Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / A huge bike Ride!!!

Author
Message
Darth Vader
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 10th May 2005
Location: Adelaide SA, I am the only DB user here!
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 14:19
Link
My brother friend and I got up at 8:00 this morning to go on a bike ride and what a bike ride, my thighs are killing me!!

@All Australians
Living in Adelaide we took the bike trail right next to the torrens river. We started at the subrb of Athelstone and went straight down to west beach then up to henly.

@Non Australians
You probably don't know what the hell I am talking about in the above paragraph, so if you go to google AUS then punch in Adelaide Torrens river you will probably find out a bit more info

All in all to get to west beach and back took us one whole day! And we rode 30 Kilometers! (there and back again!) What a day my legs hurt real bad!

[OFF TOPIC]Any other Adelaide Dark Basic users?[OFF TOPIC]

When in Trouble with anything visit here your number one stop for help
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Robin
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Feb 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 14:37
Link
Sound fun
I once went on a 65km walk with some friends in Germany. Started at 11.00 at night, walked through the night (By torchlight - which began to run low while we were walking through woods) and finished at about 4:00 in the afternoon the following day. Was very fun, though I had huge blisters on my feet Must do again sometime...

Robin

HP H5550 PDA with fingerprint scanner for sale - need to sell - make me an offer!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Cash Curtis II
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Apr 2005
Location: Corpus Christi Texas
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 17:05 Edited at: 26th Apr 2006 17:05
Link
I rode 40 miles once. It was 20 miles to a Scout campout, but I couldn't spend the night, so I rode immediately back. I didn't get back until late that night, and I raced traffic the whole way.

40 miles = 64.37376 kilometers

I felt like hell the next day.


Come see the WIP!
Back to top
Profile PM
Mnemonix
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Dec 2002
Location: Skaro
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 17:06
Link
I did a 26 mile rid around my city last June.

WE SHALL BECOME ALL POWERFUL! CRUSH THE LESSER RACES! CONQUER THE GALAXY! UNIMAGINABLE POWER! UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING ! ! ! ETC. ! ! ! ETC.! ! !
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Drew the G
User Banned
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 17:36
Link
Cannot really remember what's the farthest I've done. But since Cash did that, I must beat his record.
Sorry.

"Bug? That's a feature."
"Retreat? We're advancing in a different direction."
Back to top
Profile
Benjamin
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Nov 2002
Location: France
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 17:41
Link
It doesn't count when the whole journey is downhill.

Tempest - P2P UDP Multiplayer Plugin (DBP/DBCe) - 71%
Download the free version
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Saikoro
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Oct 2003
Location: California
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 22:05
Link
Quote: "I rode 40 miles once. It was 20 miles to a Scout campout, but I couldn't spend the night, so I rode immediately back. I didn't get back until late that night, and I raced traffic the whole way."

Military scout or Boy Scout? If the latter (which I'm assuming it is, not sure military scouts give you a bike during training or have "campouts"), I know how that feels. We had a hike in the Sonora in California, which was a 25 mile there/25 mile back thing. And oh God the blisters. Also, when I got to the campsite, the only place decently level to sleep in was in a 50 foot round ditch... and can you imagine, it rained that night. So after packing up our soaked stuff and being made to walk all the way back (luckily, downhill that time), I vowed not to sleep in any more ditches. But it was fun.

"One World, One Web, One Program" -Microsoft ad.
"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer"(One People, One Kingdom, One Leader)-Adolf Hitler.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Megaton Cat
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 22:16
Link
I'd agree with Ben, a bunch of X miles isn't that impressive if it's all on an even level and smooth pavement. Mountain biking through rough terrain and rock into the middle of no where? That's a different story.




It's like a Megaton Cat radar, 24 hours a day.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Uncle Sam
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Jul 2005
Location: West Coast, USA
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 22:23 Edited at: 26th Apr 2006 22:24
Link
Quote: "It doesn't count when the whole journey is downhill."


Well, if it's downhill, then wouldn't that mean that coming back would be uphill?

Uncle Sam
Nvidia Geforce 7600 GS 256MB PCIEx, 2.66 GHZ Pentium 4 proccessor, 768MB RAM
Want a real FPS? Click here!
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Saikoro
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Oct 2003
Location: California
Posted: 26th Apr 2006 22:43
Link
You can drive uphill with some mates and bike downhill, while someone else goes to get the pizza.

"One World, One Web, One Program" -Microsoft ad.
"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer"(One People, One Kingdom, One Leader)-Adolf Hitler.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Peter H
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Feb 2004
Location: Witness Protection Program
Posted: 27th Apr 2006 15:19 Edited at: 27th Apr 2006 15:21
Link
i haven't done much biking at all (other than around the block ), i've done some backpacking though... like a 30 mile loop in some mountains...no, we didn't do that in one day ... it might be possible, but then you wouldn't get to enjoy the mountains which is the whole idea anyway

once we went in some canoes (with backpacks, but we didn't have to carry them obviously) for 3 days... that was fun, but it rained on us the entire time, then when we got back to the car it stopped raining

the best part is when you pack up your camp in the morning and you're like "that entire thing fit in our backpacks???"

"We make the worst games in the universe..."
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Cash Curtis II
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Apr 2005
Location: Corpus Christi Texas
Posted: 27th Apr 2006 17:59
Link
Quote: "Military scout or Boy Scout?"

It was my son's boy scout troop. By the time I got home, my ass and hands were numb and dead. I couldn't sit down. I got a seat gel pad and gloves afterward. It actually rained on them that night, too.


Come see the WIP!
Back to top
Profile PM
RUCCUS
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Dec 2004
Location: Canada
Posted: 27th Apr 2006 22:42
Link
Bah, I bike 40km every other day. (And no not downhilling, true off-road, dirt in your face, tree branch dodging biking.)

Kids these days...

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Steve J
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Apr 2006
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Posted: 28th Apr 2006 06:03
Link
I ride a 50 mile bike ride every week just so I can go out to a lake and camp

Evil Mods keep erasing my below 600x120 sig...
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-17 00:41:11
Your offset time is: 2024-11-17 00:41:11