Does anyone else get that natural high
08-23-08, 09:25 PM
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Brooklyn finally.
Posts: 832
Bikes: Bianchi San Jose, fixed
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Once I was trackstanding in some shade gathering some energy for a large up hill climb, a roadie zipped by me and said "good job", and smiled. I waved back.
08-23-08, 09:57 PM
#28
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Davis CA
Posts: 3,959
Bikes: Surly Cross-Check, '85 Giant road bike (unrecogizable fixed-gear conversion
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Yesterday I was looking forward to half an hour of mashing into a rather bothersome headwind on my way to work. One of those "roadies" you speak of pulled up along side me. We took turns drafting, but he did the majority of the work (I think he got tired of going 17mph when I was in front). In the end, I was quite grateful.
The fact is that I pass and get passed as many "roadies" on carbon fiber racing bikes when I ride my 27 speed Surly as I do when I ride my fixed gear.
The only people I pass with extreme regularity are emo-looking hipsters on brakeless tarck bikes with aerospokes, day-glo top tube covers and 52-14 gearing.
The fact is that I pass and get passed as many "roadies" on carbon fiber racing bikes when I ride my 27 speed Surly as I do when I ride my fixed gear.
The only people I pass with extreme regularity are emo-looking hipsters on brakeless tarck bikes with aerospokes, day-glo top tube covers and 52-14 gearing.
08-23-08, 10:13 PM
#29
I passed the squirreliest rider ever the other day.
Im coming up behind this guy and from 200 feet back I see the worst stroke ive ever seen. With every mash down he swerves in that direction like 2 feet. Wearing black jeans and all black everything else too.
Its a geard bike I can tell.
As i pass him its a gorgeous steel Colnago that looks brand new.
I was amazed and baffled.
I didnt feel high. I felt like the broke ass I am.
Im coming up behind this guy and from 200 feet back I see the worst stroke ive ever seen. With every mash down he swerves in that direction like 2 feet. Wearing black jeans and all black everything else too.
Its a geard bike I can tell.
As i pass him its a gorgeous steel Colnago that looks brand new.
I was amazed and baffled.
I didnt feel high. I felt like the broke ass I am.
08-24-08, 12:10 AM
#31
Cat 7 Pro
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 448
Bikes: Fuji Roubaix Pro
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Wow tough crowd. Okay to be clear I have nothing against spandex riders,I was one myself for many, many years and used to race. Second I dont just get on my bike to ride to my friends house. When I do ride my fixed its always more than 20 miles and that is just for the hell of it.
Sorry to offend anyone.
Sorry to offend anyone.
08-24-08, 01:40 AM
#32
Mr. Maximan1
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Anaheim and Fullerton (SoCal)
Posts: 1,300
Bikes: Puch Superleicht, Nishiki moutain project, Trek 2300 carbon composite
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
In your baggy shorts and t-shirt.
__________________
www.olgapetrovart.com
www.olgapetrovart.com
08-24-08, 01:55 AM
#33
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 217
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I used to be a roadie. Now I just ride a beat up mountain bike back and forth to the beach. As for that high? I get it when I see YOU guys blowing past Jane Fonda look-a-like spandex sausages. Thanks.
08-24-08, 06:28 AM
#34
Top Tube Brake
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Honolulu, HI
Posts: 175
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I get more of a natural high when someone driving a car is right on my ass trying to give me ****. It's more fun to pick it up and weave through some cars making the light and leavin em behind.
Or hitting cars. Hitting cars that are trying to cut me off or tailgate me is fun too. One dickcheese in a van tried to brake check me once because I was taking up the right lane all to my lonesome, so he revvs up and passes me on the left, cutting me off and slamming his brakes hard. as he was passing me I whipped out my ulock and then once I narrowly made it around him I dented his quarterpanel on the front pretty hard. Still some white paint on it
One time some little jr-high kids were in their car with their mom, a lincoln navigator next to me. I was just straight up chillin' enjoying the sunny day... but one of them gave me the stink eye and as I squeezed my brake and spun my pedals around to get ready to take off... light changes green... they both yell at their fobkin barely-speaks-engrish mom to drive faster and faster and faster. All the while I am right ahead of their car hearing them scream. Was pretty funny hah.
