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Posted: 03 Feb 2007, 10:51
by VEGAS
Nice thread Rob. I love going out on my bike and it keeps the lard from building up on my perfectly defined body(!) :worried:

I prefer that to going round the country doing 165mph dressed as a power ranger. :poke:

BTW Garry, Dawes are a great British bike builder who are sadly fading into the background due to American competition. The Edge was (and still is) a great bike, you sneaky old toad! :wink:

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Posted: 03 Feb 2007, 11:35
by DispatchDragon
I guess Im going to have to breakdown and invest in a mountain bike
probably wont find a Brit one here though. But we do have some
challenging terrain to ride on

This is about ten minutes up the road from me

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the mountains in the background are about 40 miles away and theres nothing in between

Tonks - you may have been there - its the Valley of Fire just north of Nellis



Leif

Posted: 03 Feb 2007, 11:49
by Prop Jockey
Here's mine ..................

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Looking forward to the clocks changing as I try to get out on it every evening when there's daylight.

Cheers

Rich

Posted: 03 Feb 2007, 14:57
by FlyTexas
The wife pedaling her Trek 1000 as I follow along on my Specialized Alez. We started cycling last Spring and are enjoying it immensely! :smile:

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Brian

Posted: 03 Feb 2007, 17:33
by Garry Russell
And then there is this

I wouldn't be too happy with the unit so close.

One slight malfunction and the voice goes up an octave :worried:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJuakyahl8

Garry

Posted: 03 Feb 2007, 21:31
by Nigel H-J
Garry,

Would just love to see the faces of drivers at traffic lights with one of those rocket powered bikes when they go green!! :lol:

Posted: 03 Feb 2007, 23:00
by speedbird591
OK. I can join in this thread. I rode bikes for 25 years and my last was a Honda VF750 - ostensibly sold because of a divorce, but secretly because I felt I was riding it too fast and felt an accident coming on.

I'm 60 now anyway, so figured I needed to look after myself and bought this pretty little thing:

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and then look what happened:

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Moral: If it's going to get you, there's nothing you can do ....

Ride safely lads!

Ian :lol:

Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 08:55
by TobyV
I dont believe you should travel on anything thats incapable of standing up on its own [two] wheels unassisted! :lol: My dentist had a nasty accident on a bicycle that left him with a recurring shoulder injury that forced him to quit his job, a guy up the road from me was left paralysed from the head down after a similar accident and my uncle was actually killed on a bicycle.

Tonks and Ian - stick to airliners, much safer whizzing round the sky at 30,000ft in a tin can at the best part of 600mph than 15mph on the ground one of those silly two wheeled jobs :lol:

Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 10:40
by speedbird591
You are right Toby. If you look at the accident statistics you are zillions of times more likely to be squashed on a bicycle than any other form of transport - except, probably, as a pedestrian :lol:

I'm no hero. I only ride on pavements to get to the green lanes and the canal. My biggest danger is overestimating my own skill (see above :roll: ).

I remember reading a couple of years back about a New Yorker who was so terrified of going out that he became a virtual recluse and rarely left his apartment. One day, the couple downstairs had a violent argument and a bullet came through his floor and hit him while he was asleep on his couch. He survived - but heaven only knows what sort of gibbering wreck he is now!

Ian

Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 10:47
by Charlie Bravo
Get yourself one of these.... much safer

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