 AM
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06-04-08, 08:28 AM
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One of the nice things about doing the weeklong events is camping with a thousand people that don't smoke. Any other time I go camping there is somebody fouling the air with a cigarette.
06-04-08, 08:32 AM
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I can understand people who smoke, but not those who smoke while riding. Looks masochistic to me.
06-04-08, 08:41 AM
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The other day I passed three teens on 2 cruisers (one of them on the top tube). The two riding together were sharing a joint, the other one was drinking a beer from the bottle. Hilarious!
06-04-08, 08:53 AM
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I'm a SMOKER - especially after a long ride and a couple recovery IPAs.
Seems forking ridiculous but it happens.
Seems forking ridiculous but it happens.
06-04-08, 08:54 AM
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I smoke cigs. What's it to ya?
06-04-08, 09:00 AM
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My dad used to smoke while swimming in a pool. Unfortunately he finally succumed to lung cancer. Even more silly than smoking on a bike.