"Smelly" cyclists kicked out of pub

[downfader]

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8421307.Cyclists__too_smelly__for_pub/

How smelly can you get from a 6 mile ride ffs. Its not as if they were pushing it hard. I ride 6 miles into work and never get complaints

 

[davefb]

err, so they'd paid for their drinks, then she gets em to leave ?

niiiiice..

still, if it wasnt for the smoking ban , nobody would have noticed

 

[NormanD]

We should arrange a huge CC members ride to that pub say 50 or more

 

[661-Pete]

Evidently, another establishment to be struck off the 'cake stop' list - presuming it was ever on it...

 

[downfader]

err, so they'd paid for their drinks, then she gets em to leave ?

niiiiice..

still, if it wasnt for the smoking ban , nobody would have noticed

Not good business practice, potentially breaking a couple of trading laws surely...?

One of the cyclists involved has left a couple of comments... some are foaming at the mouth because of it. How very dare he go to a pub by bike and "stink out the place".. which is a practical impossibility given the circumstances (fit and healthy people on a cold day with only a 6 mile distance - they wont sweat all that much)

 

[Granville Kuosonsavath]

http://www.dailyecho...melly__for_pub/

How smelly can you get from a 6 mile ride ffs. Its not as if they were pushing it hard. I ride 6 miles into work and never get complaints

perhaps they were still smelly from YESTERDAYS six mile ride.
Fresh sweat doesn't smell contrary to popular belief, stale swweat causes BO.
BO probably isn't that dependent on whether they are a cyclist.
why not just "six PEOPLE kicked out of pub for having BO", oh yeah sorry that wouldn't make a headline would it.

 

[downfader]

perhaps they were still smelly from YESTERDAYS six mile ride.
Fresh sweat doesn't smell contrary to popular belief, stale swweat causes BO.
BO probably isn't that dependent on whether they are a cyclist.
why not just "six PEOPLE kicked out of pub for having BO", oh yeah sorry that wouldn't make a headline would it.

Stale sweat? No. Its caused by bacteria around the ducts in the skin. Even old sweat can be oderless if the bacteria isnt there. Its just salty water and that in itself tends to be pretty sterile.

 

[661-Pete]

Pausing for a moment to try and put oneself in the pub owner's frame of mind....

Cyclists aren't good business for pubs. They only have a few drinks after all (not much fun cycling when you're p***ed) and come in mainly for the food. Maybe one or two pints at the most, and they're off. Food is less profit for the pub, where they really make money is on the booze. Whom they really want to attract are the juvenile binge-drinkers, the ones who pour drink after drink after drink into themselves, and moreover it's high-profit lager and bacardi and the like...

Cynical, moi?

 

[Dayvo]

and some cycling jerseys can smell very badly after just a few miles or so, regardless of the hygiene of the rider.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

It's a very lucky pub landlord who can afford to be so choosy. Wouldn't it be dreadful if the pub was forced to close due to lack of custom???

 

[ThePainInSpain]

Pausing for a moment to try and put oneself in the pub owner's frame of mind....

Cyclists aren't good business for pubs. They only have a few drinks after all (not much fun cycling when you're p***ed) and come in mainly for the food. Maybe one or two pints at the most, and they're off. Food is less profit for the pub, where they really make money is on the booze. Whom they really want to attract are the juvenile binge-drinkers, the ones who pour drink after drink after drink into themselves, and moreover it's high-profit lager and bacardi and the like...

Cynical, moi?

Sorry, but it's the other way around, pubs make much more profit on food and very little on booze (apart from shorts), they also make a larger profit on 'soft drinks' than beer. So not a very good business plan, to chuck out sober paying customers.

 

[snorri]

http://www.dailyecho...melly__for_pub/

How smelly can you get from a 6 mile ride ffs.

It wasn't just the smell, according to one of the Readers Comments, they had been peddling.
Not sure what the law is in England, perhaps they had been peddling without the relevant permissions?

 

[661-Pete]

It's because they don't pay road tax. You gotta pay road tax before you're allowed in a pub. Didn't you know that?

 

[asterix]

Pubs are over-rated. They are closing at a rate of knots and it's not because cyclists use them.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Sorry, but it's the other way around, pubs make much more profit on food and very little on booze (apart from shorts), they also make a larger profit on 'soft drinks' than beer. So not a very good business plan, to chuck out sober paying customers.

That's funny, I remember reading an article a while ago about a restaurant and it said that they could give away the food as all the real money came from the wine - maybe it's different for pubs.