Commuting By Bike... (975 hits)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (View user info) at 2009-09-03 00:07:03 EDT
...is awesome!
If only I had known.
I've said before that I don't want a car for a number of reasons...parking, $$$, stress...etc so I've been using public transport.
However, an unreliable transport system will really test your patience, especially when you take the bus by choice, not because you have to.
I could own a car by now if I added up all the taxi fares I add to pay to arrive on time (over 200$ just last month).
One evening I was late to an appointment due to yet another delay in the bus schedule. I got so pissed that I sprinted to the nearest bike shop and bought one under five minutes.
I was never a fan of biking so I never looked into it. But if I had known how great it is to cycle your way to work, how fast it is, how it rejunevates you before you start your day, how much better you sleep, how you don't have to spend 3 hours in the gym in the evening so you don't feel like a fat fuck...I would've bought one years ago.
So yeah, get a bike and start pedaling. It's worth the try. :-)
The least it can do is help you avoid looking like this...
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2009-09-07 21:32:46 EDT (#)
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I row.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-09-07 20:04:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2009-09-03 19:13:29 EDT (#)
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i bought a bike once to ride to work.
Then i realised it was nine miles.
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So you run to work?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-04 10:18:39 EDT (#)
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i don't get why people are making excuses and tell me "my commute is too long, too risky, too polluted, too demanding...etc"
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Guilt
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-04 10:17:28 EDT (#)
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Just because I am disabled doesn't stop me from doing things an able bodied person can do!
Walt Disney made a succesful company even though he was a schizophrenic!
Paul Mcartny married a succesful vegitarian even though he is blind!
Adolf Hitler formed an international white supremecist movement even though it contained Italians!
Michael Owen represented his country in the world cup despite being an actual midget!
George Bush won the US presidency twice despite suffering from considerable learning difficulties!
George Brown is both half-blind AND scottish (although in many ways he is a failiure)!
Lynrd Skynrd made fame and fortune despite Ronnie Van Zant (RIP) contracting rabies in the 80s!
Bertie Forbes founded a succesful newspaper despite having an artifical personality!
So STFU!
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-04 10:15:07 EDT (#)
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i don't get why people are making excuses and tell me "my commute is too long, too risky, too polluted, too demanding...etc"
i don't care. i'm just saying biking to work is worth it if you considered it before and if of course it makes sense to do so in your situation.
i'm not rob berg, i don't plan on changing the world.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-09-04 10:09:38 EDT (#)
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its more the climb that is equally torturous in both directions, coupled with the fact that there is no bike lane, so it is INSANELY risky to ride it even if you are super-bike-ridy-dude.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-04 10:07:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-09-04 09:40:43 EDT (#)
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2 there is a 2-3 kilometre stretch of road that goes SHARPLY down, across a bridge and then SHARPLY up again. it would kill me BOTH ways, and FUCK that.
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well in the morning, i have a 1km stretch that his sharply down, like not braking is dangerous.
and in the evening, i have to climb it...it's pretty awful...my street alone has stairs because it's so steep http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/187549295_3a57fffc87.jpg?v=0 and i have to use them with the bike on my back but it doesn't matter if i sweat like a pig when i'm going home.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2009-09-04 09:54:51 EDT (#)
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silly berty
you can't ride a bike with no legs
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-04 09:50:56 EDT (#)
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i bought a bike when i was 20, second hand from some guy who lived near me.
i paid the money and rode it home, down a big hill to my house.
i forgot where the brakes were, veered off the road and ended up halfway into a huge bush.
crawling out, face torn to shreds and twigs in my hair i was faced with a mum and young child, who then screamed that 'stig of the dump' was real and ran off.
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lol
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-09-04 09:46:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2009-09-04 00:13:29 BST (#)
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lol
i bought a bike once to ride to work.
Then i realised it was nine miles.
Did it precisely zero times.
The bike cost me a grand then a month later I moved to America.
I guess my old housemate still has it.
