Amusing conversation at the coffee machine

[levad]

Just been for a coffee and the following conversation occured:

M: Are you still cyling in
Me: Yes. (I should've replied "No I arrived at 6:30 this morning)
M: It's a bit chilly isn't it
Me: Yes, I just wear an extra layer, you soon warm up
J: What about in the snow
Me: I cycle a bit slower

 

[downfader]

Just been for a coffee and the following conversation occured:

M: Are you still cyling in
Me: Yes. (I should've replied "No I arrived at 6:30 this morning)
M: It's a bit chilly isn't it
Me: Yes, I just wear an extra layer, you soon warm up
J: What about in the snow
Me: I cycle a bit slower

Had a similar one a while back when it was pee'ing down. Girl at work says "You wouldnt cycle in that, surely??"

"How else will I wash?"

 

[arallsopp]

Reminds me, of a frequent question I get here.

"You riding home?"
"Yes"
"But its raining"
"Yes"
"But what will you do?"
"Get wet."

How ever did we get out of the caves?

 

[brokenbetty]

My favourite one went

me: hey, did I tell you I started cycling to work?
B: wow, that's great!
[conversation about traffic, showers etc]
me: so yeah, it's about 6 miles, so 12 miles a day
B: what - you're cycling home as well?!?
me: no, there's a great big pile of bikes building up in the car park

 

[fossyant]

Heh, it's got round work that I've been cheating with studded tyres......

At a meeting today, one of the Professors asks...'oh I believe you've got studded tyres on your bike' - I explained... they were on the MTB....PS the Prof. is a keen cyclist, planning on cycling round the UK on retirement.

 

[Arch]

My favourite one went

me: hey, did I tell you I started cycling to work?
B: wow, that's great!
[conversation about traffic, showers etc]
me: so yeah, it's about 6 miles, so 12 miles a day
B: what - you're cycling home as well?!?
me: no, there's a great big pile of bikes building up in the car park

LOL!

 

[Browser]

Most frequent exclamation I get after having revealed to anyone I've cycled further than, say, 500 yards, is "you're mad!". I wish I had the bottle to say "I cycle to work and back, you have a very expensive gym membership, which you drive to after work, now who is the mad one?"

 

[Downward]

I like
Them "So your still cycling then"

Me "Yes 18 months now commuting to work"

Them "Still a fat b*stard though"

Me " F Off"

 

[CharlieB]

My favourite one went

me: hey, did I tell you I started cycling to work?
B: wow, that's great!
[conversation about traffic, showers etc]
me: so yeah, it's about 6 miles, so 12 miles a day
B: what - you're cycling home as well?!?
me: no, there's a great big pile of bikes building up in the car park

oh, too late, just seen Arch's post.

 

[Arch]

Most frequent exclamation I get after having revealed to anyone I've cycled further than, say, 500 yards, is "you're mad!". I wish I had the bottle to say "I cycle to work and back, you have a very expensive gym membership, which you drive to after work, now who is the mad one?"

I'm even better, I cycle to work, pedal a trike round with a couple of hundred kilos on it, and lift heavy boxes. So I get free weight training too!

 

[gazmercer]

This morning as I put the bike away in work, walking to the office one of my colleagues gives me this classic line..

"WOW, you look like a proper cyclist, you got the shoes and everything"

 

[the reluctant cyclist]

I don't usually get drawn into conversations about cycling but every time somebody sees me eating a cake or something they moan that I can be slim and eat cake.

..... I'm hoping that one day somebody puts the two together!!!

... mind you the other day somebody said that I must have a really high metabolism (!) so I just said that it was a combination of that and the 20 miles a day on the cycle plus three times a week at the gym! *insert roll eye smilie here*!

 

[redjedi]

Most frequent exclamation I get after having revealed to anyone I've cycled further than, say, 500 yards, is "you're mad!". I wish I had the bottle to say "I cycle to work and back, you have a very expensive gym membership, which you drive PAST after work, now who is the mad one?"

Fixed that for you

 

[Twenty Inch]

I don't usually get drawn into conversations about cycling but every time somebody sees me eating a cake or something they moan that I can be slim and eat cake.

..... I'm hoping that one day somebody puts the two together!!!

... mind you the other day somebody said that I must have a really high metabolism (!) so I just said that it was a combination of that and the 20 miles a day on the cycle plus three times a week at the gym! *insert roll eye smilie here*!

That was the nice thing about triathlon - I could eat all day. Pity I didn't stop the eating when I stopped the training though...

 

[ChrisKH]

I regularly get stuck in the lift with someone from work and I'm in full winter gear.

Them: So how far do you come then?
Me: It's about 32 miles, unless I detour.
Them: How far? And that's a round trip?
Me: No, it would be about 64 miles all in.
Them: <Speechless>

I do occasionally fail to tell them I take the train most of the way in.....