Thank you for being Unorthodox! I'm glad, proud and happy to be unorthodox! Everyone on this site should be glad they are unorthodox as Cali Sunshine so puts it!
Everyone who rides their bike to work should be commended not only for staying fit, but also for helping the environment and not wasting resources. Everyone who rides for fitness should be proud that they are trying to do good things in their lives. Everyone who tries to help others in their lives, try to make a better community and are steadfastly supportive of others is to be commended as unorthodox.
The orthodox in this world are too ready to criticize, to be petty, and to be unaccepting of others.
Thank you to all of the unorthodox among us! It is refreshing to find people with such giving hearts. People like the TE Forum ladies.
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11-02-2006, 12:55 PM #1
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Thank you for Being Unorthodox!
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11-02-2006, 03:04 PM #2
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Clap! Clap! Clap!
Originally Posted by spokewench
Everything you said is beautiful!
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11-03-2006, 01:04 PM #3
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Yeah, I would love to move. My partner and I have already talked about it several times - moving somewhere bike and outdoor activities-friendly. I'm in a doctoral program right now that I started in the Fall, so I still have 3 3/4 years to suffer. BUT I'm going to school to teach and do research. I am going to look for university faculty jobs in areas that are more bike friendly for sure!
I want to keep biking for as long as I can and it's so much a part of my life that yes, it would be worth picking up and moving just so I could feel safer and also have more options of where to ride. For now, I'm just picky about where I ride and try to ride with a group if I'm going to ride anywhere I'm uncertain about.
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11-09-2006, 01:14 PM #4
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Hee hee, the best thing I've ever been called on a bike (that was understandable - usually it's just "brarrahrehahdhwahdkdghghblah" as the car speeds by at car speed) was when we were on a tandem weekend with a group, one other tandem was riding with us, both teams male/female pairs, and some yahoo yells out "faggots!!". The four of us still laugh about it.
What part of breasts swathed in spandex did the guy miss??
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11-10-2006, 12:55 PM #5
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hah, great story. Guess his brain got all the way through cyclists = guys in tights and spandex = "faggots" before his attention span gave out...
I was just wondering about this this morning actually, whether I was recognizable as a woman. I was wearing full winter gear and a Buff over my nose and some guy on the sidewalk turned and shouted something at me - apparently favourable from the smile on his face. Yet another reason to wear headphones...
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11-10-2006, 02:46 PM #6
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LOL - that is so funny. Bet they didnt think they would be providing the entertainment for the day. Originally Posted by LisaB
Hee hee, the best thing I've ever been called on a bike (that was understandable - usually it's just "brarrahrehahdhwahdkdghghblah" as the car speeds by at car speed) was when we were on a tandem weekend with a group, one other tandem was riding with us, both teams male/female pairs, and some yahoo yells out "faggots!!". The four of us still laugh about it.
What part of breasts swathed in spandex did the guy miss??
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11-11-2006, 01:20 AM #7
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Some of the folks at Bikejournal say that when they wear "American Flag" jerseys, they are less likely to be verballyharassed and/or have things thrown at them.
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11-11-2006, 04:16 PM #8
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OK, I'm showing my age, here, but that technique didn't work real well for the young Peter Fonda as Captain America in _Easy Rider_.
I would also guess that in some parts of the U.S., a Confederate flag would provide more protection(?), um, camoflage(?), um, ... whatever it is.Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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