Tattoo For U

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hey buddy i just thought u might like to see the effect of yur letter… not only do u have all of the mtn. bikers mad at u’r dumb ass but u got a good many rodes mad to… if i was u…   had so many people mad at u…   and was on aol id change my name real quick also u’r sheep screwin ass shold stay out of the pasture for a whole…   i bet those sheep are tired of all that butt lovin….   i ain’t got ne tatoos either so… as i once heard some one say so casually piss-of ed

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> And as far as challenging,  lets see you pull a 25 mph > paceline into a head wind for 20+ miles.

Oh man that brings back memories.  I once had to fight a 20mph headwind for 65 miles, solo, trying to outrun a storm front.  That was the most difficult, most painful ride I’ve ever undertaken.  If I lost that race, things would really have been unpleasant. jim frost

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TOdd Its like a person at werk said, and she is a bus driver for a skhool. "…if it wernt for the kids, this would be a great job..,."

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yea, me too, but i was going up hill in both directions at the same time. Thank heaven i had two MTB with me at the time.  pulled both of them with road bike and one leg in a cast. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> And as far as challenging,  lets see you pull a 25 mph > paceline into a head wind for 20+ miles. > Oh man that brings back memories.  I once had to fight a 20mph headwind > for 65 miles, solo, trying to outrun a storm front.  That was the most > difficult, most painful ride I’ve ever undertaken.  If I lost that race, > things would really have been unpleasant. > jim frost

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Uhm….   I ride MTB and road, and I’ll tell you what,   road biking is WAY more unpredictable then MTB.   I have never almost been hit by a car or truck while MTBing,  yet I have on my road bike.  At least on the mtb you are in control of the situation,  on the road your at the mercy of the shit head drivers. And as far as challenging,  lets see you pull a 25 mph paceline into a head wind for 20+ miles. I’m not saying MTB suck,  I love it as much as I do road riding,  but don’t say it’s lame until you try it.   Until then,  watch the Tour Du France,   and see how "dull" and "unchallenging" it is.   — >=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=

Mike "A trail is a terrible thing to waste……. Hammer On." <=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<= – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->         Hey peckerhead!!It must be a challenge for someone of limited > intellect like yourself to ride that bike on a smooth paved surface.We > prefer the challenge off road has to offer.You probably have the hairs on > your head numbered and neatly combed with enough gel keeping it in place > that a helmet isn’t needed.Maybe you like to ride on a predictable dull > paved road and that’s fine,I don’t begrudge you your mundane existance,I’m > willing to let you have it.If you don’t understand what we’re(mountain > bikers) doing,who cares?Now go home and iron your underwear and socks you > uptight Felix Unger wannabe. >                       Love, >                             Mountain bikers everywhere > PS-I own a successful  business and have for 13 years.I don’t have any > tatoos,and have too much going on in my life to worry about whether those > who will be drooping in 25 years or not.

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> Actually, I’m starting to tire of hating roadies and am looking for > some > other generalized group of people to hate.  Any ideas?

How about car drivers?  They seem an obvious and hate-able lot; even roadies hate them. Ah hell, death to everyone!  Ha ha! jim frost

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        Hey peckerhead!!It must be a challenge for someone of limited intellect like yourself to ride that bike on a smooth paved surface.We prefer the challenge off road has to offer.You probably have the hairs on your head numbered and neatly combed with enough gel keeping it in place that a helmet isn’t needed.Maybe you like to ride on a predictable dull paved road and that’s fine,I don’t begrudge you your mundane existance,I’m willing to let you have it.If you don’t understand what we’re(mountain bikers) doing,who cares?Now go home and iron your underwear and socks you uptight Felix Unger wannabe.                       Love,                             Mountain bikers everywhere PS-I own a successful  business and have for 13 years.I don’t have any tatoos,and have too much going on in my life to worry about whether those who will be drooping in 25 years or not.

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Death to all roadies (do you think sarcasm should be America’s official second language?)… "I hate bigots and Chinese people". -Some comedian I’ve seen Let’s hate all Amiga users… Nah…they may have redeeming qualities…

