Cycling Mysteries

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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    When you have your rainjacket with you it never rains, when you decide to leave it at home it p!$$es down.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    redvee wrote:
    When you have your rainjacket with you it never rains, when you decide to leave it at home it p!$$es down.

    You probably didn't make the proper, early season, virgin sacrifice to the rain gods.
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    dmclite wrote:
    Why, on some days, I put loads of effort in and seem to go slower, then other days I defy physics and pedal effortlessly at a good pace for hours?

    There's been numerous studies (by all accounts) into why athletes (cyclists especially) feel like a bad of spanners one day, ride like 10 men the next and feel like a bag of spanners again the next. basically, it just happens.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Why on a four-mile descent did I only meet traffic coming the other way at a point they had to overtake a climbing cyclist, meaning I had to slow right down, and at the best part of the descent when I could have topped 50mph?

    Why? After all that effort of climbing? It's not fair :(
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Better go up and do it again then mate...! :lol:
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    I would have done, but it was Holme Moss, after about 5000ft of climbing already.

    I'm still sulking :x

    :lol:
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Bhima. :lol:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    iain_j wrote:
    I would have done, but it was Holme Moss, after about 5000ft of climbing already.

    I'm still sulking :x

    :lol:

    Excuses, excuses...

    It just won't do Iain...

    Now go and give me 10 hill reps!

    Go-go-go-go-GOOOOOO! :wink:
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Why did I have a flat tire at noon, on a hundred degree day, and not a bit of shade for miles? Then, break off the computer sending unit while taking the wheel off?
  • Percy Veere
    Percy Veere Posts: 53
    Why, when I have just bought the very last 'must have, can't bike without it' item, I think of another one !
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    Why, when there's finally a fine evening with no rain, do I get a p*ncture after 1k?
  • Percy Veere
    Percy Veere Posts: 53
    Why, when I book a bank holiday in the Lake District, is the forecast pants :evil:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Why, when I had all the time in the world to ride my bike, was it a physical impossibility yet when I am physically able, I have no time at all...
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Why, when I had all the time in the world to ride my bike, was it a physical impossibility yet when I am physically able, I have no time at all...

    Ahh...but you only had all the time in the world because of your physical impairment,didn't you? :wink:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    dennisn wrote:
    Why did I have a flat tire at noon, on a hundred degree day, and not a bit of shade for miles? Then, break off the computer sending unit while taking the wheel off?
    Here in Scotland, hypothermia is a real risk with every puncture, and 100° heat is but a distant dream
  • AMcD
    AMcD Posts: 236
    Why is it that I invariably pee over my shoes when cut short in the country? Even worse, managing to direct the whole flow down one legging :oops: :D .
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    AMcD wrote:
    Why is it that I invariably pee over my shoes when cut short in the country? Even worse, managing to direct the whole flow down one legging :oops: :D .

    ...maybe try it without doing a cart-wheel next time? :wink:
    Cycling weakly
  • AMcD
    AMcD Posts: 236
    skyd0g wrote:
    AMcD wrote:
    Why is it that I invariably pee over my shoes when cut short in the country? Even worse, managing to direct the whole flow down one legging :oops: :D .

    ...maybe try it without doing a cart-wheel next time? :wink:
    :o

    I KNEW I was doing something wrong............. :lol:
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    Why don't bikes just fall over? Only two points touching the ground, yet they stay upright quite happily, most of the time. :?
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  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    DevUK wrote:
    Here's one - Why do I always seem to have a head wind when going too and comming from work?
    Because you're too fast :shock:
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Term1te wrote:
    Why don't bikes just fall over? Only two points touching the ground, yet they stay upright quite happily, most of the time. :?

    Magic...
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    bompington wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    Why did I have a flat tire at noon, on a hundred degree day, and not a bit of shade for miles? Then, break off the computer sending unit while taking the wheel off?
    Here in Scotland, hypothermia is a real risk with every puncture, and 100° heat is but a distant dream

    Either way, that's when flats happen. And by the way, 100 degree heat is not a "dream"
    it's a nightmare. :wink:
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Why do i allways get a crank mark on my leg
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Why when I have a headwind, do I have a headwind? Why when I have a tailwind, do I have a headwind? Why when I have a crosswind, do I have a headwind?
  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    Why does the wind blow in every direction but loose?
  • Flanker37
    Flanker37 Posts: 70
    you are all riding so fast you are generating your own slipstream - that's the resistance you are feeling
  • Woodchip
    Woodchip Posts: 205
    freehub wrote:
    Why when I have a headwind, do I have a headwind? Why when I have a tailwind, do I have a headwind? Why when I have a crosswind, do I have a headwind?
    I can vouch for that one today. It was like being in my own little hurricane.
    I have nothing more to say on the matter.
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    So can I. It was awful today! In the process of moving from the hoods to the drops I got attacked by a massive gust of wind. Cue massive swerve to the other side of the road. :shock: Lucky there was no other traffic.

    Why is it I always want to buy new things to replace things that are still working perfectly well?
    Emiliana the CAAD9
  • Mastineo
    Mastineo Posts: 182
    No such thing as a tailwind. Its either a headwind or a weaker headwind.
  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    unless it's a 50 mile an hour wind :lol:

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