Mr Phoebus
New Member
I've also had the "what, in a day?" line when I said I'd just done a 40 mile round trip to Stratford-upon-Avon. 
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me: I could, but it would be a crap one. I have rollerskates that cost more than that.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Them: "You must be really fit"
Me: nods modestly and shrugs whilst breathing in to disguise wobbly belly, simultaneously straining butt muscles by holding it in for the same reasons...
Me: nods modestly and shrugs whilst breathing in to disguise wobbly belly, simultaneously straining butt muscles by holding it in for the same reasons...
Bluebell72
New Member
- Location
- Hull, East Yorkshire
Ha ha, love it.
Last week, passing a work colleague walking their dog, I waved and yelled hello.
"What are you doing on a bike? Is there something wrong with the car?"
Cycling to OH's, stop to say hello one to one of his neighbours (on his third stroke and still puffing away on pipe, he's 55
)
him - where've you come from today?
me - Barton, then home, then here - about 45 miles.
him - bet you've got a sore arse, isn't it boring, just pedalling?
Last week, passing a work colleague walking their dog, I waved and yelled hello.
"What are you doing on a bike? Is there something wrong with the car?"
Cycling to OH's, stop to say hello one to one of his neighbours (on his third stroke and still puffing away on pipe, he's 55
) him - where've you come from today?
me - Barton, then home, then here - about 45 miles.
him - bet you've got a sore arse, isn't it boring, just pedalling?
That's amazing. That's such a pithy way to miss the point. Brilliant, in its own way.
P.S. Nice avatar.
"When are you going to ride in the Tour de France?"
Similar as in "Have you ever ridden The Tour of France"
marshmella
Guru
- Location
- Telford, Shropshire
Said to a workmate last year that i'd done around 1,500 commuting miles in about 6 months (nothing compared to some on here).... he nearly fell over
2PedalsTez
Über Member
[Sigh].. Two occasions I have had this and I had to hold my tongue -
I made the mistake of mentioning the Hoogerland accident, a colleague responds with the classic quote followed by "I don't get it, at least there is some skill in formula 1"
The other occasion was from someone that is a motocross nut (but *likes* mtb).. again, the above quote followed by "at least going off road is interesting"
I used to allow this sort of silliness get to me. Now I just walk off with a wry grin like I hold the answer to the greatest secret of them all. (That and knowing they are a bunch of cocks
)
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
They do see it as if the bike weighs a tonne, the wheels are square and every push of the pedal is an agonising, heart attack inducing act.
Every time i arrange to visit my folks it's me "I'll come on my bike after work."
mum. "Are you sure? Dad can come and get you if you don't want to cycle all that way."
it's 3 miles.
Not conversations as such but a thread on a Lancashire newspaper website discussing some yobs hilariously moving direction signs during a local Triathlon last week meaning competitors cycled and ran many additional miles. Apart from one comment (mine!), all the others PRAISED the 'ingenuity' of the vermin who moved the signs. 'Why would anyone want to swim, cycle and run all that way? Good on them, I spent the afternoon in a pub' most of them read. It makes you despair, really, to know that there are people like that still alive and they have computers and a sort of kind of type of way of communicating.
addictfreak
Guru
- Location
- Boldon, Tyne and Wear
In a sports bar (english owner) in Portugal:
Me, Any chance you could put the Tour de France on?
Barmaid, The what!
Me, The TDF its a cycle race
Barmaid, Ok no one has ever asked for that before!
Me, Thanks
Barmaid, If someone comes in and wants football I will have to turn it over!
Me, Any chance you could put the Tour de France on?
Barmaid, The what!
Me, The TDF its a cycle race
Barmaid, Ok no one has ever asked for that before!
Me, Thanks
Barmaid, If someone comes in and wants football I will have to turn it over!
david1701
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Bude, Cornwall
I also get are you sure you want to ride home, its dark
the woman bought me a £75 headlight and worries about me riding in the dark wtf 
YahudaMoon
Über Member
Is that bike fast, how fast does it go ?
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I've had this said to me many time
I'm 60...well in a few weeks time
I have a damaged spine and have emphysema and I've even got a blue disability card for my car
they just don't get it, why do they think you have to be fit to sit on your arse and pedal
