Cycling sayings

[srw]

I was away with the Tandem Club to watch Le Tour when it visited Yorkshire. One of my Tandem friends is plain speaking (she's from Lincolnshire after all):
"If I had a pound for every time someone said 'she's not pedalling at the back', I wouldn't have to fooking pedal."

We got up to about 20 during the course of Ride London 2015 before (a) getting bored of counting and (b) dropping off the back of the main group of riders.

 

[Venod]

If you want to race get a number on your back

 

[JtB]

You don't pay road tax.

 

[Pale Rider]

Single out.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Jesus,where the f..k are all these idiots going?! Me when out cycling, referring to the amount of cars on the road.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I like the Eddy Mercx one:

"Don't buy upgrades. Ride up grades."

It's a good saying, but I kind of doubt that Merckx said it, because, after all, he was in the business of selling upgrades after he retired. And he never spent much time in the USA, to pick up the term "grade" for a hill.

 

[mjr]

She's not pedalling at the back.

Reminds me of "You're very quiet back there" when soloing a tandem or riding with an unoccupied child or passenger seat behind.

 

[wait4me]

Getting lighter wheels is the most effective way to cycle up hills faster

How does the colour of wheels help[

 

[Profpointy]

Reminds me of "You're very quiet back there" when soloing a tandem or riding with an unoccupied child or passenger seat behind.

That really happened to mate of mine. Turned out his wife had been left behind a mile back after getting off to open a gate.

 

[Profpointy]

'Oi yer back wheels following your front one!'.

a bit like the traditional jibe, "Oi, your wheel's going round" the approved reply being "so's your Mrs" (""girlfriend" or "mum" are valid alternatives)

 

[Drago]

If to go racing,
You do aspire,
Then you'd better not buy a bike,
With an 18" tyre.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

To Triathletes...

"Didn't you leave something, back there?"

a bit like the traditional jibe, "Oi, your wheel's going round" the approved reply being "so's your Mrs" (""girlfriend" or "mum" are valid alternatives)

I once turned round, & congratulated a kid on simplistically describing 'Cretins First Law Of Motion'

 

[outlash]

Jesus,where the f..k are all these idiots going?! Me when out cycling, referring to the amount of cars on the road.

So that's not really a saying, rather something you say when you're not in your van

 

[Accy cyclist]

So that's not really a saying, rather something you say when you're not in your van

I don't have a van. As i've said before,i only drive when necessary,not just for the sake of it. A bit like eating to live,not living to eat.

 

[outlash]

I don't have a van. As i've said before,i only drive when necessary,not just for the sake of it. A bit like eating to live,not living to eat.

Yes, bloody drivers and their cars. How dare they use the roads for anything other than what you're doing at that particular moment in time....