Help! I'm a cycling widow

flamite

well not me, but made me laugh!! very true...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... widow.html

Cafewanda

I partlcularly liked the sentence re the husband detouring through Kent to get to the City when he lives in Balham :shock:

lost_in_thought

Haha!

Ahhh cycling widow, I should set you up with my ex. You'd have a lot to b!tch about.

Gazzaputt

Sent this link to my wife.

Cafewanda

I'd be interested to read about 'obsessed' female cyclists and the effect on their other halves. LiT, any stories you want to share?

artaxerxes

Thanks for posting that, very funny

flamite

i particularly liked...

"A week later, the fold-up bike arrived, a spindly model with tiny wheels and a puny frame; nothing to hint at the obsession to come.

Come it did, around six months later, in the form of a bespoke Italian road bike – a substantial bit of engineering that clogged up our hall, transforming my husband’s mild interest into a full-blown love affair; he calls ''her’’ Black Beauty."

lost_in_thought

Cafewanda wrote:

I'd be interested to read about 'obsessed' female cyclists and the effect on their other halves. LiT, any stories you want to share?

Haha! Well, I didn't have the bespoke italian road bike at the time, but suffice to say he got very fed up with me disappearing for a couple of hours every saturday and sunday!

I offered to take him along, and he took me up on it once. If you think the people on here are competitive, well, they're not. He was an ex-professional water-skier and didn't like losing, and also didn't like the fact that his GF was chatting away and relaxed while he was huffing and puffing like an inappropriate simile.

He never came along again.

chuckcork

lost_in_thought wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

I'd be interested to read about 'obsessed' female cyclists and the effect on their other halves. LiT, any stories you want to share?

Haha! Well, I didn't have the bespoke italian road bike at the time, but suffice to say he got very fed up with me disappearing for a couple of hours every saturday and sunday!

I offered to take him along, and he took me up on it once. If you think the people on here are competitive, well, they're not. He was an ex-professional water-skier and didn't like losing, and also didn't like the fact that his GF was chatting away and relaxed while he was huffing and puffing like an inappropriate simile.

He never came along again.

Was it the basket on front of your bike and streamers on the bars that really wound him up though?

Cafewanda

Was it the basket on front of your bike and streamers on the bars that really wound him up though?


Chuckcork have you been in Balham recently? :shock: Some of the female inhabitants have been seen in this getup recently


LiT, clearly you and he were not a cycling match made in heaven

stuaff

Read it in the paper this morning. I get the tongue-in-cheekiness of it, but there's really no need to (yet again) portray us as obsessive loonies. And wearing shorts or bib tights does not make me a gimp. It's actually appropriate to the activity I'm doing, unlike those twits who wear shell suits/football shirts etc when shopping, or have isotonic or energy drinks when they're in an office job....She wants obsessive, try joggers (have you ever seen one looking like they're enjoying it?)....I'm sure she doesn't do anything that he might consider obsessive or ridiculous. Oh, no...!

I find it somewhat amusing that the people who tend to make remarks like that tend to be standing outside, or going to a pub, and in no way can be described as 'in peak physical condition'.
On second thoughts, I'm proud to be a loony

lost_in_thought

StuAff, you should be. If we all loved the same things the world would be a very boring place.

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Deadeye Duck

lost_in_thought wrote:

StuAff, you should be. If we all loved the same things the world would be a very boring place.

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Oi! I'll have you know my comic book collection is very cool...

always_tyred

lost_in_thought wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

I'd be interested to read about 'obsessed' female cyclists and the effect on their other halves. LiT, any stories you want to share?

Haha! Well, I didn't have the bespoke italian road bike at the time, but suffice to say he got very fed up with me disappearing for a couple of hours every saturday and sunday!

Ever considered living in Scotland LiT?

I still struggle to convey that its normal to opt to get wet and/or physically tired and spend an hour getting to work by bike, instead of trudging 10 minutes to the station, waiting 10-20 minutes for a train, riding in a bacterial cell culture for 15 minutes, and then trudging 10 minutes to the office, alongside 100's of other miserable, suicidal, unimaginative sods.

If I'm drained at the end of a week, it isn't the 45 hours I've spent at my desk, its the 7 or 8 hours I've spent on a bike. I'm told.

Its no wonder I fcuk off at the weekends as well. :?

Pokerface

I'm a cycling divorcee. My wife didn't 'get' my cycling obsession (even though she claimed to support my efforts) - and instead chose to complain that she had to spend too much time alone.

So - she got the house and car. And I got my bike and all the time in the world to ride.


Fair trade if you ask me.

lost_in_thought

Deadeye Duck wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

StuAff, you should be. If we all loved the same things the world would be a very boring place.

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Oi! I'll have you know my comic book collection is very cool...

Ssshhhhh, I'm DDD-baiting. Move back, he'll see your shadow.

stuaff

All these 'widows' of either sex- not just cycling, anything...why don't they just use the time they're on their own to do whatever they like and the other half doesn't?
Sorry, that'll never work....it's logical!

lost_in_thought

Always Tyred wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

I'd be interested to read about 'obsessed' female cyclists and the effect on their other halves. LiT, any stories you want to share?

Haha! Well, I didn't have the bespoke italian road bike at the time, but suffice to say he got very fed up with me disappearing for a couple of hours every saturday and sunday!

Ever considered living in Scotland LiT?

I still struggle to convey that its normal to opt to get wet and/or physically tired and spend an hour getting to work by bike, instead of trudging 10 minutes to the station, waiting 10-20 minutes for a train, riding in a bacterial cell culture for 15 minutes, and then trudging 10 minutes to the office, alongside 100's of other miserable, suicidal, unimaginative sods.

