Silly things that non biking folk say

Originally Posted by dissuade

because women can't ride bikes of their own......

At last!

When are all the other biking ladies gonna recognise this fact?

My brother said to me when I had all my gear on, "Going out on the bike then?" I replied with "No, I just like the way it feels on me."

[JediGoat]

Some common ones from vistors/customers in my shop:

A frighteningly common one made by mainly men or elderly folks: "Ooo....are there women that ride motorbikes then?"

After my snarled response, it's often followed by, "I suppose they can handle those little scooters"

More than once a lycra-clad wonder has come said, "I know this is mainly a motorbike shop, but do you sell bicycle inner tubes?"

My fave cycling one, "I know you mainly sell motorbike clothing, but could you fit this pannier rack to my bicycle?"

At the Earl's Court Custom Bike Show a couple of weeks ago, on more than one ocassion we heard, "Oh look, you can get bike clothes with armour in as well!"

But my absolute favourite was a couple of years ago, when I was parking up my bike in Holloway (the area, not the prison), and there was a bunch of lads chatting to each other as I put my disc lock on:

Lad 1: What's that curly lead...is it part of the alarm?
Lad 2: Nah, it's a cord to remind you that you have your disc lock on.
Lad 1: Why do you need reminding?
Lad 2: 'Cos if you drive off with your disc lock on, by the time you reach 30mph it'll catch in the forks and you'll crash!

Aw...bless

Jo

Where they planning on wheelie it away then... 30mph!!

I just had another one not actually saying anything stupid but the guy insists on doing the over exagerrated pretending to blip the throttle action type thing as though hes at the start of a motogp race every time he asks me anything about biking mind you hat off to the guy at least he got the right hand!

I also overheard a yoof in a corsa saying to his mate do ya reckon that bike will be quicker than my corsa nodding his head in the direction of my mates Blade ...... no mate turn your baseball cap back to front to aid wind resistance and your 10 year old boyed up corsa with a baked bean can exhaust will do 0-60 in about 2.5 seconds as well

Non bike related but deserves a mention .....
An ex girlfriend and a mate of hers were in a friends car I think it was one of them mini Volvo hatchback things that were about years ago and every time he put the Auto box in reverse it beeped. Ex says whats that for I reply its so that blind people know when they hit a reverse gear cos they cant see the light on the dashboard..... Ex and her mate reply oh what a good idea these volvo people think of everything........

Girl at work bends a spoon or something look I done a yuri gagarin on it

I've got a stigmata in my eye (instead of stigmatism) I'm personally very proud of that one !

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Stu

Oh agreed, just a little nick doesn't count.


SK can't help it if his crappy bike falls apart from a touch

Better check out your own crappy FMC then - almost certainly the same one as I had.....

Ive had many converstations that go something like...

I say "I will be on my bike"
they say "ooo...all that way on a bike? it'll take hours!!"
I say "its a motorcycle not bicycle"
they say "YOU....ride a motorbike???!!!"

Grrrrrrr.....

heres another one, from a lad i was tlkain to at uni the toher week (he'd had a few beers, a bit tipsy)

"so i know you ride a bike, but thats quite dangerous isnt it?"

me: "yes, it is. Hence why I walk around dressed like a power ranger"

"but don you get scared of falling off"

me: "sometimes, but never when im riding"

"but you could die"

me: "yea, and yu can die drinking that stuff, but as long as your not stupid, you stay alive, right?"

Strange, people associate bikes with death. Yet no-one accepts driving a car is dangerous aswell. Sometimes more dangerous; some car accidents leave the driver (and passenger(s)) trapped, where as if they had the same accident on a bike, they may have been thrown clear / slide off to one side and left with bruises, rather than being a passenger and ending up wrapped around a big ol' tree or whatever

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

Strange, people associate bikes with death. Yet no-one accepts driving a car is dangerous aswell. Sometimes more dangerous; some car accidents leave the driver (and passenger(s)) trapped, where as if they had the same accident on a bike, they may have been thrown clear / slide off to one side and left with bruises, rather than being a passenger and ending up wrapped around a big ol' tree or whatever

Thats right - they seem to think that they are totally invincible in a car! yet you hear of people being killed in them everyday! not to mention pedestrians and cyclists!

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Thats right - they seem to think that they are totally invincible in a car! yet you hear of people being killed in them everyday! not to mention pedestrians and cyclists!

pedestrians and cyclists...often killed by cars

EVIL MACHINES!!!!! BAN THEM ALLLLLL!!!!!