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alnilam posted:Heck it's a good way to get around as an adult! Yeah, but my fancy racing bike can break the speed limit in town  I keep trying to get a ticket from the local pd, every time I see them I go all out. Nearly hit 28 mph right in front of them, and that still wasn't good enough 
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I'm also overweight (6', 280 lbs) and poor, but like to bicycle. I haven't done it in a while because I don't actually have a bicycle at the moment. The last time I biked I did 13 miles on asphalt on a mountain bike, traveling along the riverbed to the beach. (Santa Ana Riverbed from Fountain Valley, CA to Huntington Beach, CA). What I've learned: Don't use a mountain bike with a semi-flat tire on asphalt and hills. Buy your own personal bike instead of borrowing one. Even if you are overweight it's still fun and good to bike. I like bicycles.
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Butch Cassidy posted:Cyclists aren't attractive, OP. They have the spindly arms of a spider, opalescent upper body skin of Gollum, asses deflated for lack of fat in their kale chips, and flabby thighs held together with spandex. HTH. If there's one things cyclists don't have it's flabby thighs!
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May 12, 2016 18:56
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Levitate posted:If there's one things cyclists don't have it's flabby thighs! Uh, check the thread title there chief.
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Yes but his comment was obviously not bagging on the subjects of the thread title since it mentions spindly arms and deflated asses 
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May 12, 2016 23:32
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As a fat man who has ridden a pile of cheap bicycles, a better quality back wheel could be a sound investment.
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May 13, 2016 02:54
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Do whatever it takes to get your rear end on that saddle
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May 13, 2016 02:57
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Why are we even talking about this. Being on a bicycle at least doubles the rider's sexiness. Next topic please.
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May 13, 2016 03:13
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meselfs posted:Being on a bicycle at least doubles the rider's sexiness. 
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Picnic Princess posted:Do whatever it takes to get your rear end on that saddle Wait the rear end goes on the saddle? I've been riding all wrong.
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May 13, 2016 14:49
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meselfs posted:Why are we even talking about this. Being on a bicycle at least doubles the rider's sexiness. Next topic please. i love cycling but this is decidedly untrue if we cared about looking cool or sexy, we'd be on motorcycles
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May 19, 2016 20:54
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OMGVBFLOL posted:i love cycling but this is decidedly untrue Speak for yourself, I'm on both 
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OSU_Matthew posted:Speak for yourself, I'm on both is this some kind of new tallbike
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May 20, 2016 00:18
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I'm a fat gently caress and I ride a mountain bike. I wasn't poor then I bought a bike. I am out of shape and sound like a gutshot accordion when I climb but I bike anyways.
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The best decision I probably ever made was signing up to be a pedicab driver. Fat and poor and dumb and bad at talking to people? You either wash out of that job in two weeks or you end up ripped and poor and smart and professional-level quality at making people like you within thirty seconds. If you're a dumb nineteen year old in Austin or something that's a really good call. Do that for a year and your old friends won't recognize you I miss bikes, I've got a couple problems keeping me off of one right now but I'm trying my best to get back there soon.
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meselfs posted:
This. A million times this. I walked into a bike shop a year ago and asked 'What are the toughest tyres you sell' as I was so sick of getting punctures. Got my Marathon Plus's and haven't had a single puncture since.
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Deptfordx posted:This. A million times this. I walked into a bike shop a year ago and asked 'What are the toughest tyres you sell' as I was so sick of getting punctures. Got my Marathon Plus's and haven't had a single puncture since. Same. Well, sort of: I have the Marathon Touring Plus tires, the pair of which are together 600g / 1.3lbs lighter than the Marathon Plus and still extremely robust. I've put a few hundred miles on mine already in city and country roads and on more flint gravel than I'd like to admit, and no punctures. Marathon Plus are a bit of overkill, but puncture-resistant tires are a must unless you absolutely love fixing flats.
