Cycling myths or common-knowledge you'd like to see dispelled

[gasinayr]

If you cycle you stand a greater chance of getting Prostate cancer

 

[Salar]

(If not, then I see your point - cos you're not going to Africa for a while, are you? )

Can't go anywhere at the moment until 9th Nov apart from work, unless you can work from home or "essential shopping"

 

[Deleted member 1258]

If you get a non repairable puncture on a road bike you can just pull the tube out (or leave it in (why not)) and stuff the tyre full of grass. That will get you home (if 'home' is just round the coroner). With apologies to @Oldhippy

I've actually seen someone do that to to get them home a long time ago.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Not a drop bar bike but I put a picture on Flickr last week of my Raleigh Pioneer on a unsealed road covered in leaves and someone commented saying how I must be really brave and skilled to ride such a challenging road without a proper mountain bike and off road tyres.

The road runs alongside a lake shore so is pancake flat, it has a hardpacked surface and I ride it regularly even on slick tyred road bikes and I fail to see why it is such a challenge or why I would need a special bike to ride it

I wonder did the commentator notice my Raleigh is built up as a fixed wheel.

I'm old enough to remember doing rough stuff on my "racer" in the days before we had mountain bikes.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

tyre pressures above 100psi don't just feel fast, they aargh fast.

I'm a little short arse, 5' 6" and 11 stone, tyre pressures even approaching 100psi slow me down. That high and I'm getting my fillings rattled and I'm too busy hanging on to the bike to get the hammer down.

 

[chriswoody]

Off road riding on a drop bar bike is a new thing.

Indeed, and here's a great photo essay of some of those early pioneers:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/13/break-the-cycle-britains-oldest-off-road-club

 

[matticus]

Can't go anywhere at the moment until 9th Nov apart from work, unless you can work from home or "essential shopping"

Surely getting your classic steel bike welded is essential shopping??

 

[Twilkes]

Readers of this thread interested in vertical compliance might well appreciate this article. Please do not sip coffee while reading.
"I was able to tell just by looking at the pictures that the carbon fiber construction and layup yielded a frame that was laterally stiff yet vertically compliant."
bikesnob-2008-dream-bike-shootout

There's a similar example in screenwriting lore: "You could tell from the look on her face that she was thinking about Paris."

 

[Ming the Merciless]

disc brakes are silent.

Rim brakes are silent

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Wearing shorts below 10C will ruin your knees

 

[matticus]

Wearing shorts below 10C will ruin your knees

😄
Subconscious slip??

 

[Ming the Merciless]

"My bicycle has forks, breaks and peddles."

No it flippin' doesn't!

My bicycle has fords, beaches, and pebbles

 

[Ming the Merciless]

😄
Subconscious slip??

You will have to explain that one.

 

[sheddy]

Motorists think cyclists are obliged to give way.

 

[matticus]

Sorry, I was reading a bit too much into that ... it is Friday ...