"Serious Rider"
JD
I have seen these words placed together on this NG many
times and have wondered. What do they mean by "serious"?
Is this a reference to racers? Is this someone who does
not smile when riding? I do believe that there are several
interpretations involved here, all of which, I care not to
know. The only consistency I see in use of this term is
when someone is (pathetically) attempting to convey
superiority. Get a clue. It's not how you play the game,
it's whether you ride or not.
JD
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Roger Buchanan
> What are people referring to when the say these two words?
[Snart] [Hack]
Aheb...!
I dink but dey been by da derm "serious riber" is dat dey hab a goal, be it:
a) Bosing, derbye luging cool (Dot!)
b) Racig, dey feel nobody is baying addention do dem so de say dey are "serious
ribers", lige wed somebudy doden't beleeb you about someding, and you say "Do!
I'b serious!" Maybe racers who feel idadekwet feel bedder if dey use da terb
"serious riber"
c) Dey don't lige do hab fud...so dey are a "serious riber"
> I do believe that there are several
> interpretations involved here, all of which, I care not to
> know.
Oh shur! dow you dell be dat it wudz a rhedorical quesdjun...<snib>
> It's not how you play the game,
> it's whether you ride or not.
Aben doo dat brudder! [hack]
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Bike Boy
helmet.
Bubba
>What are people referring to when the say these two words?
>times and have wondered. What do they mean by "serious"?
>Is this a reference to racers? Is this someone who does
>interpretations involved here, all of which, I care not to
>when someone is (pathetically) attempting to convey
>it's whether you ride or not.
Here! here! JD!!!
I'm NOT a serious rider. I enjoy it too much to be serious.
Bubba
ET
1) Don't just ride every-once-in-a-while.
2) Ride more than 3 times per week off-road.
3) Are into what ever helps them ride better (Not "Faster")
4) Write on bike newsgroups.
Sorni
his cold has entered his brain stem (120 mm, 90-degree rise?) and rendered
him batty...out there...fudgesicle (4th attempt at spelling!)...
Our Father, Who Art On Singletrack, Hollowed Ti Thy Components...
Bill S., Always Nice to Start Day Spiritually in SUNNY San Diego :)
Roger Buchanan <rbuc...@wpcusrgrp.org> wrote
> I dink but dey been by da derm "serious riber" is dat dey hab a goal, be
it:
>
> a) Bosing, derbye luging cool (Dot!)
> b) Racig, dey feel nobody is baying addention do dem so de say dey are
"serious
> ribers", lige wed somebudy doden't beleeb you about someding, and you say
"Do!
> I'b serious!" Maybe racers who feel idadekwet feel bedder if dey use da
terb
> "serious riber"
> c) Dey don't lige do hab fud...so dey are a "serious riber" {sned}
Pete Fagerlin
news:022dacf6...@usw-ex0107-052.remarq.com...
> I think it's the people who
> 4) Write on bike newsgroups.
This has absolutely nothing to do with being any kind of "rider."
--
Pete Fagerlin
Cycling pictures, videos, and unopinionated diatribes can
usually be found at: http://www.petefagerlin.com
Matt Plum
while looking as serious as possible...... What a seriously stupid thread
Matt
Pete Fagerlin <pe...@petefagerlin.com> wrote in message
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Blaine Bauer
this is yours.
Blaine
Pete
ET <ethomas...@hitachi-hkis.com> wrote
> I think it's the people who
> 1) Don't just ride every-once-in-a-while.
> 2) Ride more than 3 times per week off-road.
So someone who rides 150 miles/week onroad, and offroad only on saturday
morning is not a "serious rider"?
Pete
Pete Fagerlin
news:19990917135821...@ng-da1.aol.com...
<snip>
:Those that need to wear a helmet should look in
: their trousers and see whats missing.
Thanks for the tip!
I just checked my trousers and lo and behold, 4 of my piercings had fallen
out.
--
Pete "studly" Fagerlin
JPoulos451
>helmet.
>
Or a serious rider is one man enough to ride without one. Last time I looked, I
had two testicles. That makes me a man. Men are not afraid of pain or injury or
even death. We thrive on it. Those that need to wear a helmet should look in
JimN0OCT
> ...death. We thrive on it.
Hmmm.
Chico, where's my helmet?
J'm
To reply direct, remove clothes.
...-.-
James M. Lane
of men. Your definition is similar to that of
masochist. Any connection?
jim
ET
Bubba
JPoulos451
>a serious rider is one man enough to ride without one. Last time I looked,
I
>had two testicles. That makes me a man. Men are not afraid of pain or
injury or
>even death. We thrive on it. Those that need to wear a helmet should look
in
>their trousers and see whats missing.
Oh what's the point . . . ride without a helmet, dumbass. I'll look for you
in the
obituaries . . . on second thought, why bother? I don't give a ratzass
whether
you live to pollute the gene pool or not.
Bubba
"Brontosaurus, tired of waging battles of wit with unarmed opponents"
ET
some weekend alcholics (sp?)
Chico
wrote:
>********** wrote:
>
>> ...death. We thrive on it.
