+1 - I did it on Saturday the 27th. And with what was then a probable (now surgically fixed) broken ulna.bepboy wrote:..... you get knocked off your bike and when you hit the deck, through the blinding pain your first thought is.."is the bike ok????" was me on Sunday 28th.
And yes, the bike was I ok - Im still a bit sore
You know you have lost perspective when...
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby Kalgrm » Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:52 pm
You know you've lost perspective when you think a car is a better mode of personal travel, when you park your car in the garage, you think a 30km bike ride is too far and you stop visiting Bicycles.net.au.
The very concept of "losing your perspective" completely depends on what your original perspective was. You guys are all referring to things which reinforce my perspective.
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby bowie » Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:58 pm
you deserve a beer for that.
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Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it ....
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby shiv » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:56 am
ps beer never looked so good!!
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby casual_cyclist » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:52 pm
actually, now that I think about it there are worse ways to celebrate turning 40
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby Tom Marius » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:58 pm
EVEN WORSE
...you wait until going past pedestrians/cafe dwellers to throw it so they have a 'souvenir'.
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Postby m@ » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:21 am
HTFU Graeme!Kalgrm wrote:Ta, but I don't think I'm up for three of them!
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Postby casual_cyclist » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:13 pm
Yeah... it's all a matter of perspectiveRichard.L wrote:Your getting into it Casual_Cyclist are you trying to say something??
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Postby Avanti22 » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:04 pm
Can I have the blonde on the end instead? she is something else Noice!! She looks alot like the chick scolding the naughty horse next door to one of the deliveries I did today.... what a viewbowie wrote:
you deserve a beer for that.
- When you spend your whole day at work thinking about bikes instead of the office furniture your supposed to be selling.
- When all the other guys at work talk about the "tough" game of soccer they played over the weekend and all you can think is.... "SOFT! try a real sport".... it cant be that tough based on the beer belly their still sporting... but you keep your mouth shut because you know they'll start ripping on your lycra outfits and shaved legs
- When your driving and you nearly have a headon with oncoming traffic because your trying to see what bike the guy on the other side of the road is riding
- When you spot a painful looking hill you have to ride up it.
- Your history on the computer reads ..... pbk, pbk, pbk, pbk, bicycles.net.au, bicycles.net.au, this link is broken, this link is broken, trekbikes.com, trekbikes.com,bicycles.net.au, bicycles.net.au,bicycles.net.au, bicycles.net.au,bicycles.net.au, bicycles.net.au,pbk, pbk, pbk, ridleybikes.com,ridleybikes.com, bicycles.net.au, bicycles.net.au,bicycles.net.au, bicycles.net.au,bicycles.net.au, bicycles.net.au, trekbikes.com, trekbikes.com........ etc
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby casual_cyclist » Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:40 am
* your car is worth more than your bike (and you travel further on your bike)
* your car is insured but your bike isn't
* you are looking at a new car and a new bike and you are prepared to pay more for the car.
I really gotta get my perspective back.
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Postby V17L » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:22 pm
- you check the bike for damage before you look at yourself after the stack
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby sandman » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:31 am
I think I'm married to the same woman and work with the same people ! How many degrees of seperation !toolonglegs wrote:-your wife tells you that you have lost enough weight but you want to lose another 10 kilos and know you will be at about the right weight again when people start asking you if you are sick!.
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby cavebear2 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:52 pm
- When my wife tells me that I've lost my nice bottom and there's nothing to grab hold of.toolonglegs wrote:- your wife tells you that you have lost enough weight but you want to lose another 10 kilos and know you will be at about the right weight again when people start asking you if you are sick!.
(This morning she was going to see our physio and said she would tell him that I'm entering an ironman event - totally untrue!)
- When you get back from a 1hr hard ride on the way home from work and only have 30mins to make the dinner and head out the door to swim a few kms....
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby whichway » Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:40 am
. Your lights are worth 25% of your bike (see above)
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Re: You know you have lost perspective when...
Postby casual_cyclist » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:18 pm
Nothing wrong with any of that. You have not lost perspectivewhichway wrote:. You are getting up a stupid o'clock , going for a two hour ride and getting back home so you can go to work, and its still so dark that you have to have your headlights on (and you think that's kind of cool)
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