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"Bill Baka" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:11:26 -0700, Terry Morse <[email hidden]>
Quoted message said:
OK, I'll add my 2 cents to this. I always wave at Harleys and other
motorcycle types and they always wave back (the Harley types at least),
but then I ride in Levi type jeans and a ragged t-shirt.
None of that lycra stuff for me.
The Harley guys wave back and the pocket bikes usually don't. I used to
ride with the Harley crowd and they are a lot more sociable than they
get credit for, especially to another two wheel rider. What they would
do about some guy in lycra waving might be just to laugh, but then so
would I when I was on a big motorcycle.
On a bicycle I have been passed by 3 guys in lycra on road bikes an
they were too absorbed in themselves and their conversation to even wave
back. I know, they were training.?Bill Baka
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Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/i hate to rant on the NG but Jeez, it's all about uniforms isnt it? and
colors (whether it be oily levis or yellow lycra). i wear what's
comfortable
to train in and bright enough to be seen by those (maybe not paying
attention?). nobody ever waves to me, or, i didnt see them. im really
just
trying to survive out there and get a workout in the process. do you wave
and say hi to everyone you pass on foot? i would love to tell everyone on
the road how nice it is to see them but frankly i'm busy and my heart
rate
is going about 160. and no-i'm not a big fan of rec.bicycles.racing
either.
i get very bored when people start going off on politics.
-alan
Heck with the uniforms, I have done 80 miles in cutoff jeans and a t shirt.
I carry a kids large book backpack with tools, a gallon of O.J., a bunch
of bananas, some pre-baked potatoes, maybe somehigh calorie chocolate
snack cakes, my camera, and whatever other junk fits. It is very non
traditional but I am self contained for up to 80 miles, then I usually
run out of Orange Juice and fill up the gallon jug with mountain stream
water, bugs, fish [censored], and all. I could go over 100 miles on one of
these trips but I could not claim a roadie century, since I do get off
the bike and enjoy the nature. This puts me more in tune with some of
the motorcycle crowd than the roadie crowd for some reason. I manage to
ride or hike enough to sometimes keep my heart rate up around 160-170 most
of the day, peaking at about 180 for short blasts. Nobody to wave to up
there but one guy on a motorcycle was surprised to see me and glad to wave
first. People seem to get friendlier the farther they get from the city
traffic.
I will have my Schwinn road bike going tomorrow but I will never get to
take it to all the interesting back woods hideouts I have found. Just
miles and miles of circles on what good pavement I can find.
And no damn lycra.
Bill Baka
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my earlier point was missed. if you're so concerned about lycra that sounds
to me like uniform etiquette of the worst kind (that is-my uniform is better
than yours). why do you care if you wear yellow or brown? i dont care what
people think when im riding. if i was trying to look cool i'd do something
else. fortunately im not, im trying to do something meaning ful. you know
there are plenty of synthetic fibers in that mojo of yours too. levis work
for you, lycra and gore tex works for me. i ride every day to get to work.
it rains here most of the time. if i wore levis in that i'd be 30 lbs
heavier and sick by the time i got to work. this is a bicycle NG. bikers are
fine, i know plenty. they understand whats going on out there on the road
better than most motorists- but attitudes about colors (and people) are the
same regardless of the color!
-alan