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I thought this was low key for the brizzle kids and us? Or are we doing sightseeing on the sat?

Possibly because she has her own brain, which happens to include her own mind in it, to make her own decisions. Simple really.

But let's not forget that bitches ain't shit but ho's and tricks.

Why the hell is everyone screaming he's a SEXIST! at Alex, he's not talking about trying to force her into a life of enslaved cycling, just asking how best to approach sharing his favourite form of transport with his girlfriend, no need to shoot him down.

I owe you a firm and appreciative handshake.

You could stop refering to her as "your girl"....

Fuck off, this isn't a gender dominance or ownership issue. She refers to me as her boy and I take it as affectionate.

Get her a bike as a gift instead of something she actually wants and you're a selfish asshole.
Get her a bike as an honest plea to get her to give it a try and at least it's honest.

This was part of my original point; if I buy her a bike will she see it as me trying to force her into riding, or would it be a welcome token of a desire to share one of my favourite things in life with someone I care about.

So far the only noises she had made against cycling are loosely based on safety, although now that someone has made a point about commuting in relation to female attire, I suspect that another strong issue may be not wanting to ruin the hour worth of meticulous preparation in her appearance before she leaves the house each day.

Oh, you're a cunt too.

At last, something we can all agree on.

This is the only really sensible comment in this post.

People have, to a large extent, the ability to exercise freewill. If you're girlfirend wanted to ride a bike I'm sure she would be capable of communicating this fact to you, or whoever else she may feel comfortable discussing it with.

Asking, "How do I make someone do......" demonstrates just how little you think of them.

As for this:
Grow up and fuck off.

haha - you need to chillax Object. Or is it because she works in your building that you're defensive?

You can't deny that the 'urban cowboy fixie rebel adventurer' image isn't particularly appealing to some of the fairer sex, and there are many bikes more instantly appealing to people than the cold, stripped look of a track frame. Hell, when I was pure bmx and mtb, I thought road looking frames and thin tires were laughably nerdy and now my eyes fix onto any bike that goes past and glaze slightly, to the extent that my girl has to check occasionally that I'm not looking at women.

It's not a matter of forcing her into riding, despite my imprecise syntax, but merely to open her up to the possibility of cycling without fear of becoming a ghost bike marker. (Or lycra clad commuter).

So it's always me cycling ahead and meeting her, or I take the train and leave the bike at home. And you know what? I think it's better that way, in some aspects. Ask yourself: Do you really wanna give up the only "me" time that you can get without being suspected to cheat on her?

Holy shit, that's a great point. What if the years erode all the happiness and youthful joy that comes with being truly in love with somebody beautiful, outside and in, and I'm left a resentful and bitter husk of my former ebullient and spritely character; the long and arduous grey commute become my only time of solace and I take progressively longer and more diverse routes home, rather than spend a single minute more with the sour ghost of what was once my effigy of adoration, until one day I just disappear under the blackwall tunnel and decided to keep riding, keep riding away from the disappointment and smashed dreams and hopes, the faded memory of my past ambitions and fantasy spurring me on until I arrive, dazed in a distant Mediterranean shore and spend the rest of my wasted life selling dangerously bad beach massages to fat tourists.

do i have to suggest cycling training again?

haha, nah - I've offered it before but she thinks it's a bit dorky or something. I dunno, maybe she's just really not into riding and I'm trying to force it on her.

She says she's not adverse to it but apprehensive about traffic.

I offered to chaperone her for a few weeks of commuting both ways. I'd be stoked to get her rolling. I'm going to powdercoat my old fujitrack and try to give it to her. Reckon singlespeed and two brakes or one brake and fixed straight up?

I hate having to work out logistics of where I'm going to leave my bike and when to take it and when to leave it, taking it on trains that never fucking work in an attempt to travel with her, and standing shivering at stations and bus stops waiting for her to catch up when I'm riding.

Do I buy her a bike so that she's forced to take it up, or will she resent being coerced into it? The commute wouldn't be far, from Fulham to Marble Arch.

She's a bit scared of traffic but otherwise healthy and athletic - how do I make her see it's not so bad out there and a lot easier than taking public shitting transport everywhere?

I suppose it would be better to arrange a dutch city bike or something less intimidatingly masculine as a racer?

You're going to get suprise-sex when I get home.

Re-fixed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v79aQEJDWkg

atleast i don't go to life drawing classes with fat pikey models. ;)

You're going to get bullied when I get home.

i seem to ride everyday just behind a chap with a red linnell royal fail bag, brakless, chap with a stickered frame (black) from newington green all the way to marble arch. if you're on here you have a mean trackstand.

you're always behind everyone.

1. tuiloui
   
2. mmccarthy
   
3. afternoon
   
4. Daveypants
   
5. Strip My Mind
   
6. hippy
   
7. Velocio
   
8. cani
   
9. joe smiff
   
10. blind dan LOVES COFFEE
    
11. truli
    
12. diapo
    
13. Bainbridge
    
14. CrazyJames
    
15. Jester
    
16. last_caress - Pista concept and bibs.
    

Does anyone know if the thread is English or italian? I can't get the old one off either way.

does anyone ride in ZX? There's a goretex pair of tokio lo syn I've found but I've never had a pair before and I need to know if they'll slip in and out of clips and be as tight as my various NB 574s.

Also, do they come up loose or tight in sizing or anything?

Object having a crafty fag outside work last night.

So is that a specialist part or something I can get from Condor?

I just realised that I omitted the key detail, in that I want to replace the QR with a bolt on skewer. Unless that's what you have?

How easy is it? Are skewers universal size for 700c or do I need to find extra details? Where can I buy from, LBS or online?

1. Ma3k
   
2. Brm
   
3. Owen Reed
   
4. damo (if i'm in one piece)
   
5. Dicki ( aiming for 300 on the list this time )
   
6. blind dan
   7.Jacklamusica
   
7. Soul
   
8. BlueQuinn
   
9. mmccarthy (hopefully i'll be back from Ireland by then)
   
10. CG
    
11. Jester
    
12. Rob
    
13. Alfred Hitchdov
    
14. Mr.C
    
15. CV
    17.lyes888
    
16. Zane Chaos
    
17. LaLiLuLeLo
    
18. joe's miffed
    
19. truli
    
20. wools
    
21. Spins
    
22. Sniffysniffy
    
23. party_paul
    
24. braker
    
25. supertony
    
26. cani
    
27. last_caress
    

I stopped wearing cheap boxers and swapped the charge spoon and I no longer have problems. I think the seams on low quality undies caused irritation that turned to sores.

Oh, and bibshorts and lycra for more than 30 miles.

Which one though? What's the stock fuji shell width?