The eternal truths....

[Cressers]

No matter how biking evolves there will aways be some things that will be forever true: Such as...

Always keep your mouth shout whether riding up hill or down dale, if you open up just for a moment the worlds' biggest insect will fly in or somethng worse will be flicked off your front tyre...

Punctures always come in spates of threes, and always after you've ridden through something unpleasant.

Feel free to add your own.

[DirtRagArt]

You can't please all the people all the time.

[rockyrider]

The degree of pressing need for a particular tool on a ride is directly proportional to the likelihood of leaving it on the bench at home.

The tire pump is a prime example, if you don't have a flat, you'll only notice it missing when you get home, if you have a flat, not only will you have forgotten your pump, but everyone you're riding with will also have forgotten their pumps (or were relying on you bringing your pump).

When driving to a trailhead, the more pivotal that the item is to being able to ride, the further you will be from home when you remember it. i.e. A spare tube you'll remember just as you're rolling out of the driveway. Clipless shoes or helmet will be remembered when you're 60% of the way to the trailhead. The front wheel you left leaning against the fence in the driveway will be remembered when you pull into the parking lot at the trailhead.

[poison idea]

sort of an expansion on RR's-
you will not experience complete bike failure until you are the furthest point from the trailhead -or it starts raining.

[hairygrump]

What goes down must climb back up.

[tryandgetme]

if there are equal distances in elevation change uphill and downhill, it will feel like all your doing is climbing with a few measly downhills.

[rockyrider]

On an out and back ride, the wind will be against you both ways.

[tryandgetme]

On an out and back ride, the wind will be against you both ways.

and when you either change jobs or change houses to better take advantage of the wind on your commute, you realize the above rule never changes.

[phlatlander]

and when you either change jobs or change houses to better take advantage of the wind on your commute, you realize the above rule never changes.

So do you want a tailwind on the way to work or the way home? :)
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Raindrops are mostly tolerable up to 42mph or down to 42°F.

[tryandgetme]

You get a headwind no matter what. Headwind on the way to work, headwind on the way home. Change jobs to the other side of the city, headwind on the way to work, headwind on the way home.

[vladamir]

Impermanence.

[rockhound]

So do you want a tailwind on the way to work or the way home? :)


I would think you would prefer it from behind in the morning, verdad?

[phlatlander]

I would think you would prefer it from behind in the morning, verdad?

Absolutely not. Why would I want to get to work faster than getting home to see my family? ;)

[K-Man]

Just when you least expect it... just what you least expected.

[rockhound]

Absolutely not. Why would I want to get to work faster than getting home to see my family? ;)

So you're not sweaty all day at work, with Pitt stains and BO, ya know.

[rockyrider]

The wind helps with evaporative cooling, it's when it seems like a ride is uphill both ways that you start to question your understanding of physics and the very nature of reality.... (or realty for that matter)

[phlatlander]

So you're not sweaty all day at work, with Pitt stains and BO, ya know.

I will try to spin this into pertaining to eternal truths:

There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead.–Kurt Vonnegut

Why would I want to be on time for work or look & smell pretty for my co-workers? Then I would be a conformist.

[2dumb4gears]

What can go wrong, usually DOESN'T.:)

How many times have you found your way back when lost on an epic ride? Fallen asleep driving with no consequence? Ridden it a plane without it crashing?:confused:

[rockhound]

Why would I want to be on time for work or look & smell pretty for my co-workers? Then I would be a conformist.

There is no need to be surly, my friend...

"I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things."

Lech Walesa

[davkatreb]

Real bikes don't coast.

[Spalls]

Odds are that if you carry your bikes on a roof rack you are going to forget about them and drive into the garage one of these days. However, this will never happen to me, as I have already done this with a boat on the roof. I have consumed all of my bad roof karma. Unless we acquire new roof karma with each new vehicle...