MacRetro chat and rides thread

[Dr S]

Must be the tight Lycra Rob. :roll:

 

[jimihendrix]

Every time I visit MacRetro your always mythering about bloody roadbikes. Jesus, are you all going soft or what?

My fault this time Si , looking for one as a way of getting out when it's pishing with rain and keeping fit, just dont have the gumption to hit trails in shite weather.

Aint gonna shave my legs or anything

 

[mikee]

road bikes are for jaypooves , and deathwish loonys


si . i'm not roadie ,and will never be , maybe

 

[Tazio]

road bikes are for jaypooves , and deathwish loonys


si . i'm not roadie ,and will never be , maybe

One word.

Pegasus.

 

[mikee]

just re-afirming my dis like

 

[velomaniac]

Funny how Mikee slags off the manhood of road cyclists whilst admitting he's too scared to ride roadbikes.

I've hurtled down the Hartside pass on a overloaded 70's tourer at 40mph plus knowing the bike has a tendency for violent speed wobbles at those speeds, shite brakes and huge tour busses trying to squeeze past. It was bloody brilliant and if that makes me a lycra clad mincer then I'm guilty as charged

Stop slagging off the sub genre's of cycling and adopt an each to their own attitude

 

[RobMac]

Dont get yer tights in a twist

 

[big.eck]

Funny how Mikee slags off the manhood of road cyclists whilst admitting he's too scared to ride roadbikes.

thats cause his huge manhood might get caught in one of those huge wheels them roadbikes have velo


i'm just about to start building a 60cm full carbon roadbike up

 

[mikee]

Grumpy velo
anyway ill slag off whom ever i want

Tis all in jest anyway

 

[Dr S]

Sorry but I don't get it. I've tried riding road bikes and it was about as much fun as trapping willy skin in a zip. Cars wizzing past inches from your elbow, potholes, litter filled verges with the occasional bit of rotting roadkill. Boring boring boring. And to make it worse you are constantly tortured by glimses of distant trails, bridals, woodland, streams, craggs and the like as you slog along. Plus every other roady you see just looks as miserable as you feel inside.

Cycling for me is time travel. Those innocent days where you ride through the woods with friends, slipping and sliding around, mud in your face, grass stains on your knees, the jumps, the heart pumping rocky descents. Its about being a child again. Its about being with your mates. Its about escaping to corners of countryside where cars and grown ups can't get to. Mostly its about fun.

I'm sorry, but anyone who chooses Tarmac over rocks is a fool in my eyes. I'd rather not ride than ride on the road.