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What are the reasons why people ride bicycles?
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1. Riding a bike is liberating in that I-still-feel-like-a-kid sort of way, and I'm not trapped in a metal/glass/infernal combustion coffin looking at the world through wide-screen television eyes. And parking is always free on a bike. And my bike starts every morning, even in cold weather.
âHurl Everstone of Minneapolis is the publisher of Cars R Coffins, a Web site devoted to bicycle-punkrock-action.
2. Without cycling, Iâd die consuming the quantities of beer that I do. I also ride for the scenery. And what other opportunity do I have for stuffing 250 pounds into too-small Lycra bib shorts?
âMatt Wiebe, a Santa Fe resident, University of New Mexico professor and technical editor of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
3. I ride because it gives me an excuse for shaving my legs. If it werenât for the six bikes in the garage, Iâd be forever trying to explain why I look like a bearded lady on the lam from a carnival sideshow who got her head shaved in the drunk tank after flunking a cootie inspection. Plus when I'm stuck for something obnoxious to write or draw, a quick ride helps jar the nickel loose and set the music to playing. That, and the drugs.
âPatrick O'Grady, a professional rumormonger living in Colorado who vents periodically on this site and at www.maddogmedia.com.
4. While pedaling over hill and dale, people usually notice and often talk to me. Because of this I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Like a Southern Baptist song, the good has overcome. This has been the best reason of all for bicycling. I'm approachable when on a bike. It's fun talking to kids and strangers about a sport and way of life that I love. Humanity awakens at the sight of a two-wheeled traveler.
âLoretta Esparza is a seven-year veteran of Salsa Cycles and a dog-lovin' barista in California.
5. To coalesce the burning pure horrific rage as you face knuckleheads, debutantes and four-wheeled freaks in traffic.
âBob Roll calls himself âa man barely alive.â A veteran of the 7-Eleven team, the first U.S. pro squad to tackle the Tour de France, he is the author of several books and a cycling commentator on the Outdoor Life Network.
6. Your ass. As in, if you ride a bike your butt ends up looking fairly tight â like two VW Beetles parking.
âJoe Lindsey of Boulder, Colorado, has been riding and racing bikes for 15 years, and covering the sport for the past six for cycling magazines. He's covered the Tour de France, the Olympics and numerous World Cups and world championships. He enjoys photography, telemark skiing and Britney Spears videos with the sound turned off.
7. Riding a bike has always been a major symbol of independence and freedom. But the real reasons I go out and pound the pedals are sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.
Sex: As the gap to geezerhood closes, stayinâ in shape for my favorite activity becomes even more important.
Drugs: A long time ago I realized that maintaining my awesome boy-toy bod while enjoying my modest beer habit was going to require a lot more exercise than it did in my studly youth.
Rock 'n roll: While my guitar skills have never surpassed the mediocre stage, the stuff I play in my head when I ride is awesome. Just give me the steady rhythm of my fixed gear, some open road and turn it to 11, Jimi, âcuz today weâre gonna rock!
âRoss Shafer lives with his wife, Mari, on the Rockinâ Bar L ranch in Petaluma, California. He is the founder and former owner of Salsa Cycles and owns and operates Six-Nine Design, which provides product design, prototyping, fabrication and tool design services.
8. Some people train so they can race; I race so I can train, so the all-important workout doesnât get shoved to the back burner so easily. Nothing inspires like knowing you're going to get your butt kicked in the next race if you donât train. The fact that I get my butt kicked anyway is completely beside the point.
âJef Mallett, a former bike racer and current triathlete and cartoonist. His strip, "Frazz," appears in 150 newspapers across America.
9. My wife, Natasha, thinks cycling is great way to spend time as a family while burning a few calories. For her, the family ride is quality time. Then again, she does not have the trailer with 50 or so stuffed animals and the 2-year-old singing âOld McDonaldâ attached to her bike as we climb what must be Mont Ventoux. Hmm ... now that I think about it, cycling is the best way to burn a bazillion calories and hang with the family.
âJohn Kibodeaux, a 16-year veteran of bicycle retail, owns High Desert Bicycles in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and also works full time for his daughter, Marguerite. He has a B.A. from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in dirty diapers, Sesame Street and anything Disney.
10. I live and breathe bike transportation. Does that make me a granola-crunching, world-saving utopian? Actually, my riding has a lot to do with what's good for me. Riding makes me healthy. It saves me time.
1. Riding a bike is liberating in that I-still-feel-like-a-kid sort of way, and I'm not trapped in a metal/glass/infernal combustion coffin looking at the world through wide-screen television eyes. And parking is always free on a bike. And my bike starts every morning, even in cold weather.
âHurl Everstone of Minneapolis is the publisher of Cars R Coffins, a Web site devoted to bicycle-punkrock-action.
2. Without cycling, Iâd die consuming the quantities of beer that I do. I also ride for the scenery. And what other opportunity do I have for stuffing 250 pounds into too-small Lycra bib shorts?
