what is a cyclist and................Are you a cyclist?

[winjim]

I'm a member of BC. I shall make a point of jumping the next red light I see.

 

[jefmcg]

I think we are burying the lede here. Bradley Wiggins is saying that cyclists die in London because they run red lights. That practically never happens.

There should be a special place in hell for cyclists (yes, I'm looking at you, Boris) who do this.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...g-dangerously-or-face-crackdown-a3202296.html

Bradley added: “Traffic lights are there for a reason. Jumping traffic lights ... you get run over by traffic coming the other way. The next morning that’s another cyclist that’s died.

 

[winjim]

Don't kill yourself over it.

I think we are burying the lede here. Bradley Wiggins is saying that cyclists die in London because they run red lights. That practically never happens.

I'll be alright.

 

[screenman]

I think there should be a time scale, anyone who has cycled for less than 40 years is just a newbie to the scene and should be viewed as such.

 

[steve50]

I think there should be a time scale, anyone who has cycled for less than 40 years is just a newbie to the scene and should be viewed as such.

Thats me sorted then, I am a newbie at the tender age of fifty seven. I can live with that.

 

[screenman]

Thats me sorted then, I am a newbie at the tender age of fifty seven. I can live with that.

As long as you do not wear Lycra you should get away with it. After all you do not want to be a mamil like this 60 year old who has just swapped his German car.

 

[steve50]

Mamil...................mmmmmmmm, not sure I like that title, What depicts a mamil , I am middle aged, i wear lycra, who decides what is and isn't a mamil?

 

[screenman]

Mamil...................mmmmmmmm, not sure I like that title, What depicts a mamil , I am middle aged, i wear lycra, who decides what is and isn't a mamil?

I thought you did earlier

 

[steve50]

I thought you did earlier

Lol, nope, i have seen the word "mamil" fairly frequently on these forum but until tonight never knew what it meant, (google is a wonderful tool) i was just curious as to who (in their infinite wisdom) decides at which stage we become a "mamil". Is there a specific age or look or state of health............just curious to know how and when we become "mamils".

 

[classic33]

Lol, nope, i have seen the word "mamil" fairly frequently on these forum but until tonight never knew what it meant, (google is a wonderful tool) i was just curious as to who (in their infinite wisdom) decides at which stage we become a "mamil". Is there a specific age or look or state of health............just curious to know how and when we become "mamils".

Getting worried?

 

[Sharky]

I think there should be a time scale, anyone who has cycled for less than 40 years is just a newbie to the scene and should be viewed as such.

In that case, I stopped being a newbie in 1996.

 

[steve50]

Getting worried?

Nah, just curious. More a case of, what sort of person decides another is a mamil.

 

[Sharky]

In tennis, they have "Real Tennis", played by real tennis players. This dates to the original version of tennis. So on this basis, the only "real cyclists" are those that still ride an ordinary bike?

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

In tennis, they have "Real Tennis", played by real tennis players. This dates to the original version of tennis. So on this basis, the only "real cyclists" are those that still ride an ordinary bike?

I wonder what an ordinary bike is

 

[Sharky]

I wonder what an ordinary bike is

This refers to a penny farthing.