Texting while riding

Miklosh

So, back from my Sunday morning ride and felt the need to post this.

Was on the homeward leg of a usual route, quite a fast stretch of road, but early this morning so not much traffic about. Cruising at 16mph enjoying the sunshine. A fellow roadie joined the same road that I was on, and tagged along behind me for a few hundred metres.
He then passed me, with a cheery Hello, one hand on the bars one hand texting on his mobile phone.
After he was past, he then went no handed and carried ob texting using both thumbs!

So, is this normal? Or was he just showing off or just a prat??!

adr82

Miklosh wrote:

Or was he just showing off or just a prat??!

Both.

ed_j

Meh, I've done it. No one else was around though, why stop if you don't have to?

xcMuttley

Seems like another good excuse for angry drivers to shout at us for... Dont text and drive, Dont ride and text. I can hear the abuse already...

sloppyschleckonds

Miklosh wrote:

Cruising at 16mph enjoying the sunshine.

Show off

meursault

Ed J wrote:

Meh, I've done it. No one else was around though, why stop if you don't have to?

Why text if you don't have to? When you ride your bike, you are riding your bike, not doing anything else.

paul_mck

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

cornerblock

It iz a bit dangerous n a built ^ area bt f U R cycling n d countryside whr ther R not az mNE hazards thN I rly can't, oops hold on, yS az I wz saying U cn do it on shhh roads. som of d othR guys on d club run do git a bit annoyed w it & teL me it's distracting, especalE Jeff hu iz on my wheel rght nw. I've told him he worry's t%.....

chris_bass

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

If you get an android phone and the app tasker you can have it automatically send a text when you get within a certain distance of your house :-) I can text no handed!!

fish156

Chris Bass wrote:

I can text no handed!!

Clever dick!

neilrobins

Why use fingers, SIRI does it for me " get bath on, home in 15"

Mikey23

Whilst running red lights and without a helmet too no doubt. Enough to cause apoplexy in the ranks

cyclingfury

He was actually texting: "Hi. I'm out enjoying a great ride. I'm just about to pass a right looking prat on his bike, so I'm going to deliberately wind him up by overtaking him whilst I ride no hands and text you at the same time. It wouldn't surprise me if when he gets home he goes straight onto the Bike Radar forum to voice his disapproval. He looks the sort ".

me-109

I don't remember sitting on anyone's wheel before I passed them, so you can't mean me. The rest of the description sounds like me today though. Don't want to ruin the average by stopping to text (route updates, they weren't up when I left the house :roll: )

FatTed

I was sweating like a rapist struggling to climb the col de Port when I was overtaken by a lad texting on his way up. looking as cool as anything. To make it worse he was using a 39/23 combination.

MountainMonster

FatTed wrote:

I was sweating like a rapist struggling to climb the col de Port when I was overtaken by a lad texting on his way up. looking as cool as anything. To make it worse he was using a 39/23 combination.

Cool story from everyone.

t4tomo

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

You dull bugger. I usually text "get your pants off, I'll be home in 10 mins"

meursault

t4tomo wrote:

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

You dull bugger. I usually text "get your pants off, I'll be home in 10 mins"

If you have any energy left, you ain't doing it right (or the cycling)

paul_mck

t4tomo wrote:

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

You dull bugger. I usually text "get your pants off, I'll be home in 10 mins"

aye Ive just texted the girlfriend tho to say Ill be there in 5, be naked

navrig

t4tomo wrote:

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

You dull bugger. I usually text "get your pants off, I'll be home in 10 mins"

My usual text is:
"Home in 10mins. Can wait 'til I get your pants off. They are ruining the look of my bib shorts."

ddraver

Practically mandatory if you re a Dutch teenager...

goonz

FatTed wrote:

I was sweating like a rapist struggling to climb the col de Port when I was overtaken by a lad texting on his way up. looking as cool as anything. To make it worse he was using a 39/23 combination.

And you counted it how?

stueys

Dont know where you lot ride. My routes have about 50m where you could ride no handed, the rest of the road appears to have been bombed by someone.

IanREmery

I can barely walk and text at the same time, let alone ride a sodding bike and text.

goonz

Think the OP is envious of the other riders multi tasking skills.

t4tomo

paul_mck wrote:

t4tomo wrote:

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

You dull bugger. I usually text "get your pants off, I'll be home in 10 mins"

aye Ive just texted the girlfriend tho to say Ill be there in 5, be naked

So its 23 minutes ride from your girlfriends to you home then.

That would make a good GCSE math question.

junglist_matty

fish156 wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

If you get an android phone and the app tasker you can have it automatically send a text when you get within a certain distance of your house :-) I can text no handed!!

Clever dick!

Until he gets a couple of punctures in the last couple of miles from home!

crispybug2

t4tomo wrote:

paul_mck wrote:

"Get the dinner on, be home in 30mins"

You dull bugger. I usually text "get your pants off, I'll be home in 10 mins"

You've got twenty minutes to slip it in!!