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Who here likes the fun and recreation of bicycling, but doesn't have an expensive bicycle, and who isn't in perfect shape? I have a 350 dollar bicycle (that has cost me a lot more then that, over the years) that is just a normal steel frame bicycle. I don't carry tools or have any fancy bicycle clothing. I am also overweight (around 220 pounds) and I don't eat fancy bicycle food, I eat whatever I can find at convenience stores along the way. And yet bicycling has been really good for my physical and mental health, and I've even gotten pretty good at it, at one point I did half centuries every Tuesday. My one day record is a century. Who else is with me in that you don't have to be attractive and rich to love cycling?
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Hi I like cycling, but i've not done it in a while, also my bike wasn't 350 dollars, it was 99 pounds (uk). I think I need some special cycling clothing because i've worn out the butt zone in my trousers, does anyone know what kind is best for winter cycling in england? It's mostly on a slughtly muddy track that used to be a trainline.
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Dec 19, 2015 22:36
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Crankit posted:Hi I like cycling, but i've not done it in a while, also my bike wasn't 350 dollars, it was 99 pounds (uk). I like Columbia Sportswear or Carhearts pants for cycling. This is one situation where paying a lot of money upfront for new gear might make sense. Also, 99 pounds is really heavy for a bicycle.
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Dec 19, 2015 23:39
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Crankit posted:Hi I like cycling, but i've not done it in a while, also my bike wasn't 350 dollars, it was 99 pounds (uk). A few companies make jeans with reinforced crotches for cycling (e.g. Levi Commuters). Also, check out the Bike Commuting Megathread, which has a lengthy and hopefully helpful OP.
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Dec 20, 2015 04:15
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Lead out in cuffs posted:A few companies make jeans with reinforced crotches for cycling (e.g. Levi Commuters). Also, check out the Bike Commuting Megathread, which has a lengthy and hopefully helpful OP. But which defeats the purpose of this thread, which is for poor people who don't want to show off gear. We want to show off how poor, and therefore cool, we are, before we eat a bunch of Doritoes that we got on sale at a convenience store.
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Dec 20, 2015 04:47
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"Hello, shopkeep. I'd like to purchase a bike for exercise. Also, I want to spend as much money as possible to make the exercise easier."
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Dec 20, 2015 06:40
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I dont like to bicylce, and Im not overweight, but I am poor... God I'm so poor. I really wish I had more money. But to return for a moment to the discussion of bicycles, Im sure I would like it if I tried.
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Dec 20, 2015 06:50
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Mountain biking is real fun but I haven't done it in a while.
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Dec 20, 2015 09:06
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tbh I never learned how to ride a bicycle
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Dec 20, 2015 09:21
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Raserys posted:tbh I never learned how to ride a bicycle It should be taught in school IMO. It's really fun and a good way to get around when you're like 13 and can't drive yet.
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Dec 20, 2015 15:43
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Larry Parrish posted:It should be taught in school IMO. It's really fun and a good way to get around when you're like 13 and can't drive yet. Heck it's a good way to get around as an adult! I'm not overweight, but i do ride a bike i got for $40 that was just an old steel frame from the 70s and i built it up using old parts from my old bike whose frame i had broken total cost of bike $100 You can keep your fancy $2k racing bike I <3 steel touring bikes from the 70s, also Pittsburgh winters would destroy a fancy bike anyway
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Dec 20, 2015 16:10
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i did a 78-mile, 8000ft of climbing day on a lovely $100 rigid mountain bike that was my daily commuter at the time. also i didn't own bike shorts so my rear end was sore before i was even halfway through. I didn't pack food, just stopped at restaurants or stores for snacks along the way. I bonked in the middle, so i ate some ice cream and gatorade and took a nap and then kept going. i'm not too overweight, but deffo not fit either. im just squishy and goony. i had the "wrong" bike and was missing lots of "essential" gear and training or whatever. who cares. if like to bike, just get out and do it (definitely bring water though)
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Dec 20, 2015 16:57
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lol at the idea of "essential" gear
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Dec 20, 2015 17:08
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the essential gear is a bicycle
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Dec 20, 2015 17:08
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alnilam posted:the essential gear is a bicycle this guy gets it 
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Dec 20, 2015 17:27
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actually it's your chainring
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Dec 20, 2015 17:44
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I used to bike but then I moved to arizona for college which is an entire state full of things that want to pop bike tires so I stopped I should start again now that I live somewhere else, biking is real fun and good
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Dec 20, 2015 17:59
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net cafe scandal posted:I dont like to bicylce, and Im not overweight, but I am poor... God I'm so poor. I really wish I had more money. But to return for a moment to the discussion of bicycles, Im sure I would like it if I tried. You can get a bicycle at a habitat for humanity restore for like ten dollars. Happy biking
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Dec 20, 2015 18:00
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You can get a brand new aluminum frame bike for that price, how the hell did you pay so much for wack rear end steel?
