Bikers welcome............

Bill Meredith said:

I love stopping at red neck bars, with large signs outside informing the world that they
welcome bikers.

Chaining the old trek 520 right next to all thoses large motorcyles, and telling the bar tender
that I am so happy to see a bar that would be so welcoming to us cyclists, but what is with all
thoses motor bikes outside<grin>.

In any case I always found a warm welcome, and motor bikers who are somewhat surprise that anyone
would be fifty miles or so from home on a two wheelers without a large motor somewhere on it.

On our coast-to-coast ride last summer, we were treated very warmly by both the Harley crowd and the
Gold Wing crowd.

I particularly remember talking with a couple leather-clad bikers in a small town bar. We'd walked
there from our motel, and I asked them where they were riding. They proudly talked about riding
their Harleys from Wisconsin to Montana - then asked us what we were up to.

When we explained we were bicycling coast to coast, one guy's face fell. He said "Wow... you guys
are _really_ tough!"

I didn't want to give him feelings of inadequacy - but it was still good feedback!

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frkrygow <"frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu> wrote:
: On our coast-to-coast ride last summer, we were treated very warmly by both the Harley crowd and
: the Gold Wing crowd.

yep. the harley folk were great. the pod people (aka gold wing) i didn't see too much of. dig the
reverse gear, matching helmets and intercoms, tho.
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David Reuteler said:

frkrygow <"frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu> wrote:
: On our coast-to-coast ride last summer, we were treated very warmly by both the Harley crowd and
: the Gold Wing crowd.

yep. the harley folk were great. the pod people (aka gold wing) i didn't see too much of. dig the
reverse gear, matching helmets and intercoms, tho.

If you've got all that, why not just drive a car?

-Luigi

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In any case I always found a warm welcome, and motor bikers who are somewhat surprise that anyone
would be fifty miles or so from home on a two wheelers without a large motor somewhere on it.

I remember pulling up to a motorcyclist about halfway through an 80 mile loop I was doing, at a
stoplight. We started chatting, he asked me where I was going. I described where I'd been, and where
home was. His response was a mix of faint dubiousness and genuine respect. Since we were both trying
to avoid the wet front that was coming up from the southwest, we wished each other well when the
light turned green.

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frkrygow at "frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu wrote on 2/27/04 8:41 PM: On our coast-to-coast ride last
summer, we were treated very warmly by both the Harley crowd and the Gold Wing crowd. I
particularly remember talking with a couple leather-clad bikers in a small town bar. We'd walked
there from our motel, and I asked them where they were riding. They proudly talked about riding
their Harleys from Wisconsin to Montana - then asked us what we were up to. When we explained we
were bicycling coast to coast, one guy's face fell. He said "Wow... you guys are _really_ tough!" I
didn't want to give him feelings of inadequacy - but it was still good feedback!

Motorcycle riders REALLY love recumbents. It is rare to not get positive recognition from them. I
guess it reinforces the 'low-rider' with foot pegs at front look that they love. If you stop at any
location with a group of motorcyclists- you will be innundated with questions and requests to ride
your bent bike/trike.

(Bill Meredith) said:

In any case I always found a warm welcome, and motor bikers who are somewhat surprise that anyone
would be fifty miles or so from home on a two wheelers without a large motor somewhere on it.

Bill Meredith

At my local biker bars, it seems that many of the patrons are armed. This keeps everyone behaved, in
a weird wild west sort of way. <G>

I've also ben told more than once that walking into such a place with spandex on demonstrates balls
of brass, but I'm 6'1", 225 lbs. as well. If I were a 5'4", 130 lb. man, things may be different.
When dressed in colored spandex, I look more like I belong in the WWE than Le Tour.

Barry

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I've also ben told more than once that walking into such a place with spandex on demonstrates balls
of brass...

Well, it shows courage to your fellow two wheelers, which is worth snot to a cager.

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the Texas Elvis"------------------
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B a r r y said:

(Bill Meredith) said:

In any case I always found a warm welcome, and motor bikers who are somewhat surprise that anyone
would be fifty miles or so from home on a two wheelers without a large motor somewhere on it.

Bill Meredith

At my local biker bars, it seems that many of the patrons are armed. This keeps everyone behaved,
in a weird wild west sort of way. <G>

I've also ben told more than once that walking into such a place with spandex on demonstrates balls
of brass, but I'm 6'1", 225 lbs. as well.

Plus, the kind of shape you're in you could probably kick some ass, as well as run away and then
turn suddenly and confront a seriously gassed guy (who already is packin two bowie knives, and a
couple big handguns. But these guys do a 'pile on', they don't fight normal.

Quoted message said:

If I were a 5'4", 130 lb. man, things may be different. When

Appetizer. Liable to be eaten by mistake

Quoted message said:

dressed in colored spandex, I look more like I belong in the WWE than Le Tour.

.jpgs

Quoted message said:

Barry

-B

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:02:13 -0500, "Eric S. Sande" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've also ben told more than once that walking into such a place with spandex on demonstrates
balls of brass...

Well, it shows courage to your fellow two wheelers, which is worth snot to a cager.

As in: "I was right hooked in October by a hit-and-run cager this year "

After a while, boxing, basketball, all terminology just meshes into a finely tuned amalgam...

-B We're all just a scuff mark on the cager of the Universe...

