softest question youve ever been asked about cycling?

fast as fupp

a colleague in work asked me if i was entering the tdf this year

another asked me if i took my dog with me when i went out on my bike-presumably in some sort of road bike dog carrier?

both questions were asked in earnest- i was dumbstruck! :shock:

Crapaud

re. cycle commuting ...

"What do you do when it rains?"

Answer, "I get wet."

rake

my grandfather got edgey with me for not having a helmet. while i conceded it was a good idea and now have one, he then went on to say i wanted knee pads and shoulder pads etc etc. he wasnt joking and was quite upset when i started laughing. meaning helmet he would have something like a motorbibke full face in mind.

Anonymous

Where do you sit ?

Thats quite a memorable one.

iain_j

Peter is dimwit ex-colleague.

Peter: Where did you ride to at the weekend?
Me: Llangollen, rode up the Horseshoe Pass
Peter: Oh wow! Did you ride back down it too?

No. I'm still up there as we speak

softlad

"So, have you been out cycling recently..?"

That one sticks in my mind. I think I answered with "Is the Pope Catholic..?"

iain_j

fast as fupp wrote:

a colleague in work asked me if i was entering the tdf this year

Had that one a number of times. It irritates me. Do they ask people who play tennis if they're entering Wimbledon? Do they ask someone who plays a round of golf if they're entering the Ryder Cup? Doubt it.

Anonymous

Also, where I work at shift changover there are a lot of blokes getting changed. I walk in in bib longs, cycling shoes, jersey, helmet etc. Someone will ask me, "Ride in tonight, Dave ?"

No I always wear this outfit to drive. :?

Ben6899

I've never been asked a daft question re: cycling. BUT I run as well and people expect you to enter EVERYFUCKINGTHING... the local fun run, London Marathon, 2010 10000m, etc...

Fuckoff!

iain_j

I think Nicole Cooke could win this one.

Adrian Chiles: "What's it like to fall off your bike?"

Ben6899

iain_j wrote:

I think Nicole Cooke could win this one.

Adrian Chiles: "What's it like to fall off your bike?"

He'd be okay...

... cushioned by his own self-pity.

What a miserable, bearded midlander he is!

daviesee

The question:-

What's the softest question you have ever been asked about cycling?

thejesusandsedischain

my boss asked me today "when you come to work on the bike is it because the misses has the car" he is into golf??
and someone else when i said i was a cyclist just asked "why"

fast as fupp

daviesee wrote:

The question:-

What's the softest question you have ever been asked about cycling?

YES! YES!

but whats the answer?

chris281192

i once had a photo of me wearing some great britain bib shorts on my facebook profile, the next day 3 people asked if i was riding in the olympics, i was 16 at the time :S.

A friend recently asked when she saw me on the roadie, "why do your tyres have no grip on them? i mean, what do you do if you need to stop?"

i must put tractor tyres on my boardman to keep her happy, joys...

iain_j

chris281192 wrote:

A friend recently asked when she saw me on the roadie, "why do your tyres have no grip on them? i mean, what do you do if you need to stop?"

i must put tractor tyres on my boardman to keep her happy, joys...

In the 7 years I've had "proper" bikes, beyond the BSO, my dad keeps throwing that one at me. "These modern tyres haven't got any grip".

Did all bikes have chunky tractor treads in the past?

Stewie Griffin

I was asked by someone at work "you commute to work on your bike occasionally, what do you think of the Paggio MP3 for getting into work on? I have an allez and he has seen it, why would I know about 3 wheeled scooters?

Ben6899

chris281192 wrote:

i must put tractor tyres on my boardman to keep her happy, joys...

If fitting such tyres gets you the leg-over with said friend, then fit the effing tyres.

The hills aren't as fickle!

freehub

"Is that bike fast?"

passout

I get the road tax question asked by young men in small cars at 40mph quite often.

Ben6899

passout wrote:

I get the road tax question asked by young men in small cars at 40mph quite often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEnK145M9-A ?

wiffachip

'just how many bikes have you got now ?'

answer's 5 plus one on the way, so I don't know what all the fuss is about

Eau Rouge

Stewie Griffin wrote:

I was asked by someone at work "you commute to work on your bike occasionally, what do you think of the Paggio MP3 for getting into work on? I have an allez and he has seen it, why would I know about 3 wheeled scooters?

Maybe he thinks you've been watching some Italian races, they use a lot of those 3-wheelers for the support bikes.

brin

get back home after a good ride, wife always asks "was it good?"

ermmmmm

kevin44

I am reminded of an exchange with my mother:

Mother - How long does it take you to cycle here? (Cardigan from Aberystwyth)
Me - About two and a half hours
Mother - Oh, so a car is faster then?

Homer J

I've had the tdf one loads of times, am so fed up with having to educate them, i just reply "maybe next year"

rick_chasey

Homer J wrote:

I've had the tdf one loads of times, am so fed up with having to educate them, i just reply "maybe next year"

Just say you're teammate is Lance Armstrong. Usually shuts them up.

balthazar

"How do you balance on those skinny wheels?"

Bunneh

The most common one I get, and it's usually from people I know quite well; I'm in my cycling gear, waterproof jacket on, bandana, SPD shoes and padded gloves etc, someone always asks me 'Did you come on your bike?'

No, I always walk around the local town centre dressed like an ultraviolet tosser, clicking the floor as I go. It's just something I do, it makes me an easier target for all the clipboard hugging f*cktards who want me to answer their pointless, god forsaken questions about their crappy company who specialize in some crap I don't care about.

*deep breath*

Flasheart

Or Scientologists that want to Audit you and sort out you Engrams. :roll:

lae

When on the singlespeed

'What do you do if you want to go up a hill?'
'Pedal harder'