Training Ride Nightmare

[Gemma_k]

This probably doesn't compare to some of the 'minor offs' or tales of road
rage etc that interrupt other peoples' ability to ride... but it is the
worst bicycle thing that has happened to me in some while that has affected
my ability to ride....even worse than the knee reconstruction and cracked
knee cap I reckon.

I have a spare room with my bicycle workstand, bikes, tool kit, television
and rollers etc. It's a pretty flashy room and I hope you're all suitably
jealous. Significant Other dictates that I must roller in the spare room,
not in the main lounge room for floor stainage, noise and 'odour' reasons.

Yesterday the TV in the roller room blew up. Got sound but no picture. I
can't roller without the TV. How will I cope? I usually don't have trouble
justifying new bike bits - but a new TV?

Gemm (feeling fatter and slower already, if that is at all possible ;-)

 

[hippy]

Yesterday the TV in the roller room blew up. Got sound but no picture. I
can't roller without the TV. How will I cope? I usually don't have trouble
justifying new bike bits - but a new TV?

Are you sure it's plugged in?
Can it be fixed?
Will a stereo suffice?
Do you have another TV?
Do you have $200 for a replacement?

Feel for me, I only have one bike and no rollers/mag-trainer..

hippy

 

[Bleve]

hippy wrote:
> Gemma_k Wrote:
> >
> > Yesterday the TV in the roller room blew up. Got sound but no picture.
> > I
> > can't roller without the TV. How will I cope? I usually don't have
> > trouble
> > justifying new bike bits - but a new TV?
>
> Are you sure it's plugged in?
> Can it be fixed?
> Will a stereo suffice?
> Do you have another TV?
> Do you have $200 for a replacement?
>
> Feel for me, I only have one bike and no rollers/mag-trainer..

and a new SCAR!

man, that's going to look good when you get back and we give you a
racing haircut


>
> hippy
>
>
> --
> hippy

 

[JayWoo]

I
can't roller without the TV. How will I cope? I usually don't have trouble
justifying new bike bits - but a new TV?

Gemm (feeling fatter and slower already, if that is at all possible ;-)

I tried watching cycling DVD's while indoor training, but I found once into the hard efforts I wasn't watching, coz I was concentrating so I don't bother with the DVD's anymore. Are you sure you are 'putting in'?
Maybe it's that 'guy thing' about not being able to multitask

 

[hippy]

and a new SCAR!
man, that's going to look good when you get back and we give you a
racing haircut

Yeah.. broken bones are for pussies.. it's all about brain surgery now

At the moment I need a haircut and the length covers the damage nicely. I'm curious about what it will look like with a fresh snip though..

hippy
chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars

 

[flyingdutch]

how 'significant' can this other be?

priority check-time me_thinks

PS TVs are silly cheap currently...

 

[hippy]

how 'significant' can this other be?
priority check-time me_thinks

hahaha lol
It's all in jest dude.. you know I'm a NiceGuy(tm)

My priority is getting back to work so I can actually afford to live here..

As for TVs and training, I had one on but it was the music that I 'needed' not the TV image. I used to play a lot of freeride vids because the music was usually pretty angry and fast and if it wasn't I'd supply the music and just have the TV playing in case I wanted to look at something other than the wall..

Maybe setup and old computer in front of the bike and watch the screen saver?

hippy

 

[dtmeister]

Gemma_k <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yesterday the TV in the roller room blew up. Got sound but no picture. I
> can't roller without the TV. How will I cope? I usually don't have trouble
> justifying new bike bits - but a new TV?

Unless yyu are intent on LCD, old CRT based TV's are cheap as chips
these days. Cheaper than a good pair of sunnies.


--
..dt

 

[TimC]

On 2006-05-09, hippy (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars

Pssst. Hippy. It's all a lie.

--
TimC
A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect
the fuse by blowing first. --unknown

 

[MikeyOz]

Pssst. Hippy. It's all a lie.

thanks Tim, I needed a good laugh..... great line

 

[Parbs]

TimC wrote:
> On 2006-05-09, hippy (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars
>
> Pssst. Hippy. It's all a lie.
>

At least it will be once the rumor gets around that it is a frontal
lobotomy scar.