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Dec 20, 2015 19:28
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You can get bicycles for free if you steal them.
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Dec 20, 2015 21:38
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Don't steal bikes
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Dec 20, 2015 21:58
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My favorite bike is a frame that I literally picked up at the local town dump, spent like 50 bucks to put new wheels on it. Still owns, is a rusty piece of poo poo, and the chain keeps of falling off, since I nuked the gearing in the front on it to make it a ghetto 5-speeder. Give no shits though, thing owns and hauls my semi-fat rear end around town just fine.
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Dec 21, 2015 02:37
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glowing-fish posted:Who else is with me in that you don't have to be attractive and rich to love cycling? Eh what are you talking about? Cycling makes you attractive. About money, people who spend a lot are just showoffy. Get some 90's Shimano mountain biking components on any old rusty POS frame, clean the chain every month, grease the hubs every year, and you're set. Here's a picture of something that lasts almost forever:  The only expensive thing I can vouch for are kevlar lined tires, but they are so worth it.  This beauty is the Schwalbe Marathon Plus Tour. I got my first pair in my poor student days and didn't regret. My last flat was 6 years ago, and I beat the poo poo out of them (have gone through three pairs by now). If you want to save money do all your own maintenance (which adds more to your attractiveness, fyi). It's a lot of work, but don't forget that you worked to pay for that gasoline.
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Dec 21, 2015 06:48
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glowing-fish posted:But which defeats the purpose of this thread, which is for poor people who don't want to show off gear. We want to show off how poor, and therefore cool, we are, before we eat a bunch of Doritoes that we got on sale at a convenience store. That's the spirit! Any normal pants + thing in pic below, optionally = cycling pants 
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Dec 21, 2015 06:52
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glowing-fish posted:before we eat a bunch of Doritoes that we got on sale at a convenience store. i usually get chicharrones if i can find them
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Dec 21, 2015 14:28
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About as fancy as I get with bike clothes is spandex underwear.
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Dec 21, 2015 14:32
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The only "bike clothing" i have is rain pants, and that's only because rain pants aren't a normal thing so there's only bike & hike versions
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Dec 21, 2015 15:58
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My gloves are technically snowboarding gloves cause i got them cheap on ebay If you bike below 20 F lobster claw gloves are the poo poo, but really use whatever gloves you want!
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Dec 21, 2015 15:59
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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.
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Dec 21, 2015 17:28
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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. text me
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Dec 21, 2015 20:33
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blarzgh posted:"Hello, shopkeep. I'd like to purchase a bike for exercise. Also, I want to spend as much money as possible to make the exercise easier." May I interest you in a car rack, to drive your bike to a different road?
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Dec 21, 2015 21:41
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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. Please don't post porn in my thread.
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Dec 22, 2015 23:38
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This is my dream thread. I'm a giant, and I bought a fairly lightweight Norco off a friend for 20 bucks, but I didn't store it well and now I'm scared to look at it because it's probably a mess of rust. 
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Dec 27, 2015 21:21
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DavidAlltheTime posted:This is my dream thread. harden the gently caress up and ride that bike if it squeaks, grease it. if it breaks, fix it. bike the earth
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Dec 27, 2015 21:36
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OMGVBFLOL posted:harden the gently caress up and ride that bike
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Dec 27, 2015 21:38
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DavidAlltheTime posted:This is my dream thread. The bodies of bicycles don't rust, unless you like live in the Farallon Islands. The chain and gears might be rusted. Chains and gears are pretty cheap and easy to replace. Okay, they might equal your original investment, but you can' get all those parts replaced for probably under fifty dollars. Bicycles aren't really that expensive, besides for people who want them to be, which is why I made this thread. You could be riding that bike for less than the price of a meal at Denny's and a bad movie!
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Dec 27, 2015 23:41
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I do have an expensive road bike to ride during summer but there are days where I love to take out my 20 year old hardtail mountain bike and just tromp around Minneapolis. A curb? It doesn't give a poo poo. Potholes? gently caress that, jump over them. A foot of snow? Bring it. I love that bike.
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Dec 28, 2015 01:47
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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. 
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Dec 29, 2015 18:27
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Larry Parrish posted:It should be taught in school IMO. It's really fun and a good way to get around when you're like 13 and can't drive yet. In Marin county CA they actually do, it was a serious culture shock for me. They're serious about it too, seemed like every school in the district had a nationally competitive team with paid coaches.
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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. go on
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