Your number one fear with cycling ?

[ohnovino]

Getting scalped without having a handy excuse ready.

 

[Drago]

Injuring my man vegetables in an accident.

 

[rb58]

My cap not matching my shirt.

 

[ianrauk]

Having to give up the bike and drive a car. That is my version of hell.

 

[theclaud]

I voted for the run over option (out of the choices given).

My actual biggest fear is probably some kind of high speed, downhill crash. Something involving the headtube breaking away from the top tube or maybe the handlebars snapping. Unlikely though and I don't think about such things often. Well, I didn't until I read this thread!

 

[Scoosh]

Mine is a fairly common fear, I guess. On my roadie, going down a fast hill, with a bend in the middle, wet, but countryside, so no traffic. A herd of sheep suddenly morph into "horror-clowns", and jump over the fence, chasing me down the hill, waving axes, and laughing maniacally, their eyes red and glowing, their bow ties spinning, fake flowers in their lapels spurting blood instead of water.

Thinking of doing a 600km audax, then ?

 

[theclaud]

That's OK, presume we're promoting something involving a stage and an audience full of polo necked beard strokers?

I'll soon knock somethinmg out, with words such as "eclectic" and " superlatitive", that normally does the trick.

I'm all for new words, Smeggers, but I'm not sure it's quite what I'm after. At least my job is safe for the moment, in these uncertain times.

 

[GetAGrip]

Mine is a fairly common fear, I guess. On my roadie, going down a fast hill, with a bend in the middle, wet, but countryside, so no traffic. A herd of sheep suddenly morph into "horror-clowns", and jump over the fence, chasing me down the hill, waving axes, and laughing maniacally, their eyes red and glowing, their bow ties spinning, fake flowers in their lapels spurting blood instead of water.

Ah Bless, JUST WHAT YOU LIKE, EH? and yes, a really common fear that one is, i'm sure

 

[mangaman]

Asylum seekers

 

[StuAff]

I refuse to answer the poll. Cycling isn't about fear - it's about fun.

+1. And I've had a bike nicked. It wasn't fear, it was a PITA.

 

[Boris Bajic]

None of the above. I am truly frightened on a bicycle rather fewer times than I am when cleaning the shower.

In order and as asked:

1. Run over: Not desirable, but it's happened. I dislike pain and inconvenience (in that order) but am not walloped frequently.
2. Theft: It happened frequently when I lived in London. It wasn't frightening. Just inconvenient and expensive.
3. Downpour: Some of my best ever cycling experiences have either been in a downpour or over the cup of sweet tea that followed it.
4. Getting old: I do not fear getting too old to ride. I slightly fear not getting too old to ride.
5. Puncture: This is not something I comment on. It is a slightly leading question.

So it's NO to all questions from me.

As stated by others above, cycling is fun. It is distilled joy and also gets you to the shops and home again. I've raised my children not to be afraid of cycling. I raised them to fear the sound of wind in the trees and monsters and ogres and people from other cultures who do not live or think as we do. Those things are scary. Cycling is not. Fact. Probably.

 

[mangaman]

Suddenly remembering you don't have a bike?

 

[Boris Bajic]

Mine is a fairly common fear, I guess. On my roadie, going down a fast hill, with a bend in the middle, wet, but countryside, so no traffic. A herd of sheep suddenly morph into "horror-clowns", and jump over the fence, chasing me down the hill, waving axes, and laughing maniacally, their eyes red and glowing, their bow ties spinning, fake flowers in their lapels spurting blood instead of water.

I thought it was just me!

 

[Rob3rt]

Asylum seekers

In some places, you may have a point here, even if you are just being humorous!

 

[TheDoctor]

The only thing I fear is going under a lorry.
If I crashed doing 60 mph down Ventoux, say, I'd go straight ftom the time of my life to the end of it, and that sounds OK.