Silly Commuting Talking...

ChrisLS

...apart from racing I also like to have chat with fellow commuters...one chap has become quite a mate...

...anyone else like to have a good natter?

heavymental

Chris, are you trying to start another 300+ page thread!? You egomaniac!

Greg T

This is a by product of the game that I've defo noticed.

Since Is started playing I've fopund myself having more of a craic with guys at the lights.

Infact CJCP (before we met at the Morpeth) cam alongside me after Queen's Ride/Bolan Death Bridge.

I was struggling in the wind, badly struggling...

He pulled up next to me

"I can do this all day, oh yeah, no trouble for me at all this wind - I'm loving it"

He looked at me oddly as I was sweating like Barrymore at the Olympic diving pool....

He recognised me at beer despite me not being drenched in sweat and grey.

Talk to your brother bikers!

lost_in_thought

All I've managed is a few 'nice bike' remarks to bring home the humiliation of a good scalping.

Maybe I'll try to socalise more...

gtvlusso

Singing I am afraid - todays song is "Absolution" by Muse. Although I get allot of enquiries about the home made bike.....

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ChrisLS

...my commuting mate is called Ellis. He glides along on his bike like a galleon, and has been riding the same route for at least 20 years. He is 60 years old and one of lifes gentleman. I am very pleased I got talking to him.

I have chatted to various people on my homeward off road commute including some American and Swedish visitors...

...you wouldn't want to be standing next to me at the bus stop...

Kieran_Burns

I've nattered to a few folks. Oddly people are more talkative in the morning commute. I do however say Hi to a few pedestrians on the way home as I tend to see the same faces each evening, and there are no cyclists going my way on any sections I can natter on.

the_hundredth_idiot

I don't get much chance to talk to other cyclists , I'm always waiting at lights as they whizz on through!

[What? RLJing hasn't been mentioned for at least a few hours. Just trying to get some more Friday afternoon posts going ]

DonDaddyD

I like a good natter, with fellow cyclists.

There was, however, this one incident where this Women was on a Willier Mortirolo. I told her that her bike was beutiful and asked what it was (new '09 model so didn't instantly recognise it). She didn't know :shock:

I was wounded. How the hell do you not know the name of a £1,500 - £1,7000 bike that you allegedly saved up to buy and acknowledge that it cost a lot money.

Could have kicked her off the bike there and then.

That said I don't talk to a lot of women cyclists. I might try that one tonight..... :P

Stewie Griffin

I did shout nice bike to a man on a Cervelo on the way in on Wednesday morning, its notably colder today though and I didnt want to wind my window down.

Just came over from Cakestop to get our ball back.

cjcp

Stewie Griffin wrote:

Just came over from Cakestop to get our ball back.

Love it.

Greg T

Stewie Griffin wrote:

Just came over from Cakestop to get our ball back.

I thought you were agrophobic and just wanted a bit of company....

cjcp

ChrisLS is clearly a man apart when it comes to starting threads.

As Greg T said, I did look at him as if he'd just landed from another planet; I had had enough of friggin' headwinds and was on the verge of slumping over the handlebars.

I occasionally exchanges words with other riders, particularly if there's an amusing moment during the ride. But, I tend to keep quiet when I ride. As it's Friday, tonight will be "bimble/bumble" (it's that man, ChrisLS again) time in the Park to music on the way home, so there'll be no chatting, just me shutting the world out.

DonDaddyD

Another thing I notice is that I nod a lot to cyclist on the other side of the road (going to the opposite direction as me). Especially the team DeVer lot, they're like the "Brotherhood of Cyclist".... 8)

gtvlusso

Anyone been chatted up on there bike?! I am probably asking "da Laydees" here......(yes, that is a chauvenistic comment - but who cares, it's Friday).

DavidBelcher

Don't really encounter any other cyclists going in my direction on the way into work. Always give those going the opposite way a friendly nod or wave, though.

David

joew4ll

I got propositioned on my bike by a hooker once while waiting for my girlfriend in a dodgy part of Bristol, which was a surprise. I politely declined because I had a rucksack on so I couldn't give her a backy and if she'd sat on the handle bars the lights would have been covered and that would have been a bit tricky.

snooks

No one talks to me on Ol' Rusty

Probably, think I'm about to kick the bucket, or get home before I do!!! :oops:

the_hundredth_idiot

joew4ll wrote:

I got propositioned on my bike by a hooker once while waiting for my girlfriend in a dodgy part of Bristol, which was a surprise. I politely declined because I had a rucksack on so I couldn't give her a backy and if she'd sat on the handle bars the lights would have been covered and that would have been a bit tricky.

