mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Sliding along the frozen canal again, huh?
Non cyclists look upon cyclists as weird
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Racing roadkill
Guru
The types of rides I tend to do, are not normal, people think I’m not playing with a full deck, they’re right, I don’t let it bother me.
petek
Über Member
- Location
- East Coast UK
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
It's hard to explain, try it yourself and the benefits will be obvious (BTW no team colours here)
Would you go swimming in a boiler suit? cycling was designed for Lycra.
classic33
Leg End Member
Speak for yerssen!
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
It's interesting to note, perhaps, that a motorcyclist would do exactly what a cyclist does, and it wouldn't seem pointless at all.
I guess that the engagement with the environment is there, but compared with cycling, different aspects of the experience are emphasised.
One thing I've practically no experience of is horse riding. I remember someone telling me that as a horse rider in the countryside, you see far more wildlife up close, because all it's aware of is the approach of another animal which isn't a threat.
So maybe experienced horse riders shake their heads at the misguided people who think they're enjoying the great outdoors, but don't realise they're missing so much. I think they're weird.
petek
Über Member
- Location
- East Coast UK
Bicycling predates lycra by some decades.
Tweed , on the other hand; has been around for centuries and is eminently more practicable.
Yes of course I know about lycra, it is of course a tongue in cheek saying.
Tweed, no thanks you can keep that lot, I hate the stuff, only for old people and at 62 I am nowhere near that group.
Do you wear a boiler suit when you go swimming?
petek
Über Member
- Location
- East Coast UK
A wet suit.
The North Sea is chilly at any time of the year.
Can you get them made in Tweed, as somebody who spent a good while surfing just down the road from you I can confirm that the sea maybe warmer elsewhere.
Johnno260
Veteran
- Location
- East Sussex
People think I'm odd for cycling for sure, they point out another cyclist killed someone in the news etc, I tell them go look at deaths involving cars/trucks etc
When I do manage to cycle to work the abuse really starts.
I get told go join a gym and use the exercise bike there! lol
When I do manage to cycle to work the abuse really starts.
I get told go join a gym and use the exercise bike there! lol
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I have to say, there's a bit of the blackadderish lions led by donkeys in some of that. Scott was in most ways well prepared, whilst he made errors, he also had very bad luck on the weather. He was also attempting a serious scientific expedition rather than a dash-to-the-pole like his rival. He didn't have the benefit of modern understanding of scurvy or modern materials. Likewise Mallory was using the best available materials and knowlwdge of his day, yet came a cropper doing something that is still bloody dangerous today, as do many modern mountaineers every year. I don't know enough about Franklin or whether the hubris and ill prepared complaint is valid or not.
Tweed is still a good material today and arguably one of the best available back then. They didn't have paramo and lycra back then, nor the considerably over-rated goretex
raleighnut
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As someone who wore Tweed trousers as a kid and know how itchy they are I'd give them a big
as Sir Billy once said "Jaggardy Arse Wool"However a nice 'Harris Tweed' sportscoat was the height of fashion in 1980-82, shame the real ones reeked of urine when they got wet, nearly as bad as a soggy Barbour jacket.
