Little things that annoy you.....

ddraver

so you want me to shave my legs if i'm wearing shorts...

hmm...NO!!!!

but jonsey, i'd carry on the leg shaving, sorry the hippies did nt win that particular battle for you, but a rugby player like me...not gonna happen before i cycle into paris with the tour, maybee that morning i ll shave

oh an my particular little thing

getting ready to go out and having to go back uo to my room 3 or 4 times to get whatever i ve forgotten...ipod....pump...gloves and helmet....etc

broachboy

Pagem wrote:

jonesy124 wrote:

Pagem wrote:

bike related:

9) leg shaving

I shave my legs :roll:

Err... :?

and I do... :shock:

don't think my wife has ever seen me with hairy legs as far as I can remember :roll:

http://www.wikihow.com/Shave-Your-Legs

come on - jump on the post Tour cycling band wagon

DavidBelcher

mossycp wrote:

Incorrect grammer. Especially your instead or you're and there instead of their or they're
Text speak
Poor spelling
Bonfires. Especially in summer when I have my windows open

Text speak is pretty annoying, more so when used in non-text situations (e-mail, etc.). I always try to write things out in full on my mobile, which takes longer and must be a pain for the person receiving it to plough through, but at least it puts my mind at rest!
Still on the topic of the English language being put through a garden shredder - how about the use of "haitch" instead of "aitch" by folks putting on an air of being well-spoken when reading out abbreviations, postcodes, etc.? However, it's typical of the idiosyncratic nature of English that the phonetic pronunciation of H has a dropped H!

David

jonesy124

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Err... :?

and I do... :shock:

don't think my wife has ever seen me with hairy legs as far as I can remember :roll:

http://www.wikihow.com/Shave-Your-Legs

come on - jump on the post Tour cycling band wagon [/quote]

I just realised (having a wee look at that link) that you guys probably are not all that experienced in teh leg shaving department and I may be able to give you a few tips.

Firstly one of the best things you can use is hair conditioner. Ultimately it is an intense moisturiser which helps the razor glide along without grazing and leave a very smooth shiny finish. I wouldnt recommend using you girlfriends expensive stuff though (or at least dont tell her)

ddraver

is nt that just a girly word for shaving cream?

the full nelson

people that hold their knife and fork in the wrong hand.
wearing the watch on the right wrist.
dropping litter.
vests (on men)
"wacky" hairstyles
young men sucking on loli pops
getting a phone call and have some div in a call centre asking if its ok if they call me neil.
People that go to the pub once a week for the quiz celebrating the smoking ban. I myself dont smoke.
Text speak
chavs in their mothers fiesta
people not picking up dog poo
games machines in pubs
words such as "wicked" "sick" "poonani"
club 18/30's

ill stop now but there are many, many more

tata

DavidBelcher

McBain_v1 wrote:

Still, shouting down the phone at the lackey in the indian call centre did give me a good aerobic work out :evil:

Well done for actually getting through to a call centre! Anyone else on here sick of being held in a never-ending queue every time they ring the dead loss that is BT Customer Services[1]?

David

[1] 5 attempts at getting a 1571 answering service set up so far, and still no success

mossycp

the full nelson wrote:

people that hold their knife and fork in the wrong hand.
wearing the watch on the right wrist.
dropping litter.
vests (on men)
"wacky" hairstyles
young men sucking on loli pops
getting a phone call and have some div in a call centre asking if its ok if they call me neil.
People that go to the pub once a week for the quiz celebrating the smoking ban. I myself dont smoke.
Text speak
chavs in their mothers fiesta
people not picking up dog poo
games machines in pubs
words such as "wicked" "sick" "poonani"
club 18/30's

ill stop now but there are many, many more

tata

Good call on the "Wearing a watch on the right wrist", also wearing a watch below the wrist rather than on it, or, using one of those leather covers over the watch, or, excessively loose watches

I don't wear a vest, I wear a "base" layer!

I'd like to add:

"Mr T" jangly jewelry
Piercings on men
Piercings on small children
Piercings other than ears on women

DavidBelcher

jonesy124 wrote:

when drivers overtake you and then stop to exit the road almost immediately!

Seconded. And is it just me, or are more & more motorists driving as though indicators are an optional extra?

jonesy124 wrote:

when mountain bikers critisise road cyclists and visa versa!

Hmm. Not sure where this leaves us cyclo-cross types (A: In everyone else's firing line, probably. Just my luck )

David

passout

Yep. More motorists means more crap drivers.

jonesy124

HELL YES

A woman I work with had no home phone line for about a week and spent about 5 hours a dayat work either in queues or being transfered. It was a nightmare, damn BT!

