Need help --girlfriend needs 45 minutes to get Mountain bike "warmed up" each time we ride...

Penny S wrote:
tcmedara scribbled on a scrap of paper:

Dan Volker wrote:

"TDWFL" wrote in message
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She complained bitterly most of the first lap about how
the flats would not stick to her shoes.....

So she was ****ed about having to change
the mechanics of her pedaling....

The complaining and whining began to tone down near the end of lap
one, which is also about the time she is normally warmed up on this
trail.

Complaining had stopped, but on asking her about the
pedals, she still insisted they were terrible because her feet could
come off.

On lap 3 ( its about 6 miles per lap) there was no more
complaining at all, and now, what she was not liking about the flat
pedals, was that they catch on roots more than the spds, because
they are so much bigger---so now she had to concentrate on ratcheting
much more than ever before.

Damn, I thought I had a high maintenance wife.....what the hell is
this woman like off the bike? You must be a truly patient man. A
ball-gag might be an appropriate cycling gift. Based on what you've
written, If I were you, I'd be booking an all expense paid vacation
to mountain bike in California Couger Country and buying her a helmet
with deer antlers rather than new pedals.

Love is blind

Tom (whose wife isn't a mtn biker....thankfully)



Rule #1 on our couple rides, or any of our activities, is no whining or
compaliningis tolerated. From anyone. Real problems may be discussed in a
polite manner, otherwise just suck it up and deal with it.

Amen.

If I'm having a problem AND it happens to be something himself may be be
able to help me with I'll speak up. But otherwise, no way. I strongly
disagree with the psycho-babble mode of operation in which everybody
feels they've got the right to vocalize long and loud about every
thought or feeling that crosses their consciousness.

Man, I'd be absolutely devastated if my Dan ever described me the way
this Dan talks about his girlfriend. Hopefully they're two of a kind,
in which case, they deserve each other.

Kathleen

Kathleen scribbled on a scrap of paper:
Penny S wrote:

Rule #1 on our couple rides, or any of our activities, is no whining
or compalining is tolerated. From anyone. Real problems may be
discussed in a polite manner, otherwise just suck it up and deal
with it.

Amen.

If I'm having a problem AND it happens to be something himself may be
be able to help me with I'll speak up. But otherwise, no way. I
strongly disagree with the psycho-babble mode of operation in which
everybody feels they've got the right to vocalize long and loud about
every thought or feeling that crosses their consciousness.

Man, I'd be absolutely devastated if my Dan ever described me the way
this Dan talks about his girlfriend. Hopefully they're two of a kind,
in which case, they deserve each other.

Kathleen

brings me to rule #2, do not disrespect your partner in public, or to other
people period.This includes newsgroups, your best friend and your mother.


penny

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:01:47 -0500, Dan Volker wrote:

She complained bitterly most of the first lap

gets in to another "discussion"

The complaining and whining began to tone down

Complaining had stopped,

If she's really "complaining bitterly", maybe she doesn't like mt biking.
Solving the relationship dynamics of "He makes me go with him" vs "But I
just want her to have fun" is an exercise left to the reader.

gabrielle

"Penny S" wrote

no whining or compaliningis

"Complainingis"? Is that when Mr. Adventure whines about going down?

;-)

CC

Penny says:

brings me to rule #2, do not disrespect your partner in public, or to other
people period.This includes newsgroups, your best friend and your mother.

espECially your mother....

Oh, sorry - did I say that out loud? ;-)

Steve

Corvus Corvax wrote:
"Penny S" wrote

no whining or compaliningis

"Complainingis"? Is that when Mr. Adventure whines about going down?

;-)

CC

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....A Freudian typo I guess? Now we all want to know the
truth!

Tom (don't normally complain in that situation)

So about 3 minutes of warm up, and we were doing our first lap at
Quiet Waters. She complained bitterly most of the first lap about how
the flats would not stick to her shoes, and I kept telling her she
needed to keep the pedal nearer to the center of her foot


So much for the whole point of mountain biking....

On 2004-01-18, Penny S penned:

brings me to rule #2, do not disrespect your partner in public, or to
other people period.This includes newsgroups, your best friend and
your mother.


If you follow this rule for everyone, not just your partner, life gets a
whole lot simpler.

--
monique "Damn hard to do, though."