>
>
>Hmmm.
>
>Chico, where's my helmet?
<picking myself off the floor again>
Uh, sorry. It's dented now. I hope you don't mind?
Chico
Chico
superiority.
I think the definition should mean a person who considers mtn-biking
to be one of the higher priorities of his weekly schedule.
Another poster mentioned, "Someone who rides more than 3 times per
week." Well, if I ride more than 3 times per week, I will tire myself
out, and won't be able to ride for a week. That's not my goal. I
want to ride as often as I physically can. My weekly schedule
generally is defined with mtn-biking in mind. Big ride one day. Day
off. Small ride next day. Big ride next day. Day off. Big ride
Sunday morning, therefore don't get hammered Sat night. Night ride
Thursday night, therefore use thursday as a day to stay at work later
and catch up. etc etc. Even my meals are planned around biking. Big
ride on Sunday, so eat like a horse on Sat night. Night ride, eat
early.
Everything I do during my week usually has a biking consequence. I
consider myself a serious rider. I may not have the best bike, I may
not do well in races, I don't care how I look, and I don't try to look
'serious' on the trail. I want to enjoy my riding. I want to know
how to take care of my bike. I was to know how to manage my biking so
that I don't tire myself out.
I think I am a serious rider, but not according to most of the
definitions I've seen here so far.
Chico
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:57:55 -0700, JD <dijcctN...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>What are people referring to when the say these two words?
>I have seen these words placed together on this NG many
>times and have wondered. What do they mean by "serious"?
>Is this a reference to racers? Is this someone who does
>not smile when riding? I do believe that there are several
>interpretations involved here, all of which, I care not to
>know. The only consistency I see in use of this term is
>when someone is (pathetically) attempting to convey
>superiority. Get a clue. It's not how you play the game,
>it's whether you ride or not.
>
>JD
ERPaul
JimN0OCT
>Uh, sorry. It's dented now. I hope you don't mind?
Ugh. I fell off of the chair *onto* the helmet! Now *that* hurt!
I'm still laughing, though! ;-)
Bubba
Chico wrote in message <37e292c0...@news1.ns.sympatico.ca>...
<some pretty well thought out stuff>
I am most decidedly NOT a "serious" rider. My life is too full of
work, family, and a thousand other things to dedicate my life to
riding. OTOH, I love to ride, and do it every chance I get. Some
weeks that's 6 or 7 times, others only once or twice. Most weeks
I try and ride trails as much as possible, other weeks I'm on the
slicks flying along the asphalt and mild trails.
No point here . . . just putting my two cents in.
Bubba
natman
mine might have escaped! But mine was there. They gotta be coming from
somewhere! Some of you guys (and girls) must be missing yours.
Nat
JPoulos451 wrote:
> >According to one poster, a serious rider is one who is too dumb to wear a
> >helmet.
> >
>
> Or a serious rider is one man enough to ride without one. Last time I looked, I
natman
gave up beer on Friday nights because it affected my ride on Saturday am. I
think that makes me a "serious rider". Either that or just seriously stupid.
(Or maybe I'm just pissed off about giving up the beer and nookie!) Then
again, since I ALWAYS wear a helmet, I apparently don't have any testicles with
which to get nookie anyway, so maybe it wasn't such a sacrifice!
On a more serious note, who gives a shit who's a serious rider and who's not.
Unless you're permanently manacled to someone, their riding philosophy and
abilities should mean little to you. If someone's a poser, they're not likely
to be riding the trails you are unless you're a poser too! And the the more
people who buy bikes and don't ride them on "serious" trails the LESS your bike
costs you and the more room you have on the trail. In closing I have two things
to say..."Can't we all just get along?" and "Shut up and ride your damned
bike!"
Keith Lukaszek
organ, will not hesitate to take such simple, inexpensive measures as
wearing a helmet to protect it.
By the way, God told me to keep right on wearing a helmet again the other
day. At the minimum, His advice allowed me to continue my ride without a
mind clouded by pain.
But then again maybe you really do think
JPoulos451 wrote in message
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Brian
>
> A serious "manly" rider, knowing that his brain is really his largest sex
> organ, will not hesitate to take such simple, inexpensive measures as
> wearing a helmet to protect it.
For some people it's not worth the price of the helmet.;)
Thomas Letherby
<jpoul...@aol.comnospam> communicated thus:
>>According to one poster, a serious rider is one who is too dumb to wear a
>>helmet.
>>
>
>Or a serious rider is one man enough to ride without one. Last time I looked, I
>had two testicles. That makes me a man. Men are not afraid of pain or injury or
>even death. We thrive on it. Those that need to wear a helmet should look in
>their trousers and see whats missing.
Your brain: you opened your flies and your brain fell out!
Aren't you man enough to admit that you might not be completely
invulnerable? Or did you never get past the 'I'm 14, 10' tall and
bombproof' stage?
--
Thomas Letherby
The views expressed above are mine and not anyone else's. That includes my
employers Cyclesurgery (www.cyclesurgery.com) and my college, friends, family
etc.
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Mike