I want to ride my bicycle

raublekick · 09-11-2005, 09:49 AM

Any of you dudes do any 'cycling? I need some advice on bike purchases. I'm gonna get a montain bike soon, possibly today. What's some good brands to look for in the $100-250 range?

johnny · 09-11-2005, 10:53 AM

i like to ride my bike. once i move closer to downtown this fall, i'll probably ride it most places that i want to go instead of using the ttc.

i have had a giant mountain bike for many years now, and i like it alot. my bike was higher than yer price range, though, and i'm not really sure how much their bikes cost these days.. but it's something to consider.

Mr Biglesworth · 09-11-2005, 11:21 AM

Biking around london has been one of my favourite things to do since i got here. I've got a Norco, but i don't know anything about bikes, my dad just brought it home one day.

raublekick · 09-11-2005, 11:38 AM

Yeah I wish there was more usefulness in having a bike where I live. There's some awesome back roads to ride on, but as far as getting around town there's really only two places I go to in town. Any other place I go is too far for bike riding.

johnny · 09-11-2005, 12:37 PM

schwinn makes a good bicycle, too. (last i checked; i haven't owned one in ages.)

raublekick · 09-11-2005, 03:18 PM

well I bought a Mongoose mountain bike. i couldn't find reviews of the bikes that were available, but the lower end mongoose bikes tended to get better reviews that schwinn bikes.

i rode about 2 miles after i got it and i'm pooped now. i wish i wasn't so out of shape!

johnny · 09-11-2005, 04:24 PM

i remember i really wanted this one super expensive mongoose mountain bike, way back.. but i ended up with my giant bike. got pictures?

thecreeper · 09-11-2005, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raublekick

i rode about 2 miles after i got it and i'm pooped now. i wish i wasn't so out of shape!

come on tubby, grab a sparks and hit the road!

raublekick · 09-11-2005, 05:23 PM

damn, you're right zach. i should just load up on sparks and keep peddlin' til my heart explodes.

testtubebaby · 09-11-2005, 05:35 PM

i bike all the time... i ride a redline mx 24 because i'm tall (for one) and i hate gears (for two).

sharkz · 09-11-2005, 10:22 PM

I just bought a $20 garage sale bike recently. It just needed new tires+tubes and it runs great. It's a road bike and that all i need right now. still getting used to it being so light though.

Previously I had a giant hybrid bike which my brother gets now. i liked the tires cause they looked fancy =X

johnny · 09-12-2005, 07:32 AM

i've never taken a road bike for a ride before.. i'm not sure that those skinny tires would work out for me.

teensupernothing · 09-12-2005, 09:28 AM

i dunno. i can't find a pic of my bike anyway. but i got it at costco for like... $190 and it should've (from what the guy at the bike store told me) probably cost me over $500. it's kinda a road-mountain hybrid. i can't explain. once i get my new camera (which there will be a post about once i get it) i'll take a picture of the goddamn thing.

but yeah. bikes are great. my primary mode of transportation.

Optimus Funk · 09-12-2005, 01:21 PM

Bah Humbug! to all you who ride bikes, bicycles, and the sort!
A curse on all your houses!

Sorry I am a tad biased but I dont like bikers, I have my reasons but you dont need to know them. :P

johnny · 09-12-2005, 02:28 PM

fill in your reasons in the space provided below:

raublekick · 09-12-2005, 02:32 PM

dude, it's a bike, not a clown.

Optimus Funk · 09-12-2005, 05:54 PM

Reason why I dont like bikes and riders of said bikes...

1. One of the main modes of transportation for clowns, the most evil and vile things on the planet earth, is the bicycle, or tricycle, or unicycle all of which are just different forms of the same unholy machine known as a bike.

2. Anything with a wheel of spikes so close to ones own calf shouldn't be legal.

3. Those damn seats are an anal intrusion just waiting to happen, on top of that how do your unmentionables feel after a long ride on that thing if anyone dares to say good...then you've got problems and should seek medical attention.

