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[Steel]

Actually rode to a bicycle shop in Plano for some more lycra!!!!

Dear God! Say it ain't so!

 

[sonny]

You haven't ripped your peg nipples completely out YET and is that a new puppy I spotted or a door stop?
I think it is a door stop.

Wife picked those up about 8 years ago. There's a black one on the other side. From a distant's they almost look real.

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[HansO]

Actually rode to a bicycle shop in Plano for some more lycra!!!!

gotta love the Lycra on longer rides when working the pedal hard up in the back hill on the Mtn bike, I'm fussy I only use Italian Nicks as they offer the best comfort down stairs.... nothing wrong with lycra beats the hell out of getting chaffed
Did I mention back in the early nineties before all the fancy suspension came out I used to race Mtn bikes and rode one of the really early Cannondales

 

[HansO]

probably should add that now a long ride is 15 to 20km once every now and then, where as my average daily training ride were 50 to 60 km and just before an event I would chuckin a few 100km rides, oh to be younger and fitter again

 

[Paul Bryant]

I put this up recently, but thought it was appropriate for you Lycra Guys here now

I raced a Harley today and after some really hard riding I managed to PASS the guy. I was riding on one of those really, really twisting sections of mountain road with no straight sections to speak of and where most of the bends have warning signs that say "MAX SPEED 50 KPH".

I knew if I was going to pass one of those monsters with those big-cubic-inch motors, it would have to be a place like this where handling and rider skill are more important than horsepower alone.

I saw ...the guy up ahead as I exited one of the turns and knew I could catch him, but it wouldn't be easy. I concentrated on my braking and cornering. Three corners later, I was on his mudguard.

Catching him was one thing; passing him would prove to be another.

Two corners later, I pulled up next to him as we sailed down the mountain. I think he was shocked to see me next to him, as I nearly got by him before he could recover.

Next corner, same thing. I'd manage to pull up next to him as we started to enter the corners but when we came out he'd get on the throttle and out-power me. His horsepower was almost too much to overcome, but this only made me more determined than ever.

My only hope was to out-brake him. I held off squeezing the lever until the last instant. I kept my nerve while he lost his. In an instant I was by him. Corner after corner, I could hear the roar of his engine as he struggled to keep up. Three more miles to go before the road straightens out and he would pass me for good.

But now I was in the lead and he would no longer hold me back. I stretched out my lead and by the time we reached the bottom of the canyon, he was more than a full corner behind. I could no longer see him in my rear-view mirror.

Once the road did straighten out, it seemed like it took miles before he passed me, but it was probably just a few hundred yards. I was no match for that kind of horsepower, but it was done. In the tightest section of road, where bravery and skill count for more than horsepower and deep pockets, I had passed him. Though it was not easy, I had won the race to the bottom of the mountain and I had preserved the proud tradition of one of the best bits of Brit iron.

I will always remember that moment. I don't think I've ever pedaled so hard in my life. And, some of the credit must go to Raleigh cycles, as well. They really make a great bicycle...

 

[EasTexRIII]

gotta love the Lycra on longer rides when working the pedal hard up in the back hill on the Mtn bike, I'm fussy I only use Italian Nicks as they offer the best comfort down stairs.... nothing wrong with lycra beats the hell out of getting chaffed
Did I mention back in the early nineties before all the fancy suspension came out I used to race Mtn bikes and rode one of the really early Cannondales

Cool Hans, I started riding bicycles back in the mid eighties - Mountain bikes had no suspension or even "click shifting" - everything was friction shifters & only 6 cogs on the rear.
More hard core though, were the gents that raced bikes back before the chamois was inserted in the lycra or even before that, wool shorts - they would put a piece of flank steak between their taint & the shorts to pad themselves - out running tigers was a great training method!

 

[EasTexRIII]

probably should add that now a long ride is 15 to 20km once every now and then, where as my average daily training ride were 50 to 60 km and just before an event I would chuckin a few 100km rides, oh to be younger and fitter again

For those that don't calculate, A 110km ride is 62 miles. impressive on a bicycle - I've done many of those and also many 100 mile rides - 4:45 was my best 100 mile time - these days 25-50 miles is all I want

 

[Steel]

Cool Hans, I started riding bicycles back in the mid eighties - Mountain bikes had no suspension or even "click shifting" - everything was friction shifters & only 6 cogs on the rear.
More hard core though, were the gents that raced bikes back before the chamois was inserted in the lycra or even before that, wool shorts - they would put a piece of flank steak between their taint & the shorts to pad themselves - out running tigers was a great training method!

I started riding bicycles around 1970. Only equipment needed was a pair of bluejean shorts. The only distance we were concerned with, was how far we flew off the end of a ramp.

 

[EasTexRIII]

I started riding bicycles around 1970. Only equipment needed was a pair of bluejean shorts. The only distance we were concerned with, was how far we flew off the end of a ramp.

Oh yea, you're right. wasn't thinking bout the years of riding beater bikes, jumping ramps, into ponds and riding my first few "10 speeds" that didn't shift, brakes didn't work, ect, ect - in eight grade me & my cousin rode 20 miles with half flat tires wearing jeans and cowboy boots, walking them up the hills - took 6 hours to ride that 20 miles.............. to the county line liquor stores. Dunno why we did that? nobody was gonna sell us beer at that age

 

[Paul Bryant]

Oh yea, you're right. wasn't thinking bout the years of riding beater bikes, jumping ramps, into ponds and riding my first few "10 speeds" that didn't shift, brakes didn't work, ect, ect - in eight grade me & my cousin rode 20 miles with half flat tires wearing jeans and cowboy boots, walking them up the hills - took 6 hours to ride that 20 miles.............. to the county line liquor stores. Dunno why we did that? nobody was gonna sell us beer at that age

This photo is not me, but the sort of stuff we built as kids.
We then put lawn mower Engines in them, that's when it got . . . . exciting