LOL!
I still can't mount my bike from the "wrong" side.
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08-06-2006, 04:55 PM #1
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08-06-2006, 04:58 PM #2
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I can't mount or _lead_ my bike from the wrong side. But I haven't been affected by things my bike might spook at. Maybe I always had well-behaved horses, except for Darla the devil...
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08-07-2006, 06:37 AM #3
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I just had to add to this post. I also have trouble mounting from the wrong side, and it feels just as wrong as it did on my horse.
I have no trouble with my bike spooking, and i have been sent flying more than once because a horse balked, so I have had my share of spooky horses.
(and then when you land on the ground in front of them they look at you like
you're crazy for being there)
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08-07-2006, 06:46 AM #4
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My bike never balks when riding away from the garage....
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08-07-2006, 07:23 AM #5
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I think mine _does_ go faster on the way home! She sure did Saturday.
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08-07-2006, 07:26 AM #6
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My bike gets very nervous and balky when she sees gravel up ahead, but puts her head down and charges up slight hills.
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08-07-2006, 07:57 AM #7
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how true is that. i still remember that look when i came out of the saddle and actually landed on my feet next to her head. the look is what killed me.
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08-07-2006, 04:57 PM #8
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Count me in on one of those who can't lead or mount her bike from the opposite side. I've tried both, and ended up on the ground with the mounting one, and always trip over the bike with the leading one.
I have to say, though, my MTB has thrown me more than the horses ever did. But at least these ground impacts are from a much lower height with less weight landing on me which means no trips to the hospital
Can't say that for the horses!
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08-07-2006, 06:03 PM #9
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um, I thought that if you tried to mount your bike from the right side, the devil came and took you away...
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08-09-2006, 04:28 AM #10
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sometimes I can't decide which to ride - my bike or my horse!
i started life out with nothing, and have most of it left[
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08-09-2006, 08:35 PM #11
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My horse is now made of steel!!
This thread is so funny! I owned and rode a Five-Gaited American Saddlebred mare from 1977--1996 (I lost her to Alzheimers at age 28) and I took up cycling in 1998. I never thought about it but I mount and handle my bike entirely on the left side!! In fact, I refer to my bikes as "girls" and my Bianchi cross-terrain is my "Morgan" and my new Guru road bike is my "Five-Gaited" mare.
We LOVED our mare and she loved us back! There is a huge portrait of her in our bedroom--whenever I do my weight workout I see her the entire time!! I know from horse-heaven she "sees" me riding bicycles and smiles!
I wish I had owned a MTB back in the 80's and 90's so I could ride beside her in the pasture. She loved to play "tag" where I would run at her and snap a towel at her--she would run around and toss her head playfully! I would have had so much fun with her playing "tag" on a MTB!!Fit and Fabulous on a Bike...Decrepit on a Horse!
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