Has anyone taken up Bycyling?

[TexasFire 84]

Holy crap people pissed me off today on the bike trail...

...only to find the aerobars won't fit my itty bitty handle bars for my woman specific designed bike with the sissy brakes I love. Narrow bars and the second set of breaks don't leave enough room for the bars. So no aerobars for me. :wub:

...People who don't bike are bad.

I so feel your pain, J! Last time I went riding at my regular park trail, it was particularly busy. Yes, people who walk on the wrong side, people to stop on BOTH sides, people walking on the correct side not paying attention that I'm about to mow their dog down in my own lane, four young "adults" with purple mohawks or red hair spikes and multiple facial peircings walking two dogs and taking both lanes with the dogs straying to either side of the trail while smoking POT in a heavily traveled large public park! UGH! And all of these people are annoyed at ME when I announce "keep to your lane!", "guess what? it's two lanes for two-way traffic!", "get your dog!", "POT in the freakin' park with families with kids? Are you kidding me?" UGH! People are so freaking rude and inconsiderate! Almost all bikers there announce "left!" to pass, so why can't people respond by being equally courteous?!?!? There are trail rules posted in several places...do people even READ any freaking more?!?!? Me thinks not.

J, what kind of bike do you ride again? I forget. My bike had the center mount brake levers, too. (I never used them, though.) Unless you are opting to keep those over the aerobars, they can be removed. That's what I had to do to mine. They unwrap the drop bars, remove the center levers and cables, re-wrap the drop bars and mount the aerobars. Voila! The labor was a killer, though. Just a thought...

[babygrl1234 6]

Must you call it THE Ohio State? Gosh that is a huge pet peeve of mine. I am finding every piece of Michigan gear I can find to wear this weekend, for no other purpose but to annoy those schmucks.

Sorry you had such a rough time on the trail. That is what I dislike in the summer, all the congestion. Luckily our trail is painted like the road and most people follow traffic properly. You will have to come try it out one of these days when you and Allison visit Detroit.

I got out for about 4 miles late last night. Not much but I actually got my biking partner out there. She did a really good job her first time out. I probably should have taken her the opposite way around the pond but I wanted to have her try some hills, teehee. All in all she did great but she is probably going to be nursing some soreness today. It is supposed to rain later but hopefully I can get a good hour in before that happens.

I don't have center brakes and my bike is made for a man (but ph balanced for a woman) so hopefully when I get my bars they will go right on there.

[Suzzzie. 3]

That sucks J. Glad the stupid people didn't make you fall though.

PS. - Ticker down again... I heart my fill!

ONLY 0.5 LEFT TO GO BEFORE I HIT 100!!!!!!!!!!!

[babygrl1234 6]

Awesome ZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OH Juli 15]

Awesome ZZ! Way to Go!

TX, you so feel my pain, which makes me happy. I have a Giant and I love my sissy brakes. I'd rather have them than aerobars. And he did unwrap and rewrap my bars for nothin' to try a few different things. They look great now though. TIP-if you have white tape on your bars and they start to get dirty, Windex and paper towels makes them white again.

Did I say, I got a loud ass bell for my bike though? I'm going to be ringing my heart out. BTW, I do say, "On your left" as I pass most folks, or I'll holler ahead at a gaggle of girls, "I'm coming at you, get over to your left."

And BG, the "The" business is so ingrained, it can't be helped. And please do wear all the Michigan blue and yellow you've got. I'll try to keep it lower case t in the future.

I am however going to The Whole Foods Market in an hour, for work. t-hee.

[babygrl1234 6]

The Whole food Market is most definitely acceptable.

We have one in Ann Arbor lol. Right down the street from THE University of Michigan.

Just sounds stupid.

[hoosierpoms 0]

ZZZZZZZ!!! WOOHOOOOO You are almost at 100!!!! I bet if you go potty and come back it will go down some more...LOL

I am actually home sick today???? Not sure what the heck is going on....my stomach is killing me not able to eat allot, and just feeling like DOODOOOOO! So, I slept in and am up now....going to start out with something bland and hope that will take care of things.

J that stinks about your aerobars......and I am with you about parks..there is no way i am ready to do that with my pedals..I will be on my butt.

TX...where are the cops in TX??

[OH Juli 15]

I'm able to ride with a group on a ride tonight out on the streets so woo hoo. I thought I was going to be in the park again, but my evening opened up. Yee Haw.

Yeah, I keep telling myself it was a victory that I didn't land in the mud.

Funny about the potty and the .5 pound ZZ wants to be done with. When I was doing Weight Watchers, I used to strain to pee, etc. before weigh in. I'm so glad to be done with WW forever!

[babygrl1234 6]

I still pee before I weigh.

[hoosierpoms 0]

me too...hey every little bit helps...hahah

J..now that I have time to look a little closer I have noticed you had a ticker change this past weekend......WOOOHOOOO...can you imagine we were ever over 300lbs? Amazing isnt it?

Keep up the good work.

What ride are you and BG riding in this weekend? We need to make some committments for a few rides too. Need something to prepare for

[OH Juli 15]

We are doing something called Woodstock. They have 30-50-100 mile routes. We are doing the 50. It's somewhere east of Columbus, so mostly flat. Columbus Outdoor Pursuits-COP, puts on the big mother's day ride, and they have many training rides before. This is one of them.

This time next year C will be riding with us, training for the mother's day ride. Her DH and DD will be riding it this year. Maybe C will SAG for them and I'll get to see her. She's not riding for some reason, surgery or something...having a band put in I think...:thumbs_up:

I might be down for something in July. Look and see what's out there.

[babygrl1234 6]

I cannot wait.

[TexasFire 84]

I am actually home sick today????

TX...where are the cops in TX??

Sorry to hear that you are sick today, HP! Sending some good mojo your way to get feeling tops!

What do you mean where are the cops in TX? :frown:

I still pee before I weigh.

Oh, me too! I take every ounce I can get off of me before I weigh in the morning! And pooping's even better! LOL

[Ceradad 10]

Oh, me too! I take every ounce I can get off of me before I weigh in the morning! And pooping's even better! LOL

Man, I thought men were disgusting.:frown::drool: You gals take the cake. Pooping and peeing left and right on here.

[TexasFire 84]

Man, I thought men were disgusting.:drool::eek: You gals take the cake. Pooping and peeing left and right on here.

Yeah, my kids just told me I am gross! LOL Sorry! :tt2: :frown: :wub:

But if we can look at wild icky "cooch" pics, I should be able to say "poop"! HA