A list of Don't for Women on Bicycles

tailwindhome
tailwindhome Posts: 19,477
edited January 2012 in Commuting chat
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/ ... cles-1895/


Don’t cultivate a “bicycle face.”
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!

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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    Still got some general good advice though..
    Don’t chew gum. Exercise your jaws in private.
    FCN 9 || FCN 5
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Don't contest the right of way with cable cars :shock:
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    My three favourite:

    Don’t ignore the laws of the road because you are a woman.

    Don’t try to ride in your brother’s clothes “to see how it feels.”

    Don’t scream if you meet a cow. If she sees you first, she will run.

    One that I think stands the test of time:

    Don’t imagine everybody is looking at you.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • king_jeffers
    king_jeffers Posts: 694
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Don’t imagine everybody is looking at you.

    Because they are :D
  • Blonde Cyclist
    Blonde Cyclist Posts: 328
    Glad I'm not a cyclist in 1895... Don't criticize people's legs? But that's the best bit ;) although given I'm doing Marmotte later in the year I like the idea of Don't refuse assistance up a hill!
    Nice weather bike: Fondriest TF2 (white/ black)
    Training Bike: Giant Avail (white/ blue/ green)
    Track bikes: Planet X Franko Bianco (white) and 7VRN (white/ black)
    CX: Kinesis Pro6 (sick green)
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Superb. Have forwarded it to various femmes in the building as an example of the awful attitudes to women in those days [whilst secretly agreeing with every word]. Did ponder removing the chew gum / exercise mouth in private bit, but left it in after all.
  • byke68
    byke68 Posts: 1,070
    Who the heck chews gum whilst cycling?! Is it a woman thing? Must be like like watching a cow chewing it's cud! Unisex piece of advice - never eat a Mars bar while riding up a long climb. I did once, never again!
    Cannondale Trail 6 - crap brakes!
    Cannondale CAAD8
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    byke68 wrote:
    never eat a Mars bar while riding up a long climb. I did once, never again!

    Why not????
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I chew gum, I find that the mint helps me breath better.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,816
    "Don't go out after dark without a male escort" - clearly meaning of one of those words has changed!

    Simon
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • byke68
    byke68 Posts: 1,070
    SecretSam wrote:
    byke68 wrote:
    never eat a Mars bar while riding up a long climb. I did once, never again!

    Why not????

    Find a long but not too steep climb, unwrap your Mars bar before you start the ascent, now start eating it as you go up. Easy?

    [i]and the light at the end of the tunnel/ is the light of an oncoming train....[/i]
    Cannondale Trail 6 - crap brakes!
    Cannondale CAAD8

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