Things I like.

[Tom]

- Calm days, 60 degrees in the early morning.
- Little Ring Day
- 11-25 rear cluster
- Neutrons
- Snapping Turtles
- The smell of lilacs
- Kids waiting for the school bus swinging on the rope swing they rigged up on a tree.
- The smell of the river.
- Being warm.

What's good in your end of the world?

[Erik.Lazdins]

Heavy fog
60 degrees
2 owls
1 snapping turtle (a big one as well)
The sound of water hitting the fenders
Not having a mechanic point at me and laugh when I ask for a 25 rear sprocket (I have a 26 and a 29)

The cup of coffee apres ride at 6:20AM

[Lifelover]

Hot Summer nights.
Fat Tires
Getting "triple Kisses" from my 10 y/o
Downhill hikes along the AT
Having a 14 y/o to cut the grass
Eating :crap:
Shooting the ***** with good friends :beer:

[Dave B]

no wind
Walking in the door and seeing my almost 2 year old daughter running full bore at you with a smile yelling Daddy!!!!
the silence of a perfectly adjusted bike punctuated with sprinklers in suburbia
soaring bird, we have a few eagles around us.
Seeing a beautiful woman on a bike
finishing a long ride...that feeling of peace and accomplishment that you did somethign before others are even awake
True Love

[Delpo]

The sunrise at 5:20 AM over the Atlantic Ocean
The sea breeze in your face cooling off the sweat
The sound of the paceline cruising next to the waves crashing
My 6 year old son waiting for me in the curbside after my ride to go on his ride with Daddy...
Life is good in San Juan...

Delpo
San Juan, Puerto Rico

[Too Tall]

Last saturday...

9 Hr.s riding with few stops on tandem. Saw more wild turkeys than I've ever seen in my life. On the ground, flying across the trees and walking thru fields.

Pine tar board bridges baked in the sun.

Today:

Boxwoods...the smell of them under my open bathroom window.

My 51' truck starts up on the first bump :) Sounds of valves warming up.

Hmmmm, hey thanks :)

[93legendti]

Biking to the beach with my 4 yr. old daughter
85 + degrees and 85% humidty
False flats
Tires full of air (well 95psi)
My saddle positioned at the perfect height, level and setback
A lubed chain
Cars stopping to let me cross an intersection
A new pair of gloves

[dauwhe]

I rode to work on Tuesday, and saw a fox cross the road with three kits in tow. And it was a perfect sunny morning, with beautiful quiet roads and nice hills. I'm lucky to live where I do...

Dave

[saab2000]

- Feeling good at the end of a 100 mile ride
- 100 mile rides (few and far between nowadays)
- Having the position just dialed in on a bike
- Flying at 5:30 AM on a summer morning
- Flying at about 8 PM on a summer evening, cleared for a visual approach 20 miles out from 8000 feet with no traffic in the area. That's flying!
- Freshly cut grass
- Riding around Appleton, WI on a hot summer day. No traffic. Wind in the hair..... bliss!
- Riding in Switzerland, especially in Kanton Thurgau or St. Gallen or Appenzell. No traffic.
- Riding in the Twin Cities with my old buds. Leaving the house at 7 AM to ride with riders who have made life decisions in order to ride at that hour.

Farm fields, lazy summer rides in the Midwest, no traffic, no deadlines. Just riding along!

[BURCH]

I like the anticipation of being here in the office waitinng for a weekend of camping and Mountain biking at Mammoth National Park.

[jbl]

- Fresh tarmac
- Rolling along at threshold effort, the ping of gnats against my helmet
- 5AM easy rides in Central Park
- 2.5hr rides starting at 7PM
- Ringing my little brass bell twice to say "good morning"

[Bud]

Long, steady climbs up into the peaks...

[David Kirk]

- hard packed fast dirt roads
- short, steep, fall over backward climbs
- drafting behind someone who is actually big enough to get a good draft from
- kestrels looking down on me as I ride under them on a power line
- riding with someone whose pace EXACTLY matches mine
- coming across a herd of Mule deer or Elk in the road
- the hot sun on my back


Dave

[C5 Snowboarder]

I like
Eagles
Birdies
Hole in ones
My Legend Ti
My GF
Red Wine
Snowboarding @ 25° F
Red Sports Cars
SLs
Partridges in a Pear Tree
Rain
Roses
Diet Coke
Dark Chocolate
more Red Wine
My job

[jhcakilmer]

Some of you guys might not understand, but one of the things I love the most is just watching my kids play.....so carefree, and just pure enjoyment!

We got a cheap inflattable pool, and put it under the slide on the juggle gym, man, that looks like fun, and cold!!

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z311/jhcakilmer/swimming.jpg

[myette10]

cory
charlie
good friends & drink
a quiet bike
those NE roads that follow rivers
my bed before 9 pm
live music
completing projects at home

[Sandy]

My wife
Big dogs
Cycling
Caring people
Serotta bicycles
Medium sized dogs
Cycling friends
People with integrity
Little dogs
Trees
Animals
Performance cars
My daughter
Serotta forum friends
Ethical people
Kevan!


Sandy

[trophyoftexas]

....this thread!

and......ALL of dbrk's bikes!
and......tomorrow as I'll start riding for three days in the Texas Hill Country!
and......the feeling of clicking into new pedals with new cleats!
and......the taste of really cold beer on a really hot day!
and......well, really too many things to list them all here and many many of them have been mentioned by soooooooo many others.

Oh yeah, one list thing, I like knowing that I don't have to take any dope to enjoy riding my bike!

