i asked the same thing to the biologist i work with. her answer: it just is.
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i asked the same thing to the biologist i work with. her answer: it just is.
Velo Girl, I believe there may be discrepancies in this story and other posts. This person rides a Azure which as far as I know is a full suspension mountain bike, the story is talking about beating a bunch of guys on the road (you kind of assume that they were on road bikes given the description?) Cali is either the next Juli Furtado or maybe not what she/he seems to be. I'm hoping for the sake of all that the first is true, but there are definitely questionable issues here.
Veronica "I've seen bird droppings, cow droppings, horse droppings...Some name dropping...."
yes, I'm dropping in and maybe we'll drop this ;) :rolleyes: :)
or impose a restriction that you are not allowed to post epic descriptions of dropping guys or chasing cars until you have been officially verified on a ride by at least 3 TE gals.
Then you'd get some kinda "te approved" icon or something.
That way we could say with certainty "yep, V could really do that" or "heh, troll, no way Trek could catch up with a guy.
C'mon, ladies! Has anyone given me a "TE Approved" icon? Or anyone else on this board for goodness sake? Believe her or don't believe her but let's quit picking on her. I frequent this board because I thought there were kind, sensitive women here.
Regarding discrepencies in her story, I believe that many women on this board embellish their posts. It's human nature. Life itself isn't that interesting so we spice it up a little, right?
ps -- I've been grunged out on my mtn bike and dropped a bunch of guys on road bikes who (to a 20-year old) look all pro. And I've had kids on mtn bikes drop me when I'm on a road bike. It's not impossible.
One of the guys I ride with dropped his brand new Rudy Project sunglasses down the pit toilet hole in Tahoe....Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
I agree with Velogirl, let's all calm down.
I knew a girl in her early twenties, on an old clunker of a bike, who'd climb up the Mont Royal crazily fast, leaving all the middle-aged guys with their brand new Kuota carbon bikes quite ashamed and feeling like wannabes. She was not especially a cyclist but a hell of an athlete generally. These things happen.
I'm not especially fond of the 'guys are stupid, let's throw rocks at them' style (it's a line of design items with this logo on them), but if you don't like Cali's posts, you can either ignore them, block them altogether, or share your concerns in a respectful manner... And if she's a guy, well I feel sorry for him having to impersonate a kick-a** woman in his free time, instead of kicking a** in his own skin, but maybe it's therapeutic. :D
So let's move one.
Maillotpois...I just had to remark on your tag line...
Denis...there's some lovely filth down here! :)
LOVE that movie! :)
Hooray for Monty Python.
Well, I'm going to say this but probably shouldn't. A forum is a forum. If certain people have a different opinion than you do so be it. If they express it in a different way so be it. BUT that does not give you the right to basically tell them to "Shut Up". I take exception to that.
I don't think anyone is telling anyone to 'shut up.' A situation has come up in which some hostile posts have appeared on our normally ultra supportive board. As a group, a community really, we are discussing how we think we should handle it. I am sorry if you interpreted my comments as a suggestion to shut up, they were intended more along the lines that I thought we should give her the benefit of the doubt and not post hostile things back, in the spirit of keeping this board a friendly place, that's all.