People not "Getting It"

[fossyant]

When I used to average over 100 miles a week, my then g/f accused me of only doing the cycling so I could get away with eating and drinking a lot without piling on weight!

I pointed out that:

• I enjoy cycling
• I enjoy eating
• I enjoy drinking
• I like being fit
• It kept me healthy

What's not to like?

Sounds about right to me..

 

[hopless500]

I usually take our cat to the vet in a bike trailer. admittedly it isn't 8 miles away. Having said that I live where I do because I cycle and I like things to be close.

yeah, but, try 3 cats (one of which weighs just under a tonne) ...

 

[Sara_H]

yeah, but, try 3 cats (one of which weighs just under a tonne) ...

The just under a tonne cat should be made to run along behind - the big, fat, lazy feline!

 

[hopless500]

he would look at me, lie on his back and wriggle, and stick his bottom lip out

 

[jayonabike]

My dog weighs 9 stone, there is no way she's getting a tow from me on a bike

 

[Puddles]

yeah, but, try 3 cats (one of which weighs just under a tonne) ...

Fit that cat with a harness and make it run behind it obviously needs the exercise for weight loss

 

[mcshroom]

Fit that cat with a harness and make it run behind it obviously needs the exercise for weight loss

or fit it with a harness and get it to pull the bike

 

[hopless500]

Just tell your husband you're taking the bike and that's all there is to it.

 

[Sara_H]

he would look at me, lie on his back and wriggle, and stick his bottom lip out

Hmmmm..... I've got out of many a chore myself using that approach.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I usually take our cat to the vet in a bike trailer. admittedly it isn't 8 miles away. Having said that I live where I do because I cycle and I like things to be close.

You could get 3 cats in my trailer, in their boxes.
It's actually a small dog trailer, very handy for shopping too.

 

[mcshroom]

@TimO has two cats he moves on the bike quite frequently I believe

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I
I've got a shopping trolley too! My friend calls it my Granny trolley! But it means I can easily do a weeks worth of shopping on foot and take the dog for his walk at the same time. I also use it for getting the equipment I need to my sons football matches to run a hotdog stall!

I don't know why more people don't have them.

We should start a thread about our trolleys
I've got this very handy for bags of compost!

 

[buggi]

my mum once said "well, it's not like you'll be cycling to work when you're 50" to which i replied, mum, i'm 42 and i'm fitter now than i've ever been, of course i'll still be cycling when i'm 50".

She also once told me to join a club to make some cycling friends to which i replied "you clearly don't understand cyclists... we do it for the solitude".

 

[Louch]

found most non bikers go out their way to be negative about anything bike related.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My family and friends 'get' that I cycle a lot, they just don't understand why I bother when it's 'easier' to go by car.

Exactly the same with my parents & siblings, even when they see the evidence of how fit cycling keeps me, i.e. my taut, toned calves and thighs, the spring in my step, the younger-by-10-years attitude, etc.