"pssst....pssst....hey cutie.....over here......yeah, it's me. Get me down. Yeah, get me down. Let's you and me go out....it'll be good, real good.....I promise...."
and such an innocent blue, too
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08-26-2006, 05:29 PM #1
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08-26-2006, 08:15 PM #2
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William was whispering sweet nothings to me about long trips across the country while he was still on the show room floor.
Nowadays, he's mostly just bored with the same old routes we've been riding and has been complaining about not getting out more. Getting out involves crossing state lines, BTW.
Tonight, though, he informed me that no snot-nosed pre-teen on a knobby-tired bike was going to pass us and the engine had just better find some juice. He does that sort of thing all too often.
Yeah, my bikes often talk to me, but DH doesn't often like what they have to say - or that I'm an all too willing listener.Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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08-27-2006, 02:22 AM #3
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yep
On today's 6hr here in perth my legs said "oi, let's go and sit under the tree and read a book"...my bike said "WTF...let's keep going"....I had so much fun on ze bike today yer...Mr bike said "thank you..."
When i got home my road bike said "you're welcome for the help"...i'm here anytime you want to engage in some hot N steamy stuff..""
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08-27-2006, 06:31 AM #4
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Looks like we've established pretty firmly that our bikes DO talk to us. So here's a question: when I get my Bianchi, will I have to learn Italian to understand her?
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08-27-2006, 06:50 AM #5
Don't whine
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No, I don't think you'll need to learn Italian. (but that could be a fun reason to go take an Italian class
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08-27-2006, 08:45 AM #6
Ooo, talk tri to me!
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My current bike, the hybrid, never talks to me. The Specialized Sequoia Elite I test rode yesterday did talk to me and introduced herself. She told me that her name is "Sweet Elite" but that I could call her "Sweetie" or "Sweetums". She's not even mine (yet?)
but I think we've already bonded. I hope I can bring her home soon. 
Last edited by HillSlugger; 08-27-2006 at 10:59 AM.
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08-27-2006, 10:44 AM #7
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These are too funny! You all are making me laugh.
Glad I'm not the only one who hears "bike voices." DH looked at me like I was from Mars when I told him Oscar talks to me. hee hee... men just don't have the same bond with their machines I guess....Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com
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