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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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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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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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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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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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