Quoted message said:

After a while, boxing, basketball, all terminology just meshes into a finely tuned amalgam...

I was trying to be nice.

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Last summer, after my third flat tire, I stopped at a local biker bar on 60 highway just west of
Springfield, MO. I didn't go in, but I did sit on the edge of a large concrete porch in front of the
bar while I waited for my wife to retreive me and my bike. I had sat there only a few minutes when
one of the bikers came out and gave me a beer to drink while I waited.

For all of those that love to criticise virtually everything, the tires were fairly new and were
supposed to have the kelvar lining. Also for those obnoxious critics, I acknowledge that I may have
mispelled kelvar.

Quoted message said:

Last summer, after my third flat tire, I stopped at a local biker bar on 60 highway just west of
Springfield, MO. I didn't go in, but I did sit on the edge of a large concrete porch in front of
the bar while I waited for my wife to retreive me and my bike. I had sat there only a few minutes
when one of the bikers came out and gave me a beer to drink while I waited.

For all of those that love to criticise virtually everything, the tires were fairly new and were
supposed to have the kelvar lining. Also for those obnoxious critics, I acknowledge that I may have
mispelled kelvar.

You're supposed to type [smash cut] between those paragraphs, dude.

Nice segue, tho.

-B What kind of beer?

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:48:34 -0500, "Eric S. Sande" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

After a while, boxing, basketball, all terminology just meshes into a finely tuned amalgam...

I was trying to be nice.

I'm still picking up the lingo and subtlety around here.

Is Fab a real person? Are you a pair of gloves and a donut?

-B

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:10:37 -0500, Badger_South <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

B a r r y said:

(Bill Meredith) said:

In any case I always found a warm welcome, and motor bikers who are somewhat surprise that anyone
would be fifty miles or so from home on a two wheelers without a large motor somewhere on it.

Bill Meredith

At my local biker bars, it seems that many of the patrons are armed. This keeps everyone behaved,
in a weird wild west sort of way. <G>

I've also ben told more than once that walking into such a place with spandex on demonstrates
balls of brass, but I'm 6'1", 225 lbs. as well.

Plus, the kind of shape you're in you could probably kick some ass, as well as run away and then
turn suddenly and confront a seriously gassed guy (who already is packin two bowie knives, and a
couple big handguns. But these guys do a 'pile on', they don't fight normal.

"pile on" *is* normal. everything else is fancy.

-Luigi

"Come at me one at a time, as the customs of chivalry demand--or all at once, as is the habit and
bad usage of your rabble!"
- don Quixote de la Mancha

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:02:30 GMT, Clyde Ferndock

Quoted message said:

Last summer, after my third flat tire, I stopped at a local biker bar on 60 highway just west of
Springfield, MO. I didn't go in, but I did sit on the edge of a large concrete porch in front of
the bar while I waited for my wife to retreive me and my bike. I had sat there only a few minutes
when one of the bikers came out and gave me a beer to drink while I waited.

Now that's the kind of solidarity I like from our motorized two-wheeled cousins. I always wave at
motorcyclists where I am. They usually wave back.

I also get on very well with our local motorcycle policemen.

Quoted message said:

For all of those that love to criticise virtually everything, the tires were fairly new and were
supposed to have the kelvar lining. Also for those obnoxious critics, I acknowledge that I may have
mispelled kelvar.

Hey relax. it takes a lot more than misspelling to be flamed around here. You can get around the
spelling and trademark issues by saying "aramid". And punctures are weird--you can go for years
without a single puncture, and then, one day, with seemingly-impervious tires, a tiny shard of glass
has to come in and ruin your day.

Consider it practice; the more punctures you learn to repair, the faster you get at repairing them !
<g> I'm awfully slow at puncture repair....

-Luigi www.livejournal.com/users/ouij Photos, Rants, Raves

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:30:46 -0500, Badger_South <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Eric S. Sande said:

Quoted message said:

After a while, boxing, basketball, all terminology just meshes into a finely tuned amalgam...

I was trying to be nice.

I'm still picking up the lingo and subtlety around here.

Is Fab a real person? Are you a pair of gloves and a donut?

Fab is a real persona, if not a real person.

Eric leads an AMAZING DOUBLE LIFE as....BANANAMAN!

-Luigi watched too many cartoons as a kid.

Quoted message said:

-B

In article <[email hidden]>,

Badger_South said:

Is Fab a real person?

Yes. So was Ty Cobb. Fabrizio is too outspoken and too geranimal for r.b.r, so r.b.m kindly affords
him some refuge.

At his age, I'm surprised he keeps going but he does. If he's not careful some multinational gene-
fanagling corporation is going to take out a patent on his DNA. Then all the racing sponsors
will have to purchase licenses to race Fabrizio clones, and Fab himself will get sweet f. all
out of the deal.

Maybe it's already happened. Maybe there's a Fabrizio or two in /your/ locale.

cheers, Tom

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If I were a 5'4", 130 lb. man, things may be different.

That describes my old riding buddy, "Luvs Hills" Lester, except he might have been shorter. Legs and
lungs of steel -- he could just purr up any slope. He also rode a motorcycle, too -- struck me as
someone who probably would have done ok with both sets of two-wheeling folks.

It's funny how you don't notice someone's height that much while you're on a bike. I rode with him
hundreds of miles before I really noticed how short he was. But I tend not to notice those sorts of
things, anyway.

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