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Trekhawk
11-28-2006, 08:01 AM
If you have a problem with non riding friends and family thinking you are a tad strange because you are a cyclist then get one of these and completely freak them out. Pop it up in the lounge room.....what a conversation starter.:D

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=CATEGORY_VIEW&CATEGORY.ID=1713&MODE=
mimitabby
11-28-2006, 08:04 AM
lol. yeah, right. for that price i could buy me a VERY nice bike.
You're right.
it would blow them away!
Trekhawk
11-28-2006, 08:06 AM
lol. yeah, right. for that price i could buy me a VERY nice bike.
You're right.
it would blow them away!

Hee Hee perhaps you could ask for one for your Birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIMI.:) :) :)

(I think I would take the bike too).
Cassandra_Cain
11-28-2006, 08:14 AM
$5000+, um yeah....

Think I'll opt for the simple approach of riding to the top of the mountain and just spending the night. Seems cheaper, more scenic, and a tad less inducive of claustrophobia though I might want a thick sweater and foam pad.....
IFjane
11-28-2006, 08:16 AM
This time of year a REALLY thick sweater & pad - just got an email that Vail received 7" of new snow last night.

That said, since I live in VA & cycle in the Rockies each summer, I have sent the link to my son & told him to forget the new carbon handle bars for me & to get me the tent! :eek:
Trekhawk
11-28-2006, 08:22 AM
This time of year a REALLY thick sweater & pad - just got an email that Vail received 7" of new snow last night.

That said, since I live in VA & cycle in the Rockies each summer, I have sent the link to my son & told him to forget the new carbon handle bars for me & to get me the tent! :eek:

LOL - I can hear that conversation now. Guys all together chatting - What did you get your Mum for Xmas? Guys chime in with the normal lot, Necklace, Perfume, Flowers, Chocolate and then your Son with Altitude Training Tent.....I bet that would throw them.:D
mimitabby
11-28-2006, 08:34 AM
it's okay. if the altitude is so high that you need a tent to train for it,
I'll take the car!

we have hundreds of great mountain passes here to sweat to your heart's content on, and all are below 15,000 feet!
IFjane
11-28-2006, 08:36 AM
Trek - no kidding! Knowing him, he'd find a way to use one of his old dome tents & attach a fan & a hose to it, then take a picture of it to "prove" to his buds that he gave me one!
IFjane
11-28-2006, 08:40 AM
Just got this from him:

"Yeah that's exactly what you need."

No promises.....hmmmm.....do you think he's gonna spring for it? :D
Deanna
11-28-2006, 09:00 AM
Sad but true story: my DH found out that Levi Leipheimer has his bedroom converted to an altitude tent, so now he "jokes" that he'd only like a small one. Not this Christmas!
HappyAnika
11-29-2006, 09:39 AM
People would definitely think I'm weird if I set up a Colorado Altitude simulator, since I live in Colorado, hee hee. :p
IFjane
11-29-2006, 11:19 AM
No kidding, Anika! Where do you live? If I could be there I would...

by the way, how's the weather? (partly cloudy & 67 here) :eek: