Talking to myself...

secretsam

Oh no, trundling along on my ride to the station this morning, not only was I overtaken, but I was talking to myself at the time AND the guy said "Hello"

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

In my defence, this is the first non-paperboy/girl cyclist I've ever seen on that bit of my commute...

Please someone make me feel less of a plonker by admitting that you talk to yourself when riding as well...

linsen

I have been known to whisper encouragement to my legs up the steep bits

Actually shout (but only when I've looked around first)

hisoka

Oh yes I talk to myself when riding.
Only when feeling really odd to I argue with myself though.
Mostly encouragement along the lines of "push harder, it is only a slight hill, you've gone up harder ones" with more swearing though I admit.

always_tyred

'fraid not, so it must be about time for you to get a large basket for your handle bars, fill it with all manner of junk, and walk around aimlessly with your bike all day chatting to your heart's content.

(I do engage in hypothetical dialogues with cars occasionally - such as "why don't you just pull out" and "thanks for that".... this doesn't count as talking to myself though... :? .)

linsen

Always Tyred wrote:

(I do engage in hypothetical dialogues with cars occasionally - such as "why don't you just pull out" and "thanks for that".... this doesn't count as talking to myself though... :? .)

I think you'll find it does....

biondino

Embarrassingly I can only think of times I've overtaken cute women and said "cute!" out loud. Not to them, I don't have the balls

Greg T

biondino wrote:

Embarrassingly I can only think of times I've overtaken cute women and said "cute!" out loud. Not to them, I don't have the balls

"Ding Dong Princess you are bang on"

Is my personal salute to the Lady Rider.

linsen

go on. You'd quite probably make their day

Especially if they are not particularly

Or if they are a bloke

moonio

I usually sing whilst cycling.
This morning my Monday choon was Govinda by Kula Shaker..

I have no Idea why...

homercles

I often use the bike as a place to try and figure out the various problems of life, including trying to see both sides of an argument. And sometimes I might do that under my breath, which probably makes me look like a schizophrenic or one of those tramps you occasionally see fighting themselves.

biondino

moonio wrote:

I usually sing whilst cycling.
This morning my Monday choon was Govinda by Kula Shaker..

I have no Idea why...

Oh god, I had a Paranoid Android morning. There's a bit of that song that is so addictively repetitive (and not in a good way) that once it's in my head, it can remain there for the whole day. Most annoying!

ride_whenever

In oxford one of the internal post messengers sings opera very loudly as she cycles round oxford...

I personally just listen to my internal soundtrack.

secretsam

biondino wrote:

moonio wrote:

I usually sing whilst cycling.
This morning my Monday choon was Govinda by Kula Shaker..

I have no Idea why...

Oh god, I had a Paranoid Android morning. There's a bit of that song that is so addictively repetitive (and not in a good way) that once it's in my head, it can remain there for the whole day. Most annoying!

I'm not sure it's a good idea to sing a song that contains the lyrics "Rain down, rain down, come on rain down...on me...from a great height..."

Do you air guitar as well?!?!??!?!?

Kieran_Burns

I will verbalise my thoughts on occasion. Usually as above commenting on the other road users.

I'm also drafting a novel in my head at the moment and find verbalising the plot lines cement the ideas more readily. So on the quiet bits (countryside) I will quietly speak out the sections of character dialgoue to see if they sound right.

to be honest - it's a form of distraction technique for me: If I am devising plot lines (or whatever) it takes my mind away from being knackered.

cee

I talk to myself all the time.....folks at work think I am mad, but I speak my thought processes (mostly interanally, but often out loud too......)

To be honest, its the most sensible conversation I get in any given day.

biondino

cee wrote:

I speak my thought processes (mostly interanally, but often out loud too......)

Interanally! That's quite a talent!

Sam, it's not the "rain down" bit - it's the "The panic! The vomit!" section. Which, um, isn't a lot better...

cee

biondino

ahem....yes...well... :oops:

girv73

I talk and sing to myself as well, usually quietly but I know I've been overheard on occasion. What I do is generally ride off in embarrassment and hide :oops: :roll: As someone else mentioned, I find it a great distraction technique to block the pain generators.

I do shout at cars too (when they deserve it) and I KNOW I've been heard then! But I'm not embarrassed about that.

secretsam

girv73 wrote:

I do shout at cars too (when they deserve it) and I KNOW I've been heard then! But I'm not embarrassed about that.

Shouting at other road users is acceptable. Cycling Tourette's is fine.

Saying "Oh, thought so, they've knocked £1000 off the price of that car" as I cycled past* is just plain sad...people think you've got a significant Mental Health condition and should give it some more lithium


* someone's selling an A4 for just-too-much-dosh on my ride to work...

Belv

Yes, i sing and chat to myself. Have even been known to clap along at the right moments of certain songs (not on the road, obviously).
I figure that the driving world thinks i'm off my rocker to be cycling anyway.

Kieran_Burns

SecretSam wrote:

girv73 wrote:

I do shout at cars too (when they deserve it) and I KNOW I've been heard then! But I'm not embarrassed about that.

Shouting at other road users is acceptable. Cycling Tourette's is fine.

Maybe we should rename the daily commute to the:

Tour De Ette

BUICK

Repetitive song bits! I thought I was the only one...

Haunted by Evil 9's Crooked at the moment. When I did long distance running I found that I'd settle into a bizarre 'musical' breathing rhythm that was, retrospectively, trance-like. Guess it's a similar thing with bits of song on repeat.

Occasionally I can't sleep because of it though - I imagine that IS just me...

lost_in_thought

I sing quietly to myself sometimes... if I'm feeling in an excessively good mood I may well whistle...

secretsam

with all due respect to LiT and the other warblers, singing is totally acceptable unless you have a voice like a startled moose...what I'm on about is actually talking to myself oh what am I doing this for, I'm just reinforcing what everyone already believed ie that i'm one spoke short of a wheel...

girv73

RE: singing - I have a range of one note, and I use it for everything.

So to answer your original question, yes, I do talk to myself about things on the ride, things I'm thinking of, problems etc. One cog short of a cassette you'd think.

Kieran_Burns

girv73 wrote:

RE: singing - I have a range of one note, and I use it for everything.

So to answer your original question, yes, I do talk to myself about things on the ride, things I'm thinking of, problems etc. One cog short of a cassette you'd think.

I thought you were a single speed rider?

girv73

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I thought you were a single speed rider?

Nah, I kinda waver between "slow" and "stopped".

(that's my way of saying "I don't get the joke" :oops:)

Jamey

I talk to cars all the time as well. The one-sided conversations usually feature such favourites as "it's green, why aren't you going?", "nice one, dickface" and "well that was a little unorthodox."

When it comes to proper talking to myself I only do it out loud when I suddenly notice a headwind and it's usually a simple "f*ck's sake" if I'm tired or a gutsy "is that the best you've got? C'mon, hurt me!" if I'm having an outstandingly good ride/day.

Internally, I too do the both sides of an argument thing where I'll replay the whole thing in my head trying to work out whether to buy flowers or expect an apology. It's almost always a bit of both.

NB: all of this only applies for the 5% of my journeys where my bike is working perfectly. The rest of them are either spent trying to work out where 'that noise' is coming from (90%) or trying to work out what I need to buy to fix it once I've identified the cause (5%).

biondino

You buy yourself flowers? Do you get a b***j*b as thanks?

(that is how it works, right, girls? Right?)

Jamey

Why would I want to work in a bar?

Jen J

biondino wrote:

You buy yourself flowers? Do you get a b***j*b as thanks?

(that is how it works, right, girls? Right?)

I've never been bought flowers...