âMatt Wiebe, a Santa Fe resident, University of New Mexico professor and technical editor of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
3. I ride because it gives me an excuse for shaving my legs. If it werenât for the six bikes in the garage, Iâd be forever trying to explain why I look like a bearded lady on the lam from a carnival sideshow who got her head shaved in the drunk tank after flunking a cootie inspection. Plus when I'm stuck for something obnoxious to write or draw, a quick ride helps jar the nickel loose and set the music to playing. That, and the drugs.
âPatrick O'Grady, a professional rumormonger living in Colorado who vents periodically on this site and at www.maddogmedia.com.
4. While pedaling over hill and dale, people usually notice and often talk to me. Because of this I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Like a Southern Baptist song, the good has overcome. This has been the best reason of all for bicycling. I'm approachable when on a bike. It's fun talking to kids and strangers about a sport and way of life that I love. Humanity awakens at the sight of a two-wheeled traveler.
âLoretta Esparza is a seven-year veteran of Salsa Cycles and a dog-lovin' barista in California.
5. To coalesce the burning pure horrific rage as you face knuckleheads, debutantes and four-wheeled freaks in traffic.
âBob Roll calls himself âa man barely alive.â A veteran of the 7-Eleven team, the first U.S. pro squad to tackle the Tour de France, he is the author of several books and a cycling commentator on the Outdoor Life Network.
6. Your ass. As in, if you ride a bike your butt ends up looking fairly tight â like two VW Beetles parking.
âJoe Lindsey of Boulder, Colorado, has been riding and racing bikes for 15 years, and covering the sport for the past six for cycling magazines. He's covered the Tour de France, the Olympics and numerous World Cups and world championships. He enjoys photography, telemark skiing and Britney Spears videos with the sound turned off.
7. Riding a bike has always been a major symbol of independence and freedom. But the real reasons I go out and pound the pedals are sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.
Sex: As the gap to geezerhood closes, stayinâ in shape for my favorite activity becomes even more important.
Drugs: A long time ago I realized that maintaining my awesome boy-toy bod while enjoying my modest beer habit was going to require a lot more exercise than it did in my studly youth.
Rock 'n roll: While my guitar skills have never surpassed the mediocre stage, the stuff I play in my head when I ride is awesome. Just give me the steady rhythm of my fixed gear, some open road and turn it to 11, Jimi, âcuz today weâre gonna rock!
âRoss Shafer lives with his wife, Mari, on the Rockinâ Bar L ranch in Petaluma, California. He is the founder and former owner of Salsa Cycles and owns and operates Six-Nine Design, which provides product design, prototyping, fabrication and tool design services.
8. Some people train so they can race; I race so I can train, so the all-important workout doesnât get shoved to the back burner so easily. Nothing inspires like knowing you're going to get your butt kicked in the next race if you donât train. The fact that I get my butt kicked anyway is completely beside the point.
âJef Mallett, a former bike racer and current triathlete and cartoonist. His strip, "Frazz," appears in 150 newspapers across America.
9. My wife, Natasha, thinks cycling is great way to spend time as a family while burning a few calories. For her, the family ride is quality time. Then again, she does not have the trailer with 50 or so stuffed animals and the 2-year-old singing âOld McDonaldâ attached to her bike as we climb what must be Mont Ventoux. Hmm ... now that I think about it, cycling is the best way to burn a bazillion calories and hang with the family.
âJohn Kibodeaux, a 16-year veteran of bicycle retail, owns High Desert Bicycles in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and also works full time for his daughter, Marguerite. He has a B.A. from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in dirty diapers, Sesame Street and anything Disney.
10. I live and breathe bike transportation. Does that make me a granola-crunching, world-saving utopian? Actually, my riding has a lot to do with what's good for me. Riding makes me healthy. It saves me time.
What was the maximum speed did you reach while ??
Ghanouge
Riding your Bicycle?? and did you get injured??
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True Story: When I was 16 years old (so this was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I was riding my ten speed bike along highway 1 on the California coast, I was going on a long downhill stretch peddling as fast as I could in the largest gear (I used skinny racing tires and my bike weighed 20 pounds). A car got along side me and the driver yelled out the window "You're going 55 miles per hour" Sorry I don't know how many Kilometers per hour that is but I think it was fast.
At least that's what the ambulance drivers said when he scraped my off the street... kidding! but the first part was true. It's funny that you asked that because if that guy hadn't told me I would not have known the answer to this question. After that I took the training wheels off... kidding again! You don't need training wheels with a tricycle... kidding three times! I'm out!
True Story: When I was 16 years old (so this was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I was riding my ten speed bike along highway 1 on the California coast, I was going on a long downhill stretch peddling as fast as I could in the largest gear (I used skinny racing tires and my bike weighed 20 pounds). A car got along side me and the driver yelled out the window "You're going 55 miles per hour" Sorry I don't know how many Kilometers per hour that is but I think it was fast.
At least that's what the ambulance drivers said when he scraped my off the street... kidding! but the first part was true. It's funny that you asked that because if that guy hadn't told me I would not have known the answer to this question. After that I took the training wheels off... kidding again! You don't need training wheels with a tricycle... kidding three times! I'm out!
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