your coworkers always ask "Is that YOUR fancy bike upstairs?"
or despite the weather, they ask "Did you ride in to work today?"
your coworkers always ask "Is that YOUR fancy bike upstairs?"
or despite the weather, they ask "Did you ride in to work today?"
Hee - one of my (now ex-) colleagues had a bike WAY more expensive than mine, and he used to bring it into the exercise/weight room while he was showering, then took it up to his office for the rest of the day.
I hid it once, just wheeled it round the corner while he was in the shower. Poor guy came tearing out of the mens locker room 2 minutes later wearing only a towel. He had heard the ticking of his expensive drive train from UNDER WATER.
So sweet, just like a new mother![]()
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett
yeah, funny, he didn't find it half as amusing as I did![]()
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett
You like your helmet hair better than your regular hair....
you can tap dance in your cleats like those little penguins in that movie
you only buy clothes that will roll up and not wrinkle....
You start planning 2 to 3 days in advance for the first BIG winter blizzard of the season because the weather men are acting like it is headed your way....Ice, wind, and 20 degrees....sounds like an interesting ride to work.
Your co-workers have to actually physically stop you from riding home when the weather is really dangerous (dark, 30mph wind, rain, lightning, etc.)
Still trying not to feel like a quitter about that day!
When asked, yet again, by bewildered co-workers, "You rode in this rainy/snowy/icy/cold weater", you resist the urge to quip, 'No, I just have a Gore-tex fetish!"![]()
Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.
2010 Kelson custom/Brooks B17 Imperial
2009 Masi/Terry Damselfly
2004 Specialized Dulce Elite/Terry Damselfly
2003 Gary Fisher Tassajara/unknown saddle
1987 Bridgestone 100/Terry Liberator X