bicycles anyone

[Mat]

how many people here ride bicycles and just for kicks why?

[pantablo]

That would be me. been racing on the road for 12 years+. Why? Because I like to make people suffer in the hills...muahahhahhahaa.

[Hannah Hawkins]

I love my push bikes. Have a mountin bike and a road bike. I love the feeling of having got somewhere using my own power. I enjoy cycling as much as I enjoy riding my GS  

Why use YOUR energy? Riding a push bike is for people who cant run for fitness... its a lazy mans treadmill.

The only two wheels I put my ass on has a motor attached....

keep riding up those hills folks, I will wave on my way past, on a REAL bike....  

Just taking the piss....

Stay Safe  

[JLKasper]

I began seriously riding bicycles in my 39th year, because I didn't want to be a 40 year old fat man.  I had a slow=speed wreck on my VX800 a year earlier, and swore off motorcycles.

I was our local bicycle club's "Rookie of the Year", and was the club's leader in commuter miles.  That went on for several years, until my schedule changed and commuting to work and club rides didn't fit into my schedule.  When a buddy showed up on a new Bonneville, I was hooked on motorcycles again.

Part of the joys is to putt up hills that I suffered while pedaling.  This summer, I rode along our bike club's annual 120 mile hilly torture ride.  I felt very refreshed at the finish, while the cyclists were salt-stained from sweating so much.  :lol:

[cozy]

I used to ride a bike in philly to school and around town. You get no respect on a bicycle in an "urban" environment. Pedestrians would constantly walk in my path on my green. Cars and septa would just take your lane of travel away. I got hurt 3 times and said f*** it. Potholes will deal nasty groin injuries...

[zoltan]

yup, ride bicycles all the time. used to race downhill, but all the places around here closed, so now i mustly ride urban and some xc. we still makes trips to pa for downhill from time to time.

yeah, chicks definitely don't ask for a ride on your bicycle as much as on your motorcycle.  

if i could only do one, i'd have to pick my bicycles. it's just too in my blood and i can do so much more on a bicycle, see more things, and go more places.

[Lerxst]

I love my Trek Y11.  Great cardio and so much more fun than running... for me.

[Ratzo]

Used to ride my mountain bike 1-2 times per week. Haven't touched it since I bought my GS in March, and I've got the pounds to prove it.  :dunno:

[ScottWV]

I've got a Gary Fisher Tarpin, or Tarpon, hmm.... yea Tarpon.  Anyways it's just an entry-level mountain bike, but it beats your run-of-mill department stores bikes.  Now if I just took the time to actually ride it...

[Gisser]

Bicycles are just excercise machines.  When you're young, such exertion seems to build-up your body.  As you get older you find out you only have a finite amount of energy to waste each day before the needle hits empty.  It tears you down.  

I've found it makes for a much nicer day to simply put down the knife and fork at the appropriate time and get on with it than it is to spend my free time on a hamster wheel trying to burn off what I shouldn't have eaten in the first place.

[pantablo]

to say that bicycling is for exercise (only) is like saying that motorcycles are good for commuting...they're both so much more than that.

[chimivee]

Bicycles are just excercise machines.  When you're young, such exertion seems to build-up your body.  As you get older you find out you only have a finite amount of energy to waste each day before the needle hits empty.  It tears you down.  

I've found it makes for a much nicer day to simply put down the knife and fork at the appropriate time and get on with it than it is to spend my free time on a hamster wheel trying to burn off what I shouldn't have eaten in the first place.

Uh, I think your confusing bicycles w/ exer-cycles...  These things are actually used outdoors and are fully mobile... you can go places on them.

Of course your energy decreases as you get older, but that's why it's that much more important to exercise - not just for increased energy, but overall health/well being.   And it really can be quite enjoyable and satisfying.  Get past the initial few weeks of suffering and getting "torn down", and I think you'll like exercise, cycling or otherwise.

I have to go now, cause my Richard Simons video is almost over...

[JohnNS]

Pablo, anybody who rides a fixed gear bike does not ride "for kicks."  There's something FAR more twisted going on there.  

[chimivee]

Pablo, anybody who rides a fixed gear bike does not ride "for kicks."  There's something FAR more twisted going on there.  

Pablo, you ride a fixed gear in the hills!!!???  Then, nevermind the BS I just posted about exercise being enjoyable.

[pantablo]

you're all working under the assumption that pain is not enjoyable. and that inflicting pain is that much less enjoyable...

[squidscareme]

i ride some xc. i would like to try some freeride but i'm a sissy (and its really expensive).

[dgyver]

Been mountain biking for the past 12 years. Have a Cannondale Super-V the I built from the frame up. It cost me more than my GS! Hate being inside. Ride for the exercise and it's a great stress reliever. I live in a great area with plenty of awesome single track. Night riding is great too! Love the adrenalin rush...getting my fix tomorrow.

[Rich500]

I also ride...alot. I have been known to race in elite mens class road racing, and have done 24 hours of adrenaline. I guess it helps that I have worked in a bike shop since I was 15, so 5 years now.
Riiding is a great sport. Its so healthy, and enjoyable. Not much beats the rush of pushing a road bike wearing nothing but lycra past 60 mph on a mountain road.

[yamahonkawazuki]

i ride a lightspeed, (occasionally)((not sure of which model)),also every year i ride my 25 year old schwinn 165 miles in 2 days for a charity ride, really sucks when you dont practice :dunno: you sure can tell :x