Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT
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@89th said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
The real litmus test is if you use clipless pedals which require special shoes. If you do, you are one of those people. A faster biker, but still... getting off the bike you walk awkwardly until you switch into normal shoes.
Those are roadie shoes. Mine are SPDs. They look exactly like tennis shoes, and they have a recessed cleat, so I don't look like a dumbshit when I lock my bike up and walk into a store.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
I don't look like a dumbshit when I lock my bike up and walk into a store.
At least, if you do it's not because of your shoes.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
I don't look like a dumbshit when I lock my bike up and walk into a store.
At least, if you do it's not because of your shoes.
Exactly. I can do that on my own, I don't need duck shoes and lycra to help me out.
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I went out in duck shoes and Lycra for the second time this morning. 20 miles of hell. I could be getting too old for this level of humiliation.
Hopefully it gets better
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
I went out in duck shoes and Lycra for the second time this morning. 20 miles of hell. I could be getting too old for this level of humiliation.
Hopefully it gets better
The older you get, the less likely that lycra and duck shoes will mitigate the humiliation. Probably the opposite.
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@89th said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
Oh and I mentioned in the other thread, I like the 1x gears... you only shift up/down on the right handle bar and don't have to worry about left shifting too. I equate it to being able to do an octave using white keys without needing to use the black keys with a 2nd hand to get the exact note (aka gear) you need based on the incline. Sorry if that was racist, @Horace
I would have appreciated a trigger warning. Thank you. I will take a few moments now to collect myself, and attempt to continue on with my day.
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@George-K said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
I went out in duck shoes and Lycra for the second time this morning. 20 miles of hell. I could be getting too old for this level of humiliation.
Hopefully it gets better
The older you get, the less likely that lycra and duck shoes will mitigate the humiliation. Probably the opposite.
Lycra and duck shoes always enhance the humiliation.
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@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
it is just too much fun to ride fast
Uh... wut? How does lycra make you ride fast?
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
it is just too much fun to ride fast
Uh... wut? How does lycra make you ride fast?
Yep. There are many things in cycling where the improvements are ridiculously small, but clothing makes a quite big and immediately noticeable difference.
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@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
it is just too much fun to ride fast
Uh... wut? How does lycra make you ride fast?
Yep. There are many things in cycling where the improvements are ridiculously small, but clothing makes a quite big and immediately noticeable difference.
Of course they do.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
it is just too much fun to ride fast
Uh... wut? How does lycra make you ride fast?
Yep. There are many things in cycling where the improvements are ridiculously small, but clothing makes a quite big and immediately noticeable difference.
Of course they do.
Not as big a difference as sticking in an electric motor, possibly, but it sure makes my rides a lot better
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Klaus said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
it is just too much fun to ride fast
Uh... wut? How does lycra make you ride fast?
Yep. There are many things in cycling where the improvements are ridiculously small, but clothing makes a quite big and immediately noticeable difference.
Of course they do.
Not as big a difference as sticking in an electric motor, possibly, but it sure makes my rides a lot better
Better? Personal preference and not universally true, but for a lot of people, sure, absolutely.
Faster? Here's your middle-aged white guy card. You get a free coffee when you tell me why your grill is better than anyone else's and what traffic app is the best because you use it.
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The fact that it's all a matter of opinion would presumably explain why every single professional road cyclist wears the stuff.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
The fact that it's all a matter of opinion would presumably explain why every single professional road cyclist wears the stuff.
This. Long distance rides require it.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
The fact that it's all a matter of opinion would presumably explain why every single professional road cyclist wears the stuff.
Which is you how? Congrats, you got another punch on your card: middle-aged white guys love to buy "performance" shit because they get to make believe they're the guy in the ads. Under Armour built an entire company around that very idea.
You were fine with "I just damn want to." But pros have nothing to do with the rest of us. Nothing.
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@mark said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
The fact that it's all a matter of opinion would presumably explain why every single professional road cyclist wears the stuff.
This. Long distance rides require it.
Ever try without?
I used to do centuries in DC just noodling for an entire Saturday. Wore jeans. It's really not necessary to wear that shit.
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Pretty much everybody says 'I'm never wearing that shit', when they buy a decent bike.
Some folks are inherently more stubborn than others. Who could possibly have predicted that Aqua would be the outlier?
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Aqua - BIKE ALERT:
The fact that it's all a matter of opinion would presumably explain why every single professional road cyclist wears the stuff.
Which is you how? Congrats, you got another punch on your card: middle-aged white guys love to buy "performance" shit because they get to make believe they're the guy in the ads. Under Armour built an entire company around that very idea.
Ever heard of the concept of "live and let live"? People can have different opinions and priorities on the matter and that's fine; there's no need to put down everyone who dares to disagree with you.