You are officially a cycling amateur if...

Manc33
Manc33 Posts: 2,157
edited March 2015 in The bottom bracket
I'll start it off.

You are officially a cycling amateur if you call a bicycle saddle a "seat".
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  • JackPozzi
    JackPozzi Posts: 1,191
    You don't get paid to ride a bike?

    Might have missed the point of the thread slightly..,..
  • Manc33
    Manc33 Posts: 2,157
    You are officially a cycling amateur if you think the word "amateur" is only ever used when talking about bicycle racing.
  • graham.
    graham. Posts: 862
    When you call it a "Pushbike".
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,591
    You are an amateur if you do not know what "being properly prepared" means.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,947
    ...you think that bikes only belong on tarmac.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    If your bike doesn't stay on the tarmac
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 16,017
    dislike Haribo
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 16,017
    you don't have tan lines
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    JackPozzi wrote:
    You don't get paid to ride a bike?

    Might have missed the point of the thread slightly..,..

    At the risk of being pedantic but, lets face it, who doesn't like a pedant? that wouldn't make you a cycling amateur, it would just mean you aren't a professional cyclist.
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Chris Bass wrote:
    JackPozzi wrote:
    You don't get paid to ride a bike?

    Might have missed the point of the thread slightly..,..

    At the risk of being pedantic but, lets face it, who doesn't like a pedant?

    We love pedantry!

    As the word amatuer comes from Latin and means 'lover' you can only be an amateur if you luuurve your bike :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    If you turn your bike upside down at the roadside to repair a puncture.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,591
    dodgy wrote:
    If you turn your bike upside down at the roadside to repair a puncture.
    I knew that there was a reason that I never became a pro cyclist. :lol:

    You are an amateur if you have to do it yourself.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    dodgy wrote:
    If you turn your bike upside down at the roadside to repair a puncture.

    if you have to actually repair a puncture and the next passing car doesn't just swap your wheel over for you then give you a tow up the road.
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    If you wave to other cyclists :twisted:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 16,017
    your helmet hasn't saved your life
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,947
    if you only go out in nice weather :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 16,017
    you have great decals and blame Wiggle for your shortcomings
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    if you only go out in nice weather :wink:

    :D

    If you get a lift up hills :wink:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • glenwatt
    glenwatt Posts: 155
    you use a bike shop to fix a puncture.
    Glen

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,614
    You say 'axle' instead of Bottom Bracket.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,614
    When you use terminology like "Damn those wheels spin up real good" in a review...Hang on...
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    If you get big rings oil tattoos on your right calf
  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    Don`t have a track pump.
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,614
    What's a track pump?
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,591
    pinarello001 wrote:
    What's a track pump?
    Something that your mechanic uses.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,947
    PBlakeney wrote:
    pinarello001 wrote:
    What's a track pump?
    Something that your mechanic uses.
    Isn't it used to pump up tracks?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,894
    team47b wrote:
    As the word amatuer comes from Latin and means 'lover' you can only be an amateur if you luuurve your bike :D
    So, this bloke is definitely an amateur?
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,591
    Veronese68 wrote:
    team47b wrote:
    As the word amatuer comes from Latin and means 'lover' you can only be an amateur if you luuurve your bike :D
    So, this bloke is definitely an amateur?
    The tart.
    What on earth would he do to a nice bike?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • andy9964
    andy9964 Posts: 930
    If you drink instant coffee
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,218
    you only have one bike

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