Thelma and Louise on Bikes

[consularrider]

@acc 40624 wrote:

How did you guess Liz? I’ve always wanted a picture of my a**. Next time, I’m taking away the camera.

Ann, we’re all very impressed with your svelte figure and outstanding technique.

[acc]

I am safety *cough* conscious.
My best technique? Uncorking champagne with a saber.
But a saber would be hard to carry on a bike.

In thinking about it some today, the biggest lesson I learned was to be strict about eating and drinking. I dropped the ball on this around mile 90. It made life so much harder.

[Subby]

Totally inspiring.

[krazygl00]

Y’all crazy.

[JustinW]

Ok, this has the makings of a new challenge for forum readers.

Often for centuries and such we talk about whether or not the ride is supported….you know, as in are services provided to the riders. No cares or worries for the riders. Nice life, really.

What these ladies did in a fashion was the reverse: rode while taking care of themselves *and* took care of others as well. That is called the real world, at least from a family standpoint.

Hence a new sort of challenge. We should devise a ride, or series or rides, interspersed with “real life” chores and responsibilities. Ride x miles, perform some feat of normalcy, then ride y miles, conduct another duty, etc. Chores could involve kids or other family members, or yardwork (chainsaws!), or doing a weekly grocery shop, or…..

Could mix the mundane with the silly – life-like, really – and call it the Real World Challenge or something like that.

KOM or QOM on the road vs. who had to deal with more after-school activities in more locations, or who had to cook for more people, etc.

If only we could get a proper sponsor to underwrite the whole thing….

Anyway, kudos to the ladies for showing us the way, and in such entertaining fashion.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@JustinW 40666 wrote:

Ok, this has the makings of a new challenge for forum readers.

Often for centuries and such we talk about whether or not the ride is supported….you know, as in are services provided to the riders. No cares or worries for the riders. Nice life, really.

What these ladies did in a fashion was the reverse: rode while taking care of themselves *and* took care of others as well. That is called the real world, at least from a family standpoint.

Hence a new sort of challenge. We should devise a ride, or series or rides, interspersed with “real life” chores and responsibilities. Ride x miles, perform some feat of normalcy, then ride y miles, conduct another duty, etc. Chores could involve kids or other family members, or yardwork (chainsaws!), or doing a weekly grocery shop, or…..

Could mix the mundane with the silly – life-like, really – and call it the Real World Challenge or something like that.

KOM or QOM on the road vs. who had to deal with more after-school activities in more locations, or who had to cook for more people, etc.

If only we could get a proper sponsor to underwrite the whole thing….

Anyway, kudos to the ladies for showing us the way, and in such entertaining fashion.

I like it, but isn’t this what commuting is? I take my kid to school, ride to work, ride back to pick her up, etc. Lots of us already take the kids places or stop for groceries (or cat food) as part of our daily riding routine.

[Tim Kelley]

@ShawnoftheDread 40672 wrote:

I like it, but isn’t this what commuting is? I take my kid to school, ride to work, ride back to pick her up, etc. Lots of us already take the kids places or stop for groceries (or cat food) as part of our daily riding routine.

Yeah–it’s just life.

You want to exercise, but your wife isn’t around to watch the toddler? Throw her in the trailer and do the Freshbike’s hill ride, use the jogging stroller and drag Blacknell along for a run, strap her to your back and run stairs!

[Arlingtonrider]

Tim,

You do all that to your wife???!

[Tim Kelley]

@Arlingtonrider 40682 wrote:

Tim,

You do all that to your wife???!

No, no, my wife and I have a completely different exercise routine. I’ll tell you about it when you’re older.

[acc]

You do all that to Blacknell?

[Tim Kelley]

@acc 40695 wrote:

You do all that to Blacknell?

You know the joke: What do you do with a dog with no legs? You take him out for a drag!

It’s kind of the same thing with Mark…

[JustinW]

@ShawnoftheDread 40672 wrote:

I like it, but isn’t this what commuting is? I take my kid to school, ride to work, ride back to pick her up, etc. Lots of us already take the kids places or stop for groceries (or cat food) as part of our daily riding routine.

We gotta take the challenge beyond the routine, into the absurd (if needed). I do the day to day stuff, sure, like many of the readers here. Let’s blow it up, go big….ride a century with various “real life” tasks interspersed, or so on. This is partly just a silly suggestion in appreciation for the ladies’ efforts that started this thread, but if this group can’t take a half-formed idea and roll with it, who can?

[acc]

The juggling goes on more than you know. It is so much a part of my life the only time I notice it is when I screw up and forget to pick Rambo up because it slipped my mind that his schedule changed. That’s happened. I was 45 minutes away from home by bike when I received a call from the school to remind me of the half-day schedule. Whoops.

You Know You’re A Motivated Parent When:
1. You sign Junior up for a summer camp based on its proximity to a bike trail.
2. You sign Junior up for aftercare to squeeze in one more hour on the bike.
3. You trade sleepovers and playdates to coincide with races.
4. You encourage Junior to enjoy Wakefield Park’s skatepark because of the mountain biking nearby.
5. You lash Junior to his bike to ride for ice cream and only drink coffee yourself because the day is too nice to waste indoors.

I’ve also asked for work schedules that will enable my riding habit. Sometimes my car resembles a locker room.

[dcv]

Couldn’t think of another thread to post this, obligatory photo of VVill and Bilsko at anal center

[ShawnoftheDread]

Anal Center? All this time I thought it was called the Anal Enter.

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