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IIVQ
Location: La Sud-Est du cité majeur du North-Holland (Bijlmer), .NL Gender: Male Total Likes: 4 likes
Back in Urbex!
| | | | | | Re: Introductions... < Reply # 3 on 10/13/2004 2:16 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I started biking when I was 6, which is pretty late to Dutch standards, I was one of the last of my class to learn it. I've driven to my primary school which was 1.5 km away for 5 years. I've driven to my secundary school which was 7 km away for 4 years. I've driven to my secundary school (other building) which was 9 km away for 1 year. I've driven to my other secundary school which was 6 km away for 2 years. I've driven to my other work which was 17 km away for 6 months. I've driven to my university which is 5 km away for 2 years now. That all 2 times a day, 200 days per year, totals 400*((5*1.5)+(4*7)+9+(2*6)+(.5*17)+(2*5)) = 400*75 = 30000 km AT LEAST now. So just a couple of years more and I've been around the world once I atm have only one bike which I have for about 4 years now and it's about to fall apart (wheels squaky, some parts about to fall off, front light doesn't work) so I have to repair* it soon, before winter comes. I do have saddlebags, enclosed chain and only 3 gears. Tijmen *AAAAAAAARGHHHHHH I've become infected with the american disease! I wrote "repare" Edit: Here's an image of the beast, mine is in front. There are 7 bikes in this pic, and 3 more in the other garage, and that's during the day. I might recount at night, when everyone's home. (we live with 12 ppl in the house)
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| Shiv The Planet
Gender: Male Total Likes: 0 likes
too little, much too late
| | | | Re: Introductions... < Reply # 11 on 10/25/2004 2:07 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Woo, just subscribed to this board. Being a poor and unemployed, I am all about the wonderful piece of machinery that is the bicycle. I can't remember when I started riding (probably 4-6 years old). When I was about 13, I became really involved in BMX. I specialized in street and dirt. For the next few years, that's all I did. I'd come home from school, get on my bike, and come back when I needed to sleep. I had a few friends who were similarly interested in BMX. Then, when I was about 16, I had to move to a new state, leaving my old friends behind. I tried to keep up with my crazy BMX skills, but I found nobody to ride with. After a couple of years of riding alone, I slowly started to give up BMX biking. A year or two ago I bought a cheap Schwinn mountain bike from a Walmart for purely transportational reasons. I rediscovered the fun of just riding. I don't worry about doing "tricks" like I used to with BMX, or improving my skill. I just ride.
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| DeepCyde
Location: Minnesota Gender: Male Total Likes: 0 likes
callipygian
| | | Re: Introductions... < Reply # 14 on 11/3/2004 3:20 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by 'Dukes Hey all; good to see that there are people interested in the commuter aspect. As for me, since '86 I've trained and raced in Crits, roadraces, centuries, you name it. And I love equipment. Like a good camera, I also get excited over a high quality bike. I used to train about 5000 miles a year. In '98 I bought a Gary Fisher mountain bike, and begain racing that ;I liked the mountain bike scene ; It was like nordic ski racing; All individual effort. And it was easy compared to road racing. MB racing; go out and give it your all. Road: Get dropped on a climb and you are screwed; you could be the strongest athlete in the race, but you will not touch the group again unless you kill yourself.
| Awsome, i had a Fisher Joshua, full suspension, i loved that bike. Nordic skiing rules, i raced for 7 years in high school, i wish i would have stuck with it after i graduated. I've been thinking about getting into Biathlon, but, eh, money...wife...work....(not in that order..)
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| Watcher
Location: Louisiana Gender: Male Total Likes: 22 likes
| | | Re: Introductions... < Reply # 15 on 11/3/2004 10:27 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I have a cheapass bike that I bought at Sears. I don't remember the brand right now, but its some kind of racing bike. Which is funny because I don't race I just ride it because I like it and because it's good for me. I've always liked riding. When I was a kid, I would ride for miles and miles. Before I was old enough to drive, I would bike anywhere I wanted to go, and I do mean anywhere. I don't ride very much these days, because I live in a part of town where there are no real bike trails, and people seem to regard riding a bike on the street as an excuse to run you over if you get in their way. And let's face it, you're always in their way. I've never been that interested in commuting by bike too much, although I would probably do it if my work was closer to my house.
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| "Well, let me just jump into my time machine, go back to the Twelfth Century and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophecy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show." |
| 'Dukes Noble Donor
Gender: Male Total Likes: 3 likes
At least someone llikes me
| | | | Re: Introductions... < Reply # 16 on 11/4/2004 12:09 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by DeepCyde
Awsome, i had a Fisher Joshua, full suspension, i loved that bike. Nordic skiing rules, i raced for 7 years in high school, i wish i would have stuck with it after i graduated. I've been thinking about getting into Biathlon, but, eh, money...wife...work....(not in that order..)
| I bought a Fisher Big Sur, decent deal in '98 at 800 bucks. Biathalon is cool; around here we have a spot in Saratoga county where races are held, and up in Lake Placid, where the '80 Olympics were held. I skiied in the HS championships there, and there is nothing like the feeling of skiing an olympic course. (sorry for the ski reply bike moderator, hehe)
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| Jedstah
Location: Moncton, NB, CanaDUH. Gender: Male Total Likes: 0 likes
i never thought id see the day, when church kids choose the hardcore way.
| | | Re: Introductions... < Reply # 17 on 11/4/2004 1:25 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | great idea on the board. i ride a renegade...crap forget the model name. its a dual suspension, upgrade, fox vanilla in the back, and i can't remeber the type of front fork. i also threw some K2 stuff on too, seat/seatpost/grips/pedals. it needs a set of tires though. and i also have a carbon fiber look spiked fender in the front (motocross looking, similar to THE but not THE.) its a pretty tough bike, scored it from a friend that was moving outta town for cheap. ill post pix sooner-or-later.
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