Thank god our boss let her use the company phone to fix it otherwise calling complaints without a phone could have been tricky!

broachboy

on the commute into work yesterday on me fixie...

chain came off at 20 mph - annoying :evil:
chain wrapped around the rear wheel - even more annoying :evil: :evil:
locking the rear wheel and flat spotting an expensive Schwalbe tyre - annoying :x
nearly getting maimed by following double decker bus - annoying, but lucky to be OK :?
getting dirty hands putting chain back on - mega annoying :x :evil: :x :evil:

and for all this to happen after approx 1,800 on the same dura ace chain and Campag ring - annoying :roll:

PS. thanks for the shaving tips Jonesy

alan_sherman

Cyclists droping litter - energy gel wrappers usually.
:evil:

I have no problem with banana skins as they will rot - but do try to throw them into the undergrowth so they are not rotting in sight.

hammerite

alan sherman wrote:

Cyclists droping litter - energy gel wrappers usually.
:evil:

I have no problem with banana skins as they will rot - but do try to throw them into the undergrowth so they are not rotting in sight.

Agree with that! Yes they are annoying sticky little things, but the stickiness will wash out of your top, just put it in a pocket!

Actually another is not tearing the top off the packet enough so you have to use far too much force to get a little bit of gel out......

or tearing a sharp bit in the packet and it rips my mouth open resulting in an ulcer a couple of days later that I can't stop touching with my tongue just to feel the sting again.

pigman

getting the plastic film off a CD case (like i'm doing now!) .. arrrhhh

Clever Pun

pigman wrote:

getting the plastic film off a CD case (like i'm doing now!) .. arrrhhh

I shop online at http://www.stonerrock.com for a few items, they supplied me a wonderful little plastic cutting device, it's just dead easy now

schlepcycling

men who carry their loose change in one of those little coin purses.
fat men who go shirtless in warm weather who think we all want to see their massive beer bellies.

cycling related
getting a puncture (usually at the 1/2 way mark) in a TT and having to walk back to the HQ

trailtrash

People who, when it's raining in the high street, shelter in the doorways of shops without having the decency of at least going in to the shop and pretending to look at the goods on offer and then give me a dirty look when I ask them to move a foot so that I can get in because I'm on my lunch break and have precious little time to find some food, whereas, by the way you're dressed, you're on holiday (shorts? with those legs?!) or not working so why do you need to come in to town at lunch time and then complain that the shops are busy, and why have you got to walk SO slowly, don't you know you're between my office and my favourite pub?! Oh and golf umbrellas the size of belgium in a high street - why have I got to step off the pavement for your UMBRELLA?! And when you're six foot tall those little metal points are at eye level thank you very much. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!

Sorry, got carried away there! When it comes to bikes I hate it when I take my helmet off without remembering I'm wearing earphones and really hurting my ears and looking a prat at the same time!

jibi

Putting on bib shorts/tights and jersey and then being desperate for the toilet,

even though I have just been .

george

on the road

Not being able to find any shirts that are made for anyone less then six foot in hight.

on the road

People who can't tell the difference between a mixed white/west indian person and a muslim :roll:

MentalRaver

people that don't realise that a white person/ black/ asian/ etc. can follow any religon.

Yorkshireman

People who (when they find out that I'm an atheist - I don't 'broadcast it) try to 'convert me ... At my age do they think I haven't considered the 'options'? Sheesh :evil:

strofiwimple

adverts for loan sharks- oops sorry i meant loan companies who plead with you to call one of their "friendly" advisors, seeing as how they want to bleed all of your money from you it would seem bad form to ask you to ring one of their "unfriendly" advisors.

on the road

People who like the smell of their own BO.

trailtrash

jonesy124 wrote:

when little chavs shout camel toe at me when I jump off my bike at the shops :oops:

It's gotta be a bugger to get toe clips for that surely?! :?

Johnny Ergo

Not being able to find any shirts that are made for anyone less then six foot in hight.

Yes, definitely. And while we're on the subject the trousers you buy from outdoor/trekking shops are made for men with 28" waists and 40" inside legs.
But the one thing that really sends me over the edge is seeing people ride around on bikes with the tyres only semi inflated. It makes me so mad I want to shout at them "put that fag out and go and pump up your tyres".
That's okay, I've got that off my chest
Need to get out more.

Kaipaith

Pedestrians who walk in cycle lanes, and tell me I should ride on the road.

Car drivers who tell me I should stick to cycle lanes and point towards the pavement, even though there isn't a cycle lane there.

Bunnyman 5.5

Pretty much all of the above, especially txt spk :twisted: :twisted: :roll: :x -and that awful management speak (thinking outside the box etc :evil: :evil: ), flatting during/just after a really nice ride.... idiots in huge great Rambo wagons.....

nolf

When you get a puncture and have remembered all the bits..... except tyre levers
Then while trying to get the tyre off/on ending up taking 30 mins and breaking 5 nails in the process.

When you're halfway through a 200km ride going up the Bwlch in S Wales, some guy on a flash bike decides not to talk to you but blank you and zoom up the climb ahead of you, but goes too fast so by the end you've caught him up anyway!

Best though is when you're out on the dawes galaxy in a t-shirt and shorts and manage to drop the guy with the shaved legs and the racing bike/kit on a hill.