Getting in to Biking!?

[Delphinus]

I know - I was actually being polite because a dude telling another dude he looks as skinny as a 1x4 is against the code. 2x4 however on the other hand is a legitimate way of saying "you need to eat more." The manorexic look is so Orlando Bloom 2004ish Pirates of Caribbeanish. Although that dude looked positively fat next to Keira Knightly in that movie. OOOHHH. Dude, is that Keira Knightly next to your bike? She's hot. A little thin, but hot. Dang dude, you da man. I'm in awe!!!!! I take it all back!!!

[muck]

Geez Tony... what was in your PHO today?!?!

[Funky_Fish14]

Haha... Wow Tony. Im not even sure how to respond to that one!

Going to be getting a new seat today. My skinny rear hurts on hard seats like that.

[muck]

You just gotta condition your ass bones Chris...

[lastlight]

Ryan while I try and never combine those two words in the same sentence I do understand what you're getting at.

[Funky_Fish14]

Hahaha.

And Ryan thats what i've been told by a couple place... I dont want it to be reality though haha. I guess biking should make me develop ass muscle which = padding? Baha.

[Funky_Fish14]

I bought the wrong bike... haha.

(Naw just kidding!) but.... I just went for a 14km road ride (country road... no traffic, I would die in traffic. Do not trust cars)...

Ride of my freaking life! And I was pushing myself as hard as I could. I've never felt better after a bike ride...!

Dont get me wrong I love mountain biking(XC/Trail) but I never knew road biking was so good! This is my second road bike ride... I did 8.4km the first time... that was good too but I really pushed on this one and it was a longer ride. Loved it.

[muck]

Nice...road biking is great.
My last ride was 62km of glorious frogger throughout Edmonton on Sunday afternoon.

[cale262]

Mtnbkn is kewl but road riding is where it's at...

[Delphinus]

I can't help but notice that the 3 of you pining away about how much gooder road biking is are all around Edmonton. Geez, don't you guys have any decent mountain bike trails up there? Maybe THAT's the real problem. "Flat" = "might as well be pavement" and "Might as well be pavement" = "Might as well road bike and enjoy some speed with skinny tires."

I actually don't doubt at all I'd enjoy road biking but the whole "must share a road with cars and trucks" thing is.. well .. I think I've covered this before. The ground hurts when you fall on it but it hurts in predictable ways. The devil you know vs the devil you don't know, sort of thing.

Kien and I just whipped out 10km of some wicked singletrack over lunchtime. I hurt right now ... but it's a good pain!!

Offer stands guys ... bring the mountain bikes with you the next time you come on down this way and we'll find some trails to shred up. And if I ever GET a road bike (I am assuming my 1982 Apollo 10 speed, although it LOOKS like a road bike, technically isn't) then maybe I'll try drafting behind one of you folks.