I know I'm a cyclist when...

ChrisLS

...I drive home, turn right, get to the cycle lane(no through road) and realise I'm in the car...whoops :? :roll:

sketchley

Bloody car drivers.....

ChrisLS

...a rare drive...sorry

notsoblue

I use hand signals while on foot...

itboffin

notsoblue wrote:

I use hand signals while on foot...

cyclist dont use hand signals well at least the ones in London dont

notsoblue

itboffin wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

I use hand signals while on foot...

cyclist dont use hand signals well at least the ones in London dont

PoB ≠ Cyclist

edhornby

I wince when the car goes over a pothole :-o

itboffin

you get in the car and have to sit there for a few minutes thinking about what to do.

jimmypippa

You do the lifesaver check before walking past someone on the pavement.

Or is that just me?

bails87

jimmypippa wrote:

You do the lifesaver check before walking past someone on the pavement.

Or is that just me?

Nope, me too!

jonny_trousers

I only notice once she's passed me by that the owner of the sexy, Italian bike I was checking out was incredibly hot.

Jay dubbleU

Walking anywhere feels wierd

itboffin

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Walking anywhere feels wierd

+1 WTF is that about why havent we evolved wheels and castelli/rapha skin?

Damn you Darwin

davis

bails87 wrote:

jimmypippa wrote:

You do the lifesaver check before walking past someone on the pavement.

Or is that just me?

Nope, me too!

+1

paulus69

driving I give loads of room to cyclists

Twostage

You can't understand why a cyclist coming the other way isn't returning your pre-greeting look, then you remember you're driving.

Applespider

+1 on the lifesaver when walking too

...changing clothes up to 8 times a day doesn't feel that odd (PJs to winter commuting gear to work gear to winter commuting gear to gym gear to winter commuting gear to lounge around house gear to PJs).

Or when you're surprised that all winter jackets don't come with some reflective trim

dhope

Applespider wrote:

+1 on the lifesaver when walking too

...changing clothes up to 8 times a day doesn't feel that odd (PJs to winter commuting gear to work gear to winter commuting gear to gym gear to winter commuting gear to lounge around house gear to PJs).

Or when you're surprised that all winter jackets don't come with some reflective trim

Yup, livesaver when walking.

Also, I've stopped hurrying when I'm taking the tube to work now. Figure if I wanted to get there quickly I'd cycle.

rick_chasey

edhornby wrote:

I wince when the car goes over a pothole :-o

This.


Also, for the first 5 minutes of driving on the motorway, having cycled everywhere for the past month feels seriously fast.

Cafewanda

Your cycling clothing/footwear outnumber your non-cycling clothing/footwear.

Merino and lycra are your two fave materials.

CarlosDSanchez

You have a bicycle shrine in the garage where the bikes are displayed
You have a special tool kit with only gets used on the bike
You have a small bike shops worth of spare parts
You cycle more miles than you drive

veronese68

I try to filter, then remember I'm in a car. Scares the life out of the Mrs.

notsoblue

Rick Chasey wrote:

Also, for the first 5 minutes of driving on the motorway, having cycled everywhere for the past month feels seriously fast.

Yeah, kinda freaks me out...

Whats a lifesaver btw? Heard it mentioned so many times but I have no clue...

EKE_38BPM

When driving, you forget you are in a car and stop in the ASL. But then you remember you are a taxi/bus/white van etc, so its all OK.

+1 to walking lifesavers, multiple clothing changes, cycling more miles than driving.

ITB, ever heard of Mulefa?

jonny_trousers

You start thinking that just because it's perfectly acceptable to shoot through an empty pedestrian crossing on red when on the bike you can do so in the car too.

Shem

Your arms are tanned but your hands are pale from glove use.

You join conversations about fuel mileage and talk about how many calories your machine burns. (Please tell me it isn't just me?)

You get into the office and you're colleagues first comments are "How was the ride?".

When your bike computer is the used more frequently for the time than the watch on your arm.

You have a bicycle shrine in the garage where the bikes are displayed
You have a special tool kit with only gets used on the bike
You have a small bike shops worth of spare parts
You cycle more miles than you drive

^Thank God. I thought I was the only one!

Too old for this

@ notsoblue, lifesaver last check over shoulder before making a manouvre such as an overtake or turn, was taught this during my advanced motorcycling when i was but a nipper. It is what the name implies. 8) 8)

SimonAH

You wear FiveTen Minaar shoes as trainers. And have bought a second pair which are banked in your wardrobe as insurance because Wiggle are discontinuing them.

Cycloslalomeur

I do the lifesaver check as a pedestrian too. Walking seems ridiculously slow so I tend to jog everywhere instead and motoring strikes me as too quick. I think cycling long distances has a postive impact on motoring safety. One just gets a sense of how fast driving, even below speed limits, is and how long it will take to bring that massive heap of pig iron to a halt. It's a bit like that shot of an Alfa's undercarriage at cruising speed in Three Colours: Blue before that fatal accident to illustrate how incredibly dangerous motoring is. In today's cars the occupants are isolated from non-visual signs of danger like noise and vibration.

graham.

Yep to the check over the shoulder when walking. Also damn near drove up onto the cycle path the other day!
I remember when I'd just past my driving test, I could'nt get out of the habit of checking my mirror...even when walking!
Graham.

Flyingbogey

Most of your online time is spent here or looking at bikes and clothing. I used to love running but it feels to slow now.