What's the stupidest thing you've heard about bikes - by someone who should really know better?

[rrarider]

"There is no such animal as a chamois goat"

from the 12 year old assistant in a well known chain of bicycle shops, in response to my attempt to find a source of the once common type of cycling shorts.

 

[JonT005]

'You cant ride on the road because you don't pay road tax on that thing' *points at bike*

 

[Ian H]

"Alf Engers is really still the fastest over 25 miles, if you allow for the advantages of modern TT bikes."

 

[Chislenko]

"Alf Engers is really still the fastest over 25 miles, if you allow for the advantages of modern TT bikes."

I'll say one thing between here and Bikeradar no-one is ever going to forget his name!

 

[Moon bunny]

“Things that reflect very little of the light falling on them are more visible than things that reflect more of the light falling on them.”

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I mean, that's assuming drivers are able to see a cyclist to begin with!

Doesn’t matter how good their eyesight is if they don’t bother looking.

 

[JonT005]

'It will only be a smallish 50km loop' - 100km done, 'Dad are we nearly home yet?'

 

[Ming the Merciless]

. Years of experience with MTBs, so presumably all Schraders.

Eh? Every mtn bike I’ve owned over last 35 years has had presta.

 

[matticus]

Eh? Every mtn bike I’ve owned over last 35 years has had presta.

Well none of mine have. And it would explain Guy's dilemma.

Does Sherlock the Merciless have a better explanation?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well none of mine have. And it would explain Guy's dilemma.

Does Sherlock the Merciless have a better explanation?

The guy is a bit thick at times 😀

 

[All uphill]

"I wouldnt want one of those" looking at my folding bike.
"Why?"
"Hard work with those little wheels"
"How do you work that out?"
"Obvious, you have to pedal faster to get those little wheels turning faster to get anywhere"
"That's why I have gears!"
"No gears are to get you up hills"

 

[randynewmanscat]

Outside a Bowdon pub about 40 years ago. "Small wheels allow you to go faster". After confirming that he was not trying to wind me up he explained that.............
My ears bled and I went to fetch some pints as a diversion. He occasionally lectures in digital electronics and even back then was blessed with a big brain, not for mechanical theory though.

 

[simongt]

If they paid the true cost

I've long maintained that VED should be scrapped in it's present form of being collected and put onto the price of fuel. That way, the drivers pay in proportion to the number of miles they drive; the heavier the vehicle, the greater the fuel consumption and the greater the road and environmental damage. Also, the 'tax' is undodgable, so it also catches drivers from abroad.

 

[Mike Ayling]

This really happened - not a spoof. I hope she doesn't work in anybody's LBS!

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Definitely not a relative of mine!

Mike

 

[Andy in Germany]

Sadly that's almost exactly the comments from the majority on a Facebook post some council somewhere had put up yesterday regarding a new cycle path. There are a worrying number of cyclist haters out there!

Right down to the punctuation...