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Cycling Ettiquete - The Rules

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I like rule 9....but if I'm out in bad weather it means I either got the forecast wrong, or a load of charity cash is dependent on me being on the bike.

But if the man says I'm a badass, who am I to argue :D
 
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RedheadDane said:
Well... if I'm out in bad weather it means that DAMMIT! School doesn't care if the weather's bad!

true that sucked about school:(
rules 5 and 9 are badass and suddenly I feel badass too for racing and training in bad weather :D
 

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barn yard said:
black bar tape fail.

Thank you - I could not agree more!

I will admit , I did experiment with some different colours when I was younger - but always adhered to the strict criteria of matching bike and outfit.

However I now exclusively use white cork bartape.

While I realise black bar-tape may be used during the off season or during periods of incliment weather anyone continuing to use throughout the season should be banned for 4 years and if done with black socks it should be life and/or forced to move to mountain biking.
 
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I found the n+1 rule to be spot on. I currently find myself disappointed at my road bike although there's nothing wrong with it at all. My soul just needs a new bike.
Who needs a Caribbean holiday when you can get a Bianchi...
and savings? what the hell is that?
 
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Fourier said:
I found the n+1 rule to be spot on. I currently find myself disappointed at my road bike although there's nothing wrong with it at all. My soul just needs a new bike.
Who needs a Caribbean holiday when you can get a Bianchi...
and savings? what the hell is that?

indeed! nothing more beautifull than a Bianchi-green Bianchi :D
 
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I dunno. I'm all in favor of Rule 5, but then there's all this nonsense about appearance and color coordination and shaving legs and tan lines and I can't help but shout: "refer back to Rule 5!!" Of course, there are really only two rules and they're pretty much the same rule:

Rule 1: see Rule 5
Rule 2: What would Jens do?
 
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Roland Rat said:
Seriously, dude, it's CELESTE. Not "Bianchi-green". Celeste. Repeat after me... Cel-este.

:rolleyes: Amateur.

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celest- bianchi green :D I've always called it that and I always will :)
Bianchi green sounds cooler than celeste to btw :p
 
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Dr. Maserati said:
Thank you - I could not agree more!

I will admit , I did experiment with some different colours when I was younger - but always adhered to the strict criteria of matching bike and outfit.

However I now exclusively use white cork bartape.

While I realise black bar-tape may be used during the off season or during periods of incliment weather anyone continuing to use throughout the season should be banned for 4 years and if done with black socks it should be life and/or forced to move to mountain biking.

basically its only americans and mtbers who whinge about white bar tape and exclusively use black tape and wear black socks/shoes.

white tape is not hard to keep clean and is not expensive to replace... plus keeping it white shows you maintain your bike and care about the one percenters.
 

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