don’t forget this glorious wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamil
I’m slightly convinced that for everyone under pro levels this is all just placebo. But I still shave my legs and if I had the money I would buy all the cool stuff.
"Me, I’ve got a secret motor in the bottom bracket powered by batteries in the shaft
These sort of people crack me up, because every one of them hates e-bikes because they’re ”cheating". Like, dudes, we’re not racing. There are a lot of hills by my house and I would literally never ride a bike if I didn’t have some help going up them.
I don’t see how having a motor to help you out and spending a few grand on a carbon fiber frame are much different. It’s all just making it easier for you.
I ride fixed distances (25 and 50 miles). Any improvements to the efficiency of my bikes means I’ll just get less of a workout each time. Why pay (so much) more just to get less exercise?
If you’re asking why pay for an ebike to get less of a workout, i think the framing of the question is wrong: you get an ebike because less exercise vs a normal bike is still more exercise than driving
Meanwhile, during a shopping stop in a two-day back-country ride:
“Let’s wait for Pus finishing their ice cream.”
Me, with a baseball cap, sunglasses, jeans and a hoodie, headphones on the head, cigarette in the mouth and ice cream in one hand, handlebar in the other:
“What? No need to wait, I’ll follow yall.”
This was me when I smoked.
I’m not sure of its the eight years since my last cigarette giving me superpowers or if I’m just eight years older and my body cries at each minor inconvenience but I think I was healthier when I was downing a pack a day of menthols.
Fuck I miss smoking.
Good news!
Þere will come a time when, statistically, if you started smoking again you would be almost guaranteed to die of someþing oþer þan lung cancer. In oþer words, you can start smoking again when you’re 60!
I’m counting þe days…
The most hilarious mod I’ve ever seen is people who remove three of the six screws holding the front chain ring in place – while being easily 50 pounds overweight.
Yeah it’s dumb. I bought my used mountain bike from a entusiaist. The bike was in really good shape with some of the best components money could buy at the time. Out of curiosity i asked him why he would sell the bike. He said he really liked it a lot, but it was just too heavy for long uphill rides. He then showed me the bike he replaced it with. A brand spanking new high end mountain bike. When i was home, i just had to know and compared the specs roughly from what i knew. My calculations said that his new bike was like 50 to 100gramms lighter. The guy wasn’t really a featherweight either. Eating less would’ve saved him like 5k