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i bought a bike when i was 20, second hand from some guy who lived near me.
i paid the money and rode it home, down a big hill to my house.
i forgot where the brakes were, veered off the road and ended up halfway into a huge bush.
crawling out, face torn to shreds and twigs in my hair i was faced with a mum and young child, who then screamed that 'stig of the dump' was real and ran off.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-09-04 09:40:43 EDT (#)
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the ride from my house to work would be good, except for 2 things
1 i have to ride over the harbour bridge, which i anticipate would be a hellish experience.
2 there is a 2-3 kilometre stretch of road that goes SHARPLY down, across a bridge and then SHARPLY up again. it would kill me BOTH ways, and FUCK that.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-04 09:25:38 EDT (#)
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I've always liked the idea of cycling to work, but it's a bit far. What I thought would be awesome would be to be able to ride to the train & actually ride onto the train like some sort of eurotunnel thingy and then cycle off. I'd then be able to get to work in half the time it takes me to drive, it'd be cheaper, healthier and better for the environment.
Shame it's such an impractical concept really.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-04 09:16:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2009-09-03 23:24:22 EDT (#)
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But what happens when you get two feet of snow? From what I hear it's going to be a "mild" winter. Mild = a shitload of snow.
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go back to the bus
Submitted by iambetteratit (user info) at 2009-09-04 01:04:42 EDT (#)
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if one of you art people could like super impose his head on a picture of moby dick I would give it a +2
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-09-04 00:09:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iambetteratit (user info) at 2009-09-03 15:30:11 EDT (#)
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damn kaos maybe instead of buying a fancy suit and more body peircings you should look into buying a neck. you look like a fucking sperm whale.
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actually, id say his head looks more like some 'mid 90s' lego man.
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2009-09-03 23:24:22 EDT (#)
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But what happens when you get two feet of snow? From what I hear it's going to be a "mild" winter. Mild = a shitload of snow.
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2009-09-03 19:52:13 EDT (#)
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Jesus Christ Caul - you've really let yourself go. You don't need a bike, you need a goddamn turniquet around your throat.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-09-03 19:28:37 EDT (#)
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but that suit is um... pretty fucking cheap. polyester blend.
i still ride an old hard rock specialized that i've had for probably 12 or 13 years now. the weather here is the same as ohio, but since i have a job i don't have to live in some apartment complex meant for divorced middle aged men or college kids, so storing it isn't a problem.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-09-03 19:25:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iambetteratit (user info) at 2009-09-03 15:30:11 EDT (#)
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damn kaos maybe instead of buying a fancy suit and more body peircings you should look into buying a neck. you look like a fucking sperm whale.
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lol
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2009-09-03 19:13:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-09-03 03:31:18 CDT (#)
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im shit at riding a bike
lol
i bought a bike once to ride to work.
Then i realised it was nine miles.
Did it precisely zero times.
The bike cost me a grand then a month later I moved to America.
I guess my old housemate still has it.
Submitted by stone8946 (user info) at 2009-09-03 17:22:01 EDT (#)
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I used to bike to work and after 6 months I was ripped, then I changed jobs and have to use a car.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-03 15:38:54 EDT (#)
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LOL
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Submitted by iambetteratit (user info) at 2009-09-03 15:30:11 EDT (#)
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damn kaos maybe instead of buying a fancy suit and more body peircings you should look into buying a neck. you look like a fucking sperm whale.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2009-09-03 12:56:11 EDT (#)
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Sign of the devil man! ROCK ON!
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2009-09-03 12:54:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by bart (user info) at 2009-09-02 23:54:00 PDT (#)
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Biking to work is great.
You shouldn't be so mean to kaos-king though.
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cmon bartbart, at least this kind of hate is creative and humorous, as opposed to the usual shit that the deutschsbags post up...
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2009-09-03 11:52:14 EDT (#)
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I'd bike to work, but it;s way to far plus a long stint on a highway with heavy traffic and practically no shoulder. I don't feel like getting mowed down by a semi at 60 miles an hour.
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2009-09-03 11:51:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by bart (user info) at 2009-09-03 02:54:00 EDT (#)
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Biking to work is great.
You shouldn't be so mean to kaos-king though.
