Bicycle! Bicycle! I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

:bounce::bounce:

I got a new Bike today! Its a Cannondale F300 mountain bike! I'm using it as my transportation for when i return to school in august. I spent the day biking around the loop in central park! :woohoo:



Celebrate with me :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Shoot

I came in here lookin' for fat-bottomed girls. x(




Nice wheels, though. :thumbsup:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

2. So look out for those beauties oh yeah

;)

thanks OR!

[auntAgonist]

3. verrrrrrrrrrrrrry nice!

be careful and watch out for the pResident riding his tricycle! Don't want him bumping in to you.

aA
:hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

5. LOL! i don't think he'd be able to handle himself on the streets of NYC

if they didn't totally shut down traffic :rofl:

:pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. MAHNY!

What a gorgeous bike! And think......you will get regular exercise, and you'll save money on transportation costs!

Way to go, baby!

And, it's wonderful to see you!

I have missed you.....and your funny, smart and sassy posts! :loveya: :hug:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

6. Peggy darling!

Thank you :pals: Im very esxcited to start doing something healthy for my fat ass

How wonderful to see you as well!

AND I am so excited your condition turned out to be benign! :hug: what great news!

you are far to kind to me! work has just been far too busy, but i am out in 4 weeks! :party:

:hug::loveya:

[Ava]

7. I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride it where I like

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

9. You say black I say white

You say bark I say bite

[Ava]

12. You say shark I say hey man

Jaws was never my scene

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

13. And I don't like Star Wars

:)

[spacelady]

11. You say coke, I say Caine, You say John, I say Wayne.......

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. Hot dog I say cool it man

I don't wanna be the President of America

[wildhorses]

8. NICE and cool and I love it when I get to use bounce icon!!!

:bounce::bounce:



have fun and be careful

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

10. haha! too funny wildhorses

:bounce:
:bounce:
:bounce:

Ill try for both :hi:

[wildhorses]

17. how'd you do dat???

:amazed:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

18. its just a simple html code

[marquee][/marquee]

you can stick anything in between, pictures, words, smilies

[LeftyMom]

15. Cool!

You getting a rack and panniers for your books or just using a backpack?

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

16. im gonna do the backpack

how you doing tonight LeftyMom? :hug:

[LeftyMom]

19. Pretty good.

I've had a bit of a stomachache all day but other than that I'm doing well. :hug:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

21. awwww, you need some tea, soup, and crackers

can you get LeftyKid to take care of you? ;)

:hug:

[LeftyMom]

22. LeftyKid is at his Dad's

Right now I'm throwing a little Soy Delicious at the problem. If that doesn't work I'll try broth and crackers.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

24. too bad Im not there to help serve

get well soon :hug:

[LeftyMom]

26. I feel a little better

My bike (and LeftyKid's trailer)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

27. that bike is hot

just like you :loveya:

[LeftyMom]

29. I fixed it up, it came from the thrift store and I got parts off of

craigslist and ebay.

You're so sweet. :*

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

30. damn! you so handy

im always impressed by you :D

[LeftyMom]

31. Cheapness is the mother of invention

I'm not so great at this stuff, but I figure if I keep trying I'll only scrape most off the skin off of my hands and say the F word about thirty times before I get a part on right.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

33. and in the end, as long as you get to and from point A and B

you know you've done a good job :thumbsup:

[LeftyMom]

34. And I saved a bundle, too!

That bike cost me $20, the trailer $100 and I don't think I paid more than $30 for any other parts. :D

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

35. damn

I don't even want to talk about my total costs :blush:

[LeftyMom]

36. Well, you got a good quality bike

That's a very good thing to invest a little money in.

I finally convinced LeftyKid's Dad to get a good bike after a long line of crappy ones. He has a Marin now and he'd never give it up. I'm a bit jealous of it, it's much lighter than my bike is.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

37. i hope it will last a long time

and driving around the streets of NYC, i did want to know id be sorta safe

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Nice!

:thumbsup:

I used to be a mountain bike aficionado back in the day, but any knowledge I had has slipped away. Cannondale = good stuff though, from what I can remember.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

23. i haven't ridden a bike in about

oh, 6 years since today :rofl: It was really nice to ride again though. The ride on the bike is real nice. I think its a good bike...i hope it is at least

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

25. It's been 6 or 7 years for me as well.

Nowadays my skateboard takes me where I have to go most of the time.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

28. im not cool or alternative enough to skateboard

:P

[ghostsofgiants]

32. Haha, I've been skateboarding since I was 12

And I've never been cool enough, haha.

[atomic-fly]

38. nice...i have way too many bikes...

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

39. Its my first bike since I was a kid

thanks atomic-fly

[Monk06]

40. I still have my 93 Cannondale Delta V .............

I broke two Cannondales before I got the 93.



Here's the spec

Marzocci guts in the monoshock

XT cranks, XT front deraileur, XT V brakes with Brodie brace.

XTR rear deraileur,

Wilderness Trail/Chris King hubs, 36 spoke rims, Wolber Front
Mavic 517 Ceramic Rear, butted spokes with 3 cross lacing.

7 speed Sacks/Huret freewheel and Sedis Sport stainless chain

RaceFace BB and Seat post, Ti Flite saddle

Crow Bar high rise bar, Gripshift 7 spd rearshifter '83 Diacompe front shifter

Stainless Diamond Back 42 tooth big ring

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

42. damn! now that sounds like a sweet ride

:thumbsup:

[Monk06]

47. My favorite part is the Diamond Back chain ring.........

It's actually a BMX chain ring with the same bolt circle
as a triple chain ring crank and is compatible with narrow
MTB chains.

It is a very rare BMX component from the early eighties.
I found it in a box of parts at the back of a bike shop
where I worked. At the time the smallest big ring you
could get for a triple crank was 48 T.

I've had it for fifteen years and wore out three Sedis
Chains with it and the Chain ring still takes new chains without
skipping.

Plus I bent it twice off road and straightened it with a
rock ON THE BIKE and kept on riding. Gotta love that!

[SeattleGirl]

41. Nice bike, MAHNY!

I need to get mine to the bike shop, have it looked over, so I can get back out and ride! I love biking.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

43. Thanks SG!

how graet to see you tonight!

I missed biking a lot. Im happy i can ride again! I did 6 miles today! thats a lot for not having ridden in like 6 or 10 years :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

44. Wow, that is a lot, but good on ya!

We have a great trail here along the Green River that I love to ride on. It goes for miles!

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

45. we have a bunch of great trails here too (i know, what a shock)

the central park loop, the river drives, and you can actually bike almost the entire perimiter of Manhattan!

[SeattleGirl]

46. I'm not shocked, actually.

I know that NYC isn't wall to wall concrete. I bet some of the places to bike are pretty cool. Certainly, Central Park is!

[tjwmason]

48. Hurrah and YAYS.

Sounds wonderful.

Not sure that I'd like to cycle around a city like N.Y. myself, but I'm sure that you look irresistable in the tight cycling shorts. :evilgrin:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

50. thanks TJ

:hug:

Well, i don't have the....er....self esteem to wear bike shorts in public...but for you :evilgrin:

[swimboy]

52. That's beautiful.

The bike is too!

:loveya:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

54. and so are you

:loveya::hug:

thanks

[tjwmason]

55. There's more than enough self esteem down there.

If you ask me, at least. :evilgrin:

[In_The_Wind]

49. It's a real beauty! I wish you many happy miles!

:loveya:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

51. Thanks Joani!

How are things by you? hows your road trippin going?

[swimboy]

53. Joani!

:loveya: It's nice to run into you here! :hug:

[bigwillq]

56. Cool bike!

:hi: