Trying to get my girlfriend into mountain biking

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  • covelove
    covelove Posts: 209
    Ah but joe pineapples! you have seen my chick hitting gap jumps in les gets and i think your words were "chicks on bikes, ye cannae beat it" :)

    they might be a pain......and you might spend more time fixing bikes but seeing them kick ass more than most of your mates is worth the hasstle!
    does my tail look hard in this?

    cove stiffee

    orange 222
  • Joe_Pineapples
    Joe_Pineapples Posts: 1,718
    No, seeing them prepare you a steak pie dinner after you've been away on the bike with your mates all day is worth the hassle!
    '16 Radon Swoop 210
    '15 Radon Slide 9.0 HD
    '05 Rock Lobster Team TIG S.L.
    Restless Natives
  • Kiblams
    Kiblams Posts: 2,423
    Joe_Pineapples wrote:
    No, seeing them prepare you a steak pie dinner after you've been away on the bike with your mates all day is worth the hassle!

    Am I the only one waiting for another "the wife texted me" thread, except from Joe this time? :wink:
    HandsomeDog - OrangeCommuter
  • Joe_Pineapples
    Joe_Pineapples Posts: 1,718
    My missus is totally cool, she's just glad to get me out of the house.

    I spent ages going over the conversation I was going to have with her about buying a new bike a couple of weeks ago, but I got as far as "I fancy a new bike" and explained how I was going to pay for it before she turned to me and said "If you really want it, just buy it"

    I've never loved her more.
    '16 Radon Swoop 210
    '15 Radon Slide 9.0 HD
    '05 Rock Lobster Team TIG S.L.
    Restless Natives
  • covelove
    covelove Posts: 209
    and now you have 1. less space in your garage 2. another bike to maintain 3. a good excuse not to be in the house and 4. a new bike.

    man - you have everything!!
    does my tail look hard in this?

    cove stiffee

    orange 222
  • Joe_Pineapples
    Joe_Pineapples Posts: 1,718
    Hey, she met me when I was 14, I skidded to a halt next to her on my Redline RL20 Prostyler, so she clearly knew what she was getting into!
    '16 Radon Swoop 210
    '15 Radon Slide 9.0 HD
    '05 Rock Lobster Team TIG S.L.
    Restless Natives
  • big_southern_jesse
    big_southern_jesse Posts: 729
    .blitz wrote:
    What? That? Nooooooooooo I've had it ages...

    That's a familiar phrase! I've applied it to bike stuff, windsurf stuff, music, boat stuff, ... hmmm, lots of stuff!

    The other good line is...

    Ah, yes, new to me, but not actually new! As it happens my mate "Jimmy" has just upgraded from XT to XTR,* and this is his old stuff. IT was his spare, but now he has the XT... (Fit in as much technical jargon, especially numbers, codes and acronyms needed here to ensure that the eyes start to cloud over with boredom...) So anyway, this was going spare, so he gave it to me... :D
    Proved by testing to be faster than a badger.
    The world's ultimate marmite bike
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    LeighM wrote:
    bizarrely her main worry about cycling is "sore bits" and her "legs getting too big" :?

    To be fair they're both legit worries!! :D

    A good pair of padded shorts and a decent saddle will sort out the first one, and unless she's riding hours every day the second one won't matter :wink::D
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....

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