Bang Goes Cycling's Reputation

[lane]

I was trying to follow a cycle path near home which is in reality turned out to be somewhat of an offroad route. Took the wrong turn and came across a local farmer who directed me the right way and we got chatting about cycling. Turned out he did a bit of cycling and had the same bike from, I think, the 1980s. He was interested in my bike but didn't see the need to replace his yet. Clearly not one to waste money on the latest "must have".

 

[Bollo]

That would be Mattonsea, thoroughly nice chap. I and several others here spent a weekend on his farm. I've lost touch but I believe he is still dairy farming and fortunately has escaped the oppression of the supermarkets.

+Mattonsea.

 

[TVC]

+Mattonsea.

His farm is on the edge of the New Forest and looks out on the Isle of Wight. An awful place to live and go cycling.

 

[Bollo]

His farm is on the edge of the New Forest and looks out on the Isle of Wight. An awful place to live and go cycling.

I took him for a ride up Newbury way a couple of years ago. He was good company and less than complimentary about his fellow Foresters.

The New Forest is a funny one for cycling and I tend to avoid it in the summer, partly because of the traffic but also because the locals nurse a bit of a grudge against cyclists. Winter, Spring and late Autumn it's glorious.

 

[Lonestar]

If journalists took up cycling I'd be worried.

the locals nurse a bit of a grudge against cyclists. .

Seems to me most of England do.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

How would you know? We did have a farmer on here for a long time actually.

I herd farmers ride bikes with cow horn handlebaas.

 

[Drago]

A certain cigar smoking shell suit wearer was a cyclist, so our reputation can only get better.

 

[steveindenmark]

But, strangely, you never see a farmer on a bike

Or swinging a golf club.

 

[Julia9054]

His farm is on the edge of the New Forest and looks out on the Isle of Wight. An awful place to live and go cycling.

Went to a wedding down there at the weekend. Don't know about cyclists but there were plenty of traditional golf club types

 

[Drago]

Ah, don't get me started about golfists, driving the convertible cars and rattling on about their new golf bats, wearing stupid clothes, weird handshakes....

 

[DaveReading]

[QUOTE 5281876, member: 43827"]I went to the bank last week for a meeting with one of the advisers. Making casual conversation with her I asked if golf was still popular with senior staff in the banking industry.

She said that not many of them played it now. Cycling seemed to have taken over as the 'must do' sport.[/QUOTE]

FPKBs, presumably ?

 

[winjim]

"We want more people riding bikes!"








"Not those people"

 

[winjim]

I also know several very nice, public spirited, left wing people who play golf. One of them even sold me his bike to pay for some new clubs.

 

[Globalti]

If you talk to golfists they seem to think that cycling is thriving at the expense of golf as people move over, tired of queues, green fees, club rules and snobbery. Golfists are also dying, same as church congregations. Golf clubs are in trouble and closing.... same as churches. Hmmmm... is there a link here?

 

[Dave Davenport]

The New Forest is a funny one for cycling and I tend to avoid it in the summer, partly because of the traffic but also because the locals nurse a bit of a grudge against cyclists. Winter, Spring and late Autumn it's glorious.

It's generally ok mid week but yep, avoid on summer weekends.