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don't be such a killjoy.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2009-09-03 11:09:46 EDT (#)
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does he leave the beard around the chin bone to create the appearance of a neck/jawline?
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-03 10:59:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2009-09-03 04:03:58 EDT (#)
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2.) The "bike situation." I've thought about getting a bike quite often these last two years. There were 2 bikes stored in one of the sheds back at my parents' house. My brother snagged one and brought it up here. It was in pretty bad shape, but he got it working well enough I suppose. The only problem is, he's in the same apt complex as I am, and there's simply no room to store them inside. A number of people have them outside, but as my brother and quite a number of neighbors have found out over the years, Ohio weather pretty much destroys a bike after a single winter. My brother was gonna have to spend over $100 just to get his functional again. He bought a motorcycle instead. (yes, he has a place to store it.) I dunno, a bike would be cool. A tarp would just get ripped off up here - Lake Effect Winds. Hell, I'd even build some stupid little bike shelter if my landlord wouldn't go ballistic over it.
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that's an interesting story.
especially since you don't even have a job to commute to!
keep making excuses (you have a big problems :-O) and thinking about it.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-03 10:57:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2009-09-03 10:22:49 EDT (#)
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How many times are you going to mention the money you are saving by doing all of these cheap and practical things, hoping we don't realize you are a minimum-wage temp?
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i would tell you my salary but it's pointless with a godamn loser like yourself.
you don't have a degree in anything and you're a fucking janitor at best so please, stfu.
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2009-09-03 10:52:04 EDT (#)
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who's the fat guy?
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2009-09-03 10:22:49 EDT (#)
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How many times are you going to mention the money you are saving by doing all of these cheap and practical things, hoping we don't realize you are a minimum-wage temp?
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2009-09-03 09:21:26 EDT (#)
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Hey Caul, is this you???
NSFW!!! http://glassass.com/ NSFW!!!
Make sure you watch for a few minutes and that the volume is turned UP.
It's the sounds that really makes it...
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-09-03 09:10:54 EDT (#)
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I used to ride a bike everywhere...when I was 12.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:54:51 EDT (#)
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For once, I guess shlongy is right. +1
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:44:51 EDT (#)
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Sounds gay...but you made a good point there, at the end.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:41:43 EDT (#)
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think of all of the money you'll be saving.
Submitted by vexx (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:36:52 EDT (#)
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There is no 'sharing the road' with cars here in Boston. People can't drive for shit and can easily mow you down.
I don't know how the bike messengers do it.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:24:00 EDT (#)
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A guy I work with commutes to work by bike, even in the most cold of weather, and he lives near me. The problem is he gets up almost 2 hours early because we live about 15 miles from work, showers in the crummy showers they have here, and wears spandex. I don't see myself getting up 2 hours early, showering at work, wearing spandex and if that's not bad enough he has to travel through some of the roughest patch of town to get here. If he has to stop and fix a flat then he gets his knife out just in case. He's pretty serious about it though, mirrors on his helmet, spare tubes in his back pack, pumps mounted to his bike, etc. Sure he may save some money but when you buy kevlar tubes and replace them once a month I don't know how much you are saving in the long run if you factor time (labor), parts, etc. into the equation. Let me know how long this works for you before you give up due to laziness.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:22:42 EDT (#)
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ubmitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-09-03 04:13:33 EDT (#)
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I love biking but walking is a good start.
I picked up a second hand cross trainer/elliptical from ebay for about 150 pounds and it's in my lounge. I just use it whenever I get a spare minute or watch TV. I set myself challenges like time trials, or hills or races and before I know it I have clocked up 2 hours a day.
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Elliptical is my favorite. When I first moved to this town, I went to the town's only gym. Unfortunately it was one of those "old lady" gyms.
"So, um, where is all the equipment?"
"We're all about low impact here."
