Bike Ridin'!!!
 

WHEY
Bike riding is surely the funnest and most relaxing activity ever!!
Down here in the heart of Virginia (swamps,fiddles, and wine) its just about the most beautiful and liberating experience one can have.. theres miles of awesome offroad trails and the weather is BEAST PERFECTION right now!
also, i just got a new bike (Specialized, YESSSS) but seriously theres nothing better than the rush you get on some scary downroad chaos..whos with me on this?!

i'm with you. i've been riding 20-50 miles a day all winter.

I love it.
I once went over the handlebars mountain biking...
Picked gravel out of my face pulped a muscle in my leg, cracked ribs, two severely sprained arms, possible hairline fracture in shin, couldn't walk for 3 weeks.
Good times.
I sort of lost my nerve a little after that.
I must have been in shock a little though, because I somehow rode home.

Ive had a fractured elbow (technical name unknown) and a totally fucking smashed collar bone.. that sucked!!!

i did that (over the bars onto my face) in the middle of times square in january--in traffic at around 30 mph.

I still love it, even though I have crashed a lot.

Ive gone over the bars quite a few times, but i never come out too badly hurt.
I also got hit by a retard on a cell phone going like 60 in a residential zone.. i was fine even though i was flipped into the fucking air and did about a 270.

bike to school everyday, bike anywhere else i go in town too. we dont have those cool trails and shit though. just normal suburban america

i did critical mass for awhile too, that is mega fun

i was into riding my bike when i was a kid. but i just recently picked one up and rode it. that was fun. i went way fast all the way down my road!

i'd like to ride a bike around, but i don't trust myself to not get killed in the london traffic.

i do CM in new york--which, if you haven't heard, involves police chases which include: the cops driving SUV's thru crowds of cyclists, then stopping short and opening their doors into oncoming cyclists; cops on motorscooters who will t-bone and/or intentionally collide with yr wheels to damage yr bike and cuse you to wreck; cops with safety netting who run out of nowhere to net off intersections and tackle cyclists; car and motorcycle chases of cyclists against oncoming traffic and on sidewalks; surveilance by multiple police helicopters; undercover NYPD agent provocateurs who try to get the mass to ride down the FDR Drvie and west side drive; cops with portable angle grinders who illegally cut the lock off of yr bike if you lock up and get away by foot or are at an afterparty; arrests/jail time for traffic violations; etc.

Yeah man, I have always loved to ride my bike.

i have 3 track bikes, a BMX bike and a folding bike.

I have an old black Schwinn BMX style bike.......I honestly don't know shit about them.

I have a single speed freewheel w/ 1 brake, a regular 21 speed mountain bike and a very cool late 60s Robin Hood 3 speed.

one has a front brake. oddly enough, that's the one that put me in the hospital--because of the brake.

brakes on track bikes are dangerous. besides you can modulate yr speed really well by skipping, skidding or using back pressure on the drivetrain. you can also grab the front wheel with yr hand to stop in a pinch.

Do you have tall bikes where you live, chabib? Those are big with the punk types here, where they weld a few frames together...

yeah. i have a couple of friends in the black label bike gang. they make 'em for jousting and fun.

Back in the elementary school days, about 11-12 years old I was quite into mountain biking, but I guess it was more like child's play than a real hobby, although I spend a lot of time browsing through mtb magazines.
One day my bikes safety lock got frosen and the key got stuck in, I kicked the fucker and the key snapped. So my bike's been in the bike shelter locked for over five years.
when I move to another city I'd like to get a new bike and get back into it I think.

as long as it isn't a kryptonite NY lock, you can cut it with a hacksaw. if it's a krypto, you can do it with an angle grinder.

Well the bike is trashed anyway. Tires deteriorated, rust everywhere and stuff. So many parts should be replaced by now and the frame is wrong size for me anyway. I don't care.

wait, this is a passtime where people get chased by the police??? or am i missing the point?

Me about to go down a bridge



Going downhill

I enjoy the shit out of mountain bicking. I rode with a crew in Miami WWW.Dirtdogs.org Oleta state park has good intermidiate trails & Markhum park is downright scary. I hope to hit trails here in Ky but, I know I'll get some major downhill drops out here. I've had all kinda shit happend once I was riding without a helmet and I almost ran into a tree faceplant but I put my forearm and that braced my face, I've gone over the handle bars pleanty & I've been stabbed by the front gear in the back of my calf. Still love it !!!

I have a 98 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo e Koo. I ride about 30 miles a day when the weather is nice. I try to commute to work as much as possible but the combination of weather, crazy drivers and me not being a morning person limits that.

it's kind of become that. check this blog for details:

http://bikeblog.blogspot.com

yeah ive heard about that in new york

here we have a group of like 15-20, our only trouble is other cars trying to pass and then yelling at us and shit. people here are jackasses

im pretty surprised i havent been hit, when i ride on the street cars go by and say GET ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE YOU BELONG and then speed past me in the median of the road between me and the other lane. its crazy, cars think they own the road

I've been hit twice in the last year while riding my bike to work. People have no respect for bikes.

wtf.. critical mass sounds crazy.....man!

o rly?!?!?!
id do it!~!!!

back to that tall bike thing...whats the point of that??
is it to kick people in the face??
thats mean
i saw them weld some bikes in a japanther video..it was the black label guys!

watch me gat wetter than a NAVY SEAL!

yeah. one of the guys in that video has his own custom frame building business in brooklyn. http://www.coastouttabrooklyn.com

SKATEBOARDING! much cooler

Ah, no. Skateboarding has always been cooler than bike riding. That's just the way it is. Deal w/ it.

watch some of this guy's alleycat race videos.
http://www.digave.com/videos/

monstertrack, rumble thru the bronx, drag race, etc. he's shot some great stuff.

I love biking but not as much as walking, eccept for it being faster. Riding around here though sucks. Drivers have no respect for people on bikes.

Has anyone seen "the Collective" DVD. It's more of a film than a bike video. They did a really great job. Check it out if you get a chance.

http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/

here's a good one:
http://www.petersutherland.net/Pedal.mov

here's the trailer for what's purported to be a black label doc, but is in fact, not quite:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=489 05898

did you see that girl get smashed by that cab???

jesus. apparently her bike was wrecked, but she got back up on a loaner bike and finished that race. *that* is badass.