4. How do those damn chains keep falling off and why the hell are they so god damn dirty, and your know your always wearing a white shirt when they pop off.

5. The fucking clowns, again. I hate them and dont want you to forget that...

6. Drivers hate bikers, even if your a biker and your driving you hate the biker persons because they make you have to move just within a hair of the car in the opposing lane, so you hold a grudge for all the times that they make you do that. Then, just once you wish you could make them go off the road!

7. The bikers outfits are redonkulous, since when was spandex cool? and making the spandex into shorts so you can show off how white your legs truely are...just crazy that is reason enough to hate bikes right there.

8. I lost a bike race on my birthday 4/20 at the tragically young age of 9-12(I dont really remember) but this probably the only real reason I dont like bikes and riders. Selfish, childish, completely and utterly biased, and perhaps even impish of me I know but hey we all gotta hate something might as well be cycling.

Opps I almost for got this reason...

9. Babies, smell!

johnny · 09-12-2005, 05:58 PM

my chain never falls off.

if it were too loose, or the derailer was fucked up.. but everything is in working order on my bicycle.

Mr Biglesworth · 09-12-2005, 06:02 PM

my student handbook had a coupon for half-off a bike tune up... methink's i'll take advantage of that in the ol' springtime, aight?

thecreeper · 09-12-2005, 09:08 PM

ol' optimus is a runner anyway, he is biased towards this cursed technology and transportation thing. he didnt get his license till he was 18, and he avoids the internet like it's made by voodoo priests. he refused to get a cell phone because it was conforming to the man, then bought one and chooses to never answer it.

09-11-2005, 09:49 AM	#1
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	I want to ride my bicycle Any of you dudes do any 'cycling? I need some advice on bike purchases. I'm gonna get a montain bike soon, possibly today. What's some good brands to look for in the $100-250 range? __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

09-11-2005, 11:38 AM	#4
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	Yeah I wish there was more usefulness in having a bike where I live. There's some awesome back roads to ride on, but as far as getting around town there's really only two places I go to in town. Any other place I go is too far for bike riding. __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

09-11-2005, 03:18 PM	#6
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	well I bought a Mongoose mountain bike. i couldn't find reviews of the bikes that were available, but the lower end mongoose bikes tended to get better reviews that schwinn bikes. i rode about 2 miles after i got it and i'm pooped now. i wish i wasn't so out of shape! __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

09-11-2005, 05:23 PM	#9
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	damn, you're right zach. i should just load up on sparks and keep peddlin' til my heart explodes. __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

09-12-2005, 01:21 PM	#14
Optimus Funk Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 551	Bah Humbug! to all you who ride bikes, bicycles, and the sort! A curse on all your houses! Sorry I am a tad biased but I dont like bikers, I have my reasons but you dont need to know them. :P __________________ "You ain't lived till you got head from a vampire!" Darius McCrary(better know as Eddie Winslow from family matters)to Jon Bon Jovi in Vampires: Los Muertos "MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK, BERSERKER!, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MAKING FUCK?, BERSERKER!"

09-11-2005, 10:53 AM	#2
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	i like to ride my bike. once i move closer to downtown this fall, i'll probably ride it most places that i want to go instead of using the ttc. i have had a giant mountain bike for many years now, and i like it alot. my bike was higher than yer price range, though, and i'm not really sure how much their bikes cost these days.. but it's something to consider.

09-11-2005, 11:21 AM	#3
Mr Biglesworth Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: I live in London Posts: 862	Biking around london has been one of my favourite things to do since i got here. I've got a Norco, but i don't know anything about bikes, my dad just brought it home one day.

09-11-2005, 12:37 PM	#5
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	schwinn makes a good bicycle, too. (last i checked; i haven't owned one in ages.)

