Same for me, nobody has ever expressed any interest in my cycling. I could tell them l am off cycling to Brazil and they'd only be wondering what was for dinner.
How do your none cycling friends perceive you
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Same for me, nobody has ever expressed any interest in my cycling. I could tell them l am off cycling to Brazil and they'd only be wondering what was for dinner.
Smokin Joe
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Re the general lack of fitness and aversion to any form of exercise these days, some of our paper boys turn up in the morning with mum or dad waiting outside to drive them round on the delivery. The bloody rounds are no more than half an hour long at most, I can do one in twenty minutes without breaking sweat when I need to cover absences.
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DSK
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Ah paper rounds! I did notice over the years, more so are being done via car whether its the shop owner or general people trying to earn an extra buck. It must cost more in fuel than its worth.
I loved my paper rounds when I was a lad, 35 minutes, gruelling a hefty orange paper bag over my shoulder, approximately 12 streets, getting an occasional free drink/crisps and some ££££ daily was great. When your mates called in sick, you knew they couldn't be @rsed, you'd see them later in school stating that they couldn't wake up and I got paid double doing the extra rounds. I've always been an early bird and woke up at 6am, completed my round by 6:45am ish, did extra ones by 7:30am, home for brekkie and then off to school.
I loved my paper rounds when I was a lad, 35 minutes, gruelling a hefty orange paper bag over my shoulder, approximately 12 streets, getting an occasional free drink/crisps and some ££££ daily was great. When your mates called in sick, you knew they couldn't be @rsed, you'd see them later in school stating that they couldn't wake up and I got paid double doing the extra rounds. I've always been an early bird and woke up at 6am, completed my round by 6:45am ish, did extra ones by 7:30am, home for brekkie and then off to school.
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Toshiba Boy
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As I have always cycled, man and boy; commuting for last 43 years, as a sport and to keep generally fit - family, friends and work colleagues, only comment when I haven't (unusually) cycled for two or three days. 
Brandane
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They think I am a nobber.
God knows what they would think if they knew Iwas a cyclist rode a bike too 
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God knows what they would think if they knew I
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Who are these "none" cycling friends you speak of?
The view is generally divided into those who love exercise and those who don't. Amongst those who don't cycle but say run, or hill walk they get it. For couch potato , early death brigade, they just don't get why exercise at all.
The view is generally divided into those who love exercise and those who don't. Amongst those who don't cycle but say run, or hill walk they get it. For couch potato , early death brigade, they just don't get why exercise at all.
cyberknight
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I’ve learned to combine cycling with socialising. I’ll often stop into various establishments where my non cycling friends are, with the bike. They know what they’re going to get, so they don’t see it as odd that I’m sat in the establishment in full cycling kit. It’s important to remember not to over do it and to take time out off the bike, or routine stuff that needs doing, will build up. I over did it in 2017, when I set a target of 20000 miles for the year ( I managed about 22000 miles IIRC ) but it nearly killed me, and I ended up in the back of an ambulance, late on in the year because I suffered a vasovagel syncope, whilst in a restaurant, trying to refuel after a 200 mile day ride. I’ve learned to listen to my body a bit better, and the ‘recovery function’ on the Garmin has helped massively. My non cycling friends still think I’m nuts, they might have a point.
Drago
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My non cycling friends think I'm awesome.
Globalti
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Back in about 1982 my employer in that Laandon sent me on a course in Warwick. A colleague of mine cycled there, probably a distance over 100 miles, which raised him in my mind from mere colleague to demi-God status, I was absolutely amazed that anyone could cycle so far. Now I know that on a decent bike it's not such a big deal and I've even done it a few times myself.
LeetleGreyCells
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My wife thinks it’s great I have a hobby that makes me happy. She is terrified of me cycling at night when I’m less visible (I do have lights, but I think a giant spotlight still wouldn’t be enough for her).
My parents and sibling think I’m nuts because I cycle over 3 miles at a time. Maybe it makes them feel guilty for not exercising. After my first metric century, for a minute I thought they were looking to have me committed. They don’t exercise and are very overweight. Clinically so. To be fair, they have cycled the green route at the local forestry commission site and have pootled around the nature reserve cycle paths. My dad asks me about cycling on occasion, but I’ve learnt not to offer up more than a couple of sentences on the subject.
My BiL runs so he gets it. My SiL knows how much my BiL loves running so she gets it. Rest of the family look at me with indulgent smiles (“he’s insane to cycle, but happy”).
The only other people I know outside of family are from the cycling club - one of the reasons I joined. It’s great spending time with people who have the same interests as me. I‘m not the most social of people and don’t find it easy, but it makes it far easier to be sociable with like-minded people, a ready-made conversation topic, and I can ride along on my own when I want.
My parents and sibling think I’m nuts because I cycle over 3 miles at a time. Maybe it makes them feel guilty for not exercising. After my first metric century, for a minute I thought they were looking to have me committed. They don’t exercise and are very overweight. Clinically so. To be fair, they have cycled the green route at the local forestry commission site and have pootled around the nature reserve cycle paths. My dad asks me about cycling on occasion, but I’ve learnt not to offer up more than a couple of sentences on the subject.
My BiL runs so he gets it. My SiL knows how much my BiL loves running so she gets it. Rest of the family look at me with indulgent smiles (“he’s insane to cycle, but happy”).
The only other people I know outside of family are from the cycling club - one of the reasons I joined. It’s great spending time with people who have the same interests as me. I‘m not the most social of people and don’t find it easy, but it makes it far easier to be sociable with like-minded people, a ready-made conversation topic, and I can ride along on my own when I want.
Justinitus
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One of my friends used to take the proverbial out of me for not only just riding a bike, but for spending endless hours fettling and cleaning as well as fixing other mates bikes.
Then, when someone he was working for gave him an old Trek mtb he suddenly fancied giving it a go himself.
That phone conversation where he wondered if I could get the bike roadworthy for him was a very satisfying one!
He now has 2 bikes and rides with me often.
Then, when someone he was working for gave him an old Trek mtb he suddenly fancied giving it a go himself.
That phone conversation where he wondered if I could get the bike roadworthy for him was a very satisfying one!
He now has 2 bikes and rides with me often.
