Lessons learnt the hard way

[Sam Kennedy]

Things I've learned on my extremely short (1.5 mile) trip to school:
Taxi Drivers are Mentally retoodalid.
Look out for kids running across the road.
Dogs are a nuisance.
Don't forget to turn your light off and unclip it before going into school.
Taxi drivers should be banned from the road.
I hate taxi drivers.
Taxi Drivers are bad.
Beware of taxi drivers.
If you get knocked off your bike, it's a taxi driver.
If you see a small child crying, it's a taxi driver.
When the last biscuit goes missing from the biscuit tin, it's a taxi driver.
Everything bad that has ever happened is a taxi drivers fault.

(No offence to taxi drivers)

 

[Bay Runner]

Black Dogs are difficult to see on an unlite cycle path.

 

[tdr1nka]

Ride across tram tracks at ninety degree angles.

 

[Arch]

Mine is quite an important one:

Never ride up the inside of a left turning bus at a corner, especially when there are pedestrian railings.

I got away with twisted handlebars. I hadn't been cycling for all that long.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

you will get wet, either from rain or sweat. no matter how much money you throw at the gimmicky clothing.
don't ride in the gutter, you will get dirty, punctures and drivers will still want more road.
keep a pair of marigolds in your tool kit.
cycling is cheap but not free.
you will spend money on cycling stuff you could easily manage without, then use it for checking the strength of your garage shelves and collecting dust.

 

[potsy]

Black Dogs are difficult to see on an unlite cycle path.

As too are black rubbish bins that have appeared on a shared cycle path near me,near pitch black and the council decide to put 3 of these in a 400 yard section that is already too tight for cyclist and peds,literally pavement now designated as 'shared path' to boost the figures,+ it's right outside a school so you can imagine the 'fun' as you try to dodge the kids and the bins

 

[Kestevan]

1. You are guaranteed to have your first clipless moment at a busy crossing
2. You will never ever ever have enough bikes.
3. Water always gets inside things you want to keep it out of.
4. The pun*re fairy likes to come out when it's raining and you're late for work.
5. Audi drivers are all Tw*ts.

 

[upsidedown]

Lesson learned the hard way:

When you go to the shower at work, double check that you have picked up your shirt and your trousers before you get into the shower.

 

[SoulOnIce]

Lesson learned the hard way:

When you go to the shower at work, double check that you have picked up your shirt and your trousers before you get into the shower.

LOL - or as I've recently learned check you have your towel with you before you go into the shower.

 

[Stig-OT-Dump]

LOL - or as I've recently learned check you have your towel with you before you go into the shower.

And as I learned - check you have locked the door BEFORE you get naked when you use the shower at work.

 

[Armegatron]

And as I learned - check you have locked the door BEFORE you get naked when you use the shower at work.

Or one that got me a few months back and almost this morning after getting to work (although it warmed after a couple of mins)...
Check the water coming out of the shower is actually warm before putting shower gel in hands ready for application. I was caught out by freezing cold water and its not nice

 

[Hollyhillian]

I've learnt that if you unclip your right foot at a junction it makes sense to put that foot down and not fall to your left.

 

[der alt]

That covonia cough mixture is a great laxative the result was horrendous

 

[HelenD123]

If it's raining hard and you're not wearing overtrousers you will need a dry pair of knickers to change into.

 

[hackbike 666]

Never carry a biscuit tin on the handlebars.

(You may find it gets wedged between your leg and the handlebars.)

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