Where are you from,what do you do?

Randal Lovelace

I agree, lets get back to business.

Obviously in some of your countries the bike cops are lax.

However, I've seen the Altamonte Bike cops hawk down a car on a 3 lane roadway.

I've seen about 8 Orlando bike cops jump a Mercedes Benz (I mean literally, jumped off there moving bikes onto this car, broke out the glass and yanked the guy out of his seat belt. - Appearantly he just hit another bike cop two blocks away.)

So I have the utmost respect for the Bike Cops in my area.

Randy Lovelace

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Memphmann

Police and hockey players ride bikes. If we would like to discuss what colour the sky on Mars is. We are more then able to. Do not read the posts. Or don't you believe in freedom of expression & speech...

Memph

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chimo

Here in Canada, all police officers perform a job that requires the daily risk of life and limb. On average they are probably in better physical shape than the average Canadian and certainly not in worse shape. On average they probably are mentally more capable than the average Canadian and certainly not any less capable than the average. It is certain they are more capable than idiot riders with nothing better to do than ride by them casting insults. It takes a real mental midget to exhibit your kind of attitude.

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Memphmann

Lets not give these cops more credit then they deserve. If they work in a major city like Van, TO, or Montreal, then they might risk their life. Most work in small towns, which there are more of then larger cities. These small town cops hardly put their life at risk.

If they are more educated then the average Canadian, why do not continue to break the law? Have seen off duty cops break most laws from failing to stop at stop signs, parking in handicap spots, speeding, no turn signal, on duty cops expect special treatment at doughnut shops, harass drivers, give false traffic tickets, other larger crimes. Why do then do this? The only honest cop is a "retired" cop. They deserve double the time for the crime they commit. This is never the case. They get suspended with pay. Must be nice to be a crook and get paid for it from our tax dollars....

Memph

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mojorisin

Just testing this out, but to answer the original question, I bike 25 miles after work every other day and try to get in a 40 to 50 mile ride once a weekend. I ride a hardtail Kona lava dome that I just updated to 9 speed with rapid fire shifters and a hand built set of wheels with DT hugi hubs. I cant belive the difference. I would love to have a nice road bike but where I live I get so much use out of my mountain bike. I also run 1.95 michelin joggers for the roads and hard packed conditions. I dont have the heart to take it back to hard offroad just yet.
Anyway nice to meet you all.

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westley007

hi there imm from s.a ( south Africa and i just do cycling 4 fun)

Ratface

Just checking in as a newbie to the forum. I'm a Brit who's been living in Gothenburg, Sweden for the last 4 or so years. I've been cycling all my life, but just started actually training over the last year. My main focus is on triathlons, but I've been doing a few road races (90-120km, plus a 30km TT) as well this season to build experience (I also tried out a 70km mountainbike race - tough going with no suspension!).

I have a Batavus Pro road bike which I bought 2nd hand from a local pro this year (alu frame, carbon forks, tiagra components). Only 3 months old when I bought it, it's my current pride and joy! I also have an OK alu framed mountainbike, which could definitely benefit from the addition of front suspension forks!

Training wise I ride a couple of times a week - most often a 20-30km time-trial effort and then a longer ride at the weekends. I'm cross-training with swimming and running for the triathlon side of things.

Goals for the winter season -

Build good base for next year
Improve on my 31.79kph pace over 30km

Goals for next season -

Race a lot more
Complete the 300km "Vättern Runt" race in Sweden (preferably under 12 hours)
Raise my triathlon placings to the top half of the results list for my age group.

Good to find a great resource for all those niggling questions that one doesn't have time to ask during club training sessions! Catch you all around.

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Memphmann

300km ride in one day. WOW. Would love to try that........

Memph

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Ratface

Here's the link to the English pages...

http://www.cyklavaettern.com/english/

(Vättern = the name of Sweden's 2nd largets lake - Runt = "around", so it's a ride around Sweden's 2nd largest lake.)

It's a huge race which had 18000 riders this year. I'm looking forward to being among them next year!

Brunswick_kate

Memph -- to get to the point, you're full of ****.

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larry barr

18000 riders. That sounds like the whole population.

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Memphmann

What am I full of crap? Is it because I'm totally correct about dishonest pigs, cops, fuzz. Why do they deserve any respect when they break as many if not more laws then the average person. They just hide behind their badge and therefore the law. Have dealt with more dishonest pigs then honest. Have seen too many cops break too many laws. Wake up from your dream world where everything is perfect and everyone is polite. Try living in the rudest city in Canada and you'll have a different opinion. Full of crap, no full of the stinking real truth......

Memph

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Memphmann

Thank-you for link. Looks like an awesome ride. Maybe I should save and enter. My legs shall survive, but my arse shall be so sore....

Memph

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Memphmann

Is the route hilly? How much wind comes off the lake? What was the fastest time? How many of the 18 000 actually finished?

Memph

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