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01-31-2007, 09:47 PM

On Jan 31, 3:14 pm, "Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment belongs
> to your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny's.

Don't understand this one... why would a bike have a bra?

> You find your Shimano touring shoes to be more comfortable and stylish
> than your gunboat sneakers.

Once went five months with no shoes but my Shimano shoes because I
only had the one bike and it had clipless pedals.

> You refuse to buy a couch because that patch of wallspace is taken up
> by the bike.

You can't cook because you store your bikes in the kitchen. (studio
apartment)

> You see a fit, tanned, Lycra-clad young woman ride by, and the first
> thing you check out is her bicycle.

Hot guys actually start a conversation with you "do those pedals
_really_ have four sided entry?"

(I was the first person in the province to get eggbeaters.)

> You're on the Board of Directors for a Bike Club.

Translator. And I usually don't go to formal meetings. But I, uh,
eat dinner at the bike shop at least once a week.

> You spend weeks during the summer spraying arrows on the sides of
> roads.

When filling out your complete job application include the Tour de
Qinghai Lake under the section labeled "important holiday dates"
despite the fact that it was clearly intended for the important
holiday dates that you, as a foreigner, might have that are different
from the Chinese.

> You can't seem to get to work by 8:30 AM, even for important meetings,
> but you don't have any problems at all meeting your buddies at 5:30 AM
> for a hammerfest.

You are on flex time and are allowed to show up at work pretty much
whenever you want. But the only times you show up before 9 are when
the weather is nice enough that you'll be wanting to go riding in the
evening.

(in fact I'm currently frowning at the sunbeams outside for having the
audacity to not be there this morning when I decided to read a book
instead of crawling out of bed)

As for the rest of those, I decline to answer as to how many of them
are true.

-M

01-31-2007, 09:53 PM

Chalo wrote:
> AustinMN wrote:
>> I'm not a biker, I'm a cyclist. Bikers ride motorcycles.
>
> That so?
>
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...t=100_0013.jpg
> http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...100_0637-2.jpg
> http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...100_0581-3.jpg
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> Chalo
>
Damn,
That reminds me of some of my old 'powered' riding. Not quite Hell's
Angels, not quite yuppies either. That's about where my old crowd was.
<sigh> memories.
Bill Baka

01-31-2007, 11:28 PM

On Jan 31, 11:47 pm, "[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 3:14 pm, "Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment belongs
> > to your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny's.
>
> Don't understand this one... why would a bike have a bra?
>
This is a cover for the bicycle when it is mounted on the roof rack so
bugs and rocks don't stain/scratch the bicycle. Might also be used to
prevent sweat from dripping on the frame when riding on a trainer.

02-03-2007, 08:45 AM

Wear chains and black leather garments.

Cyclists, on the other hand, spin chains, wear lycra, some I've heard
shave their legs.

"[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]" wrote:

> The helmet you bought this week cost more than the washing machine you
> bought last week.
>
> -M

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02-04-2007, 08:43 PM

On Feb 1, 3:28 pm, "Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 11:47 pm, "[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]"<marian.rosenb...@gmai l.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 31, 3:14 pm, "Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > > The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment belongs
> > > to your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny's.
>
> > Don't understand this one... why would a bike have a bra?
>
> This is a cover for the bicycle when it is mounted on the roof rack so
> bugs and rocks don't stain/scratch the bicycle. Might also be used to
> prevent sweat from dripping on the frame when riding on a trainer.

Oh... those things. I first recall noticing their existence this
summer in the US and saw them again on some of the very extra
extremely expensive bikes that a few of the international teams had
during the Tour de Hainan.

Even considering the number of local bikers (ahem... cyclists) that
drive, there are not exactly a lot of cars with bikes on top around
here.

-M

02-04-2007, 08:43 PM

On Feb 1, 3:28 pm, "Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 11:47 pm, "[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]"<marian.rosenb...@gmai l.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 31, 3:14 pm, "Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > > The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment belongs
> > > to your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny's.
>
> > Don't understand this one... why would a bike have a bra?
>
> This is a cover for the bicycle when it is mounted on the roof rack so
> bugs and rocks don't stain/scratch the bicycle. Might also be used to
> prevent sweat from dripping on the frame when riding on a trainer.

Oh... those things. I first recall noticing their existence this
summer in the US and saw them again on some of the very extra
extremely expensive bikes that a few of the international teams had
during the Tour de Hainan.

Even considering the number of local bikers (ahem... cyclists) that
drive, there are not exactly a lot of cars with bikes on top around
here.

-M

02-05-2007, 09:55 AM

"Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:1170314939.751854.272180@j27g2000cwj.googlegr oups.com...
> On Jan 31, 11:47 pm, "[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]"
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 3:14 pm, "Mike A Schwab" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>
>> > The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment belongs
>> > to your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny's.
>>
>> Don't understand this one... why would a bike have a bra?
>>
> This is a cover for the bicycle when it is mounted on the roof rack so
> bugs and rocks don't stain/scratch the bicycle. Might also be used to
> prevent sweat from dripping on the frame when riding on a trainer.

I guess if you are going through mountain ranges with falling rock that
would be of some help eh!

02-05-2007, 02:30 PM

On 28 Jan 2007 23:44:54 -0800, "[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>You know you're a biker when...

Red octagons begin to appear as yellow triangles.

02-05-2007, 05:50 PM

You cringe when someone (mis)pronounces "Campy-ignolo".

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