Its not about the bike

MikeyOz said:

After 6 months of waiting, I finally have my replacement frame for my
poor departed ex road bike and for the last 4 months I have been riding
my 7 year old Avanti Monza, the new bike and old bike are WORLDS apart,
I love cycling don't get me wrong, every day I get to ride I feel very
lucky no matter what I am riding but after having to go riding the old
Monza for the last few months and now being back on the Guru again, I
can honestly say I do not subscribe to this thought, "Its not about the
bike" 🙂

I know what Lance means of course its about just getting out there and
doing it, but I can honestly say, that I enjoy riding if its possible,
double fold being on the new bike. Its like a whole new lease of life,
I am having deja vu from when I got the original one coming from my
Monza the enjoyment I had and the extra speed and stamina, confidence I
gained from being on the new bike.

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

Just had me thinking about all this being back out on the new bike and
thinking about the mighty Monza has served me so well in the past.

Hope to experience that shortly Mike.
The old steel roady is over 13kgs and I am shortly to order a BMC
Roadracer. The difference should be amazing.
Halcyon

MikeyOz said:

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

Yup, I was having problems with my commuter MTB shifting gears at the
worst possible moments which was completely putting me off riding. I
think I've got it fixed but it's taking some time to get the enjoyment back.

DaveB "only 4 months till I get a new MTB"

MikeyOz said:

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

Possibly "Joie de vivre" - made even better by cycling! :p

In aus.bicycle on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:40:57 +1100

MikeyOz said:

double fold being on the new bike. Its like a whole new lease of life,
I am having deja vu from when I got the original one coming from my
Monza the enjoyment I had and the extra speed and stamina, confidence I
gained from being on the new bike.

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

Well yes.

I love the bent more than any other bicycle I've ever
ridden, it's made cycling absolutely enjoyable and a thing I do for
the hell of it.

For me it is absolutely about the bike.

Zebee

Yeah I get it for sure MikeyOz. I did a few road rides on my old MTB while waiting for the insurance company to get it together. Rode the new road bike yesterday and it is a whole different world!

I suppose Lance's idea is that the bike doesn't train and win races for you, and I'm sure we'd all agree. But, like you, I would much prefer to ride a nice bike than a clunker and am way more likely to get out there now that I have the nice bike.

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Quoted message said:

After 6 months of waiting, I finally have my replacement frame for my
poor departed ex road bike and for the last 4 months I have been riding
my 7 year old Avanti Monza, the new bike and old bike are WORLDS apart,
I love cycling don't get me wrong, every day I get to ride I feel very
lucky no matter what I am riding but after having to go riding the old
Monza for the last few months and now being back on the Guru again, I
can honestly say I do not subscribe to this thought, "Its not about the
bike" 🙂

I know what Lance means of course its about just getting out there and
doing it, but I can honestly say, that I enjoy riding if its possible,
double fold being on the new bike. Its like a whole new lease of life,
I am having deja vu from when I got the original one coming from my
Monza the enjoyment I had and the extra speed and stamina, confidence I
gained from being on the new bike.

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

Just had me thinking about all this being back out on the new bike and
thinking about the mighty Monza has served me so well in the past.

Nothing wrong with the Monza!!! When I decided to sell our second car and
ride to work every day, a 2002 Avanti Monza was what I ended up buying. In
20,000km or so riding the only major mechanicals that I had were one snapped
chain (now that I think about it I have snapped about 4 chains over the past
5 years or so on various bikes) and two bent wheels courtesy of being
T-Boned by a car in 2003. I started out only commuting to work on it but
then started riding a bit more often and ended up winning a couple of D
Grade crits on it. Earlier this year I sold it for $500 (8spd Sora with
about 20,000km on the clock) just after I picked up a steel Eddy Merckx with
10 speed Chorus / Record and 1600km or so on the clock for $585 on ebay.

Was the best $85 that I ever spent.....love the Merckx.....its at least
partly about the bike.

Gags

MikeyOz said:

After 6 months of waiting, I finally have my replacement frame for my
poor departed ex road bike and for the last 4 months I have been riding
my 7 year old Avanti Monza, the new bike and old bike are WORLDS apart,
I love cycling don't get me wrong, every day I get to ride I feel very
lucky no matter what I am riding but after having to go riding the old
Monza for the last few months and now being back on the Guru again, I
can honestly say I do not subscribe to this thought, "Its not about the
bike" 🙂

I know what Lance means of course its about just getting out there and
doing it, but I can honestly say, that I enjoy riding if its possible,
double fold being on the new bike. Its like a whole new lease of life,
I am having deja vu from when I got the original one coming from my
Monza the enjoyment I had and the extra speed and stamina, confidence I
gained from being on the new bike.

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

It's called New Bike Fever. Contagious, no longterm cure, the best you
can hope for is short term remissions. Sounds like you're in remission
at the moment. 🙂

MikeyOz said:

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

I know exactly what you're talking about. I christened my new pink panther (Trek 6700 WSD) on the weekend and what a little beauty she is!! My old mtb is great and I love that bike, but shish the new bike was a dream to ride. Everything just works really well.

Alright, I'm getting excited now.

LotteBum said:

MikeyOz said:

Does anybody else kind of know what I'm getting at ????

