tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post6633292107609282158..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: New Outside Column...*and* Eroica California...and More!BikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-6784971541534196512019-05-08T21:44:13.860-04:002019-05-08T21:44:13.860-04:00I was told I was too bossy and aggressive at work....I was told I was too bossy and aggressive at work. Does that make me a woman?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10153244660733042725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-16275553117679110972019-05-08T15:40:57.057-04:002019-05-08T15:40:57.057-04:00i dont come around for a few years and jesus your ...i dont come around for a few years and jesus your showing who you are? what next are you gonna tell me yeudah moon is over after he became a wall street tycoon?Samoa Monroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396316972902018567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-43145877364811963992019-05-08T14:06:20.980-04:002019-05-08T14:06:20.980-04:00I picked the wrong time to be away - I'll have...I picked the wrong time to be away - I'll have to un-work overtime to get caught up, but I need to unmake my numbers to get that unbonus anyhow.JLRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-11811985462360263232019-05-07T14:32:40.916-04:002019-05-07T14:32:40.916-04:00Anonymous 12:56pm,
Riding a bicycle to work is co...Anonymous 12:56pm,<br /><br />Riding a bicycle to work is completely different than a high-intensity workout. Nobody's saying, "I think I'll stop riding my bicycle to work and do SoulCycle instead." Spinning *does not* replace cycling. And if someone opts for a SoulCycle class instead of doing intervals in Central Park on a Saturday afternoon then we're all better off.<br /><br />I think you've got a clogged douchenozzle in your brain.<br /><br />--Tan TenovoBikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-53962267155210170672019-05-07T12:56:23.185-04:002019-05-07T12:56:23.185-04:00"As for what being a downhill skier who worri..."As for what being a downhill skier who worries about what other people are doing in their basement says about you,it probably says you're a douchebag. --Tan Tenovo"<br /><br />Well that was an analogy. As a biker, I want more and more people to ride bikes, because it means we'll get better bike infrastructure and get harassed less by the police. So I do worry about people choosing SoulCycle over bicycling, and I want to convince everyone that bicycling is better. You'd certainly care if everyone stopped riding to work, and instead used an indoor trainer for exercise and Uber for transportation. You'd probably be shouting from the rooftops about the evils of indoor trainers and Uber, and you'd probably be peeved if someone said "Oh he just has a grudge against successful women."<br /><br />I used the skiing analogy because those indoor-ski contraptions are so patently stupid and that viewpoint obviously has nothing to do with sexism, but you're right that a skier shouldn't care if people pick a machine over a lift ticket - there's no "safety in numbers" for skiers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-85833929687326731822019-05-07T11:27:42.302-04:002019-05-07T11:27:42.302-04:00It seems like I was the other person that asked ab...It seems like I was the other person that asked about dibs. I, however, enjoyed all those words and didn't find them tedious in the least. [LAUGH EMOJI][SMILE EMOJI]1904 Cadardinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-62855739005300054262019-05-07T10:16:06.371-04:002019-05-07T10:16:06.371-04:00Spinning seems just as respectable as any other ex...Spinning seems just as respectable as any other exercise, but Peloton and especially SoulCycle are a whole other animal. A lot of hardcore spin cyclists think SoulCycle is dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-50723642548687161732019-05-07T09:12:51.186-04:002019-05-07T09:12:51.186-04:00TTNYC,great reads on both articles.
