What do you think about whilst riding your bike ??

Cafewanda

My legs hurt
Why is everybody faster than me?
Lovely morning for a ride
How embarrassing (usually after a dodgy manoeuvre too close to a fast-moving cyclist) :oops:
Oops must pay more attention to the road
I need a faster bike (or maybe my legs are weak :roll: )
33 mins is way too slow (see previous line)

DonDaddyD

ChrisInBicester wrote:

I've seen footage of Eddie Merckx with oily dirt all over his face. Will that do?

Harrid

usually on my commute I expand on my theory that there isn't any money in the country by the fact the quality of the roads is so god-awful

jonginge

MatHammond wrote:

Depends how you classify "black" I suppose, there are plenty who you wouldn't call "white". There was I think a Tunisian guy this year, couple of Japanese, and some of the South Americans are mixed race / indigenous appearance, Alvaro Mejia comes to mind - closer to black than white in my memory at least. Don't think there have been any Afro-Caribbean heritage riders though, which is strange when you think that there are all kinds of African physiologies, in athletics they compete from sprints to long distance so I think their absence from the pro peloton must be more of a cultural thing.

There was that PR piece last year when a couple of kenyan (or ethiopian) athletes did a time-trial up Alpe d'Huez. IIRC they did a time which would have got them top ten in the 2008 TdF stage. I think the idea was to try and get them into a european pro team, not sure what happened...

Edit: http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/k ... gust-17580
Edit2: Agent57 beat me to it.

Sewinman

My mind goes blank(er). I do examine pretty much every girl i pass, but there is nothing really going on upstairs.

sem69

Keeping with the original topic, things I think about while riding...

These shorts are too small I should have sent them back.
Shall I go round the right or left?
Get out of my way!!
Should have put a long sleeve jersey on
What happened to the summer?
Oh bugger I forgot to do that thing at work
Shall I go for a 2 or 3 year fixed mortgage?
Nice bike
Don't stop just keep pushing!
Jesus I must be unfit
Shall I go freelance and move to the country?
Nice bike
Must go to the dentist
What's that clicking noise?
Why is my average speed so slow?
Shall I get a new waterproof jacket?
Are those Rapha shorts?
Must go for a long ride this weekend
How can I pay off my debts?
Get out the way!!
etc etc

d21dga

DonDaddyD wrote:

I very never nearly think about sex on my commute. Which is strange because all other times its on my mind...

Not that strange really, it'd be like thinking of your bike whilst having sex.....please don't tell me :shock:

il_principe

Sewinman wrote:

I do examine pretty much every girl i pass, but there is nothing really going on upstairs.

IME this is the case with most women.

JOKE!

*runs away.

DonDaddyD

Sewinman wrote:

My mind goes blank(er). I do examine pretty much every girl i pass, but there is nothing really going on upstairs.

Is that why you fall on them... forget to stand....

Porgy

Cafewanda wrote:

My legs hurt
Why is everybody faster than me?
Lovely morning for a ride
How embarrassing (usually after a dodgy manoeuvre too close to a fast-moving cyclist) :oops:
Oops must pay more attention to the road
I need a faster bike (or maybe my legs are weak :roll: )
33 mins is way too slow (see previous line)

nothing about girls then

Porgy

I think my commute in goes like this
why don't my legs work?
then lots of rude stuff about school run mums/ garbage men/ potholes
oh good my legs do work then - power kicks in
get over
why d'you need the whole fecking road?
c'mon let me out
oh schoolgirls
schoolgirls
schoolgirls
Aaaargh lorry!!
shit forgot to post Lovefilm DVDs
wow - 30 mph - feck - bus pulling out <brake sharply>
Get off the cycle lane you fecker
oh shit - bus up my arse
hmmmm...girls
Oh look - woolwich Ferry
Feck!!!! That was close - why doesn't anyone know how to use a roundabout properly
Fecking roadworks - why even bother putting cycle lanes in?
Greenwich already - more road works
C'mon move
hmmmm girls
nice arse
fecking roadworks!
Lidls - hmmmm..sandwiches...have I got time? No
Hungry
girls
nice
pasty smell - hungry
bloody hell - always windy across London Bridge
etc....

Sometimes between distractions I get to plan my day/ think about what I want to put on my MP3 player/ wonder what that pain in my chest/back/groin/neck means

The trip home is similar but involves no schoolgirls and more beer.

Harry182

I just was the cowgirl exercise equipment on another BR thread.

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... 6#15505856

I'll be thinking of that on the way home...

jrduquemin

prawny wrote:

I have on more than one occasion thought about starting this thread

Usually I sing to my self, or when something interesting happens think about posting on here but never do.

Recently I have been wondering where that cliking/grinding is coming from.

Hey, you and me both :-D Actually, I have located it, after spending an hour stripping my cranks, pedals and BB out of my frame then reassembling it. It's the handlebar and stem!!! ARGH!!! Ah well, have to take that apart tomorrow night now....

Cafewanda

Porgy wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

My legs hurt
Why is everybody faster than me?
Lovely morning for a ride
How embarrassing (usually after a dodgy manoeuvre too close to a fast-moving cyclist) :oops:
Oops must pay more attention to the road
I need a faster bike (or maybe my legs are weak :roll: )
33 mins is way too slow (see previous line)

nothing about girls then

My life is not THAT bad :shock: . Very rarely see fit men, been complaining about that for years :roll: Mind you, fit male legs I now see almost daily, it's the rest of of the body that's a problem mosst of the time

Paulie W

Paulie W wrote:

Agent57 wrote:

Paulie W wrote:

Agent57 wrote:

Paulie W wrote:

does anybody know how many black guys have ridden the tour?

None. Not one. Ever. Unless I'm mistaken...

Well for DDD's sake I'll accept that

But I have a big old picture book with lots of photos from early tours and there is at least one possibly two which shows a rider of afro-carribean descent.

I've hit Google. I did see mention of Moroccans in the 40s or 50s, and a comment here mentions Abdel Kader Zaaf getting the Lanterne Rouge, andhis palmares lists some apparances in the Tour (abandoned in 1948, 1950, 1952, 66th in 1951).

Alternatively, maybe the photos are of South American riders.

Not South American but maybe North African but I think these photos are from earlier. I'll have to dig out the book.

The pictures are of Abdel Kader Zaaf (reproduced in Matt Rendell's Blazing Saddles p.111) and Marcel Molines, both Algerian.

whyamihere

I'm not commuting at the moment (studenty type) so this is from leisure rides...

Ugh, cold, should I take my jacket?
Sod it, left or right?
Just spin it slowly, warm up
I'll just attack this hill...
Shouldn't have attacked that hill, legs hurt now, just warm up...
THERE'S ANOTHER BIKE!
Look nonchalant, cruise past
If I put my mind to it, I could become good at my guitar
Maybe I could start a band
I should concentrate on uni stuff though...

*Here sits a 20 minute-3 hour thinking session on physics matters, often arguing with myself over time travel*

Oh, is that the time? Best get home...
Who the feck put this hill here?

NGale

when out with the CC guys last my thought was 'nice arse' with the guy in front of me....wasn't the chaps arse either :roll:

other than that on my commute to work it's usually along the lines of:

'I wonder what nutters will plague us tonight?....ooooh look at that rabbit!.....you b*****d, slow down!!....'

and such like.

I perfer the 'nice arse' thoughts

stuaff

DonDaddyD wrote:

I very never nearly think about sex on my commute. Which is strange because all other times its on my mind...

I'd never have guessed from all your other posts

doog442

my early thoughts are this on the trailway

"you can see me mrs dog owner but as usual you are going to let the little fecker run all over the shop and you really dont give a feck now do you ..but if i was to run the little ***r over you would think twice about letting the over grown rat loose in front of loads of hairy arsed commuting cyclists'

I then cycle through a council estate....and think 'salt of the earth'

i then cycle past an industrial estate with some sort of fish factory ... i think fish

then loads of road in which i think of nothing much more than ' my nuts ache..must change saddle'

cjcp

"Ok; it's showtime, folks." :P

Actually, I think I may have some sort of silent tourettes syndrome during for most of the non-Richmond Park bits of the commute. :oops:

Porgy

whyamihere wrote:

If I put my mind to it, I could become good at my guitar
Maybe I could start a band
I should concentrate on uni stuff though...

When I was learning to play guitar i thought about playing the guitar all the time, even at work, probably more than i thought about girls. :oops:

Porgy

Cafewanda wrote:

Porgy wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

My legs hurt
Why is everybody faster than me?
Lovely morning for a ride
How embarrassing (usually after a dodgy manoeuvre too close to a fast-moving cyclist) :oops:
Oops must pay more attention to the road
I need a faster bike (or maybe my legs are weak :roll: )
33 mins is way too slow (see previous line)

nothing about girls then

My life is not THAT bad :shock: . Very rarely see fit men, been complaining about that for years :roll: Mind you, fit male legs I now see almost daily, it's the rest of of the body that's a problem mosst of the time

Well - you've probably seen me then :oops:

My legs definitely feel that the rest of me lets them down.

Kieran_Burns

cjcp wrote:

"Ok; it's showtime, folks." :P

Actually, I think I may have some sort of silent tourettes syndrome during for most of the non-Richmond Park bits of the commute. :oops:

A mate of mine sw a fantastic t-shirt the other day (and i want it)

"I don't have tourettes. I really do think you're a c**t"

Cafewanda

Porgy wrote:

[Well - you've probably seen me then :oops:

My legs definitely feel that the rest of me lets them down.

Only because it's you, I'll give you a pass

DonDaddyD

Yesterday, along Clapham I was thinking about Alberto Contador and how he danced on his pedals going up hill during the Tour de France.

I did exactly the same thing and accelerated past everyone! It were awesome. No one managed to match the acceleration. When on a bike I always think about being the greatest cyclist in the World... always.

always_tyred

cjcp wrote:

"Ok; it's showtime, folks." :P

Actually, I think I may have some sort of silent tourettes syndrome during for most of the non-Richmond Park bits of the commute. :oops:

Silent tourettes? Excellent restraint.

My thoughts typically start out something like:
is the pain in my knee better or worse today?
oh, its about the same, which means its getting better
lalalaI'm ignoring the inevitable....
oh damn I forgot my pants again
oi, WA***!!! how did you manage to get so close on a road this wide?.... and then onto the tourettes part of the ride.

Jamey

Usually it's something like...

- Right, off we go.
- Remember to warm up slowly today, instead of OH BALLS, LIGHT'S GONNA CHANGE IF I DON'T STEP ON IT.
- Made it
- Right outside knee feeling a bit pulled again. Should've warmed up slowly. Maybe tomorrow.
- Oh, that light's red.
- Oh good, it's just turned green, no need to stop.
- But that guy's not moving.
- Why aren't you moving?
- FFS why aren't you f***ing moving you c***?
- Unnecessary stop.
- Tw**.
- Leg feels better now. Arms aching though.
- Break in traffic, time to continue learning to ride no-handed.
- Managed three seconds that time, getting better.
- That bolt needs tightening.
- Downshifting's sluggish, tighten downtube barrel adjuster, try again, better, bit more, that's it.
- Arse hurts now.
- Earlsfield, check for hotties... Bah, none today.
- Wandsworth, be alert for w*nkers, oh look, there's one, nice one d*ckface.
- Col du Putney bridge, time to lay down a trail of awesome.
- Right knee buggered again.
- Back hurting now.
- Hammersmith. Check for hotties in their Friday shoes. Mmm, hotties in heels.
- SheBu triangle, watch for cabs, check light, green, CAV IT!!!
- Wood lane... CAV IT!!!
- Work car park. Sniff helmet. Can get away with another week or two.
- FFS, shower engaged.
- Plan lunch.

jjojjas

French.
I practice my french when I ride. I guess people just think theres a mad french guy with a geordie accent cruising around the north on a tourer........

tailwindhome

This American Flyers Theme

Always loved riding alongside waterways.

Never on the pavement though.

rolf_f

DonDaddyD wrote:

Yesterday, along Clapham I was thinking about Alberto Contador and how he danced on his pedals going up hill during the Tour de France.

I was doing that yesterday on the NY Moors. On the gruesome climbs I thought about the expressions you see on the faces of the TdF riders and how mine was probably the same and that therefore there was no excuse for packing in and walking. I didn't walk though I did have to have some rests (but I hadn't got the support of any team mates or a team car - Contador would definitely have had to rest if he'd done my route on his own )