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

[Twilkes]

Wearing shorts below 10C will ruin your knees

I wore shorts in 0-2C on a commute once and definitely screwed up a knee for a week or so. But then I live in Scotland where 10C is summer, so.....

 

[Twilkes]

"racer"

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Riding an ebike 5-6 days a week for 20+ miles a day on low assistance

is cheating and not as good for you as

riding a 'proper' bike for 10 miles then taking a week to recover before you can manage it again

 

[Deleted member 1258]

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Showing my age.

 

[Twilkes]

The ball of your foot must be over the pedal spindle.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I wore shorts in 0-2C on a commute once and definitely screwed up a knee for a week or so. But then I live in Scotland where 10C is summer, so.....

People do their knees in at all sorts of temps. It’s not the temp that the problem.

 

[Venod]

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

Yes The RSF, some great characters in that club.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Riding an ebike 5-6 days a week for 20+ miles a day on low assistance

is cheating and not as good for you as

riding a 'proper' bike for 10 miles then taking a week to recover before you can manage it again

that is common knowledge

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That riding a bike for 10 miles needs a week for recovery

 

[matticus]

That riding a bike on the highway is dangerous.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

That riding a bike for 10 miles needs a week for recovery

Depends on how long your bike has been in the shed rusting before you start

and how long you have been sitting on the sofa eating Big Macs since you last did any exercise

 

[matticus]

I'm not laughing.

 

[Profpointy]

Always have a steel framed bike.

Because, when you are in the depths of Africa or India and the frame snaps a local will weld it for you.

Wasn't there the story of this happening on an early Tour-de-France and the cyclist mended his own bike at a local blacksmith's.
He was disqualified, despite re-welding / forging himself as then required by the rules, but the blacksmith had worked the bellows for him

 

[matticus]

Why didn't he just take a spare bike off the team-car roof-rack??

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Wasn't there the story of this happening on an early Tour-de-France and the cyclist mended his own bike at a local blacksmith's.
He was disqualified, despite re-welding / forging himself as then required by the rules, but the blacksmith had worked the bellows for him

The early tour de France was in Africa ?🤪😜🤨😝😚