[steelrider]

Driving the ladder truck down 19th Ave and waving at the pretty college girls.

[dave thompson]

Driving the ladder truck down 19th Ave and waving at the pretty college girls.
Ride your bike in your turnout gear. That will get their attention! :D

[SponsorsWanted]

breaking the guy that thinks he's pro

[72gmc]

Walking my big kid to school with my family.
Playing in the yard with my little kid and my puppy all morning.
Riding to work at noon, in the sun, on the best bike I've ever had.
Knowing that my wife will still be in a nice short skirt tonight, tomorrow, and for most of the summer.

Thanks, Tom.

[jmewkill]

I love
My 3 girls
My wife

I Like:
The point in the ride where the breathing becomes easier, when the heart rate settles, when the legs start to ache.
Carbon fiber bikes
Titanium bikes
Steel bikes
Even the orange scandium thing
having a lifestyle that lets me do stuff I like
travelling with a bike and travelling for bikes
beer
whisky
vodka
the spectacle of racing, from the local cat5's to the best there are.
Archibald and the jerk

[PBWrench]

Espresso Love Gu
Ergolevers
Crisp spring/fall mornings
Reynolds 531
My family & two innocent cats
Jerusalem
Joe Pass on guitar
Old Campy cable clips, and:

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

[rwsaunders]

Hey PBWrench, share some of the Espresso Love Gu that is inspiring your songwriting.

[PBWrench]

!

[97CSI]

- My wife.
- Travel with my wife.
- Sailing with my wife.
- Good music (jazz, classical, opera, classic rock, blues) on a good stereo (vintage, mostly).
- Good book (history and biographies).
- Lugged steal framesets.
- Campy gear.
- Good wine (red, mostly).
- Good food.
- People who have a brain and don't mind using it (capable of thinking for themselves).

[Lifelover]

Hey PBWrench, share some of the Espresso Love Gu that is inspiring your songwriting.
Wrong Movie

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/twentieth_century_fox/the_sound_of_music/julie_andrews/soundofmusic4.jpg

[shoe]

a great day of surfing with a good friend....preferably in another country
a nice long ride with a good food destination worked in
when the breath is perfectly synchronized to your movement
a nice cup of coffee
that warm feeling that creeps in after some red wine
the morning when you don't want to get up early and ride and you just stay in bed with the one you care for

[chuckroast]

the beautiful drive to Arkansas this afternoon with the beautiful wifey to spend the weekend with our son...
the fresh pavement I noticed on the final climb up to his house...
the bike up on my roof rack...
the anticipation of tomorrow morning's ride on non-usual routes...
life is good...

[rounder]

best thread i ever read

[RIHans]

This is why this forum keeps me comin' on...Nice.

[Elefantino]

Driving the ladder truck down 19th Ave and waving at the pretty college girls.
I fell in love with and married one of those pretty college girls from 19th Ave almost 26 years ago. The diploma was just a bonus.

She's still pretty.
I'm still in love.

Everything else I like flows from that.

[Climb01742]

the smell of someone you love on their pillow
my daughter's stride as she runs...the long colt-like legs of a 10-year-old
my dogs smiling
fresh asphalt
the smell of flowering things
the way you feel when you get home friday night
the first sip of an ice-cold beer
naps
riding in europe, where riding and bikes are part of the fabric of life, not an oddity or nuisance
knowing you have a best friend who you can just totally be yourself with
a bite of a hot fudge sundae that has the warmth of the fudge, cold of the ice cream and the sweet smoothness of the whip cream
last but certainly not least, fireflies lighting up a field on a summer night, maybe the most magical sight i've ever seen and it still fills me with wonder, just like it did when i was six

[dbrk]

1" top tubes (the rest follows)
things handmade (steel, leather, wood, not carbon fiber)
index downtube shifting
silken windhounds
perfect fender lines
the smell of old leather book bindings (Widener Library, Room A, Sanskrit)
empty country roads and rolling hills
lilacs in bloom
early to bed, early to rise
fox in the front yard
coltrane's version of "my favorite things"

dbrk

[justinf]

a gentle breeze
a bike that fits
dogwoods in spring
the blue ridge in fall
the minds of my children
the scent of my wife
butterflies before a show
a good night's sleep
music

[goldyjackson]

Bike related:

the point in a longish climb when you get in a rhythm
descending on a peg or a serotta
drafting behind the 200 lb. beast I ride with


Life related:

3 hour dinners with my wife
taking a shower with my two boys (6 and 3 years old)
finishing a book that makes you sad it's over
LIFE!

[Smiley]

Twins :)

[michael white]

On Morning Ride With Bagel Stop

shiny with lugs
giving directions to confused/lost SUV drivers
girls who are way too young for me but don't know it honking as they pass
dropping friends without looking back
extra half cup of coffee with those same friends before heading home

[Bud_E]

- Long steady climbs where you find the right gear and you settle into a rhythm and the universe is reduced to the sights and odors of your immediate surroundings and the sound the chain makes and the sound of your own breathing as the miles pass beneath you.

- World peace

- Capricorns

[Grant McLean]

knowing the difference between:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjONQNUU8Fg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU

:)

g

[rounder]

Twins :)

iwas gonna say something about today and then....lost my train of thought when i saw this....errum (collecting thoughts)

[rounder]

today was a good day (birthday). went to bikejam at patterson park in baltimore. navigators won...blew them away. daughter brought her dog and food. nephew showed up. gave him my old bianchi (he has decided to become a messenger). anyway...things were good today.

rounder