Things people who don't cycle say

[Jenkins]

Is that really your car out there?

My work colleagues have got so used to me biking in every day that it really shocks them on the rare occasion i drive in. The above (or something similar) was said only twice last year - by virtually everyone on shift!

 

[TVC]

I thought cyclists were supposed to be skinny.

 

[gbb]

True story...
'Look Mary, Colins got his padded shorts on '
Followed by...
'Can I feel your bum ?'
Followed by...
'Mary, come and feel his bum'

they were very good friends of mine

 

[Cuchilo]

When i go out on my bike i ride right over in the gutter so people can get past .

 

[gbb]

I thought cyclists were supposed to be skinny.

In that vein, I was working in Cyprus and getting my usual taxi from the airport. I spied a guy on a road bike and asked the taxi driver...
'Are there many guys here cycle ?'
He looked at the lycra clad, club type, super tanned cyclist and said....
'Ah yes, the skinny men'

 

[Sandra6]

You rode here? -usually under 10 miles.
Then when they're used to me - where's your bike?
How do you ride in a skirt?
Bloody cyclists, not you obviously.
I'd love to cycle to work but it's too dangerous.

 

[cosmicbike]

Do you know IanUK?

Everyone knows @ianrauk , he's the only one that never waves back

 

[ianrauk]

Everyone knows @ianrauk , he's the only one that never waves back

I wave. Sometimes.
What I don't do is get all upset and needy (and usually blame a roadie) because they didn't wave then come on to a forum to cry about it.

 

[Milzy]

You do a long ride and people ask which charity you did it for. You say it was for fun and they just look gone out.

 

[mustang1]

"You spent HOW MUCH on your bike?"

To which I normally respond along the lines of... "Yeah, it cost about a grand, but I can maintain it for less than a tank of petrol a year and it's lasted me ten years already... and it gets me too and from work... and the pub... and for weekend cycles around Richmond Park... and to the shops... ... ... "

that's excellent!

 

[mustang1]

"You paid how much? You can get a full suspension jobby for £100 at xxxxx"

Grrrrr this is what my SO said to me when i came home with my first new road bike.

 

[mustang1]

I put on a movie for me and SO: The Programme (about Lance Armstrong in case you didn't know).

She said "oh no, not a bike movie!" So i had turn that off while she decided to watch The Transformers (nope, not kidding!)

 

[DRM]

Paramedic in ambulance: What were you doing when the chest pain started?
Me laid in ambulance: Riding my bike.
Paramedic: How far would you say you rode, 3 or 4 miles?
Me: 32 miles.
Paramedic: Oh you must be one of those that we pick up miles from home and drag out of a hedge bottom.
All replies from me with a GTN tablet between my bottom lip and gum, so I couldn't speak clearly,
Me: Are we playing "don't show Keith your teeth? (celebrity juice reference)
Paramedic:Sounds like it!

 

[Vantage]

"That's an old man's bike".

F**k off its a tourer! I am an old man anyway. Kind of.

 

[Trickedem]

I hate it when you............ etc.
You as in the collective
If I can be arsed I go on to point out that I don't do the things I am being accused of