'You're not riding home on that ?'........

[fossyant]

Colleague came in askeng a few questions...... work related...got all that done.....

Then....looking at bike.........

'You're not riding home on that ?'........

Me...'Yup every day.....why.....?'

'The weather is horrible, you're a nutter.........' (it's bouncing down)

'It's great' I said, 'drivers look at you and think you've lost it....I've got my waterproofs'.

Ha........

PS my new BBB Hardware Aqua-Shield Overshoes are awesome.... waterproof .... with no additional home made protection (i.e. bottom corner of plastic bag as barrier between shoe and neoprene)....shoes dry as a bone. Brill ! They are neoprene with a PU bonded layer on top - water runs off.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

I got my first "you didn't ride in today did you?" for the first time in ages yesterday. Yep, it was raining ..

 

[Tharg2007]

"ooh, you're going to get wet today"
actually i didn't.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

"ooh, you're going to get wet today"
actually i didn't.

Ha ha, yeah. You get the ones that seem quite gleeful about it. Though most of my colleagues have now twigged that I'm indifferent to rain .. doesn't stop a few of them, mind.

And them's the ones that don't like it when we get our not infrequent gridlock locally and I get home in half the time it takes them. Bizarrely, the overlap between that group and the "group who live closer to the office than LC" is very high!

 

[fossyant]

Bugger - the rain's stopped - now not sure what to wear as the roads are flooded...

 

[Grendel]

Skin's waterproof!

 

[garrilla]

I got my first "you didn't ride in today did you?" for the first time in ages yesterday. Yep, it was raining ..

+1

with the usual sobriquet: "you're a nutcase"

 

[Davidc]

Don't ride to work, but to a good few other places. The one I hate and always have is "Why do you use a bike when you've got a perfectly good car?".

Had it today when I visited one of my suppliers wearing a slightly wet waterproof jacket. (They have a local monopoly fortunately for them).

I can think of several replies but no reply and a "what's your problem?" look is better!

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

+1

with the usual sobriquet: "you're a nutcase"

Just stare intently at their left ear and say, "you should join us, the Lizard Overlords will be sparing those with two wheels when the end comes".

 

[Twenty Inch]

I usually reply something along the lines of "Join us, we have cake". Manages to convey enough "I don't care what you think" with a bit of humour.

 

[Tharg2007]

I usually reply something along the lines of "Join us, we have cake". Manages to convey enough "I don't care what you think" with a bit of humour.

or just cut to the chase and say "I don't care what you think"

 

[sunnyjim]

[QUOTE=fossyant;93392..

'You're not riding home on that ?'........

Me...'Yup every day.....why.....?'

'...., you're a nutter.........' :


that's what Proper Cyclists (TM) say as I set off for my hovel through the puddles on my little tricycle...

 

[skudupnorth]

Having a wet crevice is made easier when you pass the lines of traffic every morning and night...so who are the nutters ?????

 

[fossyant]

Having a wet crevice

Mudguards mate !

 

[HJ]

........

PS my new BBB Hardware Aqua-Shield Overshoes are awesome.... waterproof .... with no additional home made protection (i.e. bottom corner of plastic bag as barrier between shoe and neoprene)....shoes dry as a bone. Brill ! They are neoprene with a PU bonded layer on top - water runs off.

Where did you get them from??