Oddest other cyclists you've met

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    badly_dubbed wrote:
    posted this on here a few years back...but this guy was the oddest ive met!

    doing hill repeats on an oversize unicycle, middle of winter...black ice everywhere in just a thin longsleeve top and no helmet and a beard about 4ft long lol

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    I'm more impressed that he is carrying a sign post as well!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • ademort
    ademort Posts: 1,924
    Around 10 years ago while still married i was to attend my brother in laws birthday party. The weather that day was glorious and as it was about 40 Kms from my house it gave me the opportunity to go by bike and allow the wife to take the kids in the car.On approaching a set of traffic lights i could not help but notice two men approaching from my left hand side. As they reached the lights i noticed that one of the men was about thirty and the older man around fifty five or sixty. They had matching batavus racing bikes, and wore black leather shorts and matching waistcoat. They also had a couple of ounces of gold around there necks, effin hilarious i can tell you. Only in Holland thats all i can say.
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Not odd for any bad reason.. this guy was just an absolute monster.

    Destroyed everyone on the hills and wasn't even wearing proper shoes! :shock:
  • Widgey
    Widgey Posts: 157
    Not met this cyclist but today was an experience. A woman cycling along a bus lane and comes to a parked car in front. Instead of just overtaking she cycled up to the car, dis mounted walked the bike onto the pavement, around the car then back on..

    Very strange.
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    Wet Bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    Some of you might have come into contact with Micheal or 'Squeaky' as he is popularly known, with the most screeching of high pitched voices. He recently did the Edinburgh - London ride and has done the Drumlanrig sportive and Solway coast sportive. Squeaky must spend 1000's on the latest kit and £pence on bikes.
    Christ, how to cut a looong story short. Well, I can't.
    Squeaky is not the brightest. He used to come out with the remnants of the Stranraer Wheelers. He was A) Very slow and B) F***ing dangerous when riding in a group, weaving all over the road. I gave him a pair of Sidi shoes once to try out as he wears trainers despite being on his bike everyday and is often seen walking around town with his full bike kit and no bike. The Sidi's came back with "nah, nay gid te me". No thanks or nought. Squeaky got banned from riding with us as he was just too much of a liability.
    Last sportive, begged my three mates for a lift to Dumfries. One of them capitulated and told squeaky to be ready for 6am. He got there and squeaky was in his dressing gown and rubbing his eyes. After a frantic half hour, Andy got squeaky in the car still eating his weetabix on his lap and put the bike with its wheels unbolted on the back seat.
    Squeaky did the short 40 odd mile route starting an hr and a half after Andy who did the full 80 odd mile route. Squeaky was so late back Andy went home without squeaky. You can imagine what Squeaky said to Andy when he got back. Squeaky apparently was seen walking up the hills.

    3 weeks ago, I was cycling along and low and behold squeaky is in the middle of the road ahead of me. I quickly catch him but decide to be polite and not leave him lagging. I thought I would put up with him for a while.
    Squeaky to me "Are you a proffessional ? Smart bike, where did you get it ?". I was bewildered as he must have remembered me from years back. "No squeaky, I am not a pro, the bikes made up from bits here and there".
    I rode along at a much reduced pace allowing squeaky to breathe. After 2 miles there is a dip in the road just yards from a stiff hill. Squeaky ups the anti and attacks me, puffing and panting furiously, constantly looking over his shoulder, smiling/grimacing as he looks back. 30 yds up the stiff little climb, thinking I will wait for him at the top, I ease past through the wavering gap between me and him and all I can hear fading into the distance is "F**king b4astard, F**king b4astard ". I decided to go on my way.
    2 days later, passing, on the opposite side of the road, there's squeaky waving to me and ringing his bicycle bell, big smile on his face. !!
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