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Velominatus: Garrrrh!

Order: Level 4 Velominatus

Renovater, Modifier & Rider of Classics: currently Atala & Rossin.

@Garrrrh!'s activity:

Bicycles and automobiles- can’t we all just get along? @Kah writes about this universal (do aliens have this issue also?) problem of us co-existing with humans in cars. We all drive cars too and have cursed the occasional cyclists for some good reason. Cars are our greatest threat. We can crawl away from our own bicycle crashes, thanks very m...

@Garrrrh!'s posts:

  1. Gotta get me one o those! (Not). See how they bestow the wearer with God-like strength, the guy in the middle demonstrating this by holding the entire balcony aloft so lesser mortals may take shelter from the elements beneath it… »

As children, none of us were given an allowance. Instead, we were taught from a young age that if we wanted to buy something, we had to earn the money in order to do so. To facilitate the model, and possibly to avoid child-labor law infringement, we were paid to do chores around the house in exchange for a cash payment directly proportional but not...

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  1. Crappy b/w photo… but me in the late 80′s rockin the Look/Wonder, Sidis, and early Poly helmet (death knell of the hairnet) – remember when they had lycra/net covers? »

The severity of a crash exists on two planes, the physical and psychological. The physical is the most obvious and one we busy ourselves with in the immediate vicinity of coming down. Our bodies need time to heal, our kits may need replacing or mending, and our bicycles may need repair work. For weeks and sometimes months, we may carry with us t...

@Garrrrh!'s posts:

  1. I recently had my CC “reset” by ice and reckon I’m now at least 6+ months to peak :( In my case it all boils down to faith – that and ignoring the fact it may happen again as ultimately it wasn’t my fault (beyond riding in insane conditions) – it was the … »