Is it just me or.......
geordiefreerider
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Do bikes have souls ?
No joke, sometimes I ride my beloved trail warrior and everything feels wrong, the gears slip and grind, the suspension feels all wrong and crap and theres noises coming from every moving part, yet I can take out again after doing absolutely nothing to it and it rides like a dream !!
It almost feels like im holding the bike back when it's like that !
I'm sure my bike is a sentient being and it has good and bad rides much like myself :roll:
No joke, sometimes I ride my beloved trail warrior and everything feels wrong, the gears slip and grind, the suspension feels all wrong and crap and theres noises coming from every moving part, yet I can take out again after doing absolutely nothing to it and it rides like a dream !!
It almost feels like im holding the bike back when it's like that !
I'm sure my bike is a sentient being and it has good and bad rides much like myself :roll:
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oooooooooooooooooookkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy
maybe time to lay off the energy gels!!!
seriously though, tend to agree. Mine threw me off several times yesterday 'cos i took her out in the rain!{insert smartarse comment here}0 -
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The psychologists call it 'projection'. You are 'projecting' your own crap feelings onto your poor old bike. How could you be so cruel.0
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lmao 0
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I actually agree 100% with that, their temperamental sods bikes! The bit about every moving part making a noise when it feels like it is especially true!Dont you just love Marin's...i sleep with mine0
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I once read a mtb blog about a guy in the US who names his Niner bike 'buddy'
It was a real hoot to read. Had bits like 'me and Buddy went to Moab last fall, buddy wasn't feeling too good and needed a clean.' etc
Basically to this guy 'buddy' was a living thing. Suppose he's right in a weird way. Maybe there's more to our bikes than meets the eye.0 -
In that case mines getting extra pocket money after todays performance !! 0
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geordiefreerider wrote:In that case mines getting extra pocket money after todays performance !!
How do you reward the steed after a good day's ride? GT85 baby
(just want to say there is no sexual subtext to the above joke, so please don't accuse me of being perverted or having an overactive thyroid (imagination)0 -
I get her in the dungeon (workshop) pop on the latex (gloves) and get the lube out (gt85) with a few beers and some barry white on the hi fi !!
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Feel the same way, until it brakes/gets stolen/is sold. Then its just a bike. And a bikes a bike.
I find I care more about the bike then myself quite often.0 -
Sometimes I forget to wash, but never forget to wash the bike. 0
