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07-18-2004, 11:08 AM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:44:05 -0700, Terry Morse <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: > Bill wrote: > >> So you guys with the expensive road bikes NEVER get the urge to go off >> road spontaneously and do do serious dirt riding or exploring? Not to >> viable with a specialized road bike with skinny tires. > > I hate to spoil your notions, but plenty of us ride road bikes in > the dirt. Some have been doing it for decades, long before anyone > thought of making a mountain bike. You can't descend a rough trail > as quickly as on a suspended mountain bike, but climbing is not a > problem. > >> I would rather >> cruise at 15-17 MPH and have the option of going wherever my wheels >> decide to point. > > I have that option on my road bike, as well. > >> And clips just don't work well when an emergency >> dismount is forced by a crash due to a trail hole/rut induced wipeout. > > Virtually all XC mountain bikers use clipless pedals. > -- > terry morse Palo Alto, CA [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. Bill Baka |
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07-18-2004, 11:23 AM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message news  psbchz2xaq730am@news.syix.com...> Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. > Bill Baka You don't seem to have figured out yet that nobody cares what you do. Do what you want. Have fun. Your problem is that you don't offer other people the same respect. Your disrespectfulness is what is undoubtedly causing you to be rapidly killfiled by everybody in the newsgroup. So have a plonky day. RichC |
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07-18-2004, 11:23 AM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message news psbchz2xaq730am@news.syix.com...> Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. > Bill Baka You don't seem to have figured out yet that nobody cares what you do. Do what you want. Have fun. Your problem is that you don't offer other people the same respect. Your disrespectfulness is what is undoubtedly causing you to be rapidly killfiled by everybody in the newsgroup. So have a plonky day. RichC |
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07-18-2004, 11:23 AM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message news psbchz2xaq730am@news.syix.com...> Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. > Bill Baka You don't seem to have figured out yet that nobody cares what you do. Do what you want. Have fun. Your problem is that you don't offer other people the same respect. Your disrespectfulness is what is undoubtedly causing you to be rapidly killfiled by everybody in the newsgroup. So have a plonky day. RichC |
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07-18-2004, 11:23 AM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message news psbchz2xaq730am@news.syix.com...> Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. > Bill Baka You don't seem to have figured out yet that nobody cares what you do. Do what you want. Have fun. Your problem is that you don't offer other people the same respect. Your disrespectfulness is what is undoubtedly causing you to be rapidly killfiled by everybody in the newsgroup. So have a plonky day. RichC |
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07-18-2004, 11:23 AM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message news psbchz2xaq730am@news.syix.com...> Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. > Bill Baka You don't seem to have figured out yet that nobody cares what you do. Do what you want. Have fun. Your problem is that you don't offer other people the same respect. Your disrespectfulness is what is undoubtedly causing you to be rapidly killfiled by everybody in the newsgroup. So have a plonky day. RichC |
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07-18-2004, 02:46 PM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote > Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. I had a great 2 hour road ride yesterday, I remember thinking just how much I enjoy honking along in a big gear on a flat stretch of road, down flat on the aerobars, firing on all cylinders, eating up the miles. Just came back from a several hour off-road ride, way fun. The area I was riding is a ski center in the winter, plenty of steep, rocky trails. When we do group rides here, and hit sections of trail that can't be ridden, we shoulder our bikes and hike or run with them. I've used sneakers, nothing wrong with them (except they're not real safe), I much prefer bike shoes with SPDs. It doesn't cost much, most of my pedal/shoe combos were under $100. We're just a few miles outside of Boston, saw a deer today -- not unusual, my son saw a red tail make a squirrel kill, no bears though. It's all good. |
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07-18-2004, 02:46 PM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote > Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. I had a great 2 hour road ride yesterday, I remember thinking just how much I enjoy honking along in a big gear on a flat stretch of road, down flat on the aerobars, firing on all cylinders, eating up the miles. Just came back from a several hour off-road ride, way fun. The area I was riding is a ski center in the winter, plenty of steep, rocky trails. When we do group rides here, and hit sections of trail that can't be ridden, we shoulder our bikes and hike or run with them. I've used sneakers, nothing wrong with them (except they're not real safe), I much prefer bike shoes with SPDs. It doesn't cost much, most of my pedal/shoe combos were under $100. We're just a few miles outside of Boston, saw a deer today -- not unusual, my son saw a red tail make a squirrel kill, no bears though. It's all good. |
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07-18-2004, 02:46 PM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote > Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. I had a great 2 hour road ride yesterday, I remember thinking just how much I enjoy honking along in a big gear on a flat stretch of road, down flat on the aerobars, firing on all cylinders, eating up the miles. Just came back from a several hour off-road ride, way fun. The area I was riding is a ski center in the winter, plenty of steep, rocky trails. When we do group rides here, and hit sections of trail that can't be ridden, we shoulder our bikes and hike or run with them. I've used sneakers, nothing wrong with them (except they're not real safe), I much prefer bike shoes with SPDs. It doesn't cost much, most of my pedal/shoe combos were under $100. We're just a few miles outside of Boston, saw a deer today -- not unusual, my son saw a red tail make a squirrel kill, no bears though. It's all good. |
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07-18-2004, 02:46 PM
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| Re: Does your bike track well? "Bill" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote > Like I said I do it for fun and exercise, and wearing plain old generic > sneakers allows me to get off and do some rock climbing if I find myself > in the mood. Some of the trails dead end into rock climbs and I can't > just give up. I don't ride anywhere near a city and prefer a few deer as > a 'traffic jam'. Just don't want to find any bears. I had a great 2 hour road ride yesterday, I remember thinking just how much I enjoy honking along in a big gear on a flat stretch of road, down flat on the aerobars, firing on all cylinders, eating up the miles. Just came back from a several hour off-road ride, way fun. The area I was riding is a ski center in the winter, plenty of steep, rocky trails. When we do group rides here, and hit sections of trail that can't be ridden, we shoulder our bikes and hike or run with them. I've used sneakers, nothing wrong with them (except they're not real safe), I much prefer bike shoes with SPDs. It doesn't cost much, most of my pedal/shoe combos were under $100. We're just a few miles outside of Boston, saw a deer today -- not unusual, my son saw a red tail make a squirrel kill, no bears though. It's all good. |
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