Not so humble brags, efforts, and stories.....
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Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Not cycling related, but I (probably) saved a child's life back in November by giving him the Heimlich manoeuvre when he was choking on a big lump of sausage sandwich.
Just sayin'
I presume you went through the first two stages of choking protocol before doing that?
Nope. I've never been trained to deal with choking, but the little bugg@r had gone white and was in distress. No coughing, no time to call for an ambulance first, and we were in a remote location.
I have since learned you are supposed to slap between the shoulder blades first, but I went straight for the Heimlich as I have seen it work before. Came out like a charm, I'm happy to say (for the both of us).Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
The point of the thread. No?joe2008 wrote:And posted with a total absence of humility.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.0 -
Set the KOM on a section of road that the TDF went up the week before.... it was however a GPS glitch, didn't stop me screenshotting and sharing though....0
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pottssteve wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Not cycling related, but I (probably) saved a child's life back in November by giving him the Heimlich manoeuvre when he was choking on a big lump of sausage sandwich.
Just sayin'
I presume you went through the first two stages of choking protocol before doing that?
Nope. I've never been trained to deal with choking, but the little bugg@r had gone white and was in distress. No coughing, no time to call for an ambulance first, and we were in a remote location.
I have since learned you are supposed to slap between the shoulder blades first, but I went straight for the Heimlich as I have seen it work before. Came out like a charm, I'm happy to say (for the both of us).
How many slaps Dr Howser? And before the slaps what should we be doing? And how should we slap?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Not cycling related, but I (probably) saved a child's life back in November by giving him the Heimlich manoeuvre when he was choking on a big lump of sausage sandwich.
Just sayin'
I presume you went through the first two stages of choking protocol before doing that?
Nope. I've never been trained to deal with choking, but the little bugg@r had gone white and was in distress. No coughing, no time to call for an ambulance first, and we were in a remote location.
I have since learned you are supposed to slap between the shoulder blades first, but I went straight for the Heimlich as I have seen it work before. Came out like a charm, I'm happy to say (for the both of us).
How many slaps Dr Howser? And before the slaps what should we be doing? And how should we slap?
How many slaps would you like, Matthew? I'd be happy to oblige you....
And it's Dr House, not Howser.Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
lettingthedaysgoby wrote:My 6 year old daughter still loves telling people about the time we were on a ride and she sailed past a bloke on a 6% hill.
She was riding her little Frog bike, he was on several grands worth of Bianchi
The look on his face was priceless
Maybe the guy was coming back from a long term illness or injury and had purchased that Bianchi as motivation to get back on the road?
I never understand this thinking, good luck to him I say!!0 -
Elfed wrote:lettingthedaysgoby wrote:My 6 year old daughter still loves telling people about the time we were on a ride and she sailed past a bloke on a 6% hill.
She was riding her little Frog bike, he was on several grands worth of Bianchi
The look on his face was priceless
Maybe the guy was coming back from a long term illness or injury and had purchased that Bianchi as motivation to get back on the road?
I never understand this thinking, good luck to him I say!!
It is all tongue in cheek stuff. No harm no foul. I think we can all agree.0 -
pottssteve wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Not cycling related, but I (probably) saved a child's life back in November by giving him the Heimlich manoeuvre when he was choking on a big lump of sausage sandwich.
Just sayin'
I presume you went through the first two stages of choking protocol before doing that?
Nope. I've never been trained to deal with choking, but the little bugg@r had gone white and was in distress. No coughing, no time to call for an ambulance first, and we were in a remote location.
I have since learned you are supposed to slap between the shoulder blades first, but I went straight for the Heimlich as I have seen it work before. Came out like a charm, I'm happy to say (for the both of us).
How many slaps Dr Howser? And before the slaps what should we be doing? And how should we slap?
How many slaps would you like, Matthew? I'd be happy to oblige you....
And it's Dr House, not Howser.
Good answer well presented I’ll have to numb the pain of the last few days please - hairy, soft, hairy soft, in that order.
But back to my original question Dr Grey.....Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:pottssteve wrote:Not cycling related, but I (probably) saved a child's life back in November by giving him the Heimlich manoeuvre when he was choking on a big lump of sausage sandwich.
Just sayin'
I presume you went through the first two stages of choking protocol before doing that?
Nope. I've never been trained to deal with choking, but the little bugg@r had gone white and was in distress. No coughing, no time to call for an ambulance first, and we were in a remote location.
I have since learned you are supposed to slap between the shoulder blades first, but I went straight for the Heimlich as I have seen it work before. Came out like a charm, I'm happy to say (for the both of us).
How many slaps Dr Howser? And before the slaps what should we be doing? And how should we slap?
How many slaps would you like, Matthew? I'd be happy to oblige you....
And it's Dr House, not Howser.
Good answer well presented I’ll have to numb the pain of the last few days please - hairy, soft, hairy soft, in that order.
But back to my original question Dr Grey.....
You're not getting to see any part of my anatomy...Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
Slightly OT but I hold a KOM over two world series mountain bikers on two down hill segments which I'm pretty proud of. I'm sure they rode it in the middle of winter in sloppy mud and I was on the driest, dustiest day ever but I'm basically pro now, waiting for the sponsor bike to arrive in the post...0
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OP asked for not so humble brags. Can we stop having a go at those who oblige the OP!?Ben
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Best I can come up with is smashing and dropping a bunch of fast skinny looking roadies, riding up the final hill into Brighton.
