I rode 52 miles on my new bicycle on Sunday, ask me anything

[prolesunited]

:-)

[GOPisEvil]

1. Does your ass hurt?

:evilgrin:

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[GOPisEvil]

4. Er, he's a she!

:-)

[prolesunited]

6. He is a she

and definitely not gay, not that there's anything wrong with that, being a man, that is. :evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

3. Figures you would be the first one to respond

LOL! :hi:

It's a little tender, but I was able to get back on and do another 17.5 miles tonight.

[GOPisEvil]

5. EXCELLENT!!

:thumbsup:

[Dudley_DUright]

7. What kind did you end up buying?

I use to love to enter century (100 mi.) rides, but I have not done one in a few years. Might be time to get out of the pool and back on my bike again now that I am all inspired by Lance (and prolesunited of course!).

[prolesunited]

11. I bought

A Trek 7300 hybrid. Here's the specs
http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2003/citybike/7300.jsp

And a picture of my bike


I'm thinking of doing a century ride in September, but I'm not sure if I'm ready. How hard is it? They have a 67 mile option and I may just play it safe and try that.

Why give up swimming? You could be a bi-athlete.

[Dudley_DUright]

15. I use to do triathlons

but I really suck at running. I wish they had races with just swimming and biking, but most biathlons are biking and running. Centuries are not bad if you don't try to go too fast and drink plenty of liquids. If you can do 52 mi (or 67 mi), you can do 100 mi without much problem (except for a sore butt :-) ).

[prolesunited]

25. Well, I'm impressed

I suck at both running and swimming. Do they have anything that combines biking and blading? :shrug:

I'll see how it goes this month. The ride isn't until September and you don't have to specify which distance on the registration form, which is due in a couple of weeks.

[SoCalDem]

8. What town did you end up in ???

:evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

16. I cruised along Chicago's lakefront trail

Here's some pictures I took.

The path is paved along the entire route. I had to do the whole trail almost twice to make my miles



Ther's boats on the lake on one side



And amazing architecture on the other



What can beat this view?

[BiggJawn]

27. That's your BIKE PATH????

Awesome! That looks like my local take-you-life-in-your-hands-70-MPH-SUV's State Highway!

Wonderful scenery, too!

[ChemEng]

9. How long did it take?

[prolesunited]

23. I took my time

Chicago's lakefront path is very scenic so there is plenty to look at along the way. You're also sharing the path with bladers, joggers, walkers, tourists, etc. No telling when someone is going to get in your path, so there's only a few sections where you can really get going.

My top speed, though was 23.4 mph, which was pretty good considering the wind.

I also stopped at Navy Pier and had lunch - egg rolls and vegetable fried rice. I stumbled across a Beatles tribute band as well and they were actually pretty good.

[JohnKleeb]

24. must had been a neat little ride

[KG]

10. I rode 25 miles on my old mountain bike saturday.

it was a nice sunny day at the beach. it was a good workout. :)

i wanted to buy a new bike this spring, but that will have to wait till i got a real job again.

[prolesunited]

26. I rode along Chicago's lakefront

and it was quite overcast and VERY windy. It was nice because I didn't get too hot and the threatening weather kept the crowds down. On a beautiful sunny day, it gets so crowded in some spots that you practically walk your bike.

This is my first "real" bike and rather than flying somewhere on vacation, I decided to buy a bike. I never realized what a difference a good bike makes. I'm very happy. Good luck on your job search.

[JohnKleeb]

12. This is kinda serious proles

but please answer and I am not a big IRA supporter let me say but I found a neat little site. If I were to get a button and put on my packbag could I be suspended from school?
http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/

[prolesunited]

13. I'm not sure what you school's policies are

but I advocate social change through non-violent means. MLK and Ghandi are much more worthy of support, IMHO.

What would be your purpose in displaying this button?

[JohnKleeb]

17. I side with them too more so but

I will probably get a peace button instead but proles I want peace of course through peaceful means but I really dont object to the IRA much sure I hate some of what they do but if you hit the dog for too long he will bit back.
I really like this more. I want peace proles I really do but to be honest I have a little bit of sympathy for them.
I am sorry I really am but although I hate their violent ways I can see where they are coming from nationalists have tried peaceful means for years.

[prolesunited]

19. I do understand the dynamics

at play there and know that human nature has a tendency to run its course. Fortunately, I've never been in that situation so I don't know how I would react. I think the situation there is similar to that in Israel and Palestine.

Both sides have been grieviously wronged and have sound reasons for reacting the way that they have. However, both sides are wrong. You cannont achieve peace through violence.

At some point, I am hoping that our collective consciousness can evolve to the point that we can transcend human nature and appeal to our higher selves to find true justice and compassion.

Here's some of quotations that I have found inspirational.

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
-- Mohandas K. Gandhi

"There is no way to peace. Peace is the way."
-- A.J. Muste.

"This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."
-- Peace Pilgrim.

"The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. Finally it reaches the opponent and so stirs his conscience that reconciliation becomes a reality."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil. Change will only come about when each of us takes up the daily struggle ourselves to be more forgiving, compassionate, loving, and above all joyful in the knowledge that, by some miracle of grace, we can change as those around us can change too.
-- Maíread Maguire


(I love being able to edit subject lines)

[JohnKleeb]

21. I agree proles

Thank you I feel a little less embarassed now thank you for being kind.

[BiggJawn]

14. How long did it take you?

I went up the road to the next town over the weekend on my old Fuji. That was a litle over 15 miles. Not bad for a 285#, 46 yr-old diabetic...15 mph headwind, too...

There's a Century next month locally, with a metric option, 1/2 Century, 30 miler and 10 miler. I'm considering either the 30 or the 1/2 Century.

Just finished the log for tonight's short ride. 8 miles in 40 minutes, top heart rate was 176. (yeah, I did some intervals)

And that's a NICE looking bike!

[prolesunited]

28. Just curious about the details of your century next month

This is the one I'm looking at doing:

Lakeshore Century along Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline on Sept. 7
http://www.bicycling.org/ridesched/special/century/1home.htm

Do you have a link or more details on yours? You're in Fort Wayne, right?

[JohnKleeb]

18. Proles did I came across as a jackass?

with that one question to everyone who read this thread I feel like a dumbshit I do admire MLK and Gandhi well but its real hard not to wanna fight back and its not like the people of Northern Ireland havent tried using peaceful means they have and one of the most infamous examples was bloody sunday.

[prolesunited]

20. No worries

I wasn't ignoring you, just working on a response, which is now posted. We all have different points of view. If we all had the same opinion, it wouldn't be much of a discussion board. :-)

[JohnKleeb]

22. thanks

I actually prefer people like Cooper and Devlin who tried to get freedom through peace actually. I admire them more but I do have a tad bit of sympathy for the IRA thats a tad I dont love em but i see their cause being more justifed than the knights of orange or whatever they are called. Thank you again for being kind and responding to me I really appreciate it. I dont feel so embarassed no more/

[underpants]

29. Where are you and how are you getting home?

:bounce:

[prolesunited]

30. I'm at work right now

and I'm driving my car home -- so I can go bike riding again when I get off. I'm in training for my vacation.