Who's goi...TTNYC,great reads on both articles. <br />Who's going do the books on cd(tape) going forward for you?bad boy of the southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-41397948180249106402019-05-07T08:24:15.281-04:002019-05-07T08:24:15.281-04:00All the anonymouses are confusing me. Are they the...All the anonymouses are confusing me. Are they the same mouses? I just don't know.<br /><br />Anyway, glad to have finally read the Eroica story. huskerdontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-41194125395156664622019-05-07T08:12:00.510-04:002019-05-07T08:12:00.510-04:00Anonymous 4:51am,
I will cover the "dibs&quo...Anonymous 4:51am,<br /><br />I will cover the "dibs" conclusion in a future post. Sorry you had to read all those tedious words. [SHRUG EMOJI]<br /><br />--Tan TenovoBikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-30225886968799222342019-05-07T04:51:33.346-04:002019-05-07T04:51:33.346-04:00Only one other person asked about "dibs?"...Only one other person asked about "dibs?" It was the only reason I read the report. I kept waiting for the big reveal but it never happened. [SAD EMOJI]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-520582632810827442019-05-07T00:30:58.658-04:002019-05-07T00:30:58.658-04:00I would have ridden the Univega both days.I would have ridden the Univega both days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-16763394157690763392019-05-06T22:24:24.579-04:002019-05-06T22:24:24.579-04:00I think the Dad is an aspiring writer searching fo...I think the Dad is an aspiring writer searching for an audience and now is full of false confidence, given all the attention, because it was not his writing but the topic that stirred opinion. He should have written under a pseudonym. But yeah, a stationary bike in your home keeps moving vehicles at a safe distance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-53521612393501332252019-05-06T21:40:38.484-04:002019-05-06T21:40:38.484-04:00Blog, twitter account, Transalt, Outside, books &a...Blog, twitter account, Transalt, Outside, books & now a podcast.<br /><br />Sh*t's gettin' serious.dopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-44308214858066651432019-05-06T19:49:24.829-04:002019-05-06T19:49:24.829-04:00Any piece of fitness that you buy and use is worth...Any piece of fitness that you buy and use is worth it's weight in gold. In an America beset by obesity and chronic diseases that are offset by regular exercise $2000 is CHEAP... IF IT IS USED. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07624802575660966950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-30669909014806102022019-05-06T19:22:19.231-04:002019-05-06T19:22:19.231-04:00This is great: I'm commenting, on a blog post,...This is great: I'm commenting, on a blog post, referring to an article, about the public reaction, to a Tweet thread, regarding an ad campaign, for a product, that mimics or substitutes for, bicycling. There are already so many levels of "meta" going on here, you can't really draw any conclusions.<br /><br />Therefore I have to proceed from first principles. The degree to which women are depicted in ads depends solely on the target demographic of whatever publication, show, or medium to which the ads are attached.<br /><br />Also lest we forget that the fitness marketing industry is always our money-wanting adversary, looking for our Achilles' heels, I would say the proportion of women vs. men depicted on Pelotons being "driven and successful," would depend precisely on the degree to which the ad is targeted at women who are insecure about being fat. So sexism about body-image and that whole mess, is most likely baked right into it (rather than created by the haters).<br /><br />Finally, I don't see people rallying behind the ranty dad in order to oppress women. Oh sure there are a few for whom that's what they're mad about. But most people, the middle class and former middle class in particular, simply resent being MADE POOR lately, yet still being marketed-to and milked yet another time by companies that once again correctly count their numbers, but somehow don't notice they <i>have no fucking money left</i>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-12647519942191371332019-05-06T19:01:36.190-04:002019-05-06T19:01:36.190-04:00Tan Tenovo 2:49pm
Keep up the good work. Tan Tenovo 2:49pm<br /><br />Keep up the good work. Die freenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-81814364508590787952019-05-06T18:33:53.389-04:002019-05-06T18:33:53.389-04:00[APPLAUSE EMOJI] for the Eroica piece [DOUBLE APPL...[APPLAUSE EMOJI] for the Eroica piece [DOUBLE APPLAUSE EMOJI] for the "La Gazzetta dello Sport" line and [SHY SMILE OF APPRECIATION AND AFFECTION EMOJI] for leroy.<br /><br />And that's enough warmth and amiability for one day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-66240788298871857132019-05-06T16:32:30.170-04:002019-05-06T16:32:30.170-04:00As someone who succumbed to the Zwift-geist, to cr...As someone who succumbed to the Zwift-geist, to criticize the 'Spiniverse' would make me a massive hypocrite.