Is it ok to have a cycling buddy who is entirely imaginary?

[GrumpyGregry]

or is that just a bit weird?

How about if I think they exist but others don't?

Or if I and lots of others think they exist but lots of others don't?

Or if I and lots of others think they exist but have a wide range of ways of naming and describing them but lots of others don't?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If you can draft behind one, they're fine by me.

 

[4F]

or is that just a bit weird?

How about if I think they exist but others don't?

Or if I and lots of others think they exist but lots of others don't?

Or if I and lots of others think they exist but have a wide range of ways of naming and describing them but lots of others don't?

Is this another thread about MacB ?

 

[mrandmrspoves]

I am worried that if they're imaginary they won't be visible and therefore more likely to have an accident. Even visible cyclists are often invisible to motorists.....

 

[Melonfish]

I talk to my imaginary cycling buddy all the time. mostly i shout at him for running red lights and not wearing a helmet...

 

[subaqua]

I blame mine for the terrible farts

 

[subaqua]

but claim the good ones as mine

 

[Big boy]

mine is a woman with an incredible arse . i can never quite catch her

 

[Pat "5mph"]

It's ok only if your OH doesn't cycle.

 

[defy-one]

my imaginary cycle friend is Scarlet

 

[mrandmrspoves]

my imaginary cycle friend is Scarlet
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Yeh - but she will only ever be your imaginary cycling companion.....

 

[mrandmrspoves]

.......and that top is hardly suitable for cycling on drop handlebars!

 

[mattobrien]

Mine never does their time in the wind. Sometimes I really wonder why I bother.

 

[mrandmrspoves]

I sometimes imagine that my wife would like to come for a bicycle ride with me (and occasionally, if the weather is perfect and she is feeling particularly energetic, she will accompany me 5 miles along the cycle path to the cafe!) but the likelihood of this occurrence has just been reduced to slightly less than zero as I have (due to my crappy bloody shoulders) just purchased a recumbent - which my wife thinks will make me look like some eccentric freak (how right she is!)

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Many years ago a chap used to come into my local pub .. suit, tie, briefcase the proper city gent , after 5 or 6 pints he would start talking to an imaginery friend, not only that, he would then start buying a pint for himself and a short for his friend, he would drink the pint and then after much debate would drink the friends drink and offer to get another round in , and so the night would go on chatting and drinking ....... thinking back now , who was the daft one , him or us for watching him get proper plastered and have some cracking conversations.