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04-02.-2006, 03:26 AM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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I view it as a bloody violent sport - more so than boxing. I'd sooner be punched to the canvas by Mike Tyson than dashed against cold hard concrete.

No you wouldn't. You would not be posting on here if Mike Tyson had put you to the canvas a few times.

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04-02.-2006, 04:13 AM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

Pedal like a butterfly, attack like a bee,
The fist can't hit what the eye can't see!
He'd have to catch me first.

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No you wouldn't. You would not be posting on here if Mike Tyson had put you to the canvas a few times.

04-02.-2006, 03:17 PM	#18
Wurm Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,148	Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others? Yes, we're much smarter than the other sportists. Which is why some of us pay, for instance, $4000.+ for bike frames that cost maybe $400. to build, and should sell for $750. __________________ "Bush is the first President to admit to an impeachable offense." - John Dean, former Counsel to the President (Nixon) The aim of big corporations is to separate fools from their money all of the time and ordinary folks from their money most of the time. The rest of us must fend for ourselves.

04-02.-2006, 05:34 PM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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Originally Posted by wolfix

No you wouldn't. You would not be posting on here if Mike Tyson had put you to the canvas a few times.

Obvious brain injury hasn't stopped plenty of other posters.

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05-02.-2006, 01:24 PM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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Obvious brain injury hasn't stopped plenty of other posters.

U bee-yatch U!

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07-02.-2006, 01:08 AM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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Originally Posted by Carrera

I was just thinking.......
How come we have all these intellectual debates and political arguments while on other soapboxes, the sportsmen can hardly string a sentence together?
I mean, you get stuff like, "Yo, man!, just dig that Schwarzennegger movie!"
Most of the forum members here seem to be generally well-educated which is in contrast to what George Galloway found in the Big Brother House where he lamented nobody seemed to have any idea about politics or the surrounding world.
So, are we cyclists smarter than other sportsmen (as opposed to say footballers) and why would that be so?

I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.

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07-02.-2006, 03:01 AM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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Obvious brain injury hasn't stopped plenty of other posters.

I resent the implication,I don't have a brain injury. I was born this way.

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07-02.-2006, 07:07 AM

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I resent the implication,I don't have a brain injury. I was born this way.

I wasn't pointing the finger at anyone in particular...but as you mentioned it first...
I warned you what eating catfish would do,didn't I?

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07-02.-2006, 08:18 AM

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I wasn't pointing the finger at anyone in particular...but as you mentioned it first...
I warned you what eating catfish would do,didn't I?

The whiskers are such a great aphrodisiac, I just can't resist. They make your sticker "peck out".

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11-02.-2006, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Chance3290

I don't know...bloody, violent, failing brakes? Yeah, I guess you're right.

Yes, it's a common problem with sexual intercourse. Once that reciprocating momentum builds, it can be very difficult to stop until all the potential energy has been converted to heat and motion. The fact that Carrera carries this out on a bike in public raises the bar (so to speak).

11-02.-2006, 03:40 PM	#26
Al R 1955 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 49	Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others? NO WAY !!!! A friend of mine questions my intelligents. Quote. Anyone who thinks riding a bike, which has no motor, 100 kM in 3.5 hours as enjoyable, could not possibly be smart.

11-02.-2006, 11:41 PM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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Originally Posted by Wurm

Yes, we're much smarter than the other sportists. Which is why some of us pay, for instance, $4000.+ for bike frames that cost maybe $400. to build, and should sell for $750.

Too true,but then again,how much did it cost da vinci to paint the "mona lisa"?

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11-02.-2006, 11:47 PM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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NO WAY !!!! A friend of mine questions my intelligents.

Quote. Anyone who thinks riding a bike, which has no motor, 100 kM in 3.5 hours as enjoyable, could not possibly be smart.

You could always point out that anyone who pays for the cost of moving a tonne of metal,plastic and glass in order to transport around 70-80kg of meat is not real bright.

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14-02.-2006, 11:29 AM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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Originally Posted by Carrera

Smarter. I don't think so. But I do think there are a lot of good reasons for cycling, and many of them are selfless. So, in general, I think that cyclists are more caring people.

I also think they are inherently hard workers.

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14-02.-2006, 11:42 AM

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Re: Are Cyclists Smarter Than Others?

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Originally Posted by poweredbysweat

Good post,ditto for the quote from Einstein.Not just a clever man,but a wise one.

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