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I've become kind of obsessed with riding bikes since I am getting older. Started with a single speed, then a used Brother Kepler gravel bike but then I wanted more speed so now I ordered a race bike, the Rose Xlite 4 seems to have good value for money, can't wait :)
Long-time lurker and first-time slapper. This bike forum got me stoked to join.
Rose bikes look like a great deal, and that thing looks super fun. And I feel you on getting older (in the fall, I turn 40). I've been skating for 30 years, but in the last handful, I've steadily been diving deeper into the lycra lifestyle. It's funny because when I was a younger skate rat driving around with my friends, we'd heckle cyclists from the car with comments like "nice shorts!". Glad I got over that bullshit. Now it's more fun heckling the skate homies at the park when I buzz by on the path. It's all for shits and giggles, though. Here's my speed machine and climb chomper. I cannot wait for warmer days. Lake Champlain in the background, taken from the Vermont side.
i went full circle.. was a skate rat all though my time as a bike messenger, stopped working and got 100% into training and racing, then started working at a shop and sold my race bike and my road bike and went back to skating. i still commute by bike and ride my MTB but i couldn’t deal with being around roadies. too upriver.
Wane Brady, wow, that‘s a long time skating! I totally get it how stupid bikers look to skaters, especially road/race bikes. But look at that Canyon, what a beauty. Being a mamil (middle aged man in lycra) doesn‘t have to be an insult, it should be a compliment ;) Rose and Canyon were the first brands to market bikes themselves instead of other shops (funnily from Germany, close to where I live), that‘s why they are „affordable“…
bartlaser, yeah it is a consistent process to find out what you want to do on a bike and who you want to sorround yourself with. Racing always seemed stupid to me, people get so overambitious about it, shave their legs etc. On the other hand you have those who are just rolling around to enjoy the landscape or whatever or trying tricks. For me, I think it‘s going to be a mix of fun and a battleing myself on speed and distance. Bmx is more incompatible with skating for me because when I go, I want to be on the board. So if I can‘t find good people on roadbikes (using strava), I‘ll just go on my own. But there all kinds of people on different bikes, not everyone fits the typical stereotypes.