I know exactly what you're talking about. I christened my new pink
panther (Trek 6700 WSD) on the weekend and what a little beauty she
is!! My old mtb is great and I love that bike, but shish the new bike
was a dream to ride. Everything just works really well.

Alright, I'm getting excited now.

--
LotteBum

Now I have no chance of keeping up with Lotte on a ride.
Poo.

Tam

Bleve said:

It's called New Bike Fever. Contagious, no longterm cure, the best you
can hope for is short term remissions. Sounds like you're in remission
at the moment. 🙂

There are support groups in most capital cities and the larger regional centres for people with "NBF". Hell, there are even web sites and internet newsgroups for the afflicted. In fact I think you might be on one now! 😄

SteveA

SteveA said:

There are support groups in most capital cities and the larger regional centres for people with "NBF". Hell, there are even web sites and internet newsgroups for the afflicted. In fact I think you might be on one now! 😄

NBF? There is a cluster of related symptoms including N+1illitis, a heightened HR and a need to talk [censored] about bikes that could be similar to OCD ... :p

cfsmtb said:

NBF? There is a cluster of related symptoms including N+1illitis, a heightened HR and a need to talk [censored] about bikes that could be similar to OCD ... :p

These symptoms sound familier... there are more...

Skin discolouration below the bicep and knee, irratic hair growth on head and hair loss on legs, weight loss dispite excessive food consumption, hyrodphilia.... and the list goes on?

Gags said:

Nothing wrong with the Monza!!! When I decided to sell our second car and
ride to work every day, a 2002 Avanti Monza was what I ended up buying.

Oh yeah never said there was anything wrong it 🙂 It has served me flawlessly, had to replace running gear of course, but the frame has never missed a beat and if I was in a job where I was riding to work everyday, it would be the one! In fact it is now back to its old job of, shops, gym and any other odd jobs 🙂

Tamyka Bell said:

Now I have no chance of keeping up with Lotte on a ride.
Poo.

My advice to you: ride your mtb more. And keep kicking my @rse on the road.

LH

LotteBum said:

My advice to you: ride your mtb more. And keep kicking my @rse on the road.

LH

Come to think of it, I haven't often seen Tam on her MTB! You need to get out more, Tam 🙂

I'm probably going to be at Daisy early tomorrow morning ...

Duracell Bunny said:

LotteBum said:

My advice to you: ride your mtb more. And keep kicking my @rse on the
road.

LHCome to think of it, I haven't often seen Tam on her MTB! You need to

get out more, Tam 🙂

I'm probably going to be at Daisy early tomorrow morning ...

--
Duracell Bunny

Yeah, I still have to figure out how to rig my MTB onto my
scooter to get to the rides without getting up at 2am. That
being said I'll be buying a house just as soon as I get a
job, out that way...

Tam

quote='Tamyka Bell'Duracell Bunny said:

LotteBum said:

My advice to you: ride your mtb more. And keep kicking my @rse on the
road.

LHCome to think of it, I haven't often seen Tam on her MTB! You need to

get out more, Tam 🙂

I'm probably going to be at Daisy early tomorrow morning ...

--
Duracell Bunny

Yeah, I still have to figure out how to rig my MTB onto my
scooter to get to the rides without getting up at 2am. That
being said I'll be buying a house just as soon as I get a
job, out that way...

Tam[/QUOTE]I can always pick you up Tam, if you're hanging out for a morning ride. Next one is likely to be on Friday morning unless there's an LA ride, which seem to have dropped off lately. I could pick you up around 5:30 or so if you're interested. Weather permitting, of course!

Duracell Bunny said:

Tamyka Bell said:

Duracell Bunny said:

LotteBum Wrote:
> My advice to you: ride your mtb more. And keep kicking my @rse

on the

Quoted message said:

> road.
>
> LHCome to think of it, I haven't often seen Tam on her MTB! You

need to

Quoted message said:

get out more, Tam 🙂

I'm probably going to be at Daisy early tomorrow morning ...

--
Duracell Bunny

Yeah, I still have to figure out how to rig my MTB onto my
scooter to get to the rides without getting up at 2am. That
being said I'll be buying a house just as soon as I get a
job, out that way...

TamI can always pick you up Tam, if you're hanging out for a morning ride.

Next one is likely to be on Friday morning unless there's an LA ride,
which seem to have dropped off lately. I could pick you up around 5:30
or so if you're interested. Weather permitting, of course!

I'm off to pick up my scooter scooter on Friday morning, so
will probably be running to Enoggera to do that...

quote='Tamyka Bell'Duracell Bunny said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Yeah, I still have to figure out how to rig my MTB onto my
scooter to get to the rides without getting up at 2am. That
being said I'll be buying a house just as soon as I get a
job, out that way...

TamI can always pick you up Tam, if you're hanging out for a morning ride.

Next one is likely to be on Friday morning unless there's an LA ride,
which seem to have dropped off lately. I could pick you up around 5:30
or so if you're interested. Weather permitting, of course!

I'm off to pick up my scooter scooter on Friday morning, so
will probably be running to Enoggera to do that...[/QUOTE]Well, any time ... but now you can't use the "I can't get my MTB on a scooter" line any more 🙂

So, hope to see you down there soon 😎