People Shout The Funniest Things

[ColinJ]

Oh, I forgot the time on the Costa Blanca when I was riding past a school at break time. A big group of young kids ran to the wire fence and started chanting "In-du-rain, In-du-rain ..." - I thought that was great!

I gave them a big smile, and called out "¡Hola!"

It was slightly uphill but I got out of the saddle and sprinted past them. They gave me a big cheer. It struck me how different it was to cycling in England ...

 

[dondare]

Passed another cyclist who was struggling up a big hill.

First he shouts 'show of', then he says 'you got a toe rope'

Made me laugh.

Toe rope?

 

[HLaB]

Toe rope?

Bicycle Bungee

 

[Pisquee]

Last Friday night, pushing my bike near Gt Windmill Street/Shaftesbury Avenue (London) just before getting on it, I passed a group of "merry" lads. One shouted ...
"That's a nice bike ... where do you put the batteries?"

 

[Goto10]

Toe rope?

Sounds like a painful method of attachment...

 

[Goto10]

We were out one night when a driver from a local building firm overtook with the passenger making "Wanchor" signs out of the window. After a bit of discussion in the pub we sent the following to the manager of the company.......

*saves idea for future use*

 

[Piemaster]

Bicycle Bungee

Shouldn't you have posted that link last Friday?

 

[ChristinaJL]

I was out doing a round Snowdon ride and a lad leaned out of his car and shouted "Your boyfriend Mark Cavendish is a poof!" at me. How bizarre is that since I'm female so if he's my boyfriend how can he be a poof??!!

 

[Jezston]

It's my Armstrong Cannondale er, Basso!

You sure? I'm not sure I could tell

 

[Jezston]

Had a bus driver (who had just passed me with inches to spare a few moments previously, obviously believing the white dashed line of the cycle lane creates an invisible and impenetrable safety barrier) lean out his window while I was stopped at the lights and start making comments about how my bike had no lights on it (it was about 1pm and sunny), no rear brake (it has a coaster brake) and ... no indicators. WTF?

 

[fimm]

On one of my very earliest trips out on my road bike, I was passing a bunch on football fans and one of them yelled "Its a female Lance Armstrong!" I was wearing a standard-issue high-vis/yellow coat at the time, but I can assure you my speed did not deserve the comment....

 

[BentMikey]

"self-gratification artist" - this one is common, I get it at least once a week. Riding a recumbent seems to bring out the kooks.

Oh, and this is a new version of the Porsche one, showing him looking directly at me with a bit of zoomed slomo. I'm fairly convinced he's not talking to the car behind because:

Other cars would normally draw a beep, not a self-gratification artist call.
His looking towards the other car in the rear view is just because he passed me quicker than he was expecting to, and simply didn't track me with his head.
He didn't have time to react to the other car as at the time of the call the other car was still my side of the centreline.
He's looking directly at me.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWnO0TQcUhc

 

[Browser]

If anything, an incoherent "Hyyaaaarggghhhheeeouuaaaarrrhhhh", or that's what it sounds like as they speed bravely past!
I did get wolf-whistled once when in normal shorts 'n T-shirt, at which point I smiled and advised the young lady in question to get an eye test

 

[Browser]

Not a moton by two 6th form girls.

I work in a school with a staff shower located on the first floor. I was making my way upstairs the other morning with two 6th form girls following, one of them states in a clear but mischievous tone "nice arse" to which the other replies "Yeah! For an old man." Made my day.

Now, being a man of the modern age, this irked me slightly. Had you been a female member of staff and the protagonists been male 6th-formers, I'd imagine a totally different slant being put on this occurrence?

 

[Dave Davenport]

I shouted at a cycling copper as I overtook her the other day 'that could do with a clean' bike was blinking filthy!