KneesUp
Guru
My judge-y pants are on.
I was walking to the shop this morning (milk) and was passed by a cyclist, and found myself being annoyed at the stake of their bike.
It was a new-ish bike - a year or two old at most. Nicely clean. A road bike, not super expensive, probably a £750 bike. But, you know, that's not an inconsiderable amount of money. Anyway, the first thing I noticed was that there was was too little air in the front tyre - it was bulging so much it seemed only to have enough air to make it not look flat when no-one was on the bike, it was basically flat at the bottom (all my punctures only affect the bottom of the tyre, as it happens) Then I noticed the rear was the same. Then I noticed that the rider had the saddle far, far too low, so their knee was never anywhere near straight. And then I heard the tick-ticking of a chain that was on the big ring at the front and the big ring at the back.
So I got all judge-y - is it just me or do others want to be able to just say look, give me 10 minutes and I'll transform your cycling experience? Obviously I'll never say anything, and they just pedaled off, wrecking their knees, the chain, the cassette, the chain rings and the tyres, but sometimes I want to. Is it just me?
I was walking to the shop this morning (milk) and was passed by a cyclist, and found myself being annoyed at the stake of their bike.
It was a new-ish bike - a year or two old at most. Nicely clean. A road bike, not super expensive, probably a £750 bike. But, you know, that's not an inconsiderable amount of money. Anyway, the first thing I noticed was that there was was too little air in the front tyre - it was bulging so much it seemed only to have enough air to make it not look flat when no-one was on the bike, it was basically flat at the bottom (all my punctures only affect the bottom of the tyre, as it happens) Then I noticed the rear was the same. Then I noticed that the rider had the saddle far, far too low, so their knee was never anywhere near straight. And then I heard the tick-ticking of a chain that was on the big ring at the front and the big ring at the back.
So I got all judge-y - is it just me or do others want to be able to just say look, give me 10 minutes and I'll transform your cycling experience? Obviously I'll never say anything, and they just pedaled off, wrecking their knees, the chain, the cassette, the chain rings and the tyres, but sometimes I want to. Is it just me?