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2009-08-14 1:51 PM

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Subject: Does your SO get Bike Porn?
I'm at work (taking a break) looking at the latest Bike Porn, realizing taht my wife just doesn't get it. Sure she come over an politley looks at it and once in a while she will give it an oooh or ahhh that's nice.
Does anyone else have this problem?
She supports my Tri stuff and comes to the races to cheer me on, but she just doesn't get the Porn.  


2009-08-14 1:53 PM
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Subject: RE: Does your SO get Bike Porn?
Yes my boyfriend does. Then again he's a triathlete too.

2009-08-14 1:55 PM
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2009-08-14 2:24 PM
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Subject: RE: Does your SO get Bike Porn?
Mine doesn't...yet.
2009-08-14 4:02 PM
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Subject: RE: Does your SO get Bike Porn?
wgraves7582 - 2009-08-14 2:55 PM

Not a chance.  Tomorrow is my b-day and she asked what I wanted so I told her I WANTED a new race bike over at the LBS.  She told me I needed help if I thought I needed another bike - shows disrespect to my current stable or something like that.  I told her I WANTED not needed so I don't need help.

I just keep it to myself - somethings are better kept secret!



Are we long lost brothers that married sisters or something??? 

My b-day is next Saturday (40), she asked what i wanted, so i said a gift card to the local bike shop, she goes...oh..why would you want that??  you already have 3 bikes???  what else do you need??  ROTFLMAO!!!!!


Nope...does not get it...not one bit, lol

2009-08-14 4:03 PM
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Subject: RE: Does your SO get Bike Porn?
verga - 2009-08-14 2:51 PM I'm at work (taking a break) looking at the latest Bike Porn, realizing taht my wife just doesn't get it. Sure she come over an politley looks at it and once in a while she will give it an oooh or ahhh that's nice.
Does anyone else have this problem?
She supports my Tri stuff and comes to the races to cheer me on, but she just doesn't get the Porn.  


Nope. She doesn't get it at all. She just rolls her eyes and tells me she's glad I'm staying healthy. Between the "staying healthy" bit and hiding receipts I should be good to go.


Edited by DrPete 2009-08-14 4:05 PM


2009-08-14 4:09 PM
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My SO doesn't get it at all - not even a little bit. But lord help me if I don't act excited when she picks up her new decorating and art magazines!
2009-08-14 9:42 PM
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When I started looking at a new bike, my DH said "you already have 2, how many can you ride at once?".  But it was a whole different story when he bought a second gun for hunting.  After all, he can only shoot one at a time.  Cool  I got a third bike. 

He doesn't really get it, but he got a new sports car this year, so he's beginning to understand.

2009-08-14 9:49 PM
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my g/f and i duke it out year to year for the nicer bike.

she had a felt B2 and a nice trek road bike, i got hte P3, she had to go one up me and get the newer p3. tsk tsk.

2009-08-14 10:09 PM
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Subject: RE: Does your SO get Bike Porn?
No chance... "Why would you ever need another bike? you already have 3." "is it just me or do you look at the exact same things on that website everyday?"just a couple of the jems i have gotten...
2009-08-14 11:01 PM
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My wife refers to my race bike as "the other woman", so I think she gets it.


2009-08-15 2:54 AM
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Subject: RE: Does your SO get Bike Porn?
No need to go there. Wife is cool with whatever I get but I currently am quit satisfied with my ride. Until I become faster, I'd just feel like a poser if I had a sweeter ride.
2009-08-15 6:28 AM
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Not at all.  I drool over my road and tri bikes, and she can't tell the difference between those and my daughter's Tinkerbell bike.

She knows that bikes are expensive, but never asks what they cost.  I buy most parts as used or takeoffs, and frames only if they are killer deals, so I don't drop the big coin.  No race wheels yet.  She is the one that's actually egging me on to get a computrainer.

2009-08-15 10:38 AM
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I don't get why bike PICTURES are called PORN. PICTURES of bikes have nothing at all to do with porn. Both my wife and I find that term offensive and neither of us is a prude.

