Rule 9.

Kieran_Burns

So we all go banging on about how hard we are. Some of us say how cold it is when we ride.

I've got 2 photos of my cycling mate to share that he took this Winter:



Yep. They are icicles hanging off his beard and eyebrows.



Shorts. Honestly. Shorts. I keep telling him.

By the way. This is the guy that hopped on my spare Tricross and did 106 miles on Sunday.

rjsterry

Day 43

Food stocks very low now and Aubrey has started to show signs of delirium and taken to wearing shorts. Not sure how much longer we can last...

daviesee

That is not hard. That is stupid. IMHO.
Hard is when you get caught out and endure. Stupid is knowing it will be bad and still going out unprepared.

CiB

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I've had her.

veronese68

That is just plain silly. I regularly see a bloke riding the opposite way to me in shorts and a t shirt, bald head and no hat whatever the weather. He's an idiot. I once asked him if he was cold as we met at one of the park gates. He answered with a voice several octaves higher than I expected. I can only assume his testicles fell off quite some time ago.
Personally I prefer to dress appropriately and leave all the important bits intact.

DonDaddyD

^^Haters^^ (Except CIB - he rolls of Di2, which is gangsta)

Me? Personally, I wouldn't do it but I understand that the OP is from the North of London and I'm told proving ones hardness with willing acts of endangerment is what they do for entertainment.... and to get burds.

I'm sure MsManc will want to send your mate her phone number due to his apparent hardness.

#hatethegamenottheplayer

bompington

Pfffffft, is he wearing a jacket? What a lightweight.


Seriously, you have ask to the question why? I have certainly arrived at work looking icier than that a few times this winter, but ever since the invention of clothes a few millennia ago I have found I enjoy my rides much more if the ice forms on the outside of a few layers of fabric - not to mention things like glasses, which this guy was clearly not wearing.

He must be as hard as nails, but is he a) stupid, b) just wanting to show off how hard he is or c) both?

Cycloslalomeur

Yours truly after my daily 20km commute. If memory serves it was roundabout -20 degrees Celsius. And yes, I was wearing tights.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomm/43 ... hotostream

itboffin

OMFG what are those things on his feet?!?!?! :shock:

You could have put a warning in the title

rubertoe

itboffin wrote:

OMFG what are those things on his feet?!?!?! :shock:

You could have put a warning in the title

meanredspider

Funny. I get abuse from my cycling mates for wearing shorts at inappropriate temperatures (my excuse is I went to public school but the reality is that I hate tights) but never below freezing.

He's obviously not interested in getting burds because he has facial hair

Cycloslalomeur

meanredspider wrote:

I went to public school

I knew it!

Cycloslalomeur

Yeah, unruly facial hair may be a hit among burds if you're Hugh Jackman but not so much if you're a chubby mamil.

meanredspider

Cycloslalomeur wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

I went to public school

I knew it!

LMAO - how? Actually my brother refers to it as a publihensive as it was pretty low-rent in the grand scheme of things: mostly kids of service personnel posted abroad and expat employees: Nicaragua, Yemen & post-revolution Iran.

daviesee

Cycloslalomeur wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

I went to public school

I knew it!

Don't all English schoolboys?
Silly stereotype I know but we all have them.

thepeopleschamp

I thought the rules where there to make fun of people who actually did that stuff?

In this case, if this guy pulled up alongside me at the lights looking like that I'd be in awe. Anyone wearing less than me on a cold day gets my respect.
Please pass on my congratulations. 8)

mudcow007

is he a German tourist or something?? whats with the socks pulled up to his knees?

pfft amateurs

essex-commuter

mudcow007 wrote:

whats with the socks pulled up to his knees?

To keep his legs warm.

MrSweary

As a wearer of shorts year round I wholeheartedly support this enterprise and/or endeavour.

Some numpty decided it would be helpful to call me an idiot for wearing shorts on the commute last year whilst stopped at some lights. What a f**king twunt. He was told to mind his own business in the bluntest fashion I could manage. I may also have suggested that he exchange his tiny shrivelled balls for something larger and more masculine. He was slow too.

rick_chasey

I've called people crazy at lights for being in shorts at inappropriate temperatures. All good natured. Never a tw@t.

Phil_D

Where are these rules?

MrSweary

Rick Chasey wrote:

I've called people crazy at lights for being in shorts at inappropriate temperatures. All good natured. Never a tw@t.

I don't mind being called crazy if it is good natured - being called an idiot in an agressive manner is another matter.

meanredspider

Phil_D wrote:

Where are these rules?

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/

kelsen

daviesee wrote:

That is not hard. That is stupid. IMHO.
Hard is when you get caught out and endure. Stupid is knowing it will be bad and still going out unprepared.

It's true. Like a recount I read about the SAS being laughed at by another platoon for using Avon Skin So Soft and rotating their socks during missions. Guess who didn't get malaria and trench foot?

rolf_f

MrSweary wrote:

As a wearer of shorts year round I wholeheartedly support this enterprise and/or endeavour.

Some numpty decided it would be helpful to call me an idiot for wearing shorts on the commute last year whilst stopped at some lights. What a f**king twunt. He was told to mind his own business in the bluntest fashion I could manage. I may also have suggested that he exchange his tiny shrivelled balls for something larger and more masculine. He was slow too.

You should post on the "Living up to your user name" thread!

dhope

Rolf F wrote:

MrSweary wrote:

As a wearer of shorts year round I wholeheartedly support this enterprise and/or endeavour.

Some numpty decided it would be helpful to call me an idiot for wearing shorts on the commute last year whilst stopped at some lights. What a f**king twunt. He was told to mind his own business in the bluntest fashion I could manage. I may also have suggested that he exchange his tiny shrivelled balls for something larger and more masculine. He was slow too.

You should post on the "Living up to your user name" thread!

He does sound tired of the numpties.
Mrs Weary indeed

chilling

^^win

MrSweary

dhope wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

MrSweary wrote:

As a wearer of shorts year round I wholeheartedly support this enterprise and/or endeavour.

Some numpty decided it would be helpful to call me an idiot for wearing shorts on the commute last year whilst stopped at some lights. What a f**king twunt. He was told to mind his own business in the bluntest fashion I could manage. I may also have suggested that he exchange his tiny shrivelled balls for something larger and more masculine. He was slow too.

You should post on the "Living up to your user name" thread!

He does sound tired of the numpties.
Mrs Weary indeed

Well, there are quite a lot of them... Also, already posted on the username thread to say what a waste of f@*#ing time it is.

Kieran_Burns

For the record - my mate got caught out by how cold it was. He does cycle in less clothing than I would but he runs hot so needs less. That morning caught him completely by surprise but rather than back off he kept on until he got to work.

daviesee

Kieran_Burns wrote:

For the record - my mate got caught out by how cold it was. He does cycle in less clothing than I would but he runs hot so needs less. That morning caught him completely by surprise but rather than back off he kept on until he got to work.

Going back to my original post, the above = hard.

Cycloslalomeur

meanredspider wrote:

Cycloslalomeur wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

I went to public school

<BR sab="1267"><BR sab="1268">I knew it!

<BR sab="1269"><BR sab="1270">LMAO - how? Actually my brother refers to it as a publihensive as it was pretty low-rent in the grand scheme of things: mostly kids of service personnel posted abroad and expat employees: Nicaragua, Yemen & post-revolution Iran.

Oh I don't know, spelling, grammar and punctuation I suppose, and the deploying of words like tosh. Also, you refused to stoop to name-calling, which is such a common feature of online debates on a certain piece of headgear that shall not be mentioned for fear of triggering yet another tirade.