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 2011-03-10 12:54 PM in reply to: #3392074 |
Champion  11989      Philly 'burbs |  Subject: RE: Wasteful training....norcal_SAHD - 2011-03-10 1:06 PM synthetic - 2011-03-10 9:51 AM Why do people drive out to an area that they will bike or run.... this annoys me, there is no justifcation. If you are particular about location, bike or run there!! I do it because I know it annoys you. I'm going to start doing because it annoys him. OP, please let us know where you see this behavior most often. |
| 2011-03-10 12:56 PM in reply to: #3392030 |
Member 51 | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... considering the 20 mile stretch from where i live to where i drive to ride is a 60 mph single lane highway, full of raging hungover students texting and driving, and crazy 18 wheelers, i think i'll prioritize my life over the few gallons of gas i'm spending and keep driving... |
| 2011-03-10 12:57 PM in reply to: #3392181 |
Veteran 523 East Greenbush | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... synthetic - 2011-03-10 1:39 PM sesh - 2011-03-10 12:27 PM Because I like to spend time with my wife. I like riding the Natchez Trace as opposed to residential streets and city streets around me. When I take my car, I knock off what would be about two travel hours. So to answer your question. Because training isn't the most important thing in my life. I love my wife more and those two hours I would otherwise waste on a Saturday mean something to both of us. Justified enough for you?
kind of hard to have sex in the car while driving.
We as athletes are something people look up to. I am into functional fitness.... biking to the grocery store for groceries,etc . If an unfit person sees us biking 1 mile to the store they maybe more prone to do it, rather than racking gear off and on a car, driving out somewhere, makes it less appealing. I lived in holland and it opened up my eyes to how wasteful we are with out convenieces.
Its even harder to have sex while riding my bike. Lets all stop feeding the troll. |
| 2011-03-10 1:08 PM in reply to: #3392210 |
Extreme Veteran 389 | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... trileelee - 2011-03-10 12:56 PM considering the 20 mile stretch from where i live to where i drive to ride is a 60 mph single lane highway, full of raging hungover students texting and driving, and crazy 18 wheelers, i think i'll prioritize my life over the few gallons of gas i'm spending and keep driving...
surely there are side roads to get there too... I will allow one justification, if you live in a snowed out area and are driving 100 miles to a location with rideable conditions you are pardoned... holland may have more dedicated cycle lanes, but here there a cities with good routes/infrastructure, take socal.
Now this maybe conterversial , but also we can show some of these drunk drivers who live in close proximity to a city that biking out to the bar and back might be a safer-cost effective-sobering alternative, pending mass adoption Edited by synthetic 2011-03-10 1:09 PM |
| 2011-03-10 1:11 PM in reply to: #3392237 |
Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... synthetic - 2011-03-10 2:08 PM I will allow one justification . . . . Is that like the Eleventh Commandment?
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| 2011-03-10 1:14 PM in reply to: #3392237 |
| Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... Now this maybe conterversial , but also we can show some of these drunk drivers who live in close proximity to a city that biking out to the bar and back might be a safer-cost effective-sobering alternative, pending mass adoption Finally, you say something sensible |
| 2011-03-10 1:16 PM in reply to: #3392247 |
Elite 2793 Denver | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... ChrisM - 2011-03-10 12:14 PM Now this maybe conterversial , but also we can show some of these drunk drivers who live in close proximity to a city that biking out to the bar and back might be a safer-cost effective-sobering alternative, pending mass adoption Finally, you say something sensible Wait, so if I'm drunk, it'd be safer for me to ride my fixie home than call a cab? |
| 2011-03-10 1:18 PM in reply to: #3392254 |
Champion 5117 Brandon, MS | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... wavedog - 2011-03-10 1:16 PM ChrisM - 2011-03-10 12:14 PM Wait, so if I'm drunk, it'd be safer for me to ride my fixie home than call a cab?Now this maybe conterversial , but also we can show some of these drunk drivers who live in close proximity to a city that biking out to the bar and back might be a safer-cost effective-sobering alternative, pending mass adoption Finally, you say something sensible It's a risk you should take to reduce your carbon footprint. |
| 2011-03-10 1:19 PM in reply to: #3392254 |
Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... wavedog - 2011-03-10 2:16 PM ChrisM - 2011-03-10 12:14 PM Wait, so if I'm drunk, it'd be safer for me to ride my fixie home than call a cab?Now this maybe conterversial , but also we can show some of these drunk drivers who live in close proximity to a city that biking out to the bar and back might be a safer-cost effective-sobering alternative, pending mass adoption Finally, you say something sensible You're ignoring the cost effective-sobering parts of the equation. You focusing too much on safety.