That being said, I own 4 bikes, she has 2, and our son has 2. Our son is already on his 5th bike and he's only 12. Mt stepson has 3 bikes, stepdaughter has 2. We all like PICTURES of bikes.
2009-08-15 10:46 AM
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my wife just rolls her eyes and walks away...she supports my training and racing but has no idea why I look at bike pics and want a new ride...I also have an unhealthy obsession with shoes that she has no time for
2009-08-15 2:28 PM
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I get made fun of just for cleaning my bike and it's funny, but my wife said she'd never watch another race if I bought one of those "dinosaur helmets." Needless to say, she hates bike porn


2009-08-15 3:23 PM
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Ok..I have the other extreme. My training partner got a new Cervelo after his race bike was destroyed in an unfortunate accident on the way to a race. A brand new Cervelo P3C. I love this bike and had been looking at it for months. As my training partner was negotiating the price for his, my husband stepped up and asked if the shop had a 48cm (Im short what can I tell ya). The shop did! He then asked what the price would be if "we" ended up buying two. My training partner and I got a great deal on the bikes because we bought two at once and my husband is my hero because he knew how much I LOVED that bike. She will be my ride in IM Florida in Nov!!

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2009-08-15 3:26 PM
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My fiance has more time in the saddle and is faster than I am so far this year. I'll let you know if I can catch her.
2009-08-15 4:03 PM
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Spouse tolerates my training and racing habit, with the occasional "yeah", "uh-huh", "okay." She doesn't gripe about racing/training, but dadgum, some interest would be nice.  But hey, it could be worse for sure. I have 4 bikes, but 2 are mtn, one "comfort" and race the roadie coverted into semi-tri bike.

I know a lady that has a pair of Orbeas, one for racing & one for training. Matching. Colors and all. One has Zipps and the other "training" rims. I told spouse they are well over $20k for both. Spouse doesn't get it why someone would need two bikes that cost so much. (The lady is single and a sales professional).

So to the OP, my 12 year old son digs the bike porn much more that spouse. Again, she doesn't care when I race or train (only 6 to 8 hours weekly), so I can live with that.

2009-08-15 4:10 PM
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Anyone asking "how many bikes do you need?" just needs to know the formula:

Number of Bikes a Person Needs = n + 1
where n is the number of bikes the person currently owns.

I thought everyone knew that, but it's surprising the lack of general knowledge you find out there these days.

2009-08-15 4:29 PM
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Donskiman - 2009-08-15 11:38 AM I don't get why bike PICTURES are called PORN. PICTURES of bikes have nothing at all to do with porn. Both my wife and I find that term offensive and neither of us is a prude.


Some dictionary definitions of pornography
1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal
2. obscene writings, drawings, photograhs...
3. lurid or sensational material.

I think folks use the term "bike porn" because it's an exaggeration and it's pictures they get excited about, perhaps even lust over, but I don't think most are "sexually arroused", well except the weirdos.

Oh, and except the old full color print catalogs the Italian makers used to put out (Castelli, Colnalgo, Cinelli, Campagnolo, come to mind), but that was because they had hot chicks modeling with the gear. 

Back to the topic, no, my wife doesn't get it, and thinks I'm addicted to cycling.  She tolerates it as it keeps me in shape and de-stressed.



2009-08-15 8:28 PM
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LOL. Totally - he is addicted to the bike pron as well Laughing
2009-08-15 9:12 PM
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Nope. BUt she can't tell the difference between bikes, so it's all good. She can count though, so I got to keep 'em rotating.
2009-08-16 11:24 AM
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Donskiman - 2009-08-15 11:38 AM I don't get why bike PICTURES are called PORN. PICTURES of bikes have nothing at all to do with porn. Both my wife and I find that term offensive and neither of us is a prude.


Some dictionary definitions of pornography
1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal
2. obscene writings, drawings, photograhs...
3. lurid or sensational material.

I think folks use the term "bike porn" because it's an exaggeration and it's pictures they get excited about, perhaps even lust over, but I don't think most are "sexually arroused", well except the weirdos.

Oh, and except the old full color print catalogs the Italian makers used to put out (Castelli, Colnalgo, Cinelli, Campagnolo, come to mind), but that was because they had hot chicks modeling with the gear. 



If people are getting sexually aroused from looking at pictures of bikes they need serious help. Hot chicks modeling with bikes does not equate to porn either, unless there was a lot more to those ads than generally permissable in standard U.S. media. I don't see any need to refer to bike PICTURES as PORN. It seems like something a juvenile would do trying to be cool.

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