hmm well im interested to know what all the deleted quotes are ... reckon i wont be too keen on travelling out there with people who have comments so bad they get deleted though!
i'll look into that bus option.
hey there
anyone driving from NYC on sunday 23rd? i'm looking for a ride out to diablo and back.
28 year old new zealand chick, havent been on a bike in 3 months cos ive been trapped at a summercamp, lol, but im looking forward to checking out diablo!! :-)
i ride a hartail back here in NZ and the first time i got back on a bike for anything other than riding to school (10 years ago) was last july. But I'm still gonna give it a go :-)
there's that intermediate line on the map ... that'll be my trail for the weekend when im there in september!
So...
I'm a newbie to riding compared to most. I started riding last july when a current boyfriend took me for a ride (after 2 exes who were crazy about riding but never took me ... coincidence I promise ... but thats a story for another time). Anyway, it was my first time on a bike full stop since...
Ok speaking from a girls point of view ... general "rule" of thumb is girls expect you to spend 3 weeks to one months salary on a ring. Speaking in terms of someone who has a reasonably stable professional job. Usually that's minimum, but don't go too crazy. If she wants to send u bankrupt with...
Cool thanks for your help rockwool ... and everyone else :-)
I'm seriously considering looking at the santa cruz heckler now, or the santa cruz juliana ... although I love my Kona, I think I'll kill myself if I keep trying to do stuff that I do on a bike with such a small amount of suspension...
yeah ive heard of the 3 diff methods, and i know that when i got mine done on scale thingees at the gym they told me it could be out by 2% up or down, and that callipers are more accurate, although some people doing calliper measurements dont take into account thighs and thats a huge variable...
apparently there's sodium tablets that come in packets of "mushy peas". Its a UK thing but they sell them in supermarkets here, so maybe they do there too? where dried or tinned veges are. My friend steals the sodium pills from his mums mushy peas that she buys and says they're awesome for...
yeah my current bike is a kona ... i have a caldera, so thats an option cos i know they come small enough. Still wanna look at other options tho ...
too many choices, arrgh! and i cant afford one anyway, lol, but that wont stop me. :-)
yeah i eat HEAPS! But I'm little, cos i exercise and my metabolism works. But yeah, people who diet and dont exercise are just at serious risk of damaging themselves. Besides ... why would anyone want to give up chocolate?! :) hehe
hey girls
ive put some questions about the possibility of me upgrading from a hardtail to a freeride bike ... in the freeride forums. Please go take a look, I'd be interested in a girls perspective. Or post your answers here if you don't want the boys to read it I guess :-)
cheers!
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