Anyone else really still only 7 years old?
ktaylor
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At the risk of coming across as a 7 year old I would like to inform everyone that I cycled all the way into work, 6.5 miles through traffic lights and roundabouts, no-handed. However sad this may appear I know this will be my best accomplishment for the week.
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I just laughed, so, umm.... yepSometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0
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dO YOU NOT HAVE TO STOP AT ANY POINT?2012 Cannondale Synapse0
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jeez. I took my hands off the bars for only a few seconds this morning and hit a pot hole straight away :x0
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ktaylor wrote:At the risk of coming across as a 7 year old I would like to inform everyone that I cycled all the way into work, 6.5 miles through traffic lights and roundabouts, no-handed. However sad this may appear I know this will be my best accomplishment for the week.
All on green, I trust.This post contains traces of nuts.0 -
Mark Elvin wrote:dO YOU NOT HAVE TO STOP AT ANY POINT?
I assume that this is a case of not noticing that the caps lock was on, rather than you being shouty.This post contains traces of nuts.0 -
dondare wrote:Mark Elvin wrote:dO YOU NOT HAVE TO STOP AT ANY POINT?
I assume that this is a case of not noticing that the caps lock was on, rather than you being shouty.
Whoops, caps lock FAIL.2012 Cannondale Synapse0 -
I confess one of the ten set of lights I went through just turned red as I sailed through. There was no lane coming in from the left and I'm invincible anyway (aren't all seven year olds?).
The roundabouts were trickier though.0 -
If you also drank a can of coke while riding you are officially better than Thor Hushovd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E3VcIsMzZ4<a>road</a>0 -
ktaylor wrote:At the risk of coming across as a 7 year old I would like to inform everyone that I cycled all the way into work, 6.5 miles through traffic lights and roundabouts, no-handed. However sad this may appear I know this will be my best accomplishment for the week.
Chapeau!0 -
excellent, well done!
I'm definitely 7 years old, especially when it rains and I can take both feet of the pedals as I ride through huge puddles on a purpose. really have to hold back on the screams of delight0 -
All males basically get stuck at 7 - 10 years old
We grow old. We do not mature!None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.0 -
my favourites are the running impression...and of course the classic 'aeroplane arms' routine!
Hi I'm cee and I'm 7. When I grow up I want to be an astronaut.Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
H.G. Wells.0 -
The problem of what to do with the arms when going no handed has always foxed me. There is a fine line between looking nonchalant and actually being able to stay upright.0
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ktaylor wrote:The problem of what to do with the arms when going no handed has always foxed me. There is a fine line between looking nonchalant and actually being able to stay upright.
Throw them in the air in celebration, obv.
Although then you need to turn around, go back and pick them up, I suppose.0 -
Time to get some spokey dokes and pop a playing card against your chainstay for that motorbike noise me thinks....
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BigJimmyB wrote:Time to get some spokey dokes and pop a playing card against your chainstay for that motorbike noise me thinks....
amatuer! real kids have http://www.turbospoke.com/Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
H.G. Wells.0 -
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cee wrote:BigJimmyB wrote:Time to get some spokey dokes and pop a playing card against your chainstay for that motorbike noise me thinks....
amatuer! real kids have http://www.turbospoke.com/
Do Wiggle stock these?0 -
I hope you were carrying a getoblaster on your shoulder playing Bob Marley. Now that would have been cool.
.....oh, and learn to track stand with no hands.....
.....and then bunny hop up the last three steps straight in to the office.
It was however less embarrasing to fall off my bike when I was seven. Faceplanting in front of a group of teenagers was not as much fun at 33.0 -
Well at least we know what the answer should be if ktaylor asks flat or drops - neither, down tube shifters and bars long enough to hold brake levers only!
SimonCurrently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0 -
cee wrote:amatuer! real kids have http://www.turbospoke.com/
XC: Giant Anthem X
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets0 -
TBH, I very nearly got a turbospoke a while back just for the hell of it.
It really did appeal to the 7YO in me0 -
nich wrote:jeez. I took my hands off the bars for only a few seconds this morning and hit a pot hole straight away :x
you're supposed to have your eyes openPurveyor of sonic doom
Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
Fixed Pista- FCN 5
Beared Bromptonite - FCN 140 -
brilliant, especially the disclaimer on the ad
'caution, this product is awesome'"I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
--Jens Voight0 -
I came up to a part of my ride that I am a bit worried about the other day (right turn shortly after a sharp bend). A young kid in front of me held no such fears as he cycled no handed checking his phone in the middle of the lane slowing the cars down. I think no handed could be the future.0