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I couldn’t agree more.  Death to all roadies!  Though I do ride the road to help my mountain biking conditioning.   But thats irrelevant, Death to all roadies.  When I do the group road rides out of my LBS I’m usually the only one with a mountain bike sporting slicks.  Who cares that their fun, Death to all roadies.  On these rides, the roadies have the guall to respect me for keeping their pace on fat 26" wheels.  They go as far as to blatently invite me for bagels and coffee afterwards. (I’m often nauseated by their java breath as they give me well needed road riding pointers and question me about the trails I ride.)  Death to all roadies! I really hate it when the roadies join the MTB rides on tuesdays on their, gasp, less than race ready mountain bikes.  Death to all roadies!  And, they have the audacity to ask for pointers on technical riding as we climb and descend awesome sections of granite and dirt.  I really hate it when they hang out and drink beer with us after the ride, except maybe when they buy it and its a really nice ale.  Nonetheless Death to all roadies! Actually, I’m starting to tire of hating roadies and am looking for some other generalized group of people to hate.  Any ideas?   Todd. "It’s not that I don’t like people, I just feel better when their not around" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > To the idiot that wrote this: > How can somone on aol comment about a sheep following the herd??? > Aol’ers are the largest group of lemmings I’ve ever seen.  I just love > the "You have mail"  wav they play on the tv ad  They should change > it to "You are a loser" > Why are all roadbikers I’ve ever met complete asses???  They all have > attitude problems, maybe that crouched position they are always in > squeezes out the oxygen to the brain or something. > Roger >Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders >ride the roads. >PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all >droopy! MORONS!!!

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Jonboy,     I wouldn’t talk about losers if I was on AOL, or on a road bike, you sissy. Who are you, Mike V’s illegitmate love child? If I was a sheep, and you were around, I’d be scared! You flaming asshole.                                            Fattrax

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I’ve met a few roadies who weren’t asses.  I’ve even met a few who were pretty intelligent.  I can’t think of having met one who didn’t think he (sorry, I haven’t met a female roadie) was supremely intelligent and far superior to mere mortals.  Interestingly most of them have been rather dainty as well.  I do a lot of training on a road bike (works pretty good for building up a good aerobic base for the real work of serious mountain biking) and when I do, I always make sure my tattoos are in full display (I got em in my younger days when I thought I wanted to be a biker, Harleys and such you know).  By the way they aren’t sagging.  I think the tattoos, along with my B.A.S.S. federation shirt really reduce the abuse I get while riding the roads.  Most drivers are used to the spandex, bright jerseys, dainty butts and raised middle fingers of the real roadies. Bacon Ingore Mike Vandeman Support the anti-Spam amendment        Join at http://www.cauce.org/

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: Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders : ride the roads. I thought that roadies were the ones who ride around in herds… : : PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all : droopy! MORONS!!! —

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> Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders > ride the roads.

Oh dear! Looks like someone’s upset at having buckled his precious wheel — trued to the nearest 100th of a mm — going up a kerb!

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Hey!!!!!   I resent that remark.  I both road ride and MTB and I let me tell you.  There are assholes on both sides.   Keep the roadie bashing to the moran aol bicycle chat room, ok.   — >=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=>=

Mike "A trail is a terrible thing to waste……. Hammer On." <=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<=<= – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> To the idiot that wrote this: > How can somone on aol comment about a sheep following the herd??? > Aol’ers are the largest group of lemmings I’ve ever seen.  I just love > the "You have mail"  wav they play on the tv ad  They should change > it to "You are a loser" > Why are all roadbikers I’ve ever met complete asses???  They all have > attitude problems, maybe that crouched position they are always in > squeezes out the oxygen to the brain or something. > Roger >Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders >ride the roads. >PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all >droopy! MORONS!!!

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To the idiot that wrote this: How can somone on aol comment about a sheep following the herd??? Aol’ers are the largest group of lemmings I’ve ever seen.  I just love the "You have mail"  wav they play on the tv ad  They should change it to "You are a loser" Why are all roadbikers I’ve ever met complete asses???  They all have attitude problems, maybe that crouched position they are always in squeezes out the oxygen to the brain or something. Roger – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders >ride the roads. >PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all >droopy! MORONS!!!

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> Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders > ride the roads. > PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all > droopy! MORONS!!!

Jon883, If your IQ were high enough to enable you to count, you will have realised by now that your last brain cell is on the brink of extinction! "May the fleas of ten thousand camels infest your arm-pits"

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>Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders >ride the roads.

Fair enough. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions. >PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all >droopy! MORONS!!!

Don’t know. I don’t have any tattoos. A better way to find out would be to ask a bikie gang. cheers —- I-hui

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<snip> > Slightly deranged mountain biker, snow skater, and keeper of the > ‘97 Wrangler FAQ: http://www.visi.com/~tam/tjfaq.html > Don’t remove "nospam" from my E-mail address.

