I remeber when I first started riding.....

[jobob]

A Lynskey houseblend custom, aka my Midlife Crisis bike. I'll start a new thread on it, eventually.

(Ed to clarify: I just put the deposit down on it. And so the wait begins. tap tap tap ....)

[Aggie_Ama]

A Lynskey houseblend custom, aka my Midlife Crisis bike. I'll start a new thread on it, eventually.

Can I have a midlife crisis? I am turning 28 next month according to my co-worker getting close to 30 is highly stressful. Really I think not but any excuse for a Lynskey. I already have my paint scheme dreamt up, just a way to weak bank account. I am glad you finally let that out!!

[Aggie_Ama]

When I first started riding I went about 5 miles and felt like a rockstar. I knew I would do more but not how much. I rode in gym shorts and tennis shoes. I knew nothing about how to dress or why. Back in summer 2004 I never imagined having a fancy carbon thingy bike, more shorts than I have blue jeans, a mountain bike, riding in the cold or riding 100 miles in a day. I just looked getting around the town we lived in as something cool.

[indysteel]

When I first started riding in June of 2006, I didn't think I wanted a road bike. By July of that same year, I had a road bike. And I just paid a deposit on my own mid-life crisis custom Ti road bike with carbon fork (Jobob, it must be going around)!

I just remember being so scared and intimidated by everything. Where could I ride? Clipless pedals work how? How steep is that hill? You want me to ride how many miles? I still get a little freaked out by climbing and descending, but I've gained a lot more confidence in that department. The rest of it just seems like second nature.

I still haven't done a ride with the words agony, death or heartbreak in their title, but here's hoping! I also haven't embraced mountain biking yet.

[jobob]

And I just paid a deposit on my own mid-life crisis custom Ti road bike with carbon fork (Jobob, it must be going around)!

Well, I'm inclined to say you're at least 5 to 10 years too young for a midlife crises, but for you, I'll let it slide. You have such excellent taste in wheels, after all.

Can I have a midlife crisis? I am turning 28 next month

NO

[Aggie_Ama]

NO

True, I want to live to be really old, therefore 28 is not midlife. And I think my co-worker is a bit nuts for freaking out about turning 25. I just want a Lynskey. Maybe just reckless youthful spending? DH says I can have one someday, so when is somday again?

[jobob]

To get this thread a bit back on track - sorry, my bad!

There's a short yet pretty steep hill near where I live. It took me weeks -- weeks, I tell ya! -- of attempts before I finally reached what I thought was the top. But once I reached the top, much to my dismay, I realized there was still more to it. auuugh!

I named that stinker "nemesis".

Nowadays I have no trouble at all climbing it, and I even do repeats of it when the mood strikes. Pity the poor squirrel that gets in my way heading down it.

[Brandi]

True, I want to live to be really old, therefore 28 is not midlife. And I think my co-worker is a bit nuts for freaking out about turning 25. I just want a Lynskey. Maybe just reckless youthful spending? DH says I can have one someday, so when is somday again?

I loved turning 30! And from what I have noticed women going into their 40's seem to have mid life problems then if they have any. I have a lot of friends who all seem to be about 10 years older then me and I have seen this with my own eye's. And learned a lot from them too. So since I just turned 40 I am hoping i have learned from all they have gone through.

[indysteel]

Well, I'm inclined to say you're at least 5 to 10 years too young for a midlife crises, but for you, I'll let it slide. You have such excellent taste in wheels, after all.



NO

Ha! I have your taste in wheels, courtesy of SK. What is considered midlife anymore? I received a mailer from More magazine the other day. More is for women over 40. I stared blankly at it for a minute before I remembered that I turn 40 this year! I feel better now than I did at 30, but yowza, time sure does fly!

[DrBadger]

OOOOO! new bike! How is Dusty going to feel about this? ;-)

can't wait to hear all about it!

A Lynskey houseblend custom, aka my Midlife Crisis bike. I'll start a new thread on it, eventually.

(Ed to clarify: I just put the deposit down on it. And so the wait begins. tap tap tap ....)