Covered in what? :?:

Bugly

joew4ll wrote:

I got propositioned on my bike by a hooker once while waiting for my girlfriend in a dodgy part of Bristol, which was a surprise. I politely declined because I had a rucksack on so I couldn't give her a backy and if she'd sat on the handle bars the lights would have been covered and that would have been a bit tricky.

not to mention sticky :oops:

gb155

Its rare I see anyone on my commute and if I do I either get passed by then at break-neck speed or if they are a pootler I will push so hard to scalp them that im not able to talk as I pass them (Ensuring that I freewheel) just smile and nod, At lights I dont think I have ever seen anyone actually stop on a red for me to talk to.

The Chingford Skinhead

I always give those coming toward me a nod and will occassionally say hello at the lights - usually if I like the bike or kit. There is one junction where there is a narrow and properly segregated cycle lane on a one-way street straight ahead so I'll always ask any yoof or anyone I'm not sure of who has just zoomed up the outside and into the ASL if they are actually going right or straight across rather than what I suspect they will try and do, which is to cut across me to go left :evil: - I'm sublte about it of course - I don't start with "you're not the kind of muppet who is going to cut across me are you?".

AndyManc

The main drift of conversation from other bikers at 5:30am is along the lines of ......

"Don't come any closer .... I have a knife "


To which I wish them a cheery good morning too . :?

sc999cs

AndyManc wrote:

The main drift of conversation from other bikers at 5:30am is along the lines of ......

"Don't come any closer .... I have a knife "


To which I wish them a cheery good morning too . :?

What's 5:30am?

No one talks to me... :evil:

pigeon42

I rarely see other cyclists on my commute (but always say hello when I do). However I keep myself entertained yelling to the cows, rabbit and occasional deer (who studiously ignore me).

gb155

AndyManc wrote:

The main drift of conversation from other bikers at 5:30am is along the lines of ......

"Don't come any closer .... I have a knife "


To which I wish them a cheery good morning too . :?

Hey Andy Im normally out between 6 and 6.30am, Through Hyde, Denton Gorton and Levenshulme, What part of Manc do you commute through ?

Gaz

Littigator

Dunno if it's just plain old unfriendly London but I rarely get a chat with other cyclists. Sometimes, I'll ask where they got their white rims or something else about the bike that I'm interested in but mostly it peters out after that and I retreat into my commuter shell again.

still it's fun when it does happen!

cjcp

Littigator wrote:

Dunno if it's just plain old unfriendly London but I rarely get a chat with other cyclists.

In a nice way, that's no bad thing with the amount of traffic we have to look out of (bikes included). Besides, as a man, I cannot multi-task i.e. ride and speak to somebody other than myself at the same time.

AndyManc

gb155 wrote:

AndyManc wrote:

The main drift of conversation from other bikers at 5:30am is along the lines of ......

"Don't come any closer .... I have a knife "


To which I wish them a cheery good morning too . :?

Hey Andy Im normally out between 6 and 6.30am, Through Hyde, Denton Gorton and Levenshulme, What part of Manc do you commute through ?

Gaz

Cheadle side , Hyde is far too cold for me .. and too hilly :?

gb155

AndyManc wrote:

gb155 wrote:

AndyManc wrote:

The main drift of conversation from other bikers at 5:30am is along the lines of ......

"Don't come any closer .... I have a knife "


To which I wish them a cheery good morning too . :?

Hey Andy Im normally out between 6 and 6.30am, Through Hyde, Denton Gorton and Levenshulme, What part of Manc do you commute through ?

Gaz

Cheadle side , Hyde is far too cold for me .. and too hilly :?

It sure was wind tonight, This morning wasnt too bad to be fair, Theres only one hill in Hyde, That said its a KILLER, Cheadle must be nice to commute home too though.

Totalnewbie

I had a ped talk to me yesterday while I was at the lights on my way home.

Him: 'Hello, I like your helmet(!!)' (wtf?)

Me: 'Er, thanks!'

Him: 'I've seen you before! I see you a lot!'

Me: (slightly disturbed) 'Ah, right, ok.'

Him: 'I'm James, by the way!'

Me: 'Er...ok'

Him 'What's your name?'

Reluctantly tell him my first name, being as it's a rather common one anyway...

He then began to say something but he couldn't quite get his words out. He was still trying to get his words out when, praise be, the bloody lights finally changed and I said 'sorry I've got to go!' and cycled away very fast. He shouted after me 'ok, have a nice day!'.

Please don't say he was chatting me up. He was about twice my age and a bit strange, even if he was suited and booted. I was rather glad I was on a bike and he wasn't...