Things you're always being asked about cycling/your bike

[palinurus]

Are you brave or mad?

Brave actually.

And really manly. I can drink four cups of tea in one hour and I like shopping for power tools.

Your bikes got no gears.

It has two.

Forward and reverse.

It's terrible out there, would you like a lift?

NO WAAAY!

I mean, um, no thanks.

 

[YahudaMoon]

Yes, that is often the riposte!!!

OK

6 Hack hybrid. Got free from ex-wife's partner as he had been told it needed £400 work on it. It is grubby and knackered but it works

Im still trying to work out if its a good deal ?

 

[Nearly there]

You look different wearing an helmet

 

[pepecat]

'You must be mad'
(When i tell them how far i go. Even 20 miles seems to get that comment)

Well........actually......technically...... yes, I am mad. The Bham and Solihull Mental Health Trust would say so, anyway!

The other one is 'And you're walking around ok today?' again, when people find out how far i've cycled the day before.
Er yeah..... why wouldn't i be?

 

[John the Monkey]

Do you get the "Can I pick it up?" from other train commuters?

Huh, never. Is that common?

 

[Telemark]

One for monday...tuesday....wednesday....thursday....friday.....saturday and rest day sunday!

Fran - you mean you haven't got a Sunday Best Bike (yet)!

When we went touring in Lanarkshire in the spring, just sorting our shopping outside the Co-op, a bloke in a large 4x4 stopped and said "Excuse me, do you mind me asking - how far do go on that?"
Mr T. "You mean in a day?"
Bloke "yes"
Mr. T. "oh, about 60 miles or so"
Bloke " 60 miles a DAY???"
MR. T "yes"
Bloke: "Do you not find that you burn out?"
Mr T. "Um, no"
Bloke: "Well you are looking very well on it, very fit and healthy"
Mr T. "Thank you."
Bloke "Thanks, Cheers.."
(shamelessly copied from Mr T.'s blog, by the way ... so I suppose I better give him credit)

Makes me smile every time I remember it

T

 

[cycleruk]

some of the things i have been asked are
1 why are cyclist on the road, you dont pay road tax
2 why dont you by a car
3 why on earth do you ride a bike on long distances, you must be mad
the first one ended in a big augument!, the second one i think is because i work at a car garage, im the only one who dosent have a car and the third one i said try it and you will see why, which was then followed by you must be mad

 

[Jonathing]

Person at work:- Why doesn't your bike have any gears?

Me:- Well it has one gear

PAW:- Why?

Me:- It's not important how many you have, so long as you have the right one.

 

[Strick]

the second one i think is because i work at a car garage

Which garage do you work? I'm in the motor trade in Peterborough too.

 

[sabian92]

I get looked at like a freak for riding to college because I've got bibs on and the straps fall down when i'm not stood up, and people think i'm adjusting a bra

I've never had any really weird questions though, just inconsiderate people parking in cycle lanes who have a go at me because I tell them to move and they look at me like I'M the tit.

 

[Hip Priest]

"Ooh, can I feel your calves?"

 

[Titan yer tummy]

Mrs Uncle Phil and I can beat that. She had a contract in Lista, Norway. We cycled there. She had much the same conversation with various people when we got there. It took us two weeks and was about 950 miles. (And it was a fantastic trip). (We didn't do it in one day, though, unlike Colin).

"You're kidding. You can't cycle from England - you have to fly... don't you?"

Slackers!!

 

[MissTillyFlop]

"Ooh, can I feel your calves?"

Yup. Whenever I go out with my friends, they all end up jabbing me in the thigh.

 

[Bluebell72]

Hah, my OH proffers my thighs/butt to other people to feel when they say they've seen me out on the road and 'you must be mad' 'I can't see the point' 'it's too dangerous to go on the road' slips into their spiel - 'feel her arse, go on, it's like rock' he says.
Soon shuts 'em up.

 

[Gmanjft96]

Visitor, "Where do you come from"?
Me, "only Brighton"
Visitor, "that cost you a few quid in fuel"?
Me, "no I have a bike"
Visitor, "oh, a motorbike"
Me, "no a pushbike"
Visitor, "what, a pushbike, you ride all the way here on a bike"?
Me, "it's really not that far"
Visitor, "you must be bloody mad".