Define "Proper Cyclist" please.

[Welsh wheels]

"Proper Cyclist"
What is that?

A smarmy guy in full Castelli gear, wearing a helmet that cost more than their television and riding a bike worth more than 5,000 preferably a Cervelo or Pinarello. All other cyclists are idiots and a waste of space.

Joke

 

[mjr]

. You've obviously not cycled in the fens my dear boy..
Poncy slopes you ride up

Yeah, you can see the tops of them Welsh mountains and know they're going to end there, rather than continue dragging you backwards for the entire flipping ride like the Dutch mountains around here this last weekend...

 

[iateyoubutler]

I`m not a proper cyclist, after 20 years I still can`t do the "no hands" thing, and can`t ride out of the saddle on drop bars - although I can do it on a mtb

Oh, and I`ve got no Castelli kit either

 

[FishFright]

Anyone who rides a bike to get places instead of having a car. All the rest just have a hobby .

 

[iateyoubutler]

Anyone who rides a bike to get places instead of having a car. All the rest just have a hobby .

I do qualify for that one!

 

[Moodyman]

Touring bike, beard, sandals n socks with right trouser leg tucked into sock.

 

[slowmotion]

Here's a bit from an article about cycling in the Netherlands......

It's not about your ride

Cycling is so common that I have been rebuked for asking people whether they are cyclists or not. "We aren't cyclists, we're just Dutch," comes the response.

The bike is an integral part of everyday life rather than a specialist's accessory or a symbol of a minority lifestyle, so Dutch people don't concern themselves with having the very latest model of bike or hi-tech gadgets.

They regard their bikes as trusty companions in life's adventures. In that kind of relationship it is longevity that counts - so the older, the better. It's not uncommon to hear a bike coming up behind you with the mudguard rattling against the wheel. If anything, having a tatty, battered old bike affords more status as it attests to a long and lasting love.

 

[Mugshot]

True story coming up.
A couple of years ago I was heading down the shared use one evening, it was a pretty crappy winters evening, dark and rainy. Coming towards me was a woman and her daughter (I'd guess around 10) walking the dog, as I went by the daughter said
"Look mummy, a proper cyclist."
So there's your definition, me!!

 

[Jenkins]

I like to think I'm a "Proper Cyclist" when Lycra'd up for a ride, but in reality it's more "Proper Charlie"

 

[mustang1]

Idk what one is but I'm pretty sure as winter approaches, some cyclists will declare they are proper cyclists because they continue cycling during the horrible weather.

I think they're just snobs or don't have any other interests.

Btw, I do cycle during winter.

 

[presta]

Well.............I get acknowledged by other cyclists when I'm in Lycra, but not in mufti.

True story coming up.
A couple of years ago I was heading down the shared use one evening, it was a pretty crappy winters evening, dark and rainy. Coming towards me was a woman and her daughter (I'd guess around 10) walking the dog, as I went by the daughter said
"Look mummy, a proper cyclist."
So there's your definition, me!!

I was behind a woman riding a shopping bike once. As we passed a couple of women who obviously knew her at a bus stop, one said "cycling with the experts today then, Gladys".

 

[snorri]

Not me! I can't climb.

Can anyone climb the hills in Glasgow?
I stop for a break half way, and that's just when I'm on foot

 

[Smokin Joe]

"Proper" cyclists aren't all that.To be the real deal you have to be a serious cyclist.

 

[Cycleops]

This is a proper cyclist:

View: https://youtu.be/Coi86g8bxE8

 

[Racing roadkill]

A ‘proper cyclist’ smashes stuff, head down arris up, dresses in black, is moody ( a bit like in a Rapha photo shoot). They are far too pro to say hello, and don’t stop for nothing,
yeah.