Your darkest cycling secret....

[Speicher]

Malt loaf makes me fart like one of Satan's minions, who's been eating vindaloo.

Point of order, that is not a secret - you told us that last week.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I ride with mudguards........all year round

 

[rich p]

Point of order, that is not a secret - you told us that last week.

Fnaar's dark secret really is that he can't remember what he said last week

 

[ACS]

I am slower than I make out I am.

 

[adscrim]

I once caught and passed an older gent on a tourer while on my way home from an afternoon on the MTB. I'd seen him ahead on the road and put in an almighty effort to catch him. I blew up about 40 seconds later and feigned a telephone call, pulling into a bus stop to 'take' it. He was no where to be seen and must have turned off about 10 metres after I passed him.

 

[fossyant]

I crashed into the back of a newish Porsche 928 once as a kid, on my road, and dented it...... fortunately the bloke was OK, and said he had some mates who could fix it (or was that fix me.....

Once crashed into the off side rear of a parked escort riding home from work (near Wilmslow) - dark road, crap lights - hit the barsteward thing with my thigh, and bounced off - god did that hurt...could hardly cycle, never mind walk for a few days.....

PS I look where I am going these days...

 

[tdr1nka]

I once caught and passed an older gent on a tourer while on my way home from an afternoon on the MTB. I'd seen him ahead on the road and put in an almighty effort to catch him. I blew up about 40 seconds later and feigned a telephone call, pulling into a bus stop to 'take' it. He was no where to be seen and must have turned off about 10 metres after I passed him.

[ghostly wind in trees noise]

Maybe he was never there.............

[ghostly wind in trees noise/]

 

[Wigsie]

I'm really crap at doing anything mechanical. I have my successes, but they're accidental, rather than cos I know what I'm doing. Ditto for DIY

During Sportives I try to tuck in behind a female cyclist, just for the view.

Erm fella's, those are probably relevant to at least 80% of us guys (and certain *ahem* female members may be a bit partial to the second one too).



Qudos for naming first though!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i tried the 'draughting a girl' technique on a sportive and got dropped very quickly

 

[Dayvo]

I still have stabilisers on my bikes!

 

[ladyrider100]

I carry a lovely tool set on my bike but havent got a clue what to do with it

I also talk to myself a lot when riding

 

[Norm]

I think that this is a rather good way for the OP to out himself without drawing too much attention to what he wrote, as peeps (other than Polly) are concentrating too hard on their own secrets.

 

[gbb]

Ive got a pair of Wellgo platform pedals on my Raleigh 531 winter commuter
like these...
http://www.bikedock.com/posit/shop/search.php?searchtext=99352561&format=1

They were just handy at the time..alright

Actually, i bloody hate them, it just looks so wrong, but i'm a terror for using whats to hand

 

[purplepolly]

I can only understand gear inches and not all this teeth business. Well obviously it's the number of teeth on the front and rear thingies but I can't translate that into what gear I need. Of course it doesn't exactly help that my bike's got dualdrive.

 

[fossyant]

I can only understand gear inches and not all this teeth business. Well obviously it's the number of teeth on the front and rear thingies but I can't translate that into what gear I need. Of course it doesn't exactly help that my bike's got dualdrive.

Ah, but most of us do the 39 x 21....53 x 19 etc, then look at a gear inch chart to work out what you need fixed, then re-translate to say 44 x 16...

Just memorise the rear cassette teeth, then the fronts, and you'll be OK.