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| 2011-03-10 1:19 PM in reply to: #3392247 |
Veteran 523 East Greenbush | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... ChrisM - 2011-03-10 2:14 PM Now this maybe conterversial , but also we can show some of these drunk drivers who live in close proximity to a city that biking out to the bar and back might be a safer-cost effective-sobering alternative, pending mass adoption Finally, you say something sensible
That's not sensible. It may be safer than driving a car but would still be dangerous and illegal. You can still get a DUI if you are riding a bike. I remember something about Bike riders have to obey the same traffic laws as a motorists...including DUI laws. |
| 2011-03-10 1:20 PM in reply to: #3392030 |
Pro 4723 CyFair | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... Maybe OP lives in a bike friendly area. I do not. I've been hit a couple times and cussed at several others by drivers who don't believe cyclists should be on the road. Don't really feel like doing that again if that's okay by senior Synthetic. |
| 2011-03-10 1:21 PM in reply to: #3392030 |
Veteran 208 Fayetteville, AR | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... funny this came up..AND that the OP is from Holland.... funny because what i usually do for my training rides is pack my bike and fly it to NY, thus burning jet fuel. After that, i board a coal burning ship and take that to Holland, all the while throwing all my trash overboard. Sometimes we burn some extra oil on the surface of the water just for fun. Then, i do my 10 mile training ride, and reverse the trip back to Nashville. |
| 2011-03-10 1:21 PM in reply to: #3392030 |
Extreme Veteran 389 | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... Most people complain the cab is expensive, and indeed it is
as for biking drunk, its less likely you are to kill someone else on a bike. Edited by synthetic 2011-03-10 1:23 PM |
| 2011-03-10 1:28 PM in reply to: #3392269 |
Elite 2793 Denver | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... synthetic - 2011-03-10 12:21 PM Most people complain the cab is expensive, and indeed it is
as for biking drunk, its less likely you are to kill someone else on a bike. Ok, so say I ride my bike home, I'm drunk, and swerve in front of a car and get killed. It's going to be much more of a headache than if I would have just called a cab. |
| 2011-03-10 1:36 PM in reply to: #3392269 |
Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... synthetic - 2011-03-10 2:21 PM Most people complain the cab is expensive, and indeed it is
as for biking drunk, its less likely you are to kill someone else on a bike. These lazy drunks should just walk or run.
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| 2011-03-10 1:37 PM in reply to: #3392030 |
Master 2094 | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... The drunks where I live all drive mopeds |
| 2011-03-10 1:37 PM in reply to: #3392191 |
Veteran 345 SE TX | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... Goosedog - 2011-03-10 12:46 PM synthetic - 2011-03-10 1:39 PM kind of hard to have sex in the car while driving. You're doing it wrong.
Maybe his seat is too high? On second thought, I know it is. On driving to train: I like to train how I race. I will be driving to races. Ergo. . .
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 2011-03-10 1:44 PM in reply to: #3392311 |
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| 2011-03-10 1:46 PM in reply to: #3392326 |
| Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... gvey - 2011-03-10 2:44 PM Goosedog - 2011-03-10 1:36 PM synthetic - 2011-03-10 2:21 PM Most people complain the cab is expensive, and indeed it is
as for biking drunk, its less likely you are to kill someone else on a bike. These lazy drunks should just walk or run.
