Where do you live and how nice is it? - Page 2

Very funny....

IF you have to go to these towns. Buy a Houston Astros ball cap, make sure the wife has on too. Rent the "Next Of Kin" DVD and watch it over and over until your acsent sounds like Liam Neeson's character, Briar Gates. Oh and I would make sure you're not wearing your St. Patricks football jersey, either, dead give away.

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If your traveling to the LakeTahoe, Apple Hill, Folsom area ? Then check out Charles Lee's site for some great information on rides, maps and events in this Northern California area. .
http://www.beautifulvista.com
Great wine !
http://www.chevalierwinery.com/

Briar Gates ! Sounds like the name of a public school !

Ok, I'll rent the DVD, I'll buy the Houston Astro baseball caps, I'll ditch the St. Pats jersey and I'll memorise the dialogue.
That Tyrone accent is hard to replicate though : just gotta keep thinking Darren Clarke, Darren Clarke......

I'd be willing to move to the West Coast, Lw - if you'll have me and the family.
Just put us in a thatched cottage, with no windows (the more windows, the higher the rent) and a supply of Guinness and I promise, I'll be the quietest neighbour you'll ever have.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

Must be the soap.

Upstate NY (Finger Lakes region) lots of good riding and climbing here. BRP is 475mi 50'000 ft of climbing.Add Slyline Drive another 105 mi not sure of elev there but it adds up.
Did the parkway in 6 days with wife sag,Just me and bike sweet ride!

Aye! It's the Irish Spring.



Liam Neeson does a superb job in the movie, you will like I think. It gets a little corny at the end but overall the movie is enjoyable.

There is a 20 acre parcel just behind me an off to the side of the Bianchini's vineyard. Very nice, it's butted up against a hillside (more like a mountain). Great hiking and mountain biking up there. It's rutting (spelling) season now, so the Buck's are calling the Doe's.

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If your traveling to the LakeTahoe, Apple Hill, Folsom area ? Then check out Charles Lee's site for some great information on rides, maps and events in this Northern California area. .
http://www.beautifulvista.com
Great wine !
http://www.chevalierwinery.com/

LOL! Thank you. However, things have been going downhill here too, and it is possible to have a bad and expensive meal.

Leaving Rome it becomes more difficult, tho...

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Campagnolo Per Sempre!
PAOLO BETTINI CAMPIONE DEL MONDO x 2!

Fair enough, but I will show you around and set your training regimen back by... oh about 5kgs in 2~3 days if you give me a chance.

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De Rosa Planet
Campagnolo Per Sempre!
PAOLO BETTINI CAMPIONE DEL MONDO x 2!

TD,UCLA! What are you doing on line? I am going back down to the Plasma TV and watch so I can get warmed up for the SEC championship.
The wife is making some kind of soup with Italian Sausage.
It's gonna be a good evening!

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Dope,when training and talent just aren't enough.

Technically, I live in Perth, Western Australia, although I haven't spent much time there over the last 4 years.
I like Perth. I live down near the Port of Fremantle, which is at the mouth of the Swan River. Perth has some great beaches, and a climate that suits my sloth-derived metabolism.
Perth's isolation is both a handicap and an asset. It's relatively expensive to get anywhere from there, but, like the Smokies, we'll suffer our isolation. It is a very spread out city, with little in the way of high-rise buildings, or high-density residential areas, so it seems more like a small town.
At the moment I'm in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. It is a small town, situated on the coast of mainland Litoral, just South of Cameroon. There are currently only 2 occupied buildings over 4 stories high, and I live and work in one of them. The view out my office is over the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. Shopping is (very) limited, but beer is cheap, and readily available at any time of day or night, so my basic dietary needs are covered.
I usually take a bike with me when I travel, but haven't brought one over here yet. I picked up a unicycle in Aussie, which I'll bring over here once I learn how to stay on the bloody thing. There is not a lot of road over here (and there are restrictions on where you can go) but, since I can only ride about 1 metre at a time on the unicycle, before doing a headplant, the available road network should keep me going for a while.
I head back to Perth in a couple of weeks. I enjoy bouncing back and forth between the two places - I like them both.

I live in Livingston Co. NY. and love all the hills and great loops.

Check this out http://www.cyclingforums.com/t374752.html

I live about 25 miles north of New Orleans. It was a great place to be a kid about 30 years ago. Now it is a great place for your kid to be a target. My city is actually quite nice though. Very conservative in values, relatively low crime, & a 32 mile rails to trails bike path. Pre-Katrina, the cost of living was very low.

As for New Orleans, it sucks. Even more-so after Katrina. Beaucoup crime, criminally poor education system, a clown for a mayor(my apologies for the analogy Bozo) the corruption capital of the world, and after the storm a very depressing place to be. It is however where I grew up and I still have very deep family roots going back to the early 1800's. However, we a have a plethora of great restaurants, being a chef by trade that means a lot. The music scene is also top notch.

I must say, the wife & I are almost ready to throw in the towel and get out. I've been thinking about the Portland area. I have never been there and don't know a lot about it, but it seems like a great place. I need to learn more about it. I am a southern cajun boy used to 95-100% humidity & love to duck hunt & fish almost as much as.... well we won't get into that. The wife like the idea of Texas but parts of that are almost New Orleans west.

I live in Melbourne, Australia...the world's most liveable city. It's official...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%2...Livable_Cities. It's an awesome place.

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Isn't bike gear expensive in Australia? I would hate to live in Canada because it's often cold there. Chicago is nice enough for me except for the traffic and high cost of gas there. Plus property taxes are high but I don't know what to compare them too.

Gas in Bowling Green, KY $2.19
Gas in Chicago, IL $2.49 same day.

Some bike gear is expensive, but the internet making that less of an issue...gas is coming down in price...it's a good place to live in that the city is nice, food is phenomenal, it's a sporting mecca, the premier (mayor) is a cyclist (so funding is good), rich in art and culture etc etc.

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Cool, I'm in Steuben Co. live in Corning.We are next to Pa border so we ride there often.Are younear Rochester?