Comments on: Guest Article: The Cyclist’s Creed

By: Teocalli

Teocalli — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:57:05 +0000

@Mark Elliott

@Teocalli Nah, you can kill the horse.

Keep you in burgers for a good while I suppose.

By: Mark Elliott

Mark Elliott — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:44:36 +0000

@Teocalli Nah, you can kill the horse.

By: Puffy

Puffy — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 06:14:56 +0000

@nobby

One of my bikes has gone to LBS for a repair. I now just look up at an empty space on the garage wall where it hung. Hours I spend like that, just looking and remembering….. Perhaps I just need to go for a ride

I spent quite a bit on a custom set of wheels, 2.5x more than I planned. I was smitten upon opening the box. Oh they were a thing of great beauty and wonderment with the custom decals and all, but then horrified to discover the front had a bunch of concentric marks on the rim and it had to go back. The rear I kept, consoling my self by glueing on a lovely gum wall tubular. I hung on the peg waiting for it's mate and they both to be fitted and ridden. That was late august. I am still waiting deliery on the replacement front. I spoke to them today actually, looks to be another three weeks. So, every morning and afternoon I enter the garage to either retrieve or return a bike, glance up at the lonely wheel, and sigh. I maked their build date on the wall calendar here at work when I ordered them. It was a long two weeks. They were going to help me win the club championships. The season is now over. I glance up at the calendar and marvel at how long ago that was, I picture the wheel hanging in the garage and wonder at how long i must continue to wait until I get to enjoy their song of tubular, carbon, and asphalt. No one shall accuse me of being impatient from now on..... no one. Mum always said "great things come to those who wait"

By: Puffy

Puffy — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 06:03:18 +0000

My bikes, my spare wheels, my unbuilt frame hang/stand in the garage. I get real edgy when someone is in there and I typically gravitate out there to make sure all is good. What are they going to touch? Are they standing too close to #1, which is leaning properly but maybe still knocked over? Unfortunatly, the laundry is in there too, so "Her indoors" gets an entry pass. (Never hinder those washing/ironing your laundry) but the kids on the other hand not so much. For some reason, they have a pile of toys (sporting equipment) that "has to be in there". I've put it right at the door so they don't really have to go in, but i'm still not happy about it.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 20:44:12 +0000

Celeste. Campy. Work stand. No one else is allowed near the the small corner of the basement that is mine.

By: RobSandy

RobSandy — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 07:34:17 +0000

@Teocalli

@gaff
Good news! My wife is getting a horse. Which, as you might understand, means that I can motivate buying yet another bike.
A horse! More likely you will never be able to afford anything ever again?

At one point last year my mum had 3 horses. Pretty good way to eat and shit out any inheritance I might have otherwise expected. The thing that really sticks the knife in is that I'm outrageously allergic to horses. Anyway, bikes. Yeah. I like bikes.

By: Teocalli

Teocalli — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 09:40:40 +0000

@gaff

Good news! My wife is getting a horse. Which, as you might understand, means that I can motivate buying yet another bike.

A horse! More likely you will never be able to afford anything ever again?

By: gaff

gaff — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 08:47:35 +0000

Good news! My wife is getting a horse. Which, as you might understand, means that I can motivate buying yet another bike.

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 23:03:47 +0000

i had these printed up a couple of years ago having messed around with the wording but was never that happy with it

By: Phillip Mercer

Phillip Mercer — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:20:16 +0000

Well done. For those who haven’t seen FMJ please realize this is an adaptation of a quote: “only two things come out of Belgium – beers and queers and you don’t look much like a beer to me so that narrows it down!”.

As soon as Full Metal Jacket was mentioned I couldn’t get the actual quote out of my head. :)

By: nobby

nobby — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 22:55:05 +0000

One of my bikes has gone to LBS for a repair. I now just look up at an empty space on the garage wall where it hung.

Hours I spend like that, just looking and remembering…..

Perhaps I just need to go for a ride

By: gilly

gilly — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 22:45:38 +0000

“This my rifle, these are my guns, this is for fighting these are for fun”

By: Oli

Oli — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 22:34:28 +0000

What, you shouldn’t talk to your kids like that now??

Nice one, Gaff.

By: Gianni

Gianni — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:08:43 +0000

@Ccos

Excellent and spot on, but I’m not getting one of those hair cuts. On a side note, sometimes when disciplining my kids I have to severely edit the Lee Ermey-style rant playing in my head before it reaches my vocal cords…

That would be fun. Line 'em up and give 'em some R. Lee Emery..."I bet the best part of you, etc"

By: Ccos

Ccos — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 20:55:08 +0000

Excellent and spot on, but I’m not getting one of those hair cuts.

On a side note, sometimes when disciplining my kids I have to severely edit the Lee Ermey-style rant playing in my head before it reaches my vocal cords…

By: universo

universo — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:44:36 +0000

good one and awesome