That doesn't work, either. Then you get nailed for public intoxication. Oh, come on. If you're running down the street between Midnight and 2am, wearing Newtons, no socks, a one-piece tri kit, Fuel Belt and an Ironman (c) visor - what cop in their right mind is going to bother you?
Edited by Goosedog 2011-03-10 1:47 PM |
| 2011-03-10 1:50 PM in reply to: #3392181 |
| Expert 1416 San Luis Obispo, CA | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... synthetic - 2011-03-10 10:39 AM sesh - 2011-03-10 12:27 PM Because I like to spend time with my wife. I like riding the Natchez Trace as opposed to residential streets and city streets around me. When I take my car, I knock off what would be about two travel hours. So to answer your question. Because training isn't the most important thing in my life. I love my wife more and those two hours I would otherwise waste on a Saturday mean something to both of us. Justified enough for you?
kind of hard to have sex in the car while driving.
We as athletes are something people look up to. I am into functional fitness.... biking to the grocery store for groceries,etc . If an unfit person sees us biking 1 mile to the store they maybe more prone to do it, rather than racking gear off and on a car, driving out somewhere, makes it less appealing. I lived in holland and it opened up my eyes to how wasteful we are with out convenieces.
How did the food get to the grocery store? Why aren't you growing your own food in your backyard? |
| 2011-03-10 1:54 PM in reply to: #3392264 |
| Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... orphious - 2011-03-10 11:19 AM ChrisM - 2011-03-10 2:14 PM Now this maybe conterversial , but also we can show some of these drunk drivers who live in close proximity to a city that biking out to the bar and back might be a safer-cost effective-sobering alternative, pending mass adoption Finally, you say something sensible
That's not sensible. It may be safer than driving a car but would still be dangerous and illegal. You can still get a DUI if you are riding a bike. I remember something about Bike riders have to obey the same traffic laws as a motorists...including DUI laws. Really, I didn't think I needed to use the sarc font...... |
| 2011-03-10 1:55 PM in reply to: #3392237 |
| Pro 4353 Wallingford, PA | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... synthetic - 2011-03-10 2:08 PM I will allow one justification, if you live in a snowed out area and are driving 100 miles to a location with rideable conditions you are pardoned... Wow --- thanks for the permission, your grace.... But wouldn't it be better to hop on a trainer or treadmill indoors (perhaps attached to a power generator to further reduce our emissions) than to drive 100 miles to train? But then again, if we did that, none of those fat slobs who are looking up to the example we're setting would be able to see us.... |
| 2011-03-10 1:56 PM in reply to: #3392332 |
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| 2011-03-10 1:57 PM in reply to: #3392340 |
| Extreme Veteran 389 | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... bibriley:
mass farming is more cost effective and I walk to my grocery store which is 1km away
the food gets there by truck, that pollution is more necessary than the kind caused by a recreational athlete |
| 2011-03-10 1:58 PM in reply to: #3392357 |
| Elite 2793 Denver | Subject: RE: Wasteful training.... gvey - 2011-03-10 12:56 PM Goosedog - 2011-03-10 1:46 PM gvey - 2011-03-10 2:44 PM Goosedog - 2011-03-10 1:36 PM synthetic - 2011-03-10 2:21 PM Most people complain the cab is expensive, and indeed it is
as for biking drunk, its less likely you are to kill someone else on a bike. These lazy drunks should just walk or run.
That doesn't work, either. Then you get nailed for public intoxication. Oh, come on. If you're running down the street between Midnight and 2am, wearing Newtons, no socks, a one-piece tri kit, Fuel Belt and an Ironman (c) visor - what cop in their right mind is going to bother you?
Good idea. Tactical deception...I like it. However, dressed like that, I'm pretty sure you're going to get your a** kicked at the bar. Well, you definitely won't be taking anyone home with you, that's for sure. |
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