The infamous Maggie

Maggie wrote:
Jeff Starr wrote:
Once again, it's not about the speed and people who really do live
their lives "to the max", laugh at you. Actually I think we all laugh
at you.

Life is Good!
Jeff


I don't laugh at Bill. I find his stories extremely interesting. I can
honestly say, there is not one Bill story I "haven't" read since I
started posting. ;-)

When I see his posts I know I am either going to be entertained, amused
or just say WHOA, COULD THAT BE TRUE??? He is unique. I love it.

Unique is an understatement with me. The grandkids don't even believe
the stuff I try, not always with success, like the downhill dump into a
pile of sand with a mouthful of sand. They all thought I had finally
killed myself until I got up spitting sand.

And this IS Bikes. "MISC" isn't it? ... I think I come here and check
in for the "MISC," I would never torment people on Bikes TECH.... Plus
I feel like I am tormented trying to "read" Bikes.Tech. It gives me
brain damage.

(That's as good excuse as any for my crazy behavior) :-0

Needless to say Bill is never boring. He makes me smile. That's a good
thing. That is what makes life good. Who knows if it is bull****.

The tricycle at 40+ MPH was bull**** since I took a car down the same
hill and only coasted up to 25 MPH, but it was also a troll that got a
lot of bites. The nearly 200 on a motorcycle was closer to truth than
fiction but I/we will never know and I will never even try it again. So
let it be considered bull**** and I won't mind. All of the other stuff I
have actually done in my longish childhood of 56, and I have to feel
sorry for the ones who think that being able to ride a pace line at 26
is the ultimate rush.

Who
the hell cares if its bull****. It is funny, he makes me laugh, he is
unique. He is not ridiculously serious about life. He knows how to have
fun. I can tell.

I just arrived home from Atlantic City where I blew all my money on the
slots. So I am not buying the navigator. ;-) I had a fabulous time. I
know I could have purchased that bike I want, but I opted for a casino
weekend. Life should be filled with many adventures. Adventures of all
types.

Play the nickel slots near the door and you will make more money and
probably have just as much fun. The first slots are meant to get you
farther in and lose more. I learned that in Vegas and Reno.

Now I am taking my bike out. It's absoultely gorgeous in Jersey today.
It was cold at the shore. But people were on the rides at the steel
pier. I had a view from my window. The lights were on and everyone was
enjoying themselves. It was WONDERFUL!

My niece told me she was having a blizzard on Friday in Nevada and she
couldn't even see the mountains. I told her it better stop before I
come out there in May.

Well I just stopped in for a minute and saw Billy Boy being badmouthed
so I figured I would put in my 2 cents. (as always)

Neil and Rich (about to be kill filed, Rich that is), as usual.

Bill and I have alot in common. We both drive some of the people on
this group nuts. WAY TO GO BILLY BOY. The world needs people like
us. ;-)

Some of the people on this board are just mad because I dare to ride a
Huffy and a cheap Mongoose and not a $6,000 bike.

People who live life to the max. People who may not have all they
want, but want what they have.

Live, Laugh, love and be happy. Be kind to strangers and always wear
clean underwear. That is living life to the max.
Love and all the good stuff.

Much of the reason I don't do hard timed training rides is because I am
too sociable on the bike and will stop and bull**** with strangers along
the way or help with a car problem. It isn't all about the bike or me
when I am out there.

Maggie - Tapped out from the slots and going to ride my cares away. ;-)


PS..I hope I come home with a good riding story. Probably not, but
hoping.


Thanks Maggie,
Bill Baka

Neil Cherry wrote:
On 10 Apr 2005 11:31:15 -0700, Maggie wrote:

Needless to say Bill is never boring. He makes me smile. That's a good
thing. That is what makes life good. Who knows if it is bull****. Who
the hell cares if its bull****.


Many of us care because he gives questionable advice to people who
don't know they shouldn't listen to him.

Why would you call it questionable? I just advise people to evaluate
what they are doing or want before spending a ton of cash on a LBS bike.
I also advise being able to work on their own bikes when possible. Carry
a minimal amount of tools and be prepared for breakdowns. If you buy a
cheap $100 bike and decide you hate riding then you are not out that
much, but if you jump in with a kilobuck bike you are out a lot more. I
don't advise people to ride like me but to go out and have fun, and that
doesn't include max heart rate training. The riding will get you into
better shape than a couch any day. If I kill my Huffy or Mongoose
someday beyond repair I will just salvage the expensive parts I have put
on each bike and wait for another deal to come along.
That is my style.
To each his own.
Bill Baka

Colorado Bicycler wrote:
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...chmentid=27274

And here in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA I got blooming flowers in the front
yard already!!!!!! The tulips are up nicely and even the Peonies are
above ground. Snows gone, except a few very small banks, in sheltered
areas.

You know what they say about snow storms, a good snow storm is one that
lands some place else!!!

W

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:30:25 GMT, "Bill Sornson"
wrote:

bbaka wrote:
OT, I am going to try a near century tomorrow, or as near as I can get
in the mountains on unpaved roads. Summer is getting closer so I need
to get into shape again.

