Bhima.....

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  • Will someone please put me up in Manchester for a weekend so I can get a ride in with Bhima and Freehub, it sounds incredible!
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Will someone please put me up in Manchester for a weekend so I can get a ride in with Freehub, it sounds incredible!

    Sounds incredible? You'd be disappointed.
  • :cry::cry::cry:
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    freehub wrote:
    I bet any girl I tell I can cycle 175 miles, NONE STOP, ALLLLLL DAY, they'd be all over me 8)

    Will, stick to bikes. They don't give you loads of agg' when you go out and ride another one.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Aggieboy wrote:
    freehub wrote:
    I bet any girl I tell I can cycle 175 miles, NONE STOP, ALLLLLL DAY, they'd be all over me 8)

    Will, stick to bikes. They don't give you loads of agg' when you go out and ride another one.

    ...similar maintenance schedule for freehub's women, lube well & repair the punctures. :wink:
    Cycling weakly
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Since this is Bhima's thread, according to his Facebook status
    Bhima Bowden
    As of today, i'm officially a full-time cyclist

    Make what you will of it :lol:

    Wonder if he's sponsored by JSA?


    Just thought I'd say, bored like, like.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    A Courier?
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Maybe, but he's based in Macclesfield.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Hmmm. Not much call for couriers there! I'm intrigued, despite my sensibility telling me not to be!
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Postie?..........

    martin6.jpg
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    His facebook pic is tragic

    The glasses are 10 sizes too big.

    And as for the girl talk, EVERY woman (without fail) I have ever spoken to finds cyclists silly and totally a turn off. I cycle to keep fit, and it is about as far from a pull sport as you can get. Good job I am married!

    Try rugby if you want birds... that worked!
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    I met my girlfriend thro' cycling so it worked for me. They prob.find cycling silly unless you are eg Tom Boonen/mark cavendish et al where it pays for a nice house in sunny climes and an expensive car or two. Suddenly, cycling seems to be quite attractive!
    M.Rushton
  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    and he's still not managed to race!
    Manchester wheelers

    PB's
    10m 20:21 2014
    25m 53:18 20:13
    50m 1:57:12 2013
    100m Yeah right.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    a_n_t wrote:
    and he's still not managed to race!

    What about all that racing he did 'down south'? And in Europe? :roll:
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    I assume he means he hasn't got a job, has finished in education so all he does with his time is ride his bike in an awesome manner :wink:
  • mrushton wrote:
    I met my girlfriend thro' cycling so it worked for me. They prob.find cycling silly unless you are eg Tom Boonen/mark cavendish et al where it pays for a nice house in sunny climes and an expensive car or two. Suddenly, cycling seems to be quite attractive!

    You mean Sophie van Vliet? She's been on the arm of the top Benelux riders of the last few years
  • lol hes so misunderstood all the time.

    im not getting involved in this. :lol:
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    That's funny. I'm also based in Macclesfield and am also currently a full-time cyclist. Maybe Bhima and I should start our own team together. I can race and he can pretend to race.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I didn't know one could make a living from "glass-cranking"?
    Ben

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Pokerface wrote:
    That's funny. I'm also based in Macclesfield and am also currently a full-time cyclist. Maybe Bhima and I should start our own team together. I can race and he can pretend to race.

    :lol:
  • An update on his movements from the otherwise fantastic OREC on Facebook:

    Bhima Bowden ‎''Training'' has been particularly Euro this week; lots of joking around with riders who are suffering, a few phone numbers when lounging at the cafe and then dropping an Audi supercar, complete with German driver and pumpin' beats, on my local descent.
    August 25 at 4:57pm · Comment · Like · View Feedback (4) · Flag
  • Scrumple wrote:
    His facebook pic is tragic

    The glasses are 10 sizes too big.

    And as for the girl talk, EVERY woman (without fail) I have ever spoken to finds cyclists silly and totally a turn off. I cycle to keep fit, and it is about as far from a pull sport as you can get. Good job I am married!

    Try rugby if you want birds... that worked!

    So true, especially when you turn 40, can't quite get rid of that wine-o-belly and still shave your legs. It is ridiculous when you think of it.....
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Pokerface wrote:
    That's funny. I'm also based in Macclesfield and am also currently a full-time cyclist. Maybe Bhima and I should start our own team together. I can race and he can pretend to race.

    You are a genuine pro cyclist?
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    'pro' and 'full time' are not necessarily the same thing.....
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    freehub wrote:
    Will someone please put me up in Manchester for a weekend so I can get a ride in with Freehub, it sounds incredible!

    Sounds incredible? You'd be disappointed.

    SO what she said.
    "I hold it true, what'er befall;
    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
    'Tis better to have loved and lost;
    Than never to have loved at all."

    Alfred Tennyson
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    freehub wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    That's funny. I'm also based in Macclesfield and am also currently a full-time cyclist. Maybe Bhima and I should start our own team together. I can race and he can pretend to race.

    You are a genuine pro cyclist?

    No. Being professional would imply I get paid for it. Funded - yes, but paid, no.

    I just no longer have a job and am currently riding more.
  • just been on a ride with bhima! he still has no internet.

    he looked a bit confused about how much out of proportion the whole thing has got. he said he was quote 'intrigued' that there is a thread with running commentary on his life

    he would like to thank his fan club for the support and continued concern and welcomes anyone to come along for a nice steady / easy ride this saturday near macclesfield if any body wants a chat at the cafe. :D

    on a side note. hes been working like a dog all year. no time for cycling. now he gets paid a shitload for working 2 days a week and now he has lots of spare time for riding.
  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    welcomes anyone to come along for a nice steady / easy ride this saturday near macclesfield

    Would do but I'm racing :wink:
    http://www.manchesterwheelers.co.uk/eve ... -of-20-htm
    Manchester wheelers

    PB's
    10m 20:21 2014
    25m 53:18 20:13
    50m 1:57:12 2013
    100m Yeah right.
  • Reading this thread it reminds me of why I stopped posting on forums a number of years ago. I think you should all get a grip, this is a cycling forum, not a stage for boarderline bullying. I know Bhima personally, you've just got to take him with a pinch of salt. He's a good lad really.
  • he rides around my way,passed him a couple of times in my metro
    going downhill slowly