<br /><br />That said, I find that clamping my fred-sled to the Wahoo and staring at a cyberworld is decidedly less enjoyable than riding outdoors, even in poor weather.mikewebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534302647612107660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-50156349267641121982019-05-06T16:06:08.345-04:002019-05-06T16:06:08.345-04:00Seems like nobody called dibs on the Univega. Can ...Seems like nobody called dibs on the Univega. Can that possibly be true?1904 Cadardinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-59761146735905106262019-05-06T15:32:10.944-04:002019-05-06T15:32:10.944-04:00My dog convinced me that I'm not getting any y...My dog convinced me that I'm not getting any younger and it was time to join a gym to work on stability, core, posture, and balance issues. I think my wife put him up to it.<br /><br />I joined a fancy gym and even got a trainer. The first time I showed up, the folks at the front desk asked if I were looking for the physical therapy office sharing their space. <a href="https://twitter.com/leroys_dog/status/1113988102954082305?s=21" rel="nofollow">I think my dog put them up to it.</a><br /><br />The fancy gym offers a number of spinning classes at no extra charge. I figured the price was right and showed up for one.<br /><br />It was fun and a good cardio workout.<br /><br />I ride outside year round. Now that the weather is good, I'm usually riding between 75 and 175 miles a week. I'm not about to replace that.<br /><br />But spin classes are fun too and I have been fitting in one a week. My dog assures me that nothing could make me less of a cyclist. (Now that I think about it, I'm not sure he meant that as a compliment.)<br /><br />I'm trying to convince my dog to join me. I've assured him that in a spin class, no one is going to notice a talking dog. <br /><br />And even if they did, I told him that in a dimly lit studio, wearing a tank top and headband, he could pass for Richard Simmons.leroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489096287266831412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-39634483377976952812019-05-06T14:58:48.442-04:002019-05-06T14:58:48.442-04:00All I have to say is some of us have spent the pas...All I have to say is some of us have spent the past two weekends <a href="https://twitter.com/leroys_dog/status/1122557669154394112?s=21" rel="nofollow">riding</a> the scenic <a href="https://twitter.com/leroys_dog/status/1125165715546345472?s=21" rel="nofollow">Staten Island coastline</a> and you don't see us bragging about it in Outside.<br /><br />My dog has just now infomred me that if one were in Outside, they'd have to call it Inside.<br /><br />Oh well, glad you had stellar weather and thanks for reminding us that bikes make people happy. That you can also use them to get around is just an extra bonus.leroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489096287266831412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82991109747831930942019-05-06T14:49:14.058-04:002019-05-06T14:49:14.058-04:00Anonymous 12:52pm,
The joy of "being outside...Anonymous 12:52pm,<br /><br />The joy of "being outside, coasting down hills, taking in the scenery, exploring the area" is precisely why plenty of people would prefer not to ruin a perfectly good bicycle ride by using it as a workout.<br /><br />As for what being a downhill skier who worries about what other people are doing in their basement says about you,it probably says you're a douchebag.<br /><br />--Tan TenovoBikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-14083484388732355792019-05-06T12:52:35.171-04:002019-05-06T12:52:35.171-04:00Read your spinning post and I think you're try...Read your spinning post and I think you're trying too hard to jump on the MeeToo bandwagon. I look down on spinning, but I don't picture spinners as a bunch of "driven, competitive, successful woman leaders." SoulCycle is a type of gym, and the people who go there are the type of people who go to gyms. Spinning class is like paying $50/lb for Velveeta, and when asked why you don't just eat Parmesan, saying "because it's got those crunchy bits in it" or "because it smells weird." The whole joy of bicycling is balancing on a two-wheeled vehicle, being outside, coasting down hills, taking in the scenery, exploring the area. Take all of that away, and replace it with an enclosed box with a bunch of sweaty people, blaring music, and someone yelling at you, and you have spinning.<br /><br />If you're a downhill skier, and you disdain people who'd rather use one of those side-slider things in their basement than ski at Whistler, what does that say about you? A mountain is cold, a basement is warm, and you can get a workout on one of those contraptions, so I guess your contempt can only mean that you don't like it when women are successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-17648630634293633902019-05-06T12:10:53.527-04:002019-05-06T12:10:53.527-04:00Holy BikeSnob avalanche, Batman!
Can’t see “spin...Holy BikeSnob avalanche, Batman! <br /><br />Can’t see “spinning” as any less worthy of personal industry than, say, lifting weights is for stock brokers. As worthy as pounding down beers in front of the TV while watching MMA/UFC is, both those seemingly artificial activities are better.<br /><br />You are spot-on pointing out the underlying sexism. One of your best pieces. Thanks. And the Eroica report—great stuff.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com