Does cycling attract a disproportionate number of grumpy so and so's?

[NorthernDave]

Crexit means Crexit, but more than this it will be the best possible Crexit.

But will it be a hard Crexit? Which inevitably sounds a bit wrong...

Anyway, back to grumpiness. I don't think cycling makes you grumpy.

Firstly you get lots of lovely exercise for free* in the wonderful countryside and it's an excuse to wear lycra out and about
It keeps you mentally sharp - after all, I've used swear words at the side of the road that I've had to look up in Rogers Profanisaurus when I've finally arrived home. You might even hit the motherlode of a swear word that is a verb, a noun, an adjective and an adverb and which can be used multiple times in a single sentence.
It tests your ingenuity - thinking of ways to fix whatever you've been swearing at to get you home with a multitool seemingly made from cheese, a cable tie and an empty Haribo bag.
It teaches you diplomacy - when your ingenious repair fails after 200 yards and you have to ring home for someone to get into the car and come and fetch you.
It enhances you geographical and communications skills as you try to explain where you are to someone who only ever drives on main roads.
And it teaches you humility - when you finally get home and are reminded for the next 6 months about someone having to having to come and fetch "that bloody bike"...



Oh, and just so we're clear - I Iove Christmas too!

* - I keep telling Mrs ND that cycling is free. I'm then reminded that it is indeed free, apart from the cost of three bikes, goodness knows how much cycling clothing, fancy new lights, upgraded tyres, a spare set of lights, upgraded brakes, some other lights that were on offer, 3 different kinds of chain lube, oh, and another set of lights for emergencies (well, you never know when they'll come in handy do you).

 

[Levo-Lon]

Cyclists tend to be Anti-everything on here for the most part.....unless its some lefty liberal view involving green tea and bran flakes...oh and Santa is a myth btw

 

[Dan B]

What age can you typically see the onset of grumpness?

About three and a half, IME. Younger if it's after 7pm or if dinner is late

 

[greekonabike]

At the age of 27 I am still merely a child. When I passed 25 I found myself becoming gradually more. intolerant, bitter and full of rage. Cycling helps me moderate the inevitable grumpiness that comes with spending all my waking hours despising what both I and the world has become..


But no I don't think cycling attracts a disproportionate number of grumpy cyclists.

GOAB

 

[vickster]

I might be grumpier than usual this Christmas as I'm having a shoulder op on the 21st. It won't be potential pain that makes me grumpier (there's opiates for that) but the fact I may need my Quality Street unwrapped for me which will inevitably slow down my consumption thereof!!

Oh and I won't be able to cycle on bus free roads on Christmas morning. Bah humbug

I'm probably grumpier when I can't cycle

 

[ufkacbln]

Cyclists tend to be Anti-everything on here for the most part.....unless its some lefty liberal view involving green tea and bran flakes...oh and Santa is a myth btw

A female Santa?

 

[nickyboy]

the inevitable grumpiness that comes with spending all my waking hours despising what both I and the world has become..

Nice to see we're keeping it light and fluffy

 

[jefmcg]

A female Santa?

I'm santa for tuesday nights carol singing.

Now, which boots do I wear?

or

?

 

[MarkF]

The best thing about cycling for me, along with the health benefits (mental & physical), are the disproportionate amount of cyclists I meet who seem to be enthused with happiness & optimism. I love it.

Some right grumpy fekkers on here though........

 

[greekonabike]

Nice to see we're keeping it light and fluffy

I drafted a few responses to the thread and that was the most positive sounding one. I think it's necessary to have something that your really enjoy whilst the world is disintegrating around you, it keeps you busy enough that you don't realise what's happening. Then one day you'll wake up in a post-apocalyptic world, get your bike out and begin the inevitable fight for survival.

GOAB

 

[jefmcg]

I drafted a few responses to the thread and that was the most positive sounding one. I think it's necessary to have something that your really enjoy whilst the world is disintegrating around you, it keeps you busy enough that you don't realise what's happening. Then one day you'll wake up in a post-apocalyptic world, get your bike out and begin the inevitable fight for survival.

GOAB

So, you are 27? My grandfather fought in WWI and missed Gallipoli by a stroke of near fatal luck. 4 of my uncles fought in WWII, and my great uncle was in Changi. For most of the second half of the 20th century the world stood in genuine peril of global nuclear war. And you think we live in end times now? You don't even know how lucky we are.

 

[greekonabike]

So, you are 27? My grandfather fought in WWI and missed Gallipoli by a stroke of near fatal luck. 4 of my uncles fought in WWII, and my great uncle was in Changi. For most of the second half of the 20th century the world stood in genuine peril of global nuclear war. And you think we live in end times now? You don't even know how lucky we are.

Whilst I can't begin to imagine what living through that time was like I think the threat of a full on nuclear war is much higher now than it was then. You've got countries with copius amounts of nuclear weapons and a constant power struggle. It's never going to end well.


GOAB

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Cycling helps me moderate the inevitable grumpiness that comes with spending all my waking hours despising what both I and the world has become.

Same here, except I've been doing that for longer. The world really has gone to hell, but at least cycling helps me temporarily forget about it.

 

[tyred]

Whatever makes you think I'm grumpy?

 

[ufkacbln]

I'm santa for tuesday nights carol singing.

Now, which boots do I wear?

or

?

Just the boots?