hmmmm - what an interesting thread:
Best Part: every day I ride!!
Worst Part: drivers that turn right without using a turn signal! lol
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08-02-2006, 01:48 PM #1
I love headwinds! Really?
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
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08-02-2006, 03:04 PM #2
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Originally Posted by CorsairMac
That goes on my list too! I sometimes think turn signals are now an optional feature in cars."Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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08-02-2006, 09:04 PM #3
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Originally Posted by CorsairMac
Sigh. Imagine having a $40,000 automobile that doesn't have turn signals. LOL.
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08-02-2006, 09:57 PM #4
I ain't a chick any more!
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WORST:
The "big long hill" only 1.5 miles into my ride.
Not long enough. It's 3 miles straight up the highway, or a 6 mile loop, or a twelve mile wandering path through good and bad neighborhoods and really busy streets.
The road I have to ride on my twelve mile loop has good wide shoulders but they are filled with all kinds of sand and gravel, sharp things, and stuff that fell from passing traffic. It's a very busy road with lots of big fast trucks.
Road Construction! Seriously disrupting my route right now.
Having to cross four lanes of 60+ mph traffic to get home, w/o a light.
BEST: Nothing very pretty to look at, but I'm riding my bike to work and for errands. And it feels great!
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08-03-2006, 09:42 AM #5
Ain't Love a Surprise?
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Ah, the Budget Model Lexus...I know them well! Originally Posted by withm
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08-03-2006, 09:46 AM #6
Sue
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Best: the little sprints on smooth roads, the friendly people in cars and on bikes.
Worst: the hostile souls and the road construction, and the left turn across (student!) traffic to get across campus.
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08-03-2006, 11:56 AM #7
Speed Demon
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Worst:
- Squeezing between big trucks and the median curb at an intersection on a 65 mph hwy (I approach slowly hoping I'll catch the red light).
- Afternoon thunderstorms
- The big hill I have to go up to get home toward the end of my ride when I'm exhausted
- Erratic prairie dogs who wait until just the right moment to run out into the path/shoulder
Best:
- The view on the way into work, the next best thing to being in the mountains is looking at them while riding my bike!
- Getting in 37 - 42 miles a day, saving gas and time by combining my workout with my commute
- A long list of possible routes (most of which are very nice)The best part about going up hills is riding back down!
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