Other Interests apart from bikes/cycling.

johnnyhotdog

does anyone have time for other interests and/or hobbies outside of bikes and cycling and if so, what are you into?

i also do some hill walking and mountaineering:


restore and drive classic cars:



and restore and use open razors:


as you can see, i have no interest in photography or computers! :oops:

so, what else do you do?

shockedsoshocked

Listen to music, lots and lots of music.

Currently hammering Elvis Costello, Oingo Boingo and Kraftwerk.

redddraggon

johnnyhotdog wrote:

as you can see, i have no interest in photography or computers! :oops:

so, what else do you do?

Computers, but gaming mainly, not the faffing around programming computing stuff.

Rugby, watching and playing. Wales

Football, watching only really. Everton

Bit boring really, nothing much exciting goes on.

Mog Uk

Cycling and a family leave little time for anything else, but when I do get a moment:

Photography http://www.simon-morton.co.uk
&
Thrashing my other 2 wheeled transport

APIII

I used to enjoy photography, but sold my medium format gear to buy another bike

portuguese mike

used to have loads like rugby, scuba diving and running untill cycling took over my life (after getting run over whilst running). Now it's just drinking fine wines, reading and watching a lot of sport (football & cricket mainly but pretty much anything except horse racing)

Harry B

I currently enjoy the following:

Beer, squash, beer, 5-aside football, beer, watching rugby (but not last weekend ), beer, watching Chelsea (but not last weekend ), walking the dog, beer....oh and more beer

portuguese mike

oh yeah, i forgot, i quite like beer too.

Parkey

Archery

Must add an appropriate display picture.

rossbarney2003

I remix music

I love takin taking any song that I like and turning into something thats great to dance to, workout to etc. I also have a friend that DJ's that plays my mixes every so often. My friends think I should make a profession out of it since my mixes seem to get great rections, but I only do it for fun and like to mostly keep my mixes to myself.


I also play computer games etc.....just the normal stuff that teenagers do

clanton

I used to scuba dive at a fairly intense level including cave and deep wreck diving. I still do a little but only recreational stuff and a bit of instructing. Just can't find the time anymore to do two sports!

Sue Wass

Mog Uk wrote:

Cycling and a family leave little time for anything else, but when I do get a moment:


Thrashing my other 2 wheeled transport

:shock: :shock:
ahh yes what joy - I myself own two motor powered two wheelers :!:
one of which I compete off-road on. 8)

Jamey

I'm into photography like a few others on here. You can see my portfolio at:
http://www.jameyhoward.com/photoblog/portfolio.php

popette

Like Mog, cycling and family take up most of my time. However, I love cooking, eating and drinking, nights out talking about all kinds of sh!t (usually our husbands) with my antenatal friends, going mad on the dance floor, getting deeply absorbed with a good book, photography, restoring old photographs and early nights!

Edited to add that I couldn't do without my PC. I'm a Man City fan but have only been to watch one game this season. I'm hardly a gamer but I do love Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games on my DS. I'm sh!t hot at that 8)

wastelander

Oooooh - where to start! Former semi-pro musician ( 8)) and still noodle around at home although nowhere near as much as I should to keep my hand in -



As well as being a software developer I also currently run a photographic business on the side covering commercial, sporting events, press and agency work and I'm the Sheffield Steelers EIHL photographer so that's most weekends from September to March gone!

Other sports I play include ice hockey, squash, badminton, visit the gym 3-4 times a week and I'm also a keen console gamer - PS2, Xbox, Xbox360 but definitely no Wii..must get a PS3 soon too

As you may guess...I have no children but a very understanding g/f!

meagain

Still a two-wheeler. Seems to be slightly less socially acceptable...

topcat1

Very nice Karmann Ghia Johnny, I collect old sci fi books.

Sue Wass

meagain wrote:

Still a two-wheeler. Seems to be slightly less socially acceptable...

http://stevenorton.files.wordpress.com/ ... 270036.jpg

even worse I reckon (me and one of my other two wheelers!)

meagain

"even worse I reckon"

Hardly surprising: just look at the mess you've made of that track!!!

poucher

Another petrolhead here :twisted:

My collection :- The BMW is my keeper, a long term affair, lots of people don't like them ( but have never tried them! ) a different ride altogether than a sports bike, its kinda like riding a mechanical horse, it has a heartbeat, big twin grunt, when I get on it I could ride for miles, my 1 day record stands at 572 miles on a very wet holiday in France!

More big twins, RSV 1000 Aprilia Mille, totally orgasmic sound when used in anger, met an early end in 2004 in an interface with a dozy 4x4 driver!

