Favourite noise whilst cycling

[Andy_R]

I love the clickclickclick of a properly indexed rear mech - no clickclackettyclacketty for me. and the sort of mechanical shwoomsh of a well set up front mech. I also like the farting noise my bike pump makes when I put my thumb over the end of it and pump it up.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The sound of my airzound as i warn mobile phone texting/viewing pedestrians to look up and watch the road as they saunter across it.

 

[mr messy]

The fading snort of an angry bull...

 

[nickyboy]

The breathing, growing ever more distant, of the poor sap I've scalped

 

[anothersam]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y66j_BUCBMY

As someone who wears earphones practically all the time and so forgos all these, it's a wonderfully bittersweet thread to hear what I'm missing.

warning with a psst
the slither sharp flint digs in
you are deflated

17 very well chosen syllables. (I used to collect 'em.)

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Silence

Agreed. Cycling should be quiet: that's why bicycles are better than cars. So all of you with those deliberately noisy freehubs: shut the hell up!

 

[slowmotion]

Like others, quiet tarmac. The bum-tenderising stuff I ride on daily is getting pretty wearing.

 

[Stonechat]

Birddsong, especially yellowhammers

 

[gary221281]

so come on then what is your favourite noise whilst out cycling :

for me i like the sound of debris pinging from underneath my tubs when they are pumped up to 145 psi

You pinched my answer

 

[ziggys101]

Deep section carbon wheels, or the sound of a disc wheel approaching from behind

 

[outlash]

The sound of disgruntled triathletes in the aero position when I pass them with a cheery hello sitting bolt upright.

 

[NormanD]

The sweet sound of "Get off the road, you don't pay road tax" as I cruise along, standing on my pedals and finger pointing to my anal region, the sweet sound of children running along upsides me shouting "Mr you back wheel is goi" (DONG!!) as they run into that unseen lamp post, cutting short their intended mockery, followed cries of pain and my cries of laughter.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I like a quiet bike well indexed mechs that don't clatter or rattle at all and change with a whisper. It lets me enjoy the sounds of the world I'm riding through, theres even a kind of music to the thrum and thud of an urban ride as well as being able to get lost in nature away from the buildings.

 

[mjr]

I love the clickclickclick of a properly indexed rear mech - no clickclackettyclacketty for me.

Isn't yours silent when properly indexed? :?

Someone's already posted the SA ticking, so my second favourite was our pootleton being cheered by small children as we rode out of Wisbech a few years ago, after cycling had been on the TV more, with the tour wins and Olympics and everything, and Cambridgeshire started taking its cycling festival on tour and so on.

 

[djb1971]

the nightjar churring and owls screeching.

This depends on which bike I'm out on, the Hope hubs tend to be the only sound I hear when I'm on the 907!