Non cyclists look upon cyclists as weird

[crazyjoe101]

Funny the different experiences people have, I normally end up chatting to lorry drivers, motorcyclists etc. if I end up on roadside stops and I'm not even that much of a sociable person, I suppose I've just been lucky.

 

[classic33]

Can we just clear something up here. Most of you lot are weird.

No weirder than anyone else one here.

 

[Winnershsaint]

I get smirks at times from the grown-ups in my family. As if they think its somehow childish to own a bike. But they play computer games. Go figure.

I've got three bikes. a Playstation 4 and I'm sixty in a couple of weeks!

 

[mustang1]

Just tell them you're going to appear on strictly come dancing or bake off or any other similar program. When they get excited tell them how weird they are and that you'd rather ride your bike.

 

[mustang1]

Acceptable obsessions for adults include men in shorts kicking a ball around a field, cars, beer. If you include Radio 4 listeners, add political party leadership challenges. Everthing else is trainspotting.

+1

 

[screenman]

I am just about to go out of a nice warm house to a cold garage and spend 40 minutes cycling nowhere on the turbo, even I think that is weird. I'll be back.

 

[Lonestar]

I am just about to go out of a nice warm house to a cold garage and spend 40 minutes cycling nowhere on the turbo, even I think that is weird. I'll be back.

I felt like crap earlier but 30 mins on the turbo has made me feel better so I see why people do it.

 

[ColinJ]

Yet a lot of them will happily drive to the gym and sit on a bike that doesn't go anywhere!

And then use an escalator to get from the car park up to the gym doors!

 

[raleighnut]

The weirdest bit for me is getting up at stupid o clock to go out for a ride. This Sunday it was hammering down with rain outside at 6am and the voice in my head was yelling Stop it! Go back to bed! This is not normal!

It's not normal, the pubs won't be open for hours.

 

[gavroche]

I've got three bikes. a Playstation 4 and I'm sixty in a couple of weeks!

A PlayStation at 60! You are weird!

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I live in Denmark. Everyone either owns a bike or knows dozens of friends and family members who own bikes. 50% of schoolchildren cycle to school in Denmark.

We dont get smirked at.

Sounds like paradise.

 

[Slick]

I am just about to go out of a nice warm house to a cold garage and spend 40 minutes cycling nowhere on the turbo, even I think that is weird. I'll be back.

So are you.

 

[hatler]

Things have changed over the last few years though. When I started cyclo-commuting in 2004 there was no-one in my social group who cycled at all, let alone to work.

Now ?

About half the people I know cycle on something at least approaching a regular basis, and a good number of them commute by bike too. People who, just a few years ago, wouldn't have even considered it. It wouldn't have occurred to them that the bike could be used to get to work.

It does help that I'm in London I think, as cyclists are very visible, so it is becoming, if not the norm, certainly a well established travel mode.

 

[huwsparky]

I don't think I've ever been looked at as weird for riding a bike. People maybe a little taken aback by the distance one can cover on a bike in a relatively short period of time but that's about it.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

And then use an escalator to get from the car park up to the gym doors!

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That’s absolutely hilarious. Bunch of escalator-riding weirdos.