Or hitting cars. Hitting cars that are trying to cut me off or tailgate me is fun too. One dickcheese in a van tried to brake check me once because I was taking up the right lane all to my lonesome, so he revvs up and passes me on the left, cutting me off and slamming his brakes hard. as he was passing me I whipped out my ulock and then once I narrowly made it around him I dented his quarterpanel on the front pretty hard. Still some white paint on it
One time some little jr-high kids were in their car with their mom, a lincoln navigator next to me. I was just straight up chillin' enjoying the sunny day... but one of them gave me the stink eye and as I squeezed my brake and spun my pedals around to get ready to take off... light changes green... they both yell at their fobkin barely-speaks-engrish mom to drive faster and faster and faster. All the while I am right ahead of their car hearing them scream. Was pretty funny hah.
08-24-08, 06:53 AM
#35
Boooga BOO
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Down Under
Posts: 243
Bikes: Colnago for road, Fuji for track
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
08-24-08, 08:45 AM
#36
Half-Beard the Pirate
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 98
Bikes: 1984 Schwinn World Sport
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
To get that "natural high", I collect my poop and pee, put in a bottle, and stretch a balloon over the top. After it ferments, I inhale that sweet, sweet poop gas.
08-24-08, 09:15 PM
#37
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
08-24-08, 09:28 PM
#39
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 866
Bikes: LHT
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
bottom line is you don't know what their circumstance is . . .
HEY! was that hamtaro!!!???!!! YAAAAY . . . . . . . that's WAY cooler than this conversation . . . . screw you guys, i'm gunna go watch some hamtaro . . . .
>_> srsly . . . close thread now
HEY! was that hamtaro!!!???!!! YAAAAY
. . . . . . . that's WAY cooler than this conversation . . . . screw you guys, i'm gunna go watch some hamtaro . . . . >_> srsly . . . close thread now
08-25-08, 07:52 AM
#41
Banned.
I just get a high from riding, period. You know, that weird, tingly, kinda-sexy feeling in your legs when they're tired and you push through it, and then after the ride when all the endorphins are still pumping.
I don't need to prove anything. Just feel good.
I don't need to prove anything. Just feel good.
08-25-08, 09:04 AM
#42
Live without dead time
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,136
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I get a grin on my face carefully stiching my way through traffic, passing through all the cars while doing it artfully enough that not a single one of them has to use their brakes or alter their course because of me. It's this awesome feeling of being on an entirely superior method of transport than the poor drivers in their oversized, inefficient and cumbersome boxes.
As for other cyclists, I like em all so long as they're not those stupid dicks who ride to the front of the pack at every stop, forcing you to pass them repeatedly.
As for other cyclists, I like em all so long as they're not those stupid dicks who ride to the front of the pack at every stop, forcing you to pass them repeatedly.
08-25-08, 09:24 AM
#43
Italian Stallion
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Denver
Posts: 476
Bikes: 2010 Cannondale Supersix; Dolan Df3; 1980's GIOS Pista;
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
I pulled my hamstring playing soccer. Now I get passed by 6-year old girls with training wheels. I like knowing that they are getting that "natural high". But then it makes me feel ashamed, like I'm a real nobody.
Maybe you shouldn't pass those roadies, I bet it really affects their self-esteem. They probably shed real man-tears when you do that. They can probably not even live with themselves when you blow past them like that. What a shot to their ego!
Maybe you shouldn't pass those roadies, I bet it really affects their self-esteem. They probably shed real man-tears when you do that. They can probably not even live with themselves when you blow past them like that. What a shot to their ego!
08-25-08, 10:53 AM
#47
:)
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: duluth
Posts: 3,391
Bikes: '07 Pista, '09 Fantom Cross Uno, '8? Miyata, '67 Stingray, '0? Zoo mod trials, Tallbike, Chopper, '73 Schwinn Collegiate, '67 Triumph Chopper, '69 CB350, '58 BSA Spitfire, '73 CB450
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Reminds me of a couple mountain bikers that caught me and my buddy on the last mile of a century. We were cooling down and they were busting it as hard as they could to catch us. I bet they thought they were pretty awesome for catching two "roadies".
