Emotional attachment to your bike

[Welsh wheels]

Billy no mates!

I wasn't being serious

 

[MontyVeda]

It's a tool.

As much as it's nice to have a trusty hammer I don't cry when it breaks.

That reminds me.... some workmen took my granddad's hammer a few years ago. I don't think they meant to and they might not have, but it disappeared when they were doing some work. I have my own trusty hammer which does exactly the same job, but it's not that same as using granddad's hammer

 

[snorri]

I wasn't being serious

Not being a serious cyclist is considered a hanging offence by some on this forum.
Don't let the cutting comments bother you, we all have our secrets, it's knowing when to make the secrets public, that's the difficulty.

 

[Tin Pot]

Not being a serious cyclist is considered a hanging offence by some on this forum.
Don't let the cutting comments bother you, we all have our secrets, it's knowing when to make the secrets public, that's the difficulty.

You're both banned for 150 years.

 

[Lilliburlero]

I have been known to talk to my bike. I sometimes praise her after a particularly hard climb. And when she's broken and needs repairing, I feel sad and it feels like something isn't quite right with the world. We've been through so much together.

I often talk to my road bike when i`m out, but only when solo . It`s usually "come on babe, get me home" or "good girl" .

 

[derrick]

I have been known to talk to my bike. I sometimes praise her after a particularly hard climb. And when she's broken and needs repairing, I feel sad and it feels like something isn't quite right with the world. We've been through so much together.

We where talking about this last week, i have just got a new bike and not sure what to do with the old one, so many good memories over the years, it still looks like new. Thought about turning into a single speed but is a bit to good for a pub bike, I have decided to keep it and hopefully in a couple of years time it will fit my grandaughter, and i am hoping we can do a few rides together. Never ever thought i would get sentimental over a bike.

 

[Brains]

After close to 30K together he talks and I talk back, of course.

 

[Spiderweb]

I wasn't being serious

Neither was I!

 

[Tin Pot]

After close to 30K together he talks and I talk back, of course.

Is that better or worse than talking to oneself in one's head for hours on end?

Hmm, am I mental? 4.5hrs on a bike not talking to anyone doesn't phase me anymore. I used to need podcasts to occupy my mind.

 

[Mrs M]

I sometimes talk to "the lovely Gloria" (my Pashley) when we're tackling a hill and she (deliberately) slips gears.
"Come on b*tch"

 

[mustang1]

He'll be having sexual relations with it next.

I do that on the shop floor when I'm testing the bikes out. Aren't you supposed to do that?

 

[arch684]

I still have a bike i bought in 1983,the only time i speak to it is when i swear at it when it need repaired

 

[slowmotion]

It's just a bike to me, but I know I would be fairly pissed off if it got nicked or trashed.

 

[User32269]

My bike just ignores me out on the road. Fairly sure it slags me off to the flymo in the shed at night.

 

[Welsh wheels]

Neither was I!

Ok sorry