I feel such a fraud

[s7ephanie]

Walked up a step hill today and almost at top i got back on bike thinking i'd just do the very last bit, when a cyclist came towards me, gave me a big wave and said well done he was going to fast for me to reply, so i felt like a fraud, but i vowed that next hill i would NOT get off bike even if it took me ages, which i did in granny gear and wobbling all over the place !!

 

[Sara_H]

Walked up a step hill today and almost at top i got back on bike thinking i'd just do the very last bit, when a cyclist came towards me, gave me a big wave and said well done he was going to fast for me to reply, so i felt like a fraud, but i vowed that next hill i would NOT get off bike even if it took me ages, which i did in granny gear and wobbling all over the place !!

Ah well! Take the credit now, you may not get any later when you do actually ride it!
I was telling a friend recently that I sometimes get off and walk up one of the steep hills near my house, she was aghast "it's hard enough driving up there"!

 

[Cuchilo]

Just take the glory

 

[postman]

I know your shame.i was on my hands and knees,with a knife cleaning weeds from between the paving slabs on my drive.When i was visited by Vernon,riding his Woodrup Chimera.I was not worthy, in my filth,but he insisted i have a little ride.WOW what a bike,it glides,it floats,it's wonderful.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Win win..lol

 

[TVC]

Nothing wrong with smoke and mirrors

 

[cyberknight]

10 lashes with an old inner tube for you !

 

[Dayvo]

Don't worry about it. You ride for yourself, not anyone else.

 

[surfdude]

i know the feeling . i was in a gym and everyone had left and on a bench press stand was a huge amount of weight . i thought i would give it a go just to see if i could move it . started to push it out for the first time when two big body builders came in and struggling with it a lot i said 9 hoping they would think it was 9 pushes i had done . seeing i was struggling they both ran over got either side of me and started shouting for me to do one more push make it 10 . with burning arms i pushed one more out and they took the weights off me saying how impressed they where that someone my size could do that much weight 10 times and that they would even be hard pushed to do it 10 times . like you said felt a bit of a fraud but at the same time felt great having these guys being so impressed by what they had seen . i sure it inspired them on to bigger bodies by pushing more weight trying to out do that little guy .

 

[TVC]

I like it when I'm cycling along and someone comes flying past me at an impressive speed only run out of puff when they get 50 yards ahead and they stay 50 yards ahead for the next two miles. Even better when I slowly catch them up.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Velvet,that happens to me a lot....but i seldom catch the buggers