So far, so not impressive. Only I was in a full, massive, fat parrot costume, complete with feet and beak, whilst on my SS with clipless pedals (but no clipless shoes), and I was very hungover.
Was my stag do...0 -
Some years ago, when my lad was about 14, we drove to the top of Alpe d'Huez and then descended the last few bends to ride back on our knackered old mountain bikes, complete with big bottles of water lashed to the luggage rack. We'd just started off, and my lad was going at a reasonable rate when he caught a 20 something in full lycra giving it everything he had left. My lad greeted him cheerily and spun off ahead into the distance. His greeting was clearly the last straw in the other cyclist's climb since he wobbled wildly for a bit and then fell off into the gutter. It took a lot of encouragement from me to persuade him to get back on and carry on, poor bloke.0
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A humble brag, this year was the first time i've tried racing, i've made more money from winning/placing in races than i've spent entering them, does that make me a pro............If the bar ain't bending, you're just pretending0
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Quite possibly.Elfed wrote:lettingthedaysgoby wrote:My 6 year old daughter still loves telling people about the time we were on a ride and she sailed past a bloke on a 6% hill.
She was riding her little Frog bike, he was on several grands worth of Bianchi
The look on his face was priceless
Maybe the guy was coming back from a long term illness or injury and had purchased that Bianchi as motivation to get back on the road?
I never understand this thinking, good luck to him I say!!
But do you know what? I'll let a six year old little girl have her moment nonetheless :roll:0 -
My winnings from racing this year.....£38. Almost covers the cost of a tyre!0
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I did the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Challenge in 2014, full distance you know...that's not the brag by the way. Any how's, loaded the ride up to Strava and got 5th on a segment, the poor whelp I relegated to 6th was a certain Niki Terpstra..who had won Roubaix two weeks earlier, I bet he was seething.“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” Hunter S Thompson0
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There are rules you know. POIDH.Rick Chasey wrote:Best I can come up with is smashing and dropping a bunch of fast skinny looking roadies, riding up the final hill into Brighton.
So far, so not impressive. Only I was in a full, massive, fat parrot costume, complete with feet and beak, whilst on my SS with clipless pedals (but no clipless shoes), and I was very hungover.
Was my stag do...Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Cheshire Cat wrote:I did the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Challenge in 2014, full distance you know...that's not the brag by the way. Any how's, loaded the ride up to Strava and got 5th on a segment, the poor whelp I relegated to 6th was a certain Niki Terpstra..who had won Roubaix two weeks earlier, I bet he was seething.
Very nice indeed. But........Strava only does notifications for lost KOMs. Or so I thought. So I doubt he'd notice.
I know, I've gotten several of those notifications lately. :roll: I took KOMs from what seemed to be much stronger riders, who got their notification, then went out only 2 days later and stomped me to take it back.
One thing I noticed on a very few people I follow are "yearly KOMs". I know that there is such a thing, but didn't know you could display the yearly result instead of the all-time result for segments. I haven't found that setting.
Otherwise, I'm due showing some cool stuff!0 -
My own turn..........I saw a number on the weigh scale recently I haven't seen in 15 years: a "5" in the tens place. And it wasn't preceded by a 2 or a 3, but a "1". 159lbs.
I'm now down about 23lb in a year and a half, and up at least 40 to 50w. I could stand to lose another 10 without issue or fuss, just to be at a modestly "athletic" weight.
It's still a small number compared to a ton of people, but I'm proud to have gotten to a 3.6w/kg. My goal of a 4.0 seems entirely possible now. Even a 4.0 isn't "all that". But, it's enough to have some fun and bash around a little.
Now it means the final goal post moves even further. I turn 34 this year. I want to hit a 4.5w/kg before I turn 35.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:Just sold some E Class wheels on Fleabay to ... wait fit ... an employee of Merceds F1 in Brackley.
Oi!
No you didn't.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Not about me specifically, but my great-grandfather (father's side) used to race during the Depression to make ends meet - and would regularly win. We still have a pocket watch and few other gold trinkets that they didn't pawn. I always thought that was pretty cool.0
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Set a new PR up a local climb last night, 4 seconds quicker than Bora Hansgrove rider Jay McCarthy, who came 3rd today in the Tour Down Under behind Ewan and Sagan........
https://www.strava.com/segments/9844625?filter=overall If the bar ain't bending, you're just pretending0 -
I once sold 32 x 1100 litre wheelie bins to Amanda Calderwood, the wife of ex pro Scotland and Spurs footballer Colin Calderwood - my neighbour but one.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
I once sold 2000 litres of cooking oil to Shell Oil in Hull!!I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0
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Matthewfalle wrote:I once sold 32 x 1100 litre wheelie bins to Amanda Calderwood, the wife of ex pro Scotland and Spurs footballer Colin Calderwood - my neighbour but one.
Oh no you didn't.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:I once sold 32 x 1100 litre wheelie bins to Amanda Calderwood, the wife of ex pro Scotland and Spurs footballer Colin Calderwood - my neighbour but one.
Oh no you didn't.
Did so.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
SloppySchleckonds wrote:I once sold 2000 litres of cooking oil to Shell Oil in Hull!!
Sweeeet! Top work that man.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
When I first got into cyclocross, I had a lengthy chat with a nice chap at Stockport Station about his bike, and I wittered on at length about cyclocross as he seemed interested to hear about my novice exploits.
As we parted company I said "Nice to meet you, what's your name?"
"Nick craig" he replied.
Took me about a year to realise who I'd 'edjumacated' about CX. Whoops. Nice chap.Insert bike here:0
