Bicycle Prudence

[Gob]

As someone who was an avid cyclist for decades

A lot of adult bicyclists are pompous, self-righteous, me-first twits with a huge sense of entitlement,

Fuck me, an echo!

[loCAtek]

If there is one piece of cycling clothing, I could design, that I would gladly wear instead of regular clothes; that would be a Rain Suit for a bicycle.
Sure, there are plenty of good rain suits out there, but their cuts are meant to be worn on a vertical person. Meanwhile, a cyclist is crouched and bent forward, which seperates the top and bottom halves to the wind and the weather. Also, they're very uncomfortable in motion; pedaling pulls at the seams and creates all kinds of binding.

[rubato]

For those able to manage a simple simile and not afflicted with bile it was obvious that I was defending the choice of purpose-specific clothing used by cyclists. Someone who has ridden a bicycle any significant amount will understand the functional , comfort and safety advantages.


Cyclists are a large group and as one would expect heterogeneous in temperament and personality. Those whose need to hate overwhelms them will invent negative generalzations; it is like the hatred of gays, blacks, &c. Mindless. But there are always others, similarly disposed, who will eagerly join in.


If their intelligence were even equal to their hate it would prevent them.


yrs,
rubato

[Lord Jim]

Those whose need to hate overwhelms them will invent negative generalzations; it is like the hatred of gays, blacks, &c. Mindless.

I couldn't agree more:

RC's, if you are Christians at all, which is debate able, are really nasty people.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6574&p=81969&hilit ... ans#p81969

Its amazing how Christians killed people for the same for 2,000 years and now appear shocked that others are so much like them.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6586&p=81541&hilit ... ans#p81541

Christians all say that they began in the middle east someplace...You're all a bunch of credulous liars and fools.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5991&p=73234&hilit ... all#p73234

Christians really are thin-skinned little people to object to any expression of doubt about their dogmas.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5143&p=60504&hilit ... all#p60504

Conservatives deprive their daughters of knowledge of contraception and thus have more 'shotgun' weddings followed by divorces.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6834&p=84525&hilit= ... ves#p84525

Conservatives, "traditionalists", believe that education exists to indoctrinate people with the values of their masters and suppress the ability to reason individually.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5637&p=69207&hilit= ... ves#p69207

American conservatives hate Castro for the same reason they hate Soviets, because they are so much like themselves.

search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keyw ... o&start=20

There is of course, much, much more, but if I were going to sit here and copy and paste every single example of rube expressing his need to hate through the invention of negative generalizations, I'd be sitting here till the middle of next week....(If I could also access the CSB, it would keep me busy till the middle of next month...)

[rubato]

Whups! And LJ has now abandoned the topic altogether for his real obsession, how much he hates someone! Pure shit bombs.

No wonder he never has anything intelligent to say.

yrs,
rubato

[Lord Jim]

Rube, it's not my fault that quoting you verbatim constitutes a "shit bomb".......

If you didn't post so much shit, it wouldn't work out that way....

You accused others in this thread of making hate-based generalizations....

Just thought I'd toss you a little reality check.....

I'm sorry if you found the exposure of your hypocrisy embarrassing....(The solution to that problem of course, would be for you to stop posting things that you can be embarrassed by.)

[loCAtek]

[Jarlaxle]

If there is one piece of cycling clothing, I could design, that I would gladly wear instead of regular clothes; that would be a Rain Suit for a bicycle.
Sure, there are plenty of good rain suits out there, but their cuts are meant to be worn on a vertical person. Meanwhile, a cyclist is crouched and bent forward, which seperates the top and bottom halves to the wind and the weather. Also, they're very uncomfortable in motion; pedaling pulls at the seams and creates all kinds of binding.

I have seen a one-piece cyclist's rain suit, it looks vaguely like a painter's coverall with no hood. It fastens in front, has what look like elasticized (maybe drawstring or adjustable Velcro) ankles, wrists, and collar openings. It didn't look to be hindering the wearer at all.

[loCAtek]

Really? That would be awesome! I thought maybe equestrian, or western rain wear would be something that could be used on a bike, but those were just super-sized, long coats.

[dgs49]

I always find it interesting when I see an article describing the relative benefits of bicycling to other forms of exercsise.

Bicycling is unique in that TERRAIN IS EVERYTHING. I ride in Western Pennsylvania, where for all practical purposes, none of the roads is level. Unless you are on a rails-to-trails ride, you are constantly going up and down hills. Even if you plan a ride to minimize the hills, you are still going to run into big changes in elevation.

I have a cousin in Michigan who takes a 50 mile ride every Saturday on his road bike - the ride is dead flat. BFD. He wouldn't complete a 10 mile ride in my neighborhood.

As a 62-year-old, I regularly exceed 150bpm for times up to 2 minutes on my rides, and have sections where it goes down below 70. It is perfect interval training and I would put it up against a 4-mile jog anyday, for total fitness benefit.

Terrain is everything.

[Guinevere]

It's terrain, and tempo, and distance. 10 MPH is pretty much crawling on a bike, so you wouldn't expect super calorie burning benefits, and it's not the same weight-bearing exercise as running. But of course many cyclists are super fit and fabulous athletes (and I don't just mean the guys riding Le Tour).

As for the clothing, anyone who says cycling clothing is silly hasn't spent more than an hour on a bike, in any weather, averaging 15-20+ mph (depending on the terrain, of course). Cyclists wear those clothes because they keep you safe and comfortable after many hours in the saddle, allow you to carry food and water easily, and even stash a few other necessary things (like tubes, or tire levers). Yes, being kitted out in all yellow, or all polka dots is rather inane, but those guys get plenty of ribbing from the cycling community anyway

edited to add: look up the term "Fred" in the cycling community...

[Rick]

Lo it seems to me around San Ho you could find a slightly used wetsuit with only minor "punctures" for sale cheap...

[dales]

Lo:

Stop by Mel Cotton's sporting goods and purchase a poncho, cheep!

[loCAtek]

If that won't get caught in the gears, I might.

FWIW My bike just chewed up my sweat pants leg.

[dales]

Rubber bands work wonders.

[dgs49]

I saw an article in Esquire magazine many years ago, where an expert bicyclist tested four bikes: One a $150 bike from Wal-Mart, one a $500 bike from Dick's Sporting Goods, one a $1000 bike from a bike store, and a custom (many thousands of dollars) composite bike that a professional would ride. All were "road" bikes.

He wrote that, with the same level of effort, his riding speed ranged from about 12mph to about 23 mph on these four bikes.

I ride a $500 Dick's bike (I don't even recall the brand or model - I think it's a "Wildwood" or something), and maintaining 12mph average on my local roads is humping it.

[loCAtek]

Yup, I know I cycle at 10 miles per, because I go through so many Solar Powered Radar Speed Signs in this Silicon Valley.

allow you to carry food and water easily

...this is why I wear a backpack; and yes, you'll be happy to know- I've started wearing a safety vest. It's a size XL, because it has fit over me and my 'papoose', which functions as a lunch box, first aid kit, mobile office, tool box, gym bag and grocery sack.
During Sharks season, I fly a flag from it, so it serves as advertising space too.