Oldbloke
Guru
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- Mayenne, France
Oft-heard cycling phrases that get on your nerves
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I think you're being slightly overcautious and finding reasons not to ride: Blown into traffic? Are you a waif riding a feather?
Ice few like, but you can get tyres to help with that. They're slower but that makes it better training, doesn't it?
If you don't want to, fair enough, but where there's a will there's a way.
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4gPVGM1QjY
Sorry I tend never to watch videos posted here but this one sums up our cyclist sayings in a pretty funny way.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
That's a TMN to somebody upthread ....
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Tmn?
When people ask me how “many miles I have done” when out on my mountain bike and then tell me I “need a new phone with apps on” to tell me about my route.
I cycle off road with an O/S map to get away from it all. I work in IT and so do not want to see a small computer on my handle bars and I do not own a smart phone, I see enough of this stuff in work. My main concern is what cake to buy in the morning to take with me.
People need to ask me about what cakes I eat when cycling.
I cycle off road with an O/S map to get away from it all. I work in IT and so do not want to see a small computer on my handle bars and I do not own a smart phone, I see enough of this stuff in work. My main concern is what cake to buy in the morning to take with me.
People need to ask me about what cakes I eat when cycling.
Don't get me wrong - i ride in shite weather all the time (it's the west coast of Scotland!), and I guess the wind comments are based on the last month or so. I do most of my riding southwest of Glasgow and there have been crazy strong winds here recently, not sure if you remember but it was causing massive disruption up here. I genuinely have been blown into traffic before though, once or twice, it's pretty scary because a gust can come out of nowhere.
Most of time it's ice/snow that bothers me. I've come off on black/invisible ice patches enough times to be very cautious whenever the temp drops below 1c.
But when you consider that during the winter I can only ride longer distances on some weekends, some of the time, if there are even 1 or 2 weekends in a month where the conditions are too icy, it's a huge pain in the ass.
That said, I've got an old reynolds 501 frame with a fixed gear set up. The clearances look favourable for bigger, studded tires, so I'm toying with the idea of getting some next payday. Could be pretty fun riding around in the snow/ice without really worrying about it so much.
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
Usually drunk and incapable!
I have Schwalbe studded tyres on my MTB just now. They help on ice, but they do not defy the laws of physics - especially on rutted icy surfaces. I was out last weekend on a local hilly back road and at least I stayed upright. Without them I would definitely have been on my ar5e.
Regarding riding in bad weather. I really don't think some of our southern friends appreciate the severity and frequency of the wind, rain, and ice that we get. It's easy to avoid it or even put up with it if you only get it on the odd day or two in a year. A different matter when it's one or the other for pretty much 4 months of the year.
Once you have come off on ice and injured yourself, you won't be doing ANY miles until your collar bone/wrist/arm/hip has recovered, a few months down the line. It's not worth that risk. Just ask @Mo1959 (collar bone) or myself (hip, 2 years ago and it's still not right). Sorry for the OT post.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
A "User13710" it's a score or an award given when somebody repeats exactly what somebody up thread has already posted. The TMN goes to the person who first posted.
Oldbloke
Guru
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- Mayenne, France
"Goodies" when referring to accessories, extras or freebies from Woggle or CRC.
THE Goodies were a trio of comedians in the 70s who made surreal TV sketches, rode a Tridem (does the word exist?) and made ar5e clenchingly awful records.
Bill Oddie did of course become legend after several mentions by the great Alan Partridge
THE Goodies were a trio of comedians in the 70s who made surreal TV sketches, rode a Tridem (does the word exist?) and made ar5e clenchingly awful records.
Bill Oddie did of course become legend after several mentions by the great Alan Partridge
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Pentlands Midlothian Edinburgh
Yes Paul
Yes Phil
'Bike race' Yes Paul we can see it's a bike race for ourselves, in fact that's the reason why most of us are watching.
Those two wind me up so much I can no longer watch even a few mins of them. Thank heavens for Eurosport.
Yes Phil
'Bike race' Yes Paul we can see it's a bike race for ourselves, in fact that's the reason why most of us are watching.
Those two wind me up so much I can no longer watch even a few mins of them. Thank heavens for Eurosport.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Carsten on Eurosport is a legend! If you've not switched to German commentary, he's worth it.
Anyway, if we're starting on Phil and Paul, "front end of the main field" gets on my nerves. I still watch ITV coverage because Gary, Ned, Matt and Chris are all brilliant... and hey, at least it's not Hugh Porter and Jonathan Edwards.
Anyway, if we're starting on Phil and Paul, "front end of the main field" gets on my nerves. I still watch ITV coverage because Gary, Ned, Matt and Chris are all brilliant... and hey, at least it's not Hugh Porter and Jonathan Edwards.
