Things that are just true about urban cycling
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You finish a meeting on another site, get changed and wander out of said office in full lycra...... some other colleague stops you for a 20 minute chat about work issues outside the front entrance, at 'checking out time'..... the funny looks you get......argh......
Tis life..............0 -
El Gordo wrote:There is an urban cyclist somewhere right now sat at their desk going commando having forgotten their pants.
PMSL!!!!
i don't cycle to work yet but i have a feeling that one day this will be me!0 -
Just because you had a pretty good run into work, and despite the fact that you are a forty-year-old man averaging about 14 mph, you tell yourself that, with a bit of training, you might still have a shot at winning the Tour De France.0
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Within 10 minutes of moving over from flat bars to drops you believe yourself to be a more serious rider than anyone on the road who does not share your choice of bars.0
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Being overtaken by a girl really, really hurts.0
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Zachariah wrote:
+1^10dondare wrote:Any bit of bicycle maintenance turns into a major project.
I only wanted to replace worn brake pads, almost ended up with a new set of calipers and cables...
The longer you spend cleaning your bike, the less time it remains clean.
Umm, 1^10 = 1!
I only wanted to fix a puncture but found that my recently rebuilt rear wheel has (very)loose spokes.0 -
overtaking is really satisfying
even more so when it's a guy who immediately has to put his foot down to overtake you back, thereby ensuring his pride isn't dinted by being overtaken by a girl, but he's blatently having to try *really* hard and my pass was just soooo effortless
makes me smile all day that one. get over it guys, girls can overtake too 0 -
When just about to embark on a fast downhill, a modified hatch back will attemp to overtake, only half passing you and end up having to brake heavily to avoid colliding with an on coming car, or pulling in and side swiping you0
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cyclopsbiker wrote:overtaking is really satisfying
even more so when it's a guy who immediately has to put his foot down to overtake you back, thereby ensuring his pride isn't dinted by being overtaken by a girl, but he's blatently having to try *really* hard and my pass was just soooo effortless
makes me smile all day that one. get over it guys, girls can overtake too
Excellent! 0 -
The moment you congratulate yourself on your SCR prowess, someone will cruise past and scalp you.0
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That's the downside 0
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Beware of skinny old men on touring bikes - nails 8)0
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if only I didn't have to stop at that red light/ zebra crossing I'd have caught and passed that cyclist ahead of me
similar:
The cyclist you are sloowly catching will turn off your path just before you're about to pass them. The positive bit is you can now stop killing yourself and recover.
Always lock your bike near to other more expensive bikes.0 -
Cycling in normal clothes is more knackering than cycling in lycra.0
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You will be overtaken by a bus shortly before arriving at a great downhill that you've been looking forward to descending all journey. It will then proceed at a snail's pace down the hill before pulling in mere yards from the bottom. Obviously, the whole road is double white-lined and there's no room to pass.0
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the smaller the car overtaking you, the closer it will be when passing by.0
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So true.noisemonkey wrote:the smaller the car overtaking you, the closer it will be when passing by.0 -
noisemonkey wrote:the smaller the car overtaking you, the closer it will be when passing by.
I dunno, I've found the closest calls to be with taxis, BMWs, and vans - they aren't exactly small cars.0 -
Jonny_Trousers wrote:Just because you had a pretty good run into work, and despite the fact that you are a forty-year-old man averaging about 14 mph, you tell yourself that, with a bit of training, you might still have a shot at winning the Tour De France.
Have you been following me? And it was 14.2 MPHSpecialized Langster
Specialized Enduro Expert
Specialized Rockhopper
This season I will be mainly riding a Specialized0 -
No matter how careful you are storing your bike away, you will get oil on you somewhere......0
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...it's just not as relaxing as countryside cycling... 8)Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
:oops:El Gordo wrote:There is an urban cyclist somewhere right now sat at their desk going commando having forgotten their pants.
That would be me then.
Didn't even realise until I went to get them out of my bag.
I can live with the commando, that's quite liberating and noone can tell.
It's the white socks I'm left wearing that look the most embarassing :shock:0 -
you will get unidentified scrapes on your shin at least once a week, they don't hurt so it's a mystery where they came from.0
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you seem to have missed the article on the news that told everyone else that the dotted white give way line onto a constantly busy road is now the strip that they have to place their steering wheel over rather than sit the whole vehicle behind and there'll always be some lady part sat on your backside who is desperate to let you hear the new horn they got for christmas when they belatedly realise that you don't have the mystic ability to pass through the solid metal engine block sitting in your way and the sticky out arm thing you do isn't just a fashion statement..0
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I blame the parents.0
