Non cyclists look upon cyclists as weird

[LeetleGreyCells]

Unicyclists - only seen em as performers
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I saw a unicyclist on a fat off-road tyre doing the easy trail at Sherwood Pines once. It made me literally stop in my tracks. I did wonder if he knew about the one-steep downhill that was round the next corner (it is the family trail). My kids thought it was the best thing they’d seen and asked me about riding unicycles

 

[Evenflow]

I go to the gym on a regular basis, it has a spa too which is good after a winter ride. Also when there's ice and snow about,
quite common up here, I'll do a couple of spinning classes ie interval training. Also do weights, ie not heavy stuff but light weights high
reps, good for core strength which helps your climbing. I've met a lot of cyclists in the gym and regularly go riding with a couple of them.
I can recommend it.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I go to the gym on a regular basis........... I can recommend it.

I'm not saying the actual exercise is a waste of time - quite the opposite. However, for me, the time spent going to and from is a waste and I'd find the Gym routine too tedious.
I just do a bit at home as and when I'm in the right mood and feeling enthusiastic enough. Moderate weights, chin-ups, and press-ups. My job is fairly active so I don't go looking for too much punishment. That said, I do hope to get back into the habit of using the bike more, to improve general fitness and lose a few pounds in weight. I have a casual approach though, if I tried to make it a strict regime I'd soon get fed up with it as it would seem like a chore not a pleasure.

 

[screenman]

I'm not saying the actual exercise is a waste of time - quite the opposite. However, for me, the time spent going to and from is a waste and I'd find the Gym routine too tedious.
I just do a bit at home as and when I'm in the right mood and feeling enthusiastic enough. Moderate weights, chin-ups, and press-ups. My job is fairly active so I don't go looking for too much punishment. That said, I do hope to get back into the habit of using the bike more, to improve general fitness and lose a few pounds in weight. I have a casual approach though, if I tried to make it a strict regime I'd soon get fed up with it as it would seem like a chore not a pleasure.

How weird

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Everybody's weird in some way. Cyclists are weird, runners are weird, motorists are weird. Kayakers (like a work colleague) are outright loonies!

 

[screenman]

Everybody's weird in some way. Cyclists are weird, runners are weird, motorists are weird. Kayakers (like a work colleague) are outright loonies!

What does that make me then, I do all of those and more. I even spent most of the day shopping with my very better half and enjoyed every moment.

 

[BoldonLad]

Everybody's weird in some way. Cyclists are weird, runners are weird, motorists are weird. Kayakers (like a work colleague) are outright loonies!

I agree, everybody's weird in some way......... except me that is

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I even spent most of the day shopping with my very better half and enjoyed every moment.

Now a man who actually enjoys shopping - that's really weird. Most blokes I know, me included, absolutely hate shopping. It's a waste of good drinking time!

 

[petek]

I do the big grocery shop every week but draw the line at clothes shopping with MrsP.
If Amazon or eBay doesn't sell it then I tend not wear it.
That said when Greenwoods in Skeg closed down recently, on the last day; I got a super new meetings-suit for change out of £50.

 

[pjd57]

Days like today , when it's cold out and I'm going to and from the football , past thousands of people stuck in traffic ,while I plod along , I know lots of them will think I'm mad .But when I am back in having a cuppa, they're still stuck in traffic.

 

[screenman]

I have been up an hour, the weird people are still in bed now.

 

[Alan O]

I'm just out of bed, the weird people got up hours ago.

 

[classic33]

I have been up an hour, the weird people are still in bed now.

You'd a lie in then?

 

[screenman]

You'd a lie in then?

A whole 7 minutes, still got to the pool on time though.

 

[lazyfatgit]

I've been looking at that canal all my life , frozen or otherwise.
Born in Fingal st in 1957, some of my earliest memories are seeing fishing boats coming up the Maryhill Locks.
Didn't really appreciate it for many years. Now I've come to love it.

I rode along it a lot in the year or two before I left. It’s amazing how peaceful it can be even though you’re right in the heart of a city.