The Cycling Dude

Are Bicycles Better than Women? How Would NOW Answer that?

Wonder what the National Organization for Women would say about "The Top 29 Ways Bicycles are BETTER than Women"? ;-D

My favorites?

2. You can ride your bicycle any time of the month.

7. When riding, you and your bicycle can arrive at the same time.

10. Bicycles don't care if you buy bicycle magazines.

15. You can have a black bicycle and bring it home to your parents.

18. You can ride your bicycle as long as you want and it won't get sore.

19. You can stop riding your bicycle as soon as you want and it wont get
     frustrated.

22. Bicycles don't insult you if you're a bad rider.

27. You can ride your bicycle the first time you meet it without
     having to take it to dinner, see a movie, or meet its mother.

Read the rest here.

The Real Reason Bicycle Shorts are Black

Ever wondered why bicycle shorts are always black?

They are everywhere!

What's the fashion conscious male cyclist to do?

For some folks another color might not be a problem, but, um, based on the evidence, THIS cyclist will stick to what he wears already (not shorts). ;-D

Phun With Photography at GT Bicycles

It's Hunting Season in many parts of the United States, and elsewhere.

Some folks hunt the Animal Kingdom's fine-feathered friends.

Some folks hunt Bears, Deer, Moose, Democrats, Republicans, and other critters that taste good served for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. ;-D

GT Bicycles caters to an entirely different type of Hunter, and their prey. ;-D

Are you the Hunter or the Hunted?

Do you have a License to Hunt?

I had a bit of fun, to start the day, with their Catch and  Release Funny Photo gimmick. ;-D

This photo shows me "Hunting" "Bob Hope" on the Highway.;-D

Put a little laughter in your day, or someone else's. ;-D

Turmoil on Wall St? Bicycles

Yup, Bicycles!

Invest in anything related to Bicycles!

Why?

If everything goes to Hell in a Handbasket next week, no-one's gonna have enough money to buy a drop of gas, or pay their car payment...

This means everyone will be riding bicycles to work by election day! ;-D

BTW...I don't know squat about investing. ;-D

The Fat Cyclist Explains How to Talk to Non-Cyclists

Did you, fellow cyclist, know that there are 5 Rules with regards to how to talk to non-cyclists?

Me neither!

Ya learn something new every day! ;-D

Elden Nelson, The Fat Cyclist, sets out to edumicate us, over at Bike Radar:

Sadly, not everyone is like you and I. I am sad to say that there are people out there who rarely - if ever! - ride bikes at all. It's possible you even know someone like this. A coworker. A family member. You'd be surprised at how common non-cyclists are, actually. You probably encounter them several times per day and simply don't notice them, because they aren't interesting.

Mostly, you can safely ignore these people, simply by riding away from them. Sometimes, though - at a company party, say - it is impossible to avoid non-cyclists. Surrounded, you have no choice but to communicate with them.

Don't worry. I'm here to help.

Hee, hee. ;-D

Condoms and Bicycling: Good Bedfellows?

During the Olympics a Chinese condom company called Elasun got into the spirit with an ad campaign that made condoms into cute little references to Olympic sports.

Pictured, Bicycle-F******. ;-D

Hamilton Nolan, of Gawker, has three more sport-F****** spots.  ;-D

FreecreditReport Songster a Bicyclist?

The brand new FreeCreditReport.com "Bicycle" Commercial is out!

These things are just so creative, interesting, and funny, and the quality never lets up.

This one is particularly fun because our hero is peddling his product while pedaling a bicycle. ;-D

Check it out
Gas prices blowing up sky high
ditched my use subcompact for a two wheel ride
now I'm rolling Eco-friendly
but I still look bad
when the bike store saw my credit
they said this was all they had

Just because I am not interested in some product doesn't mean I can't be entertainied by the advertising campaign. ;-D

Bicycling...It's So Easy Even a DOG Can Do It!

So, um, all you Gas Guzzler adoring, Bicycle shunning, readers out there...

Tired of paying an arm and a leg for gas, live close enough to work to ride the bus, but unwilling to spend the money on a Bus Pass?

If Fido can do it, and so obviously finds it cool... ;-D

Supremes Affirm Cyclists Right to Bear Arms

The meaning  of the 2nd Amendment is finally settled after 217 years.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, 5 to 4,  that American Cyclists have a right to own guns for self-defense while working on their bicycles in the garage, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.

The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment, in this, or any regard, since its ratification in 1791.

The amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that the right of a bicyclist to bear arms is supported by "the historical narrative" both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted, and especially after the invention of the bicycle, and then the garage.

The Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense, including while working on one's bicycle, in the home," Scalia said.

Scalia noted that the handgun is the preferred weapon of self-defense by many cyclists in part because "it can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand holds onto the bicycle, and the cyclist yells at the top of his or her lungs for another resident of the house, or a neighbor, to call the cops."

In a dissent he summarized from the bench, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate bicyclists uses of weapons."

He said such evidence "is nowhere to be found, hell, the bicycle hadn't even been invented then, for cryin' out loud!"

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a separate dissent in which he said, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house just because one is afraid of having a bicycle stolen."

Joining Scalia were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. The other dissenters were Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter.

Licensing is still required, and restrictions on criminals, and the mentally ill, as well as carrying weapons while riding a bicycle in sensitive places are not affected.

Based on  a story in Yahoo News, this morning. ;-D

Melancholy not Compatable with Bicycling

Thoughts Colored With Words of Wisdom is a website whose writer is a man with a lot to share:

Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest...

Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

A recent post touched on the subject of bicycling by sharing some familiar, and not so familiar, past quotes on cycling:

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles.

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

The rest of the list is here. ;-D