Well anth's peacemaker has done 5 years until it got frame-o-porosis. According to the oraclepedia, humans get that at 75, so I'd say 1 bike year = 15 hu-mon years.
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What Does Your Bike Mean to You?
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Posted 14 years ago #
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I have a naughty bike (specialized crossroads hub gears) which is punished by being hung upside down from hooks in the garage. I have another one - a tank the EBC sold me when I first returned to this lark and it was right for about a month then it was too slow and too heavy, it gets an outing if the tow-along bar is in action. Sometimes I feel bad about hanging it upside down in the garage as it has done nothing wrong and is 150 years old by kaputnik's abacus [a device that can be used for counting quite big numbers]
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Thanks for the welcome chdot and kaputnik! My bike is pretty recognisable in general especially now that he has red stripes (recent photo) - added those after I got into a scrape so decided to be as visible as possible. So I'm sure you'll see us around town, hopefully not doing anything stupid...
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"now that he has red stripes (recent photo)"
Expect to get spotted on a daily basis!
Posted 14 years ago # -
only(learned to ride a few years ago, at the age of 24)alice isn't alone -
"Nancy Durrant never learnt as a child so, at 26, she finds professional help and saddles up at last"
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My bike is a magic thing that takes me back to being a kid, I can go anywhere (pretty much) and I can forget job/bills/responsibilities for a while and just ride...
It's also another lot of very nice toys on which to spend too much money! (sigh)
It goes on.. I look at them and the engineer in me loves the utterly brilliant engineering design, I mean, just how efficient is a bicycle!? The diamond/two triangle safety bicycle is still being tweaked not bettered (quiet you decadent lot on the invisible chaise longue types ;-))
The history also fascinates me, emancipation, mobility etc, an amazing item :)
Finally, where else could you hear/read "I have a naughty bike (specialized crossroads hub gears) which is punished by being hung upside down from hooks in the garage" and not only is it "normal", but we all understand :-))
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What does my bike mean to me?
In a word, Romance.
When I ride my bike, all things are possible and all times are present. I am 16, riding my first bike, the one I built from spare parts, to my first girlfriend's house. I am a younger man, breezing down Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I am in my middle age, falling in love all over again with a land I never knew.
When I ride my bike, I think of errands to complete, just to stay on it those extra few miles. I look for hills, just to go flying down them.
I look at the sunset, and assure myself that one day, I will ride there, too.
That's what my bike means to me.
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My bike: the only thing between me & madness. Should I elaborate?
O.K.
Bike=sanity
My mind's wheels are spinning faster than they can gain traction. Nothing seems to get done. I hop on the bike and "achieve" a ride. Sometimes a blockage will break free, and in this post-ride moment, a bit of meaningful work can be accomplished. But even if it doesn't, I was busy a) not shopping b) not hating my thighs--well, I sort of like them even in my worst self-critical moments...and c) inhaling new air.Posted 14 years ago # -
My bike means I just ate a half litre tub of coconut yoghurt and I just don't care :)
Posted 14 years ago # -
Jacquie you said a mouthful right there. I couldn't agree more!
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