NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
Elitism and Snobbery
- Thread starter Noodle Legs
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Levo-Lon
Guru
I was just going to post that!!
Elysian_Roads
Senior Member
And I'm off to the Rapha store to spend most of it....
Racing roadkill
Guru
Clubbies, say no more.
When I got my first 'proper' road bike (a Defy 2) I thought I was Jack the Biscuit coming home from a 15 mile ride, then got overtaken in some style by a postman on his work's bike.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It's why they wear shorts with dusters sewn into them.I do not understand male friendships
And speaking of that, I'm not quite sure I am following other parts of this thread: men join cycling clubs to learn how to polish their knobs?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
To keep their rings polished?
OP
OP
Noodle Legs
Winging it
- Location
- Coalville, Leicestershire
Touché!
D
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If I add up all my cycling gear from Sports Direct & Aldi I don't think it will all amount to even one of those 2nd hand tops
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
There are more non club riders that are dickheads, At least if you ride with a club you learn how to ride in a group. for the non club riders they do the sportives and think they are the only ones on the road,
To reverse the trend a bit, I once bought a 1930’s BSA looped frame cycle from a museum, got it back working with minimal effort and decided to ride to the museum to show them. Got on shared path and was maybe 50 yards behind a bloke on a race bike. Every time I rang my bell at walkers/dog owners in front, the race bike rider pedalled faster, as if it was some massive effrontery to him if I got past. It ended up being highly amusing (to me) as I was gaining on him until I was on his back wheel, so I kept ringing the bell at people.
In the end he stopped and pulled his phone out and I got past. He was clearly knackered and could have been on the home straight of a 100 mile ride or something, but it didn’t half amuse me.
In the end he stopped and pulled his phone out and I got past. He was clearly knackered and could have been on the home straight of a 100 mile ride or something, but it didn’t half amuse me.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Most of my kit is from Decathlon. Does exactly what it says on the tin, and has that French "je ne sais quois" about it as well.
If you can get over the rather weird sizing, that is. And the fact that the ladies' range has an excessive abundance of pink. My biggest spend on was the £50-ish on the winter jacket, but that's been worth every penny and then some.
If you can get over the rather weird sizing, that is. And the fact that the ladies' range has an excessive abundance of pink. My biggest spend on was the £50-ish on the winter jacket, but that's been worth every penny and then some.
Racing roadkill
Guru
Agreed, all but two of my bikes are from there, and most of my kit is too.
Racing roadkill
Guru
Then you get the nightmare ‘Frankenstein’s Knobber’ a clubbie riding a sportive.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
