what is it with some old cyclists and etiquette?

Infamous

Went out yesterday, and I was near the end of my usual 150 mile loop near dunstable or some other god awful place.

anyway, I was taking it easy on the way home in a really low gear like 50 : 16 or something, and I caught up to this old bloke on a red bike (I don't know what make it was, but he had crudely painted the word "prince" on it in tippex :?: ), wearing matching red and black lycra. He was going very slow and wobbling all over the road so I gave him a wide birth as I slowly crept past him, still only about 15 mph... :idea:

I decided not to say anything to him as he looked a bit of a mental. 2 minutes later I noticed he was sprinting to keep up with me up a hill (I say hill, more of a railway bridge :? ) so I slowed right down to let him pass me and as he did he sat back no handed and gave out a massive "YESSS" :!: as if he'd just won a sprint in the TDF. I laughed as I turned off just before the downs climb.

Some of these old boys are a bit weird aren't they?

guilliano

LOL!!!

A humourous roadie??? Next we'll have an honest politician!

Slow1972

strodey

Was he welsh

Stumpy Ade

QuaLOLity

pneumatic

I aspire to be an old codger out on the roads having a laugh to pass the time.

What is it with young whipper-snappers and their serious outlook on life? 8)

micken

Infamous wrote:

I decided not to say anything to him as he looked a bit of a mental.

Can you elaborate on this please since I'd like to stay out of the way of folks like this? Useful info might include things like wearing a hoodie, or not, presumed ethnic background etc.

Nothing un-pc or anything the mods might take out of course.

micken

Oh yes, missed the point. How old? + or - 5 years might help to ID such miscreants.

guilliano

Funny you should say this......

I was out yesterday, coming to the end of my usual 400 mile warm down after the previous day's 900 mile round trip to Glasgow on just a slice of toast and a 250ml bottle of water and I saw some bloke ahead on a fake Cannondale (repainted Apollo by the looks of it) huffing and puffing to catch an old bloke on a lovely red Prince, in matching lycra. They were a little way ahead and I didn't want to disrupt my gentle 74/10 gear spinning so I just hung back and watched as the fake Cannondale bloke snorted something off the back of his hand (looked like a white powder) and then pressed what looked like a pedal assist button and sped off on the wrong side of the road, flabby calves waggling in his wake. The old chap seemed to laugh at the foolishness of the (possible) chav and sped up a touch, easing himself onto the wheel of the by now dying young lad in drag, who promptly turned down a side road to avoid being further shamed by someone who was obviously his better in every way.

wiffachip

Gulliano - thats what I was thinking

oldwelshman

U have a sense of humour infamous
By the way less of the old it was on my 48th birthday and I can catagorically confirm I did not have a hoody on until after the ride.

teagar

I'm always surprised you all pay so much attention to the bike they ride!

oldwelshman

Its always nice to admire peoples bikes, helps recognise people also
Mind when on my red/white/green 531 I get some odd looks.

teagar

oldwelshman wrote:

Its always nice to admire peoples bikes, helps recognise people also
Mind when on my red/white/green 531 I get some odd looks.

Try looking at their face. Usually an identity giveaway

guilliano

Not if you ride like me...... you get to recognise people's arses as they speed off into the distance

mr_hippo

guilliano wrote:

I was out yesterday, coming to the end of my usual 400 mile warm down after the previous day's 900 mile round trip to Glasgow on just a slice of toast and a 250ml bottle of water ....

Luxury, pure luxury! I done the same ride a few weeks ago, sucking on a wet teabag and 'feasting' on a fluff-covered fruit gum that I found in the bottom of my left pannier.

guilliano

I'm coming back from injury. I'd usually ride from Mumbai to London on a 126/9 fixed gear with no saddle and 12 inch square wheels drinking only what moisture I can extract from the 2 cubic foot lump of lead I carry on my back and eating coal that I dig up with my hands along the way.

I also don't use pedals..... I bolt my ankles directly to the cranks, but I am allergic to anaesthetic so it is done with no painkilling at all as I have a hole drilled in my legs at the start of each ride

Nack

I bolt my ankles directly to the cranks, but I am allergic to anaesthetic so it is done with no painkilling at all as I have a hole drilled in my legs at the start of each ride

Classic!

Flasheart

You guys should work at the Houses of Parliment writing MP's expense reports for them

stfc1

Best thread ever and perfect Friday reading. I only wish I was funny enough to be able to add to it.

andy_wrx

guilliano wrote:

...12 inch square wheels ...

I also don't use pedals..... I bolt my ankles directly to the cranks, but I am allergic to anaesthetic so it is done with no painkilling at all as I have a hole drilled in my legs at the start of each ride

In Morocco a few years ago, I was amused to see some European MTB'ers being chased by some local lads on their bikes.
These locals' bikes were 1960's or 70's vintage Peugeot gaspipe specials, without tyres (they were riding on just the wheelrims, which were only vaguely round) or pedals (disintegrated long ago, they were riding them barefoot on just the pedal axle spindles).
But they were easily keeping up with the Europeans, on their fancy high-end MTB's...

rkdj

laughing out loud at my desk during lunch - the guys in the office think i am mad - best thread for ages - cheered me up on a wet friday afternoon. GENIUS.

grayo59

On my evening jaunt to the moon and back, riding an Apollo 40th anniversery special of course ...