If I'm drained at the end of a week, it isn't the 45 hours I've spent at my desk, its the 7 or 8 hours I've spent on a bike. I'm told.

Its no wonder I fcuk off at the weekends as well. :?

Many a time actually, it's lovely up there in the sticks.

But, AT, swing and a miss on the 'struggle to convey it's normal'. It's definitely not normal, and from an outsider's perspective it's fair to say that it's utterly bizarre. Why would anyone battle through wind and rain when there's a nice cozy train? Madness, I tell you.

biondino

StuAff wrote:

All these 'widows' of either sex- not just cycling, anything...why don't they just use the time they're on their own to do whatever they like and the other half doesn't?
Sorry, that'll never work....it's logical!

No, you're absolutely right. All good relationships involve alone time (or with mates, or with sexy other wom... okay, maybe not the latter) and it should be beneficial for both parties. Of course, if the cycling party is neglecting his/her partner at other times, when they should be enjoying quality time together - or is neglecting familial duties to go off on his bike - then that's different.

But ultimately, a cycling partner is likely to be fit and healthy, passionate, full of energy and wouldn't have time to be unfaithful because he can only think about his bike...

stuaff

lost_in_thought wrote:

StuAff, you should be. If we all loved the same things the world would be a very boring place. :

Indeed. Apparently, I also like music no-one else does (ah, that's why I end up going to tiny venues like Brixton Academy, the O2, Wembley Stadium....), watch TV no-one else does (if the alternative's BB or Britain's Got No Talent, glad to), I couldn't care less about 'celebrity culture', etc.....If that's normal, glad to be not.

always_tyred

27 minutes late. Leaves on the line at Raynes Park.

Deadeye Duck

lost_in_thought wrote:

Deadeye Duck wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

StuAff, you should be. If we all loved the same things the world would be a very boring place.

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Oi! I'll have you know my comic book collection is very cool...

Ssshhhhh, I'm DDD-baiting. Move back, he'll see your shadow.

ok, so my comic books are cool, right?
Right? :oops:

jedster

And wearing shorts or bib tights does not make me a gimp

Correct. Although I'm afraid that most people will think that it makes you LOOL LIKE a gimp.

You may feel that it's all practical, Bauhaus form following function stuff and even that you cut a dash. Don't make the mistake of thinking that non-cyclists will agree.

My wife thinks that lycra bib-shorts are absolutely hilarious. ON me at least. :oops:

J

Deadeye Duck

jedster wrote:

And wearing shorts or bib tights does not make me a gimp

Correct. Although I'm afraid that most people will think that it makes you LOOL LIKE a gimp.

You may feel that it's all practical, Bauhaus form following function stuff and even that you cut a dash. Don't make the mistake of thinking that non-cyclists will agree.

My wife thinks that lycra bib-shorts are absolutely hilarious. ON me at least. :oops:

J

Nothing is more complicated to explain than a Scott Johnny Suit for your Motorbike leathers:

http://www.scottleathers.co.uk/prodpage.asp?ProductID=27

Try explaining that purchase to your mam!

DonDaddyD

lost_in_thought wrote:

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Oi!

Why all the recent baiting attempts!?!

:evil:

stuaff

jedster wrote:

And wearing shorts or bib tights does not make me a gimp

Correct. Although I'm afraid that most people will think that it makes you LOOL LIKE a gimp.

You may feel that it's all practical, Bauhaus form following function stuff and even that you cut a dash. Don't make the mistake of thinking that non-cyclists will agree.

My wife thinks that lycra bib-shorts are absolutely hilarious. ON me at least. :oops:

J

Sadly, too true. I know I'm never stylish, anyway....!

Stuey01

StuAff wrote:

All these 'widows' of either sex- not just cycling, anything...why don't they just use the time they're on their own to do whatever they like and the other half doesn't?
Sorry, that'll never work....it's logical!

f'cking ay!

Too many women don't seem to have a hobby other than bitching about their partners (present company excepted).
Trying to get my gf into a hobby that she can enjoy whilst I am out cycling, making some progress with photography.

AllTheGear

DonDaddyD wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Oi!

Why all the recent baiting attempts!?!

:evil:

You're right that was uncalled for. Rise above it mate. Like Captain America would. 8)

tardington

DonDaddyD wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Oi!

Why all the recent baiting attempts!?!

:evil:

Because you don't post enough!

Slightly OT but 2000AD is such a swizz these days!

DonDaddyD

AllTheGear wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Anyone who likes comic books, though, is excepted from the above. You're all sad.

Oi!

Why all the recent baiting attempts!?!

:evil:

You're right that was uncalled for. Rise above it mate. Like Captain America would. 8)

But Captain America did and didn't rise above it. When faced with the choice to serve his Country by signing up to the Superhuman Registration act he decided to fight against it. He believed that revealing idenities and submitting to US rule would create a Super army for America to use as it saw fit. He believed that this would empower America to dictate who and what was good or evil.

For his troubles this happened:


I miss Captain America...

Slightly OT but 2000AD is such a swizz these days!

Not the biggest fan of 2000AD, what its like these days (not sure what swizz means)

To all comic fans I urge you to read Green Lantern Blackest Night. The upcoming mega comic event written by comic book written God Geoff Johns. On my goody gosh I'm roll on the floor tears in my eyes excited about this one... more than 3 years in the making!

UndercoverElephant

Oh my goody gosh indeed. :shock: