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Friday 151 it's cold again. (pg. 2)
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| Silky Johnson |
| Oh yeah, your brother. Mr. Wonderful. :stongue: |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
I believe I've seen you mention it, yes. I've barely ridden a bicycle at all in the last 10 years. Luckily I live really close to my work so I might start riding my bike instead of driving. |
You definitely should. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made. Saves a lot of money and it's a perfect way to turn the dead time of your commute into something productive. You also get to feel like a smug bastard environmentally, and whenever you sail past gridlocked traffic.
It had been at least 10 years since I'd sat on a bike when I got mine, and while I hadn't forgotten, I certainly wasn't confident on it at first. I was unsure of myself spatially when passing between bollards or other narrow gaps, and my balance when riding with one hand had become a bit wonky. Riding it for 50 minutes every day quickly smoothed all that out, though. |
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| Woony |
| I'd ride a bike if this city had good bike lanes but they're fairly mediocre compared to bike cities like Amsterdam and drivers here are ridicously aggressive. Pretty much everyone I know that rides a bike daily has semi-regular stories of almost getting killed or seriously injured. that. |
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| Boomer187 |
For the love of your crotch, put a good saddle on that bike! :wtf:
It only got up to 72f (22c) today, kinda brisk! |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Woony
I'd ride a bike if this city had good bike lanes but they're fairly mediocre compared to bike cities like Amsterdam and drivers here are ridicously aggressive. Pretty much everyone I know that rides a bike daily has semi-regular stories of almost getting killed or seriously injured. that. |
I've worked out a route through the city centre that keeps me largely on back roads, pedestrianised areas and the odd footpath. I get the occasional sanctimonious pedestrian tell me I should be on the road, but I'd rather irritate them than mingle with heavy traffic. Leeds is also built around a ludicrous one-way system that means traffic can only circulate through the centre in a giant loop. There's no way I'm going to obey that system on a bike doing 10mph. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
For the love of your crotch, put a good saddle on that bike! :wtf: |
I know people have different saddle preferences but this is a pretty standard road bike saddle. |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
I know people have different saddle preferences but this is a pretty standard road bike saddle. |
Does it have a cutout I am missing...those make a saddle so good. But I guess each taint is different, if it works it works! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Midlothian
Do find more hobby time :)
If this is wrong it's nice wrong |
Haha, dank je, I'm glad you liked it :)
I was a bit self-conscious with this one because I don't think I've ever heard a liquid funk track with cellos in it, but I like how this one flows. By the way, if you have any feedback, I'm all ears, and I'm probably going to upload a few more tracks in the near future if you want to check the rest of the batch!
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
I bought a road bike! Also as you can see by the ground, it snowed here in the middle of March. |
I agree with Jack - if you can, and it doesn't put you in danger, do cycle to work!
I did it for six months, back in 2016, and it was great. It was all downhill on my way to work, so I didn't arrive drenched in sweat or anything, and I had to do the hard work on my way back or I'd stay put, so it was the best cardio I could've hoped for :p
Although I can relate to what Woony said because of the occasional aggressive driver here in Brasília, there are excellent bicycle paths most of the time, and I only stopped cycling because I had to start giving lifts to exchange students and my wife.
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance-M
I watched some Paralympics 2018 this week every evening. |
I hoped I'd get to watch some of it last night, but all the sports channels broadcast football instead :( |
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| Woony |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I've worked out a route through the city centre that keeps me largely on back roads, pedestrianised areas and the odd footpath. I get the occasional sanctimonious pedestrian tell me I should be on the road, but I'd rather irritate them than mingle with heavy traffic. Leeds is also built around a ludicrous one-way system that means traffic can only circulate through the centre in a giant loop. There's no way I'm going to obey that system on a bike doing 10mph. |
That sounds nice. Due to where I live, any routes I would regularily take go through busy rush-hour commuting streets (with no dedicated bike lanes) where people drive like they're an ambulance with a dying patient on board. When it's 17:30 these maniacs are totally ready to kill someone just to get in front of their TV two minutes faster. |
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| ControlFreak18 |
I bought a 2017 Prius Prime plug-in over the summer. It looks a little less stupid than the regular Prius, and I can go from home to my office on battery only. On longer trips it gets about 70mpg. The nice thing is in EV mode the performance is similar to a gas engine car, and doesn’t feel like a weak hybrid motor.
It has a cool space ship-like interior too with an HUD and things like that.
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| Comrade Stalin |
| quote: | Originally posted by ControlFreak18
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Wonder how that thing drives in Afghanistan. |
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| ControlFreak18 |
| Like a dream. It has around 200 camelpower |
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