Just what is it about people with motorbikes and Sundays??
I cycled from Bloxham to Chipping Norton and back yesterday. A distance of about 10 miles each way and all the time I was being passed at high speed by groups of bikers. Then it seemed that the same ones (?) turned around and went zooming back again. I swear I saw th same bunch at least three times. There were others too. I've noticed many times in the past that Sundays seems to be bikers day. They often park en masse in a town and walk up and down the line admiring each others' bikes, jump on them and ride off again. I'm sorry but I don't undersatnd.
I know there are bikers on the forum so please can someone explain what it's about?
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I think they like the bends and the speed - sure can't be the scenery as that is just a blur. And it can't be the cafe in Ruthin or on the Horseshoe - they'd be better off in their local Starbucks !
Quite often though, not all of these bikers make it back home again. :-(
Why do these bikes need such huge top speeds ?
It's exhilerating, but potentially very bad for you. If you don't fall off, you get little exercise and tend to drink huge quantities of ale and sleep in tents.
loved it at the time, but gave up the day Mrs Barkles told me she was expecting.
Besides it's important that the kids at school know I'm a great role model.
honest.
Argue and I'll piss on your drive.
Still don't understand it...
But riding up and down the same road and spending hours admiring each other's bikes? No thank you!
You are a runner
Your are a cyclist
You are a biker
What ever you are you go out and do it at a weekend (since you have to work all week)
Will
It's like all hobby things - it's good to meet people with similar interests. Riding a bike is exhillarating - even at slower speeds.
People also do customise their bikes - even sports bikes. When you meet someone for a ride, it's quite natural to look at what they're riding.
And the police do do things about it. Believe me - become a biker and you'll soon feel victimised. How often do you get police stopping cars at car parks checking for tax, illegal number plates, loud exhausts etc? Not very often. You get a recognised bike event, and you can guarantee there will be the over zealous plod there.
And cars do do this too. Have you not seen the boy racer GTI clubs, with their loud music, even louder exhausts, and often very irresponsible driving?
Sure - bikes can be ridden poorly, but in my experience, car drivers are worse in towns where injuring pedestrians is more likely.
There. Minor rant over.
Sunday's the day you get to enjoy riding purely for the pleasure of it, rather than as a means of getting from A to B - and as for admiring each others bikes it's really just down to jealousy. Someone on this thread mentioned an MV Agusta, now that's making me really green....
Agree with the comments about irresponsible speeds and behaviour though, but I've yet to come across any group of road users who are all completely responsible all the time...
SY3
Anyway, isn't there some talk of banning them from there? (don't shoot the messenger)
Laura, there have been rumours of bikes being banned from Devil's Bridge rumbling on for years. Hopefully it'll come to nothing and we can all go on enjoying ourselves in our different ways.
By the way, looking at your profile on the URWFRC website I see you finished the Paris Marathon just ahead of me - I came in in 4:14:20, so you almost certainly ran past me (i felt like I was going backwards by this point).
As for what we do when we 'inspect' other bikes; it usually a mixture of technical things like tyres and suspension settings (you can really feel the difference on a bike between a bad tyre and a good one) and just a good look at the latest bikes or indeed a look at some classic bikes.
Will summed it up perfectly!
Advantage is that running is much cheaper though.
I had the girls from the office round last week, and they insisted that my wife got the wedding album out.
They were a bit surprised to find my bike in a few of the shots before we went to the church.
(it was a very nice bike and only a few weeks old) And lived in the front room for a while too.
I sold it though last year as I realised I hadn't ridden it for 18 months :-(
I miss it now. I'm down to 3 and a half bikes. Sob sob sob.
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Definitely sounds worthy of ogling. The finish on the Italian frames is very nice indeed. Trust you aren't gonna take it outside at any point - it's dirty out there !
Must be a girly thing.
Saddles can be fun - never bothered with gel myself, but some mates swear by them.
You can get saddles specifically for ladies - not necessarily gel ones.
Track pumps are a good idea for keeping at home, and then a cheapo one to take with you on the bike.
I have 4 bikes myself - a mountain bike I use in my turbo trainer, another mountain bike for, well mountain biking, a road/race bike for training and TRIs and an older race that is past its best – but I could not possibly part with it, cos it’s a hand built Alan )
Will
I only have my Giant Lo-Pro, my custom built Road bike, and a fixed wheel kinda hack bike for the winter. I feel hard done to. ;-)
Oh, and two frames hanging around that I should do something to, but it'll work out darn expensive.
Running is so much cheaper !