I fell out of love with my bike

[pkq]

I ride for me. Sometimes I want to push, other times I am a genuine slacker. However, even when I want to push, there are always others who can beat me to a pulp.

If I don't feel like riding, I don't. If I feel like doing something else or nothing, that is what I do. I believe our minds and bodies tell us what we need so I listen.

When you ride for yourself, it doesn't seem like a chore.

I have friends who don't view "freddish commuters" as real cyclists. I do just as I would view them as a motorist, if they were driving, or a walker, if they were walking. Live and let live.

[CyclChyk]

I have friends who don't view "freddish commuters" as real cyclists. I do just as I would view them as a motorist, if they were driving, or a walker, if they were walking. Live and let live.

..um.... what is a "freddish commuter"????

[Veronica]

..um.... what is a "freddish commuter"????

Someone who rides a non racing type bike. Commuters are fredlike because they have bags, fenders, etc.

I mean look at this bike, fenders with an extender on the front, a bell, reflectors in the spokes. Look at that bag, it's huge. And the pedals... they're doublesided. What kind of dork rides flat pedals, ever? And don't even get me started on those non integrated shifters. A Brooks leather saddle, that's gotta weigh 10 -15 pounds by itself. Really, who rides 27 mmm tires? AND look at how many spokes there are on those wheels! No real cyclist would be caught dead on this bike.


V.




PS In case you haven't figured out, that's my bike. It looks a little different now and I have a commuter bike so I don't have the bag and rack on it anymore.

[emily_in_nc]

V.,

You are a treasure.

~Emily
(who rides her Bike Friday with rack and panniers, bar-end shifters, air-horn, Halt holder, 1.35" tires - but no Brooks saddle - to the markets every Saturday, smiling all the way )

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hey does this make me a Freddiesque Dork too?
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Hey we even put our bells in the same place too!

[xeney]

Ha! I just bought my husband one of those Rivendell bells, because he is commuting on a MUP these days and he hates saying 'on your left' every couple of minutes, and I laughed at him when he mounted it on the stem last night. Shows what I know.

[Popoki_Nui]

Veronica and Lisa....those are two very beautiful bikes. Yowsa!



~Sherry.

[Veronica]

Veronica and Lisa....those are two very beautiful bikes. Yowsa!



~Sherry.

Thank you.

I did fib a little bit. This is what Fluffy looks like now.


No fenders, aero wheels, skinny tires, SPD pedals.

Once I got my commuter bike, an MB1, I was able to take the commuting stuff off for good.

V.