Parbs

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Gemma_k wrote:
>
> This probably doesn't compare to some of the 'minor offs' or tales of road
> rage etc that interrupt other peoples' ability to ride... but it is the
> worst bicycle thing that has happened to me in some while that has affected
> my ability to ride....even worse than the knee reconstruction and cracked
> knee cap I reckon.
>
> I have a spare room with my bicycle workstand, bikes, tool kit, television
> and rollers etc. It's a pretty flashy room and I hope you're all suitably
> jealous. Significant Other dictates that I must roller in the spare room,
> not in the main lounge room for floor stainage, noise and 'odour' reasons.
>
> Yesterday the TV in the roller room blew up. Got sound but no picture. I
> can't roller without the TV. How will I cope? I usually don't have trouble
> justifying new bike bits - but a new TV?
>
> Gemm (feeling fatter and slower already, if that is at all possible ;-)

You could attach a pretty picture to the glass and pretend it goes with
the sound...

Tam

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Parbs wrote:
>
> TimC wrote:
> > On 2006-05-09, hippy (aka Bruce)
> > was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> >> chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars
> >
> > Pssst. Hippy. It's all a lie.
> >
>
> At least it will be once the rumor gets around that it is a frontal
> lobotomy scar.
>
> Parbs

Are you serious? I'm sure most women would be thrilled at the thought of
a man who has had a frontal lobotomy... and at least it would explain
certain aspects of his personality...



tam

 

[SteveA]

Parbs wrote:
>
> TimC wrote:
> > On 2006-05-09, hippy (aka Bruce)
> > was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> >> chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars
> >
> > Pssst. Hippy. It's all a lie.
> >
>
> At least it will be once the rumor gets around that it is a frontal
> lobotomy scar.
>
> Parbs

Are you serious? I'm sure most women would be thrilled at the thought of
a man who has had a frontal lobotomy... and at least it would explain
certain aspects of his personality...



tam

Leading, of course, to that famous line "I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy"

SteveA

 

[Parbs]

Tamyka Bell wrote:
>
> Are you serious? I'm sure most women would be thrilled at the thought of
> a man who has had a frontal lobotomy... and at least it would explain
> certain aspects of his personality...
>
>
>
Yes, but did it fix them?

Parbs - who agrees with Steve

 

[Donga]

Look at it this way, Gemm. If you go out and buy a bloody huge telly,
then you'll have to ride a lot to justify it, and significant other
will let you back in, if you bring the telly.

Donga

 

[cfsmtb]

On 2006-05-09, hippy (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars

Pssst. Hippy. It's all a lie.

No it isn't.

 

[Friday]

Gemma_k wrote:
> This probably doesn't compare to some of the 'minor offs' or tales of road
> rage etc that interrupt other peoples' ability to ride... but it is the
> worst bicycle thing that has happened to me in some while that has affected
> my ability to ride....even worse than the knee reconstruction and cracked
> knee cap I reckon.
>
> I have a spare room with my bicycle workstand, bikes, tool kit, television
> and rollers etc. It's a pretty flashy room and I hope you're all suitably
> jealous. Significant Other dictates that I must roller in the spare room,
> not in the main lounge room for floor stainage, noise and 'odour' reasons.
>
> Yesterday the TV in the roller room blew up. Got sound but no picture. I
> can't roller without the TV. How will I cope? I usually don't have trouble
> justifying new bike bits - but a new TV?
>
> Gemm (feeling fatter and slower already, if that is at all possible ;-)
>
>
>


Gemma you're looking at it from the wrong perspective, you have to see
it as one of the best things that could have happened to you. Now you've
got a great excuse to upgrade to a wide screen LCD TV. It's no use
buying something which is superseded and soo yesterday, you just HAVE to
get the newest and bestests.

Friday

 

[Friday]

hippy wrote:
> Bleve Wrote:
>
>>and a new SCAR!
>>man, that's going to look good when you get back and we give you a
>>racing haircut
>>
>
>
> Yeah.. broken bones are for pussies.. it's all about brain surgery now
>
>
> At the moment I need a haircut and the length covers the damage nicely.
> I'm curious about what it will look like with a fresh snip though..
>
> hippy
> chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars
>
>

That must be a real BBQ stopper, "Hey check out the scar from my brain
surgery!"


A friend of mine had a similar operation after being hit by a golf ball
and was so impressed by the brain surgeon he threw in his job and went
to university to study psychology.

Friday

 

[TimC]

On 2006-05-10, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> TimC Wrote:
>> On 2006-05-09, hippy (aka Bruce)
>> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> > chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars chicks dig scars
>>
>> Pssst. Hippy. It's all a lie.
>
> No it isn't.

OK, more accurately, it hasn't worked for me. But there may be more
fundamental reasons for that.

-- Ti "I took a personality test and failed" mC.