Cycling isn't cool anymore
DonDaddyD
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I loved bikes before they were cool!
When I was young and I mean real young like 10yrs old I used to watch guys (probably Greg66) zoom past on road bikes, lycra-clad, cool shades and I used to think that 'wow looked cool!'
As I grew up I used to watch the Tour de France, I had no clue who was winning (I figured it was the yellow jeresy because of the cheesey channel 4 intro) but I loved looking at those pretty road bikes. I dreamed of riding a road bike on an endless road. I still dream of that now!
Cycling was cool back then, it was serious and it needed understanding, dedication and passion. Sure everyone and their dog could jump on a bike but not everyone especially not the tw@ts.
Now don't get me wrong, the more cyclists the better. But not if it means exploiting it and reducing it into something the fashion concious can digest.
First Top Shop launches a 'fashion cycling range' now Alan Sugar on a Pinarello. I don't doubt he is enthusiastic, but come on! Yes the publicity is good but while cycling is getting all the iPod/Scooter sensational levels of publicity - with every celebrity is coming out of the woodwork on their bikes. The real issues such as road safety, more awareness of cyclists, better facilities and a proper cycling network of cycle lanes I feel is being over looked.
Doesn't mean I'm going to stop cycling, but it just doesn't feel cool anymore.
Just saying is all.
When I was young and I mean real young like 10yrs old I used to watch guys (probably Greg66) zoom past on road bikes, lycra-clad, cool shades and I used to think that 'wow looked cool!'
As I grew up I used to watch the Tour de France, I had no clue who was winning (I figured it was the yellow jeresy because of the cheesey channel 4 intro) but I loved looking at those pretty road bikes. I dreamed of riding a road bike on an endless road. I still dream of that now!
Cycling was cool back then, it was serious and it needed understanding, dedication and passion. Sure everyone and their dog could jump on a bike but not everyone especially not the tw@ts.
Now don't get me wrong, the more cyclists the better. But not if it means exploiting it and reducing it into something the fashion concious can digest.
First Top Shop launches a 'fashion cycling range' now Alan Sugar on a Pinarello. I don't doubt he is enthusiastic, but come on! Yes the publicity is good but while cycling is getting all the iPod/Scooter sensational levels of publicity - with every celebrity is coming out of the woodwork on their bikes. The real issues such as road safety, more awareness of cyclists, better facilities and a proper cycling network of cycle lanes I feel is being over looked.
Doesn't mean I'm going to stop cycling, but it just doesn't feel cool anymore.
Just saying is all.
Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
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You sure are puffing away on that Bikeradar crack pipe
The addiction is strong in you 
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Personally I think everyone should feel absolutely free to jump on a bike... it has always been so ever since I was a kid - it was there, it transported me, it was fun. I didn't look think about dedication and training, and the Tour de France looked about as boring as watching F1 on the telly, to me.
Not sure what world you grew up in, but bikes have always been everywhere, in my life. Ridden by racers, school-kids, normal people, and tw@ts.
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sarajoy wrote:Personally I think everyone should feel absolutely free to jump on a bike... it has always been so ever since I was a kid - it was there, it transported me, it was fun. I didn't look think about dedication and training, and the Tour de France looked about as boring as watching F1 on the telly, to me.
Not sure what world you grew up in, but bikes have always been everywhere, in my life. Ridden by racers, school-kids, normal people, and tw@ts.
How dare you, go wash your mouth out young lady!Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Alan Sugar also owned Tottenham Hotspur, drives a Rolls royce, it's him that is seriously uncool, not you DDD0
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DDD, I admire your dedication in keeping us all entertained during office hours. However, it has to be said that you don't half spout some bollocks a lot of the time. 0
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Cycling fashion has always been cool, take a look at Paul Weller back in the day. You can't base your feelings on a high street, low-end shop and a man who (as far as I know) has never claimed to be cool.
I mean Boris cycles and.............oh, right, good point.Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.
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Speak for yourself DDD.
I'm cool. 8) - 2023 Vielo V+1
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sarajoy wrote:Personally I think everyone should feel absolutely free to jump on a bike... it has always been so ever since I was a kid - it was there, it transported me, it was fun. I didn't look think about dedication and training, and the Tour de France looked about as boring as watching F1 on the telly, to me.
Not sure what world you grew up in, but bikes have always been everywhere, in my life. Ridden by racers, school-kids, normal people, and tw@ts.
I agree, anyone on a bike is a good thing. If they want to dress up like a "fakenger", that's fine. The more people on bikes and out of cars the better, there's safety in traffic in numbers.Do not write below this line. Office use only.0 -
It gets me to work....I don't have a car....And now I am not cool, you've pi$$ed on my Easter weekend.....boo
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I'm cool even though I have panniers! 0
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Bikes are cool. I'm not cool, never have been, probably never will be.
Do I look bovvered? 0 -
surely being cool is saying
F**k you to fashions and doing your own thing regardless?"Bed is for sleepy people.