Honda Fireblade 954cc, this is the 3rd Fireblade I've had, a stonking ride, so "together" in all respects

This is when it all goes pear shaped!!! the result of the 4x4 interface - 2 broken knees ( this is my left tibia platform ) 2 broken ribs , a broken right Scapula ( shoulder blade ) and the 3rd and 4th metacarpals in left hand = 12 weeks in a wheelchair with every limb in plaster! still have nightmares about it now :shock: :shock: :shock:

Moral of this story :- "Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly" - I think I had the edge on him that day!! ( this applys to cycling as well!! )


Cheers,

Poucher :wink

azzerb

Forced like of walking (by gf), initially was ok, not too keen on just a "walk" (Why take THIS long to do it!? I'd be there and back on my bike!)

However, since then done a lot of proper walking, and loved doing Snowdon and Mt Tryfan in December. Truly breathtaking.


Oh maths a fair bit, :oops: , though that's more of what i do, i enjoy it, but i cycle for my what i enjoy more. Thankfully going to be studying maths at uni in September/October.

Used to enjoy game consoles, just don't have time anymore. Used to enjoy running, not too keen anymore either, though i enjoyed a couple of fell races this season while i wasn't cycling.

jellybellywmb

Flyfishing and Rugby each a world apart but each serves a purpose i.e relaxation and aggression

grayo59

Suzuki GS850G 1979 model. Love it!

Hill/mountain hiking (love Cadair Idris) with low end scrambles of the Tryfan, Crib Goch, Bristly ridge kind. Just starting on the lake district.

Model railways - American HO scale (armchair reading loco's and diorama's only really)

WW2 model fighter aircraft

Visiting heritage steam and early diesel railways.

I am such an anorak!

Nuggs

meagain wrote:

Still a two-wheeler. Seems to be slightly less socially acceptable...

Seeing as we're talking about social unacceptability...


:twisted:

gumball3000

My username may give me away slightly.

I used to have a bit of a passion for road rallying type stuff...

Before being banned in Spain and having an outstanding warrant for my arrest in Germany. No speed limit on the Autobahn... Who was to know the Hard Shoulder didn't count?

Gumball 2003 San Fransisco to Miami



Gumball 2004. Paris to Cannes via Morrocco



Drivers Run 2005.



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I have grown up a little now though. Not been back to Germany mind you!

squired

I do also have an interest in women, although I try to limit the amount of time I spend on that hobby as it can be very expensive!

Dinner date or new cycling jacket, cinema or spare inner tubes.... clearly cycling is better value for money!!!!

Other than that, computers, electricals, cricket and various other sports.

il_principe

I'm into gaming - all 3 consoles plus a fairly monster pc.
Footie- big Chelsea fan (watched Lampard single-handedly destroy Derby last night)
Skiing - was a qualified instructor at one stage but can only afford 1 week a year now that cycling eats most of my money.
Also a bit of a HiFi buff.

Obvio women as well, especially as I'm newly single Does allow more time for the old video games and footie, though I'm not so keen on this dating business!

Clever Pun

Listen to music, go to loads of gigs and festivals

for example I went to see Gallhammer last night apparently they're a Crust/Black metal band. they're little japanese girls making a lot of good noise

I like boxing and kickboxing as well and watch MMA when I can

eating and drinking are of course great... over the last couple of years I've become a bit of a 'foodie' going to nice restaurants (Fat Duck last month) and I seem to have developed a talent for cooking as well..

Special mention for Single Malt as well

oh and travelling I like to see new places and experience different cultures

4kicks

Daniel and Lara, aged 8 months..

Dont have much time for anything else..

daniel_b

Gumball, do you own any of the pictured motors, ie Elise, 355 (I think it is?) and the Exige?

My hobbies outside of mountian biking and road cycing are badminton, squash, and cars really.

I have a pretty rare, but comparitively modern Citroen which is tucked up in the garage, and doesn't get driven very much - 17 years old this year.

I have an Elise on my want list, S2, Type 25.

Nuggs, were you the chap who had the garage/Chimeara/how to store bikes dilemma a while back?

If so, what did you do?!

EDIT: Yes you are
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12553841&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

So what happened??

Dan

Nuggs

Daniel B wrote:

Nuggs, were you the chap who had the garage/Chimeara/how to store bikes dilemma a while back?

If so, what did you do?!

Dan

It was me - well remembered!

The bike's hung by the front wheel on a hook just inside the garage doors - works perfectly!