Proper Cyclists

[sidevalve]

Damn sensible idea. This forum is over run with wimps unable to manage going up 1 in 4 hills at anything over forty mph. When we used to deliver the Hovis we had to work for a living, and that were on proper bikes made from good solid gas pipe.

 

[LonesomeWanderer]

Damn sensible idea. This forum is over run with wimps unable to manage going up 1 in 4 hills at anything over forty mph. When we used to deliver the Hovis we had to work for a living, and that were on proper bikes made from good solid gas pipe.

Erm..... the hill you're *supposed* to deliver Hovis up is only 1 in 6.....
http://road.cc/content/blog/59204-hell-hovis-hill

 

[John the Monkey]

Erm..... the hill you're *supposed* to deliver Hovis up is only 1 in 6.....
http://road.cc/content/blog/59204-hell-hovis-hill

See, they've even made the hills easier.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

 

[KneesUp]

My bike is an old Peugeot that would have been flung in a skip in the 1990s, but I bought it off eBay for £500 because it has a Brookes saddle, brown bar tape and only one brake - and is now a fixie. Although it doesn't meet the cost criteria I was hoping I could be allowed into the forum on a value-for-money basis. If it helps my application I can also reveal I have a beard.

 

[Arrowfoot]

OP has a point. I too take cycling seriously. I respect that others do it less seriously and wish them well. A separate forum section with some clear graphics would send a clear message to prospective posters what the right tempo and tone should be. For the graphics a beach scene with a grove of swaying coconut trees with an open bar lined with pina coladas would be great.

 

[Crackle]

Can we also have an Irreverent forum, the serious one could be a sub-forum inside it, I think that would send out all the right messages then. Put SC&P in too and helmets.

 

[vickster]

is it not now after midday

 

[Gravity Aided]

No, it is 7:06 am.

 

[Mugshot]

What if you qualify but you're one of these johnny come lately's who's come over from golf as cycling is the new golf?

If you were playing to a single figure handicap then you'll be ok, otherwise you're an oik and should be ashamed of yourself.

 

[ayceejay]

If we have a section for proper cyclists in fairness we should have one for improper cyclists where we can discuss daffodils and daffodiling in peace.

 

[Mugshot]

Ah, the forum swear filter, you just never ever know anymore do you?

 

[John the Monkey]

Can we also have an Irreverent forum...

Who on earth would use such a thing?

 

[Crackle]

Who on earth would use such a thing?

Excellent, you passed the first test, you're in.

 

[John the Monkey]

The serious forum should also have a subtle musical theme that plays softly to get the serious cyclists in an appropriate mood for non-frivolous riding.

I suggest "Devil's Gallop".

 

[_aD]

I am completely with you. Unless you have your front rack installed, so packing four panniers all of which are 15% over their rated load, your trailer is a quivering mass of bungee-corded furniture, Blue Circle cement bags and crying children, and you only ever get into 3rd on the winching chainring...it's just not Proper Cycling.