Ed-Zulu Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Riding to school on awesome summer mornings I wouldn't want to arrive at school, just wanted to continue riding it was so awesome. Even riding back from rugby practice in the rain with tog bag and school bag full of books strapped to my back I just loved it. Fond memories Christmas as a child and my bike riding with friends still remain my fondest childhood memories! Sani 1
Witkop Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 I can from running via duathlon. Cycling was a pussy cop out.
chris_w_65 Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 I can from running via duathlon. Cycling was a pussy cop out. +1 I came from running to cycling - much less money in my wallet too
Sani Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Had a heart attack in 2009 , weight was 140kg , had to do something , tried running but hated it , then bought a Scott Speedster on the Hub , Still have it but own a 40k + bike now , loving the sport weight is 98 kg now Warren_G, Wayne Potgieter, Tumbleweed and 3 others 6
Tumbleweed Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Had a heart attack in 2009 , weight was 140kg , had to do something , tried running but hated it , then bought a Scott Speedster on the Hub , Still have it but own a 40k + bike now , loving the sport weight is 98 kg now  Awesome stuff! Well done!
AnzoK Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 A few years ago me and my buddy (in our druken state) made a promise that we would do the Argus before we were 30. Never gave it much thought after that and two years ago he reminded me of it and we decided to give it a go. A long stroy short, I managed to keep that promise, he got the runs the morning of Argus and could'nt complete.
Tumbleweed Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 I rode many bikes as a kid, but got really into bikes big time when BMX got big here in the '80s. Kept mine up unti matric. Didn't really ride a bike for a while when I went to varsity, until I borrowed a mate's Mongoose Topanga and rode down from G'town to Port Alfred for the boat races. About two years after leaving varsity, I bought a crappy MTB to commute to work. Upgraded a year later with a Kona Cinder Cone, and the rest is history. Sani 1
Bikeguy Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 As kid I was spoilt - grew up in the East and our neighbour was one of the floor managers at the Raliegh factory in Springs. He would bring home their samples for me to "test" so rode the first prototypes or imports of the Chopper, Burner BMX and the first Raleigh Banana in SA. Just wish I could have kept all those bikes as part of a "collection". Tumbleweed and Ed-Zulu 2
RockCoach Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 I always enjoyed riding as a kid and only stopped riding when I went to the army. When I started studying in the early 90's I made a couple of friends at Technicon who were on a road cycling team (one is still a regular hub poster, the other used to be). The rest is history... I have not stopped riding all types of bikes since then. Sani 1
Butterbean Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 As a kid I rode a bike more than I walked. Always a makro cheap as special. Â Gave I up after a bad bmx fall in high school. Went away for missionary service for two years. Came home, got a job. Â Decided I needed to get off the couch. Looked at options - hated running. Knew if I joined a gym I would go for he first month and never go again. So thought about getting a proper road bike and so I did! Â Riding became addictive. So did strava. Now I'm hooked. No turning back now!
pbp2007 Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 I got my first bike at about 10 and went through a couple, but stopped riding at about 18 when I discovered cars.In 1998 when the mid-life crisis was about to kick in my wife and I blew her severance payout on holiday in France with two friends - 2 weeks of hard riding and barging - and the bug bit hard. Audax, commuting, fun rides, JRA, love them all.
SeaBee Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 As a kid we rode our bikes everywhere. Heck, that was Upington, you HAD to ride a bike to get anywhere. I still have scars from those Chopper rides! Moved to the Cape, stopped riding bike to school middle high school... better chance of chatting up girls whilst walking...  After school kept playing sport, ended up a decent squash player... then forked my knee. Kept trying to continue/come back, loved squash. Was just too painful, not on. Within months my wife told me "Just go DO something..." - could not do "nothing" having been used to being active. A week or so later she made the comment while we were braaing with friends - the guy was an avid mtb'er. Two days later I borrowed his wife's bike to go riding with him. We're still friends today. He'll kill me if I try to drag him up a mountain now! Unless he goes with the Landy and me on a bike... But ja, when he stopped riding, I rode alone in the mountain for a while, did not like the idea, got onto the road and enjoyed that immensely. Entered for the odd funride, had fun. Work and schedules make it difficult for me to train with partners and most of my rides are solo. So when mrs thought the roads became too dangerous for me to ride alone... Lo and behold I got a mtb. Started riding in the mountain on my own again.... still love it!
Sani Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) great topic Lucky Luke!Agree , great topic Lucky Luke Edited June 25, 2013 by Sani Lucky Luke. 1
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