Non cyclists look upon cyclists as weird

[NorthernDave]

just like them golfists, they spend ages whacking a ball round a field to to get it in a hole, then they take it out and start again, and they also end up back where they started.

Plus golfists wear those ridiculous garishly coloured outfits - what do they think they look like?

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

My family are very supportive. They don’t get it at all, but they are supportive. I mentioned how far I’d ridden on Sunday morning and the look I got was priceless (I had to work very hard not to laugh aloud). Only two of my brother-in-laws get it as they run.

My wife thinks it’s great that I cycle (I spent several years in a wheelchair/mobility scooter) and has even joined me with the kids on some very short rides. Otherwise she leaves me to it. She does nod and smile when I talk about cycling, but I have come to recognise the glassy stare and now reciprocate her patience with me by quickly shutting up.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The gym is weird isn't it? People drive 30 mins there and back to spend 30 mins on an exercise bike and 15 mins showering / changing. Why don't they just cycle there, then when they get there, just ride back. Saves a gym membership.

 

[pjd57]

The strange driving to the gym culture baffles me.
If people feel the need to go , why not walk , jog , cycle there and back ?


I get a few strange looks when I tell people that I cycle to the football now.
7:5 miles from my house to Celtic park.
When you tell them how much quicker bit is than taking a car , they just seem lost for words.

 

[classic33]

The strange driving to the gym culture baffles me.
If people feel the need to go , why not walk , jog , cycle there and back ?


I get a few strange looks when I tell people that I cycle to the football now.
7:5 miles from my house to Celtic park.
When you tell them how much quicker bit is than taking a car , they just seem lost for words.

The time taken to get from A to B, is what throws most people. The fact that the same journey, where you spend less time stationary, is quicker is hard to get them to understand. Then it's the distance involved that gets them.

 

[screenman]

The gym is weird isn't it? People drive 30 mins there and back to spend 30 mins on an exercise bike and 15 mins showering / changing. Why don't they just cycle there, then when they get there, just ride back. Saves a gym membership.

I use the gym twice a week for 90 minutes at a time, you get to work bits that you do not on a bike.

 

[Edwardoka]

The strange driving to the gym culture baffles me.
7:5 miles from my house to Celtic park.
When you tell them how much quicker bit is than taking a car , they just seem lost for words.

In fairness I cycle really quickly when I'm in Bridgeton as well

 

[Alan O]

What's wrong with trainspotting?

Indeed, it can make them look very pretty...

 

[Maenchi]

'Golfist' never heard that term.....like it...

 

[screenman]

I go to the gym regularly too. Have done for years. I quite enjoy it. I don't drive there, mind. Nor does my gym have escalators!

I would rather people drive to the gym and use it rather than no go at all.

 

[screenman]

I would rather people drive to the gym and use it rather than no go at all.

My nearest gym is 10 miles away from home and like many others that use it I before I go directly to customers, or after work. Which may help to explain why some go by car.

 

[Edwardoka]

I've never been as fit as I was when I had a 15 mile commute with a big climb in either direction and a gym near the highest point on the commute. Got into a routine of riding uphill, by the time I'd reach the gym I'd be properly warmed up and ready to work out, jump back on bike afterwards and have a nice cooldown session by riding mostly downhill home.

I really wouldn't mind having that kind of routine again.

 

[snorri]

The gym is weird isn't it? People drive 30 mins there and back to spend 30 mins on an exercise bike and 15 mins showering / changing. Why don't they just cycle there,

Perhaps because, like my local Leisure Centre, there is no secure cycle parking?.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Perhaps because, like my local Leisure Centre, there is no secure cycle parking?.

But you don't need to go in as you are not stopping. So what has cycle parking got to do with it?

 

[mjr]

Perhaps because, like my local Leisure Centre, there is no secure cycle parking?.

That sucks. Have you tried reporting that fault to its operator or the borough council?