Bill, whatever you do DO NOT buy a cheap cyclometer for that purple girls
bike. You'd be absolutely crushed to learn how much your actual mileage
/does/ vary from what you claim (and sadly, may even believe).

Why spend the $9.38 plus tax at walmart to become disillusioned.

Ron

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:31:56 -0700, bbaka wrote:


The tricycle at 40+ MPH was bull**** since I took a car down the same
hill and only coasted up to 25 MPH, but it was also a troll that got a
lot of bites. The nearly 200 on a motorcycle was closer to truth than
fiction but I/we will never know and I will never even try it again. So
let it be considered bull**** and I won't mind. All of the other stuff I
have actually done in my longish childhood of 56, and I have to feel
sorry for the ones who think that being able to ride a pace line at 26
is the ultimate rush.

Uh, Bill. Just so you know. There is no need to explain that your story about
riding a trike to over 40mph was false. We've pretty much figured that out. I've
seen you state that it was a fabrication and troll in several posts now. I
cannot imagine why you feel the need to explain it, or why you think explaining
it makes anything better.

Some of the people on this board are just mad because I dare to ride a
Huffy and a cheap Mongoose and not a $6,000 bike.

It ain't about the bike. It's about the bull****. I don't even know who made the
frame of my road bike and I found the Gary Fisher mountain bike in a pawn shop.
It's a fairly decent bet I've got less cash in my bikes than you do. Nobody
cares if you're spending big money on a bike but if you are advising people to
do things that are not sensible for a new rider with minimal mechanical skills
you should get called on it.

Much of the reason I don't do hard timed training rides is because I am
too sociable on the bike and will stop and bull**** with strangers along
the way or help with a car problem. It isn't all about the bike or me
when I am out there.

Bill, go have fun, do whacha do. But try to treat the strangers here with a
touch of that courtesy you apply to others around you. You don't go riding up to
people and start spouting outrageous bull****, do ya?

Well, probably given what we know of you. Never mind.

Ron

RonSonic wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:30:25 GMT, "Bill Sornson"
wrote:


bbaka wrote:

OT, I am going to try a near century tomorrow, or as near as I can get
in the mountains on unpaved roads. Summer is getting closer so I need
to get into shape again.

Bill, whatever you do DO NOT buy a cheap cyclometer for that purple girls
bike. You'd be absolutely crushed to learn how much your actual mileage
/does/ vary from what you claim (and sadly, may even believe).


Why spend the $9.38 plus tax at walmart to become disillusioned.

Ron


So you are saying that both Mapquest and Yahoo maps are wrong in their
approximation of the mileage and my cars odometer too? Who are you, the
god of mileage measurement?
I am just going out to ride as much as possible and anything I do over
the measured mileage points adds toward a century. Some can't be ridden
and has to be hiked but it all adds up.
Bill Baka

RonSonic wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:31:56 -0700, bbaka wrote:



The tricycle at 40+ MPH was bull**** since I took a car down the same
hill and only coasted up to 25 MPH, but it was also a troll that got a
lot of bites. The nearly 200 on a motorcycle was closer to truth than
fiction but I/we will never know and I will never even try it again. So
let it be considered bull**** and I won't mind. All of the other stuff I
have actually done in my longish childhood of 56, and I have to feel
sorry for the ones who think that being able to ride a pace line at 26
is the ultimate rush.


Uh, Bill. Just so you know. There is no need to explain that your story about
riding a trike to over 40mph was false. We've pretty much figured that out. I've
seen you state that it was a fabrication and troll in several posts now. I
cannot imagine why you feel the need to explain it, or why you think explaining
it makes anything better.


Some of the people on this board are just mad because I dare to ride a
Huffy and a cheap Mongoose and not a $6,000 bike.


It ain't about the bike. It's about the bull****. I don't even know who made the
frame of my road bike and I found the Gary Fisher mountain bike in a pawn shop.
It's a fairly decent bet I've got less cash in my bikes than you do. Nobody
cares if you're spending big money on a bike but if you are advising people to
do things that are not sensible for a new rider with minimal mechanical skills
you should get called on it.

In the case of the new rider, I/we do not know that a new rider is 16 or
60 but anyone who has even $200 to spend on a bike must know something
about bikes. I can't imagine someone over 16 who has never even been on
a bicycle before. Most of what I said was that if it made him happy it
was a good choice 'for him'.


Much of the reason I don't do hard timed training rides is because I am
too sociable on the bike and will stop and bull**** with strangers along
the way or help with a car problem. It isn't all about the bike or me
when I am out there.


Bill, go have fun, do whacha do. But try to treat the strangers here with a
touch of that courtesy you apply to others around you. You don't go riding up to
people and start spouting outrageous bull****, do ya?

No, but I did spend a fair amount of time talking to a guy who had his
pockets stuffed full of beer cans and no water to climb a small
mountain. He said the beer gave him more energy for the climb and he
felt better at the top (feeling no pain?). Mostly small talk, and not
always about bikes.
Bill Baka

Well, probably given what we know of you. Never mind.

Ron