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In Reply to: RE: Is Anyone Here Into Cycling(I know "Sordidman" is)? posted by howard on June 13, 2017 at 17:15:27
I club-raced Criteriums in the Miami area back in the 80s. Those races, really just for fun, were justification for having spent about $1,000 on the frame and components. Back then, light meant 21lbs. and aluminum frames with oh-so stiff geometries had just come on the racing scene.
Before my spine let me down, mountain biking became my pastime and lightness just as avidly pursued as for the road. Then I read a post on the MTBR Forum from a guy who had just come home with an expensive component that shaved a few grams off the bike's total weight. His wife commented something to the effect that 'putting down those cookies would save you more weight than any amount of $$$ you could spend on gear'.
Of course, when women (post-wife) make a comment on the price of a bike or how many albums I have, my rejoinder is always, "how many pairs of shoes do you own?"
Follow Ups:
Yep. 56 yo Cat 3 racer. Love it.
Drama free, good buddies, great workout.
Though I did go through the back window of a parked car in April, which wasn't so great ........
Cheers,
John K
Though I did go through the back window of a parked car in April, which wasn't so great ........
I'd imagine not !
Great picture. Glad you are ok.
Love the socks !
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
30kmh straight into the back.
$4K damage to the car. I left a huge hole through the back window and dents in the boot lid.
It was a 2013 Mercedes 250 CLS coupe!
The Litespeed seems completely undamaged, but forks aren't designed for that kind of abuse - I haven't ridden it since.
A new fork is arriving for it this week.
It only took a couple of weeks for my face to heal up. I've had to ride my mtb out with the boys (I have no spare roadie) - very hard work. And the Litespeed on rollers.
Can't wait to get properly going again!
Cheers,
John K
No can do!
Besides 3000-4000 LPs and a garage full of bikes, I have more shoes in the closet than Imelda Marcos! =:-0
Made me look and here's a pic of a 1983-ish De Rosa, mine was red with pre-Record-Nuovo Super Record Grupo and Mavic clinchers. We were both turned into pretzels by a Metro-Dade bus Easter Sunday morning 1989 under the Lehmann Causeway.
Didn't ride again until 8 years ago when I moved to Asheville and discovered Mt. Biking. No Buses, just Timber Rattlers!
Got hooked and bought a Santa Cruz Heckler Frame you couldn't tell from new on Ebay and had a local shop fit it with Shimano 'good stuff' brakes and wheels, mid-range Rockshox 8" fork.
Then 3 years ago I got hit by another bus, degenerative arthritis, spine and hip. Bye Bye, bike.
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