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."
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I am doing my own thing today - I smell like old socks because I forgot to bring a towel to work today - definitely feel very uncool and slightly clammy.....!0
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I was cool t'other day in the wind, Lycra shorts!The older I get the faster I was0
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lost_in_thought wrote:Bikes are cool. I'm not cool, never have been, probably never will be.
Do I look bovvered?
The Viner will make you cool...- 2023 Vielo V+1
- 2022 Canyon Aeroad CFR
- 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
- Strava
- On the Strand
- Crown Stables
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Wow!
So not a popular thread then.
Thing I don't get is this:
You all acknowledge the subjects involving cycling that get publicity but do nothing for cyclists.
You all send your deepest sympathy and acknowledge a need for better cycling facilities in general.
What you aren't willing to do is say that you don't want trivial publicity, what you want it improvements for cyclists and cycling in general.
You guys just aren't cool anymore.Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
gtvlusso wrote:I am doing my own thing today - I smell like old socks because I forgot to bring a towel to work today - definitely feel very uncool and slightly clammy.....!
I've done that before, but I still had to have a shower, I just dried my entire body and hair with paper hand towels....Do not write below this line. Office use only.0 -
I'm happily incredibly uncool
Do you feel cycling has 'sold out' eh, DDD? I'd be surprised if you were into bikes before they were cool, or were you born in the 19th century?0 -
I'm cool, I'm black and listen to both Kurt Cobain, Nas, Lupe Fiasco and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
I was wearing Air Force 1's, Addidas Decades and a Nike Windbreaker (orginally seen in the 80's movie Breakdance) before they were popular and bought back into production several times over.
There I said it.Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
Headhuunter wrote:gtvlusso wrote:I am doing my own thing today - I smell like old socks because I forgot to bring a towel to work today - definitely feel very uncool and slightly clammy.....!
I've done that before, but I still had to have a shower, I just dried my entire body and hair with paper hand towels....
Isn't that the same as sanding?0 -
Hang on DDD, who elected you chairman of the cool, Jude Judy and executioner of cool? Who are you to pass judgement on the who's who of cool?
I put it to you that you are in fact, bored silly at work and trying to find a way of passing the minutes until home time by deliberately provoking the forum!
We're cool and you know we are. Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.
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Well done you!
However, I suspect you're nerdy deep down. A proper geek. Or you wouldn't be so prevalent on these forums OR going so nuts over cycling and road-bike evangelising Am I right? 0 -
sarajoy wrote:I'm happily incredibly uncool
Do you feel cycling has 'sold out' eh, DDD?
Yes, just like Hip Hop, Football and comics - Don't even get me started on Jeph Loeb, you haven't seen a rant until you've seen a DDD Ultimate 3 and Jeph Loeb rant! LOEB!!! I Hate you!!!
Is nothing from my childhood sacred anymore... Even cartoons are rubbish these days, nothing better than Transformers (Generation 1), He-man, Thundercats and Ninja Turtles and Dragonball Z.I'd be surprised if you were into bikes before they were cool, or were you born in the 19th century?
The only recorded person still alive from that era is Greg66 Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
DonDaddyD wrote:I'm cool, I'm black and listen to both Kurt Cobain, Nas, Lupe Fiasco and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
I was wearing Air Force 1's, Addidas Decades and a Nike Windbreaker (orginally seen in the 80's movie Breakdance) before they were popular and bought back into production several times over.
There I said it.
Sounds like you're a bit last decade, daaaaahling. Yah, you were clearly cool in the early 90s, but, like, the world has totally moved on and you're left behind. Sooooooooooo not cool. 0 -
DDD has gone a bit Lady Ga Ga....0
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Uncool is the new cool and retro-uncool is even cooler, I think I read that somewhere or made it up.Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.
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Hang on DDD, who elected you chairman of the cool, Jude Judy and executioner of cool? Who are you to pass judgement on the who's who of cool?
I put it to you that you are in fact, bored silly at work and trying to find a way of passing the minutes until home time by deliberately provoking the forum!
We're cool and you know we are.
Have you seen me? I'm the f*cking KING OF COOL!!!!
The Cool List
Jen J
LiT
Linsen
Sarajoy
Total Newbie's hair
Everyone who is faster than me on a bike....Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
DonDaddyD wrote:Hang on DDD, who elected you chairman of the cool, Jude Judy and executioner of cool? Who are you to pass judgement on the who's who of cool?
I put it to you that you are in fact, bored silly at work and trying to find a way of passing the minutes until home time by deliberately provoking the forum!
We're cool and you know we are.
Have you seen me? I'm the f*cking KING OF COOL!!!!
The Cool List
Jen J
LiT
Linsen
Sarajoy
Total Newbie's hair
Everyone who is faster than me on a bike....
I feel violated and used...I have not made the cool list......my easter weekend will be rubbish now....:-(0
