Calling all ugly commuters!

John Stevenson
John Stevenson Posts: 962
edited March 2012 in Commuting chat
Does your face look like you've ridden into the back of a bus?

Have you crashed into the ugly railings and hit every post?

Do motorists look the other way and crash into things when you approach?

British Cycling has a word for you, and a membership category:

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John Stevenson

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    :lol:
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Chuckle :D
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  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Snarf snarf!
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  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    and according to that definition they are all slow as well :D

    the kind of face that only your LBS would love... he
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    But, but, but... I am a cycling Adonis. A veritable two wheeled Narcissus, if you will.

    I am being discriminated against!

    Is it 'coz I is pretty?
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Greg66 wrote:
    But, but, but... I am a cycling Adonis. A veritable two wheeled Narcissus, if you will.

    I am being discriminated against!

    Is it 'coz I is pretty?

    Do what I did and grow a beard like a gorse bush to hide your pulchritude!
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Separate thread needed: "Feck ugly commuters you've seen"
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,770
    I have BC Ride membership. I don't race, rearely even get eny SCR action. And i don't need to hide my good looks behind facial hair.
    I am the poster boy (old git) communter. Should I offer my services to them?
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,359
    Greg66 wrote:
    But, but, but... I am a cycling Adonis. A veritable two wheeled Narcissus, if you will.

    I am being discriminated against!

    Is it 'coz I is pretty?

    Watch out for wing mirrors, then. It didn't end well for him.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    rjsterry wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    But, but, but... I am a cycling Adonis. A veritable two wheeled Narcissus, if you will.

    I am being discriminated against!

    Is it 'coz I is pretty?

    Watch out for wing mirrors, then. It didn't end well for him.

    I can't tell you how many front seats I've almost fallen into...
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Ah that accounts for it - I get women in cars admiring my butt and then as soon as they get round the front I see the expression change - maybe I'm butt-ugly
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Greg66 wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    But, but, but... I am a cycling Adonis. A veritable two wheeled Narcissus, if you will.

    I am being discriminated against!

    Is it 'coz I is pretty?

    Watch out for wing mirrors, then. It didn't end well for him.

    I can't tell you how many front seats I've almost fallen into...

    Can we try that trick with you when you're driving home from work in the soft-top? :mrgreen:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • flimflam_machine
    flimflam_machine Posts: 263
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    Ah that accounts for it - I get women in cars admiring my butt and then as soon as they get round the front I see the expression change - maybe I'm butt-ugly

    Technically, you suffer from (Ed) Zachary Disease:

    "Ed Zachary Disease is when your face rook Ed Zachary rike your ass." - Dr. Chang of China

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