You know you have been off your bike too long when....

Wallace1492
Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
edited August 2010 in Commuting chat
You pass a rather attractive girl, and while still pedaling, glance up and left to try and see her reflection in the "mirror" but as you are on a bike, aint no mirror there!
"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"

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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    helmet_mirror.jpg

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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    You pass a rather attractive girl, and while still pedaling, glance up and left to try and see her reflection in the "mirror" but as you are on a bike, aint no mirror there!

    Always fails anyway even when you're in your car, they're too small by then for proper appreciation; we need special ogling spots on our mirrors.
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  • dondare
    dondare Posts: 2,113
    your legs stop aching.
    This post contains traces of nuts.
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    dondare wrote:
    your legs stop aching.
    All the bits of you that started aching when you started cycling stop aching :?
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    You forget to unclip :oops:
  • hisoka
    hisoka Posts: 541
    The ride on the bus doesn't annoy you at being too long.
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    You decide to jump the pedestrian red light, as there is no-one crossing, the roads are quiet and it is uphill..... you then realise you are actually driving a car and skid to a halt, alarming a passing fox....
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    I hope you apologised to the fox! :)
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    You try to freewheel on a fixie.....
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    You forget which is front brake, back brake... :oops:
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    You pass a rather attractive girl, and while still pedaling, glance up and left to try and see her reflection in the "mirror" but as you are on a bike, aint no mirror there!

    I do this all the time, not at attractive girls tho, I'm married. Ooh wild swimming with alice roberts is on tonight 8)
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    Conversely, when you haven't used PT for a good while, as you approach the turnstiles, you momentarily forget what to do with your Oystercard. :oops:
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Also I occasionally go to start filtering when I drive my car to work, luckily I always stop myself before I cause any serious damage
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  • dondare
    dondare Posts: 2,113
    prawny wrote:
    Also I occasionally go to start filtering when I drive my car to work, luckily I always stop myself before I cause any serious damage

    I get the urge to filter when I'm driving on motorways.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    dondare wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Also I occasionally go to start filtering when I drive my car to work, luckily I always stop myself before I cause any serious damage

    I get the urge to filter when I'm driving on motorways.

    Colombian, Brazilian or Kenyan?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    dondare wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Also I occasionally go to start filtering when I drive my car to work, luckily I always stop myself before I cause any serious damage

    I get the urge to filter when I'm driving on motorways.

    Colombian, Brazilian or Kenyan?
    Shirley, he should be on the espresso-way...

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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    JonGinge wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    dondare wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Also I occasionally go to start filtering when I drive my car to work, luckily I always stop myself before I cause any serious damage

    I get the urge to filter when I'm driving on motorways.

    Colombian, Brazilian or Kenyan?
    Shirley, he should be on the espresso-way...

    IGMC

    :lol:

    actually quite funny ginge for you...
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    You drop down 10 places in the SCR stats in just a few weeks..... its ruthless there!!
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  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    dondare wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Also I occasionally go to start filtering when I drive my car to work, luckily I always stop myself before I cause any serious damage

    I get the urge to filter when I'm driving on motorways.

    I get the urge to drive along bus lanes - again, have always managed to prevent myself. So far.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    ...you get on and wait for the glow plug light to go out....
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