Your cycling room 101. Bin your dislikes, however irrational, in here.

[User482]

Cyclists who don't appreciate that such saddles are made by Brooks.

People who are so insecure about their saddle choice that they'll pretend that Brooks saddles are cheap, comfortable and waterproof.

 

[phantasmagoriana]

Potholes/gravel/other unsuitable road surfaces
Red light jumpers
Pavement cyclists
Ninja cyclists
Ridiculously low saddles (can't be comfortable, surely?)
Full-suspension BSOs (why can't the manufacturers just keep cheap bikes simple and rigid-framed - I don't see the point in boing-boing suspension on bikes that aren't ever intended for, and will most likely never be used for, off-roading)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

User482' squab (or whatever it is...)

I got told off for suggesting non-cycling 101 stuff, so the bird (whatever it is) has to stay.

 

[theclaud]

People who are so insecure about their saddle choice that they'll pretend that Brooks saddles are cheap, comfortable and waterproof.

This one could run for a while. I'm looking forward to the comeback.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

EPO, so ridiculously expensive I can't afford it any more...

 

[mcshroom]

Bright flashing lights on group rides
iPeds on cyclepaths
Drivers on mobile phones when passing/driving near me

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Only if it's proven to cycle. (the bird, I mean)

Whatever it is...

 

[srw]

People who are so insecure about their saddle choice that they'll pretend that Brooks saddles are cheap, comfortable and waterproof.

That's bollocks, User482.

 

[Chilternrides]

The instant you realise that a crash is imminent.
The split second when you sense an undemanded dismount is about to happen.
Thinking, during the airborne bit, "I wonder how this is going to pan out then?"

 

[jonesy]

People who are so insecure about their saddle choice that they'll pretend that Brooks saddles are cheap, comfortable and waterproof.

After my arse-rending FNRTTC experience I no longer suffer that delusion! Though other people seem to be fine with them.

 

[XmisterIS]

Suspension forks without a handlebar lock-off.

Jammed seatposts.

The fact that the bottom bracket and crank tools are so damn expensive. Why the hell can't they come up with a design that you can work on using just an ordinary large spanner, without having to pay through the nose for some special flippin' tool?!?!

 

[Ludwig]

Chains coming off and hands getting oily and the ludicrous price of bike stuff means that cycling has become a persuit of the well healed middle classes wheras at one time cycling was seen as a very working class meaqns of getting to the factories etc.

 

[gavintc]

Cyclists who sneer at other cyclists because your bike hasn't got the latest overpriced component from Campag or the bike is not 'expensive' enough in their eyes.

(Yes, that's aimed at the prick in Vauxhall last week, try eating less pies and more cycling before you squeeze yourself into lycra)

Cyclists who think everyone is sneering at them for having budget priced kit. The reality is that most cyclists do not give a damn and will give due respect for someone that can cycle whatever the budget.

 

[srw]

People who are so insecure about their saddle choice that they'll pretend that Brooks saddles aren't good value, comfortable for many and waterproof.
People who are prejudiced against any particular choice of equipment.
Jump bike riders - they're just *wrong*
















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[twobiker]

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