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Originally Posted by Birdy
I think I may be one of the cheap ones. My bike gets what it needs when it absolutely needs it and never ever before, because I don't like spending money that I don't have to. And.....
Controversially - and I fully expect indignant backlash....I quite often ride in jeans and leather jacket, or combats and leather jacket, with combat boots and some leather gloves. I always wear an Arai, but I know the no leather jeans look can be controversial. If it helps people in preparing their anti jeans/me arguments, I am also young and irresponsible.
As for books - Miller is great - he conveys what it is like to be a wannabe writer as convincingly as anyone but Fante and Bukowski. Cancer and Capricorn are both massively inspiring.
I always used to claim I didn't like American lit, but after meeting an American girl in Essouira last year who gave me a Bukowski poetry book I haven't looked back. Fante, Miller, Bukowski, Kerouac, Vonnegut, Thompson - just can't get enough of those damn Yanks recently.
As a Brit, I would recommend Glen Duncan and Irvine Welsh as the foremost purveyors of what it is to be British.
As a controversialist, I would recommend Charlie Boorman for his insistently beautiful prose style. Which isn't at all whingey or repetitive.
Happy riding.
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I think we all wear jeans once in a while , if we are prepared to admit it .
Heavy jeans would be better like Carhartt [heavy cotton] or Wrangler Rigg [thick nylon] .That's what I wear for short trips .
Gloves are a necessity , I don't ever want to have gravel picked out of the palms of my hands .
I used to wear very strong 9" work boots on the bike [ never found any bike boots that I liked ] ,but now I have a pair of Sidi Discoverys and they are the dog's gonads . Short hiking boots ? No thanks ,I wouldn't want to have a footrest impale my ankle and I would like my foot to be pointing the right way after an "off".
I would rather spend money on the bike than myself as it returns that most cherished of gifts - RELIABILITY !
Poetry for me is well poured pint of ale ,served after a long ride by a buxom lass with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye .
But I might buy a Charley Boorman book ,if you can absolutely guarantee he is not whining .
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Last edited by Dodger; 30 Oct 2007 at 09:08.
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