Are you a "Scorcher"?
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Love this - Christmas always brings out the nostalgia in me... 
http://issuu.com/carltonreid/docs/scorchersbloomers/1?e=0
(Found on cycling and the law)
http://issuu.com/carltonreid/docs/scorchersbloomers/1?e=0
The Bicycle (1892) wrote:"The desire to ride at an unreasonably high speed may become morbid... The ever lasting scorcher, bent like a hoop, and with sunken cheeks, ought to be quite sufficient warning against this abuse."
(Found on cycling and the law)
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Yes.....Currently 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
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A Scorcher is having the desire to go fast so, yes.
The achievement is another matter.....The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Yes! My cheeks are hollow because of the strength of the headwind though.0
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In my world, most definitely
In the real world, yeah, right...Waterloo - White City
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Here's another "Song of the Scorcher" - this time from 1897:
Of particular note are the lines
"Crash! as a child got into the spokes,
awfully careless some of these folks.
Break away speedily as you can,
Mix up with an elderly gentleman;
Elderly party rolled in the dirt
'Don't apologise - bike's not hurt!' "! :shock:
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OAM18970315.2.31Cannondale CAADX Tiagra 2017
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