09-11-2005, 04:24 PM	#7
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	i remember i really wanted this one super expensive mongoose mountain bike, way back.. but i ended up with my giant bike. got pictures?

09-11-2005, 05:35 PM	#10
testtubebaby Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 631	i bike all the time... i ride a redline mx 24 because i'm tall (for one) and i hate gears (for two).

09-11-2005, 10:22 PM	#11
sharkz Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: omg PA crew Posts: 389	I just bought a $20 garage sale bike recently. It just needed new tires+tubes and it runs great. It's a road bike and that all i need right now. still getting used to it being so light though. Previously I had a giant hybrid bike which my brother gets now. i liked the tires cause they looked fancy =X

09-12-2005, 07:32 AM	#12
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	i've never taken a road bike for a ride before.. i'm not sure that those skinny tires would work out for me.

09-12-2005, 09:28 AM	#13
teensupernothing Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 208	i dunno. i can't find a pic of my bike anyway. but i got it at costco for like... $190 and it should've (from what the guy at the bike store told me) probably cost me over $500. it's kinda a road-mountain hybrid. i can't explain. once i get my new camera (which there will be a post about once i get it) i'll take a picture of the goddamn thing. but yeah. bikes are great. my primary mode of transportation.

09-12-2005, 02:28 PM	#15
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	fill in your reasons in the space provided below:

09-12-2005, 02:32 PM	#16
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	dude, it's a bike, not a clown. __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

09-12-2005, 05:54 PM	#17
Optimus Funk Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 551	Reason why I dont like bikes and riders of said bikes... 1. One of the main modes of transportation for clowns, the most evil and vile things on the planet earth, is the bicycle, or tricycle, or unicycle all of which are just different forms of the same unholy machine known as a bike. 2. Anything with a wheel of spikes so close to ones own calf shouldn't be legal. 3. Those damn seats are an anal intrusion just waiting to happen, on top of that how do your unmentionables feel after a long ride on that thing if anyone dares to say good...then you've got problems and should seek medical attention. 4. How do those damn chains keep falling off and why the hell are they so god damn dirty, and your know your always wearing a white shirt when they pop off. 5. The fucking clowns, again. I hate them and dont want you to forget that... 6. Drivers hate bikers, even if your a biker and your driving you hate the biker persons because they make you have to move just within a hair of the car in the opposing lane, so you hold a grudge for all the times that they make you do that. Then, just once you wish you could make them go off the road! 7. The bikers outfits are redonkulous, since when was spandex cool? and making the spandex into shorts so you can show off how white your legs truely are...just crazy that is reason enough to hate bikes right there. 8. I lost a bike race on my birthday 4/20 at the tragically young age of 9-12(I dont really remember) but this probably the only real reason I dont like bikes and riders. Selfish, childish, completely and utterly biased, and perhaps even impish of me I know but hey we all gotta hate something might as well be cycling. Opps I almost for got this reason... 9. Babies, smell! __________________ "You ain't lived till you got head from a vampire!" Darius McCrary(better know as Eddie Winslow from family matters)to Jon Bon Jovi in Vampires: Los Muertos "MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK, BERSERKER!, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MAKING FUCK?, BERSERKER!"

09-12-2005, 05:58 PM	#18
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	my chain never falls off. if it were too loose, or the derailer was fucked up.. but everything is in working order on my bicycle.

09-12-2005, 06:02 PM	#19
Mr Biglesworth Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: I live in London Posts: 862	my student handbook had a coupon for half-off a bike tune up... methink's i'll take advantage of that in the ol' springtime, aight?

09-12-2005, 09:08 PM	#20
thecreeper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 2,330	ol' optimus is a runner anyway, he is biased towards this cursed technology and transportation thing. he didnt get his license till he was 18, and he avoids the internet like it's made by voodoo priests. he refused to get a cell phone because it was conforming to the man, then bought one and chooses to never answer it. __________________ good-evil.net - ahh, wade boggs...goes down smooth.