That's fine and all, but if I am going to pay for a membership I'd rather have some equipment. I'm not paying some old broad to show me how to do jumping jacks. I started running instead.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:10:46 EDT (#)
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That's not as bad as I thought. Now I just need to move somewhere that I wouldn't get run over biking to work.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2009-09-03 08:00:56 EDT (#)
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probably right around an hour,mwg
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-09-03 07:40:55 EDT (#)
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Answer me this: how long should it take a normal cyclist to travel 15 miles in hilly terrain? If it's reasonable I'll consider it, but I've thought it over before, and it just seems too far.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-09-03 06:53:27 EDT (#)
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I wish I could ride a bike to work but it's so far away, it would take me two hours just to get there.
We have several really nice bike trails so that's where I go.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-09-03 04:31:18 EDT (#)
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im shit at riding a bike
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-09-03 04:13:33 EDT (#)
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I love biking but walking is a good start.
I picked up a second hand cross trainer/elliptical from ebay for about 150 pounds and it's in my lounge. I just use it whenever I get a spare minute or watch TV. I set myself challenges like time trials, or hills or races and before I know it I have clocked up 2 hours a day.
It's hard work but finding something you really love is half the battle.
Besides, I am not so keen to road bike since seeing roadkill victim pics on jjam.
Also, what Bart said.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2009-09-03 04:03:58 EDT (#)
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1.) That picture is quite a number of years old. As I've mentioned (multiple times) before, I haven't worn it for years and I'm not even sure where that metal beaded necklace is at. Actually, I'm convinced it's hiding in the same place as my engraved zippo, 2gig zip drive & my favorite pair of sunglasses.
2.) The "bike situation." I've thought about getting a bike quite often these last two years. There were 2 bikes stored in one of the sheds back at my parents' house. My brother snagged one and brought it up here. It was in pretty bad shape, but he got it working well enough I suppose. The only problem is, he's in the same apt complex as I am, and there's simply no room to store them inside. A number of people have them outside, but as my brother and quite a number of neighbors have found out over the years, Ohio weather pretty much destroys a bike after a single winter. My brother was gonna have to spend over $100 just to get his functional again. He bought a motorcycle instead. (yes, he has a place to store it.) I dunno, a bike would be cool. A tarp would just get ripped off up here - Lake Effect Winds. Hell, I'd even build some stupid little bike shelter if my landlord wouldn't go ballistic over it.
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2009-09-03 02:54:00 EDT (#)
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Biking to work is great.
You shouldn't be so mean to kaos-king though.
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-09-03 01:20:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-03 13:10:43 WST (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-09-03 01:06:16 EDT (#)
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hardcore like a bead necklace.
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HAHAHAHHAHAHAH
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Love beads are pretty hardcore.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-03 01:10:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-09-03 01:06:16 EDT (#)
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hardcore like a bead necklace.
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HAHAHAHHAHAHAH
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-09-03 01:08:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2009-09-03 00:30:47 EDT (#)
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VTT or Citybike?
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between the two...
http://www.marinbikes.com/2008/us/bikes/assets/bikes_detail/ROAD_ALP_FAIRFAX_C1.jpg
that's what i have...nothing fancy. i bought it used, though it looks new, so i wouldn't pay too much in case i didn't like it.
anyway...i'm just posting this to encourage people to do the same. :-)
i know this is the internet but it can't always be rape and shit
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2009-09-03 01:06:16 EDT (#)
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frenchy programmer dude i work with just paid 6k for a bicycle.
i asked if it flew. literally defied gravity and launched into the air like it had a cutely geriatric alien riding it. because for six fucking THOUSAND dollars, id want my bicycle to do something pretty fucking special.
a mate and i used to buy bikes, do them up and then sell them when we were kids. we thought we were so hardcore. hardcore like a bead necklace.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2009-09-03 00:50:53 EDT (#)
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duh!
he's DEEP.
you don't GET it.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-09-03 00:46:38 EDT (#)
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I'm going to buy a bike this weekend.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2009-09-03 00:46:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-09-03 00:18:27 EDT (#)
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You're going to get a sore arse. Don't worry it goes away after a month.
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and the seat will tickle your clitoris
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2009-09-03 00:30:47 EDT (#)
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VTT or Citybike?
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-09-03 00:18:27 EDT (#)
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You're going to get a sore arse. Don't worry it goes away after a month.