Is it me or are they a funny lot in the commuting section

[lukesdad]

We call them mountain bikes as a descriptive term Mickle. As there aren't any mountains in England, It is rather a silly argument you are trying to make, as the construction cannot realistically match the use on home ground.

However, there are plenty of big hills where I live and I've used mine on them on quite a few occasions - it is however still a shyte bike and that is why I've tried not to make a habit of it

"Big hill bike" doesn t quite have the same ring to it does it ?

 

[Linford]

"Big hill bike" doesn t quite have the same ring to it does it ?

Quite so. Isn't it a similar reason why the yanks call 4x4's 'Sport Utility Vehicles' ('sport' being the operative word)

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Do you mind !!!! This is a titanic battle between hobbyist and anorak. Pride is at stake in this momentous willy waiving contest

Willy waiving? Surely this belongs in the circumcision thread?

 

[classic33]

Do you mind !!!! This is a titanic1 battle between hobbyist and anorak2. Pride is at stake in this momentous willy waiving contest
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1.Titanic sank.
2. Define the difference between the two.

 

[GrasB]

I've seen loads of people taking calls whilst riding cycles. Wouldn't you agree that they need punishing also ?

IMO the police force is under staffed & over burdened by red tape. So for the moment I think it's a waste of time for the police, & thus the law, to be dealing with the relatively low risk situations when there are people bringing much higher risk factors to the roads.

 

[Francesca]

willy waiving ????? WHERE??

 

[Pat "5mph"]

willy waiving ????? WHERE??

I think they mean a sort of "virtual willy", Francesca: all image, no substance

 

[Linford]

One of them picks and choses when they want to partake in the activity, the other is a bit anal about the whole thing, and considers anyone else who does't share their level of enthusiasm to be a fraud.

I also consider myself to be a driver, biker, and a horse rider also as I also own them, but I actually spend more time on foot as a pedestrian than all the others put together (so that makes me and everyone else a pedestrian then doesn't it by Mickles reasoning)

I guess that you can only truly be a 'cyclist' when you are actually in the saddle, and not siting at a desk banging buttons on the interweb....

 

[lukesdad]

Sort of all rounder then

 

[Linford]

I think they mean a sort of "virtual willy", Francesca: all image, no substance

It would deserve a ban if it were anything else wouldn't it

 

[classic33]

Sort of all rounder then

More "Jack of All & Master of Non"

One of them picks and choses when they want to partake in the activity, the other is a bit anal about the whole thing, and considers anyone else who does't share their level of enthusiasm to be a fraud.

As for being anal, does that mean being a bit of an ar5ehole about things?

 

[mickle]

One of them picks and choses when they want to partake in the activity, the other is a bit anal about the whole thing, and considers anyone else who does't share their level of enthusiasm to be a fraud.

I also consider myself to be a driver, biker, and a horse rider also as I also own them, but I actually spend more time on foot as a pedestrian than all the others put together (so that makes me and everyone else a pedestrian then doesn't it by Mickles reasoning)

I guess that you can only truly be a 'cyclist' when you are actually in the saddle, and not siting at a desk banging buttons on the interweb....

You're throwing up a rather pathetic smoke screen in an attempt to hide the real point. Which is this: You never start or participate in threads which have anything whatsoever to do with cycling and you don't own a bike. One of these facts would be unusual in a person who so regularly frequents a forum called CycleChat, but both? On the rare occasions you do talk about cycling it's clearly from the point of view of a 4x4 driving motorist, such as your latest der brained comment on motorists vs cyclists with mobile phones.

So why are you here?

 

[Linford]

More "Jack of All & Master of Non"

How do you quantify the term 'master' ?

As for being anal, does that mean being a bit of an ar5ehole about things?

It might be construed that way in a given circumstance...

 

[Linford]

You're throwing up a rather pathetic smoke screen in an attempt to hide the real point. Which is this: You never start or participate in threads which have anything whatsoever to do with cycling and you don't own a bike. One of these facts would be unusual in a person who so regularly frequents a forum called CycleChat, but both? On the rare occasions you do talk about cycling it's clearly from the point of view of a 4x4 driving motorist, such as your latest der brained comment on motorists vs cyclists with mobile phones.

So why are you here?

Your charming company is irresistable Mickle

 

[mickle]

Your charming company is irresistable Mickle

Evasion. You never start or participate in threads which have anything whatsoever to do with cycling and you don't own a bike. What brings you to Cyclechat?

I might be able to be persuaded that you work at GCHQ and are keeping an eye on us cyclist activists on behalf of a paranoid secret service, what with living in Cheltenham and all. Except that I understand that they tend to recruit folks with a capacity for rational thought.