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That's me, I used to ride bike a lot 4-5 years ago then I traded my sweet fixie for a motorcycle license then I got real depressed then I got even fatter than I was (250-380 or so.) But now I got a bike back together. I had it since back then (80's Shogun) but it was under the deck rusting because I converted it to single speed and the gearing was too low to really ride so I got a new cassette, shifter, derailleur, new seat, and chainring. Now I'm back on a bike. Although it's only been a week I've managed to ride every day.. only 2-3 miles but it's a start. Had to spend about $180 to get it back on the road but I couldn't find any other bikes that fit right. The post your bike thread wasn't too impressed but I think it's a cool bike. The chainring is even purple even though you can't see it. Still could use some slick tires and I need to get a spacer so the derailleur hits all the gear but other than that it's rolling good.
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Jul 8, 2016 22:19
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Neat. I did a good job of cutting lbs with my fitness pro for calorie tracking and a pretty regular bit of cycling.
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Fat bikes look insanely fun
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CommissarRed posted:I'm also overweight (6', 280 lbs) and poor, but like to bicycle. I haven't done it in a while because I don't actually have a bicycle at the moment. The last time I biked I did 13 miles on asphalt on a mountain bike, traveling along the riverbed to the beach. (Santa Ana Riverbed from Fountain Valley, CA to Huntington Beach, CA). Orange county is surprisingly good for bikes. I commute from huntjngton beach harbor to Newport beach 3-4x a week on my bike. I got a nice road bike for about $250. A cheap and fun way to spend an afternoon is biking down bolsa chica state beach to Balboa island and grabbing grub down there
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Ehhh, original post seems more appropriate for YLLS. I'm fat, and I bicycle! It's awesome and I love it. Klimpy Borf fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Sep 26, 2016 |
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DrCornelius posted:Ehhh, original post seems more appropriate for YLLS. go gently caress yourself
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Mods change thread title to "Talkin' 'bout Extra-wide Saddles: Fat Asses on Bikes" You see it's funny because you're not supposed to sit down on a bicycle when you're riding properly I love seeing fat people on those stupid one-speed beach cruiser bikes, or even better, on one of those bikes that seem to be so trendy with the walmart-shopper crowd, with the 5" wide tires that're made for riding literally on sand - the friction resistance from those wheels must be murder without any gear ratios to adjust. coyo7e fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Nov 5, 2016 |
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coyo7e posted:Mods change thread title to "Talkin' 'bout Extra-wide Saddles: Fat Asses on Bikes" You see it's funny because you're not supposed to sit down on a bicycle when you're riding properly i, too, am mad
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Weather is finally warming up here in the southern hemisphere - time to get my crummy bike out of storage, squeak it along the nearest bike trail a few times, and start fantasising about buying a real one again!
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coyo7e posted:Mods change thread title to "Talkin' 'bout Extra-wide Saddles: Fat Asses on Bikes" You see it's funny because you're not supposed to sit down on a bicycle when you're riding properly No.
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Really? Because when I switched out my knobby mountain bike tires for a commuter hybrid, I could feel the difference, and see it in my average cruising speeds on my speedometer when I'm going traffic speed
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coyo7e posted:Really? Because when I switched out my knobby mountain bike tires for a commuter hybrid, I could feel the difference, and see it in my average cruising speeds on my speedometer when I'm going traffic speed you ride a hybrid and mock people for not prioritizing speed
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and here I thought I was mocking you for being so fat you need a reclining bike or tricycle because you can't stand off your saddle like a healthy human (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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coyo7e posted:Mods change thread title to "Talkin' 'bout Extra-wide Saddles: Fat Asses on Bikes" You see it's funny because you're not supposed to sit down on a bicycle when you're riding properly Marketing campaigns have convinced you that you should strive for a certain body type, and their expensive product can help. Bikes are great, and available to the overweight and poor.
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meselfs posted:Eh what are you talking about? Cycling makes you attractive. Those tires are good
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yeah i have marathon plusses on my cx bike and they're heavy as loving poo poo but they simply do not flat. schwalbe has demo vids on their site of people just rolling through a field of thumbtacks and broken glass. 750g tires are 100% worth never flatting, especially when those extra grams pale in comparison to all the extra grams im carrying around in my gut and manboobs
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