Strange thing happened on my commute home

seanoconn
seanoconn Posts: 11,625
edited October 2013 in Commuting chat
Last night I was cycling home, down a long quiet road and a couple of metres behind a fellow commuter, when the lady in front gives a quick look over her shoulder and suddenly starts pedaling faster. So I start pedaling faster. Then she starts to sprint. So I sprint. Then she screams. So I scream!

I never even saw who we were trying to get away from :?
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,692
    Sounds like one of KB's commutes.
  • Ride hard
    Ride hard Posts: 389
    You need to work on your pulling technique my friend.

    That does sound odd though. Maybe she felt threatened in some way?
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Sounds like one of KB's commutes.

    I hate you.
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Were you wearing one of the verboten ASDA/Tesco mental patient outfits, perchance?
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    DrLex wrote:
    Were you wearing one of the verboten ASDA/Tesco mental patient outfits, perchance?

    Strewth - this is rapidly becoming a meta-thread.

    How many other threads can we legitimately integrate into this one???
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • seanoconn wrote:
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    Fame at last. I knew it would come.

    "Hilarity", however, is not the word you're looking for. I don't know what passes for comic genius in the wasteland of the unemployed that is BB, but here we prefer our hilarity to have more, well, amusement, I suppose.

    Have another go though. Practice makes perfect, and all that.
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    Bike 2-A
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
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    You see that point, you just missed it :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
    seanoconn wrote:
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    Fame at last. I knew it would come.

    "Hilarity", however, is not the word you're looking for. I don't know what passes for comic genius in the wasteland of the unemployed that is BB, but here we prefer our hilarity to have more, well, amusement, I suppose.

    Have another go though. Practice makes perfect, and all that.

    I knew you'd warm to me :D

    Can I have an example of hilarity? So I know what to aim for in future.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Sorry, that was my fault. I had greased the free hub on my bike so it was silent and was drafting you whilst butt naked but for a ski mask.
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • seanoconn wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    3DFA0592-4AD1-4F94-A048-AAE263BD3A89-258-0000010EB7BA6D0D_zps974d66ea.jpg

    Fame at last. I knew it would come.

    "Hilarity", however, is not the word you're looking for. I don't know what passes for comic genius in the wasteland of the unemployed that is BB, but here we prefer our hilarity to have more, well, amusement, I suppose.

    Have another go though. Practice makes perfect, and all that.

    I knew you'd warm to me :D

    Can I have an example of hilarity? So I know what to aim for in future.

    Hmm. Well, if you're really serious about wanting to improve, your best bet would be some evening classes where you could learn how to become a comedian (or comedienne - take you pick). Perhaps your council runs some.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
    seanoconn wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    3DFA0592-4AD1-4F94-A048-AAE263BD3A89-258-0000010EB7BA6D0D_zps974d66ea.jpg

    Fame at last. I knew it would come.

    "Hilarity", however, is not the word you're looking for. I don't know what passes for comic genius in the wasteland of the unemployed that is BB, but here we prefer our hilarity to have more, well, amusement, I suppose.

    Have another go though. Practice makes perfect, and all that.

    I knew you'd warm to me :D

    Can I have an example of hilarity? So I know what to aim for in future.

    Hmm. Well, if you're really serious about wanting to improve, your best bet would be some evening classes where you could learn how to become a comedian (or comedienne - take you pick). Perhaps your council runs some.
    Was that the example!? Or are we doing the 'dance?' Jab jab, stick and move Greg, stick and move :lol:
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • seanoconn wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    3DFA0592-4AD1-4F94-A048-AAE263BD3A89-258-0000010EB7BA6D0D_zps974d66ea.jpg

    Fame at last. I knew it would come.

    "Hilarity", however, is not the word you're looking for. I don't know what passes for comic genius in the wasteland of the unemployed that is BB, but here we prefer our hilarity to have more, well, amusement, I suppose.

    Have another go though. Practice makes perfect, and all that.

    I knew you'd warm to me :D

    Can I have an example of hilarity? So I know what to aim for in future.

    Hmm. Well, if you're really serious about wanting to improve, your best bet would be some evening classes where you could learn how to become a comedian (or comedienne - take you pick). Perhaps your council runs some.
    Was that the example!? Or are we doing the 'dance?' Jab jab, stick and move Greg, stick and move :lol:

    Nooo, that was a suggestion, not an example.

    You might want to think about working on nuance as well. Just a thought.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Nooo, that was a suggestion, not an example.

    You might want to think about working on nuance as well. Just a thought.

    Is a nuance one of those ladies to who devote themselves to God and live in churches? Do they commute as well? Cooooooool - spiritual cycling. Do they have to ride tandems as, essentially, God is their co-pilot?

    As God is omnipotent and omnipresent does this mean that he's riding pillion on all their bikes at once?