You know you're a cyclist when.....
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at roundabouts in my car i often manage to sneak into spaces that my non cycling friends dont see, i also swerve to miss potholes, but i think the worst is when walking in a busy place and you say riders or on your left to move past someone0
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when you can have hour long conversations without saying much more than words like campag, armstrong, deepdish, and it all makes perfect sense0
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When you have so many bikes you get dizzy thinking about what needs done to them next.
When you give cyclists so much space in the car as you overtake you nearly hit the kerb on the other side of the road.
When you check out the bikes on top of a car roof-mounted cycle rack as they pass.
When yearly holidays rotate between Flanders, the Italian Alps, the French Alps and the Pyrenees, and UK short breaks are ALWAYS somewhere hilly and NEVER a city.0 -
You're so called workmates deride you for looking longingly at ceramic Jockey Wheels on the internet at lunch break.
Your favourite image before you drift off into REM is you on your bike, in a effortless state of grace, gliding on a plate-flat sheet of ice, on samaurai blade tyres, into the setting sun WAKEY WAKEY, BACK IN THE ROOM :oops:0 -
Fat Head wrote:When you have so many bikes you get dizzy thinking about what needs done to them next.
When you give cyclists so much space in the car as you overtake you nearly hit the kerb on the other side of the road.
When you check out the bikes on top of a car roof-mounted cycle rack as they pass.
When yearly holidays rotate between Flanders, the Italian Alps, the French Alps and the Pyrenees, and UK short breaks are ALWAYS somewhere hilly and NEVER a city.
ah crap.....We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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When you give your passengers a running commentary while driving up hills ....
"This bit's steep ... watch the inside of this left-hand bend ... you're really out of breath by the time get to this bit ... false summit ... you can go for it from here ..."
Your partner just smiles knowingly.I should get out more (on the bike)0 -
Pardon?ddraver wrote:Fat Head wrote:When you have so many bikes you get dizzy thinking about what needs done to them next.
When you give cyclists so much space in the car as you overtake you nearly hit the kerb on the other side of the road.
When you check out the bikes on top of a car roof-mounted cycle rack as they pass.
When yearly holidays rotate between Flanders, the Italian Alps, the French Alps and the Pyrenees, and UK short breaks are ALWAYS somewhere hilly and NEVER a city.
ah crap.....so many cols,so little time!0 -
When you get an urge to tell people to "hold their line" when walking down a busy street.
When you smirk at the folk at work who were "knackered" and "dead" after the 5 mile charity ride at the weekend.
When you think absolutely nothing of spending £100 on some new cycle clothing, but the same on non-cycle clothing would be an extortionate rip-off.
Likewise vasts amount of money on a new bike vs. that price for a car.
When driving on a fast, bendy road, you lean into the corners and start to straighten your "outside" leg.
When driving up a hill and starting to struggle a bit on the short steep bit, you wish there was a "get out of the saddle" option rather than the hassle of changing gears.0 -
When you see a girl on a bike, and you check out the bike first. My wife appreciates this!0
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alotronic wrote:When you see a girl on a bike, and you check out the bike first. My wife appreciates this!
Alternatively, when you can convince your wife you were checking out her saddle...0 -
Or by that token, you see a guy on a bike and check out the frame rather than his arse
Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men0 -
When you start controlling your breathing while driving uphill.0
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osucowboytc wrote:When you start controlling your breathing while driving uphill.
No that's just age, breath a little less you might live a little longer
Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men0 -
you empathise with road kill.
You're on a seaside day out with the missus and she tells you off for checking out every bike you see.
You find slim girls on race bikes dead sexy.0 -
NGale wrote:Or by that token, you see a guy on a bike and check out the frame rather than his ars*
Touché...well, not literally, of course 0 -
....you own more man-made fibre garments than is reasonable.
....lube is a perfectly acceptable word to use in 'normal' conversation.
...the number of spare inner tubes you own runs to double-figures.
...you enter protracted negotiations about weekends in May, June, July next year with the other half right about now (mid-November).
...friends and family think there's something wrong if they find you at home on a Saturday/Sunday morning.
Most of the other posts above also apply especially the pointing at holes whilst walking down the road and visualising the hill whilst driving. I did this on the 271 bus up Highgate Hill just the other day and got found out by the wife "Stop thinking about..." Tragic really.
SWell. Certaintly...0 -
You know you are a real cyclist when your bike costs more than your car!I used to be a technician but I\'m alright now!0