Todd: Also being from MN, I think it interesting that you are both a MTBer and a snow skater. I find, in general, the opinions of snow skaters to be exactly the same as the title of this thread. I have also noted that you are into trail maintenance in the MN area and concerned about trail access. What can WE do to open the Battle Creek Regional Park in St. Paul to all those who wish to use it?  In three seasons, anyone can use the park (don’t know if you have ever been there, but the hills and trails are quite extreme for our area).  However, when winter comes rolling in, it is off limits to all but a small percentage of the population. In-line x-country skiing did not dominate the trail space.  Two sets of ski tracks, side by side, still allowed for foot (and BIKE) traffic to follow basically the same path.  Some of my best rides in Battle Creek were in the winter. Now, snow skating and in-line skiing take up the entire width of the trail (10-15 feet).  No room is left, or provided, for other users of the park. Only those with skis can use the Battle Creek Regional Park in the winter. A sign is posted,  during the winter months, stating that BIKES cannot use the ski trails.  Also, BIKES cannot cross the trails to get to the few remaining paths made by foot traffic. So, once again, what can WE do to open the Battle Creek Regional Park to all users?  Can WE work together to convince the Ramsey County Park Board (who manages the land), the DNR (who administers the funds) and the Metropolitan Council (who provides the funds) that we should provide access for all users of the trails during the entire year? Regards, Denny Rue ATB Consulting, Inc. St. Paul, MN

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It’s a troll, but what the heck? > Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd.

Sheep group in flocks, genius, not herds. > Real riders ride the roads.

I rode the roads for 25 years before I bought a mountain bike. > PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 > and all droopy!

What tattoos? Besides, tattoos can be removed. You witlessness, on the other hand, is likely to be unfixable. > MORONS!!!

Wrong again! I have no religious affiliation whatsoever. Brian E. Clark brian<at>telerama<dot>lm<dot>com Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn’t the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.                   -Mike Royko

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> Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders > ride the roads. > PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all > droopy! MORONS!!!

What tatoos?  Looks like someone just got their free aol disk! —  - Glenn   "Matches.  Candles.  Matches.  Candles.  Matches.  Candles…."

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> Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders > ride the roads. > PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all > droopy! MORONS!!!

Hmmm so I’m a sheep, I better watch my ass around you then!  This is exactly the elitist attitude that makes mountain bikers hate roadies, I’m friendly to them, if they’re jerks I drop them it’s as simple as that.  One last thing, I can ride my bike on roads and trails, I suggest you try the same. PS Not all of us have tattoos, in fact most don’t!  MORON!!!

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: Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders : ride the roads. : : PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all : droopy! MORONS!!! Now here’s an idiot that goes around every newsgroup posting I hate this and I hate that.  I’ll bet if you go to alt.religion you’ll see I hate religion. You go to alt.sex and he’ll say I hate sex.  A first time dork who should be around 10 years of age using his Daddy’s account no doubt.

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> Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders > ride the roads.

Well, you’ve got me convinced now.  I used to really enjoy mountain biking.  I thought it all the time while I was at work, and I wrote Web pages about it (http://www.visi.com/~tam/mtb.html).  I even tried to organize a trail maintenance project, which got scuttled thanks to the severe thunderstorms in Minnesota over the last couple days.  I’ve had a passion for mountain biking ever since I rode the Flume Trail by Lake Tahoe and experienced the world’s most perfect view from 1500 feet above the lake. Now, I’ve found out that I’m a loser and I’m a sheep following the herd.  (If this were rec.skiing.alpine, someone would start talking about sexual liasons with said sheep.)  You have no idea to what this does to my self-esteem, not to mention my fantasies of buying a Stumpjumper M2 Comp.  I guess I’ll just have to sell the Rockhopper and buy a road bike, then concentrate on buying aero handlebar extensions (so my hands aren’t more than 1.5 mm apart), aero wheels, tires so thin they could cause paper cuts, and all of the other trappings of the roadie lifestyle. Thank you.  You’ve really set my life straight, even at the cost of the loss of my self-image. > PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all > droopy! MORONS!!!

They’ll probably look exactly the same as they look now, mainly because they don’t exist.  (On the other hand, due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, I could really have tattoos, but I’ve never seen them because any attempt to view them makes them shift to another location.) — Slightly deranged mountain biker, snow skater, and keeper of the ‘97 Wrangler FAQ: http://www.visi.com/~tam/tjfaq.html Don’t remove "nospam" from my E-mail address.

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Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders ride the roads. PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all droopy! MORONS!!!

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(Jon883) writes: >Losers! If you ride a MB you are a sheep following the herd. Real riders >ride the roads. >PS what are those tattoos going to look like when you are 55 and all >droopy! MORONS!!!

 Thanks for sharing your thoughts here with us,your invitation to go riding on the roads with you sounds keen.When someone asks so nicely I hate to say no.Thank you for your concern about my appearence but I’m already married(to a girl)and I consider fashion tips from strange men a little disturbing.I’ll try not to be a sheep,hey,by the way how are things on AOL?Did you use up your 50 free hrs yet?I’m a litle afraid of the "hackers" and "cyber rebels"on AOL but you seem rather nice.        Anyway it’s been really,really,super chatting with you.Have A nice Day.                                                                   —-"Ready powerup,..O.K. full power…uh oh…"last tranmission Challenger 1-28-87

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