Five things I hate about cycling

Andy Dingley

On 18 Jan 2005 19:03:26 +0000 (GMT), armb@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Alan
Braggins) wrote:

>On the other hand I've bought an entire car for UKP200,

I once spent more on buying a car than my bike.

Once 8-)

Andy Dingley

On 18 Jan 2005 19:03:26 +0000 (GMT), armb@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Alan
Braggins) wrote:

>On the other hand I've bought an entire car for UKP200,

I once spent more on buying a car than my bike.

Once 8-)

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers

>Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(
>
>Tony

Not cycled by a poultry shed a la Bernard Matthews supplier for a while then...
That stuff gets straight to my throat and I come down with nasty infections
from the really ripe ones :-(

Cheers, helen s


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Graeme

wafflycathcs@aol.compomcom (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote in
news:20050119021837.09365.00000106@mb-m26.aol.com:

>>Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(

> Not cycled by a poultry shed a la Bernard Matthews supplier for a
> while then...

They both have their rather unsubtle qualities, but personally I would say
that odour of pig ordure is more likely to make my eyes water and hold my
breath. Chook sheds just make me want to sneeze. Mind you, the smell of
chook sheds is one of the sure-fire ways of telling you've landed at
Edinburgh airport.

Graeme

MSeries

LeeG wrote:
> 1. Hills, they take more than they give.


Character building


>
> 2. Wind, the only time its not a pain in the a?se, is when it's blowing
> straight up your a?se.
>


see 1

> 3. Street furniture,
> Advance stop lines, I know they weren't in the highway code when
> I passed my test, but I'm sure the picture of a bike must give the car
> drivers a clue.
> Rumble strips, the ones I regularly hit, Methley W.Yorks,
> rattle my fillings and the six inches left by the curb is full of cr?p.
> Cats eyes/road studs, slippery when wet.


Agreed, I crashed on slippery cats eyes and white lines at the weekend,
under the A1(M) near Aberford


>
> 4. Motorways, I live near the intersection of the M1 & M62 so all my
> routes have to be planned as to where I can cross. So that's north & east.
> For south and west see point 1.
>


I live near M62 J27, I find crossing rivers to be more of a pain.


> 5. Prices, certainly at the high end, a quick browse of wiggle.
> seatpost £150
> headset £108
> bottom bracket £103
> saddle £178
>
> That's more than my bike & won't get you too far.
>
> I decided that five was enough, six & seven would have been the helmet
> debate & falling off.
>


You don't have to pay those prices though. Ultegra BB is certainly
cheaper than £103 and good enough.

wheeler

"Graeme" <graeme@gpdods.removethis.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95E3A4F0C18BAgraemegpdodsremoveth@130.133.1.4...
> wafflycathcs@aol.compomcom (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote in
> news:20050119021837.09365.00000106@mb-m26.aol.com:
>
>>>Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(
>
>> Not cycled by a poultry shed a la Bernard Matthews supplier for a
>> while then...
>
> They both have their rather unsubtle qualities, but personally I would say
> that odour of pig ordure is more likely to make my eyes water and hold my
> breath. Chook sheds just make me want to sneeze. Mind you, the smell of
> chook sheds is one of the sure-fire ways of telling you've landed at
> Edinburgh airport.
>
> Graeme
>

On a slightly more positive odorous note, I used to cycle to work in Bristol
past a baking bakery and then Smiles brewery, which was fantastic when they
were boiling up. On the way home (on a good day) it was jerk chicken on the
barbecue. mmmm.

Wheeler

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Simon Brooke

in message <3554f2F4hciu0U2@individual.net>, Ambrose Nankivell
('$firstname+n$@gmail.com') wrote:

> In news:20050118131731.13393.00000079@mb-m27.aol.com,
> dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.compomcom> typed:
>> LeeG wrote:
>>> 5. Prices, certainly at the high end, a quick browse of wiggle.
>>> seatpost £150
>>> headset £108
>>> bottom bracket £103
>>> saddle £178
>>
>> Oh no, one can never spend too much money on bikes (generic term
>> here), bike bits, accessories...
>>
> But you don't have to be particularly well off to buy things that are
> really rather nice, of course.

Indeed; as I've pointed out here before, I can afford the cycling
equivalent of a Ferrarri. And it's really nice to ride such a thing,
even if I don't have the strength or stamina to make it do the things
the pros can. I definitely could not afford a cat of that quality (even
if I wanted one).

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Tony W

"MSeries" <skankmartin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:356kaqF4jl0rkU1@individual.net...
> LeeG wrote:
> > 1. Hills, they take more than they give.
>
>
> Character building

Thigh building!! Lung bursting!!

> >
> > 2. Wind, the only time its not a pain in the a?se, is when it's
blowing
> > straight up your a?se.
>
> see 1

The combination of a very strong headwind and hitting a pothole all wrong
has left me with with bruised/damaged sholder and chest muscles this morning
so I'm wheezing (can't breath right) and moving around like a ninety year
old with emphasemia today. :~(

T

MSeries

Simon Brooke wrote:


>........................ I definitely could not afford a cat of that quality (even
> if I wanted one).
>

cat ?

MSeries

Adrian Boliston wrote:
> "Iain Jones" <spam@freshfield4.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>> Cats eyes/road studs, slippery when wet.
>>
>>Can't say I've ventured that far to the middle of the road.
>
>
> You often get them at junctions, and on lane markers, and even at the edge
> of some roads.
>
>

Yes when I crashed on Saturday it was on catseyes and white lines on the
left hand side of the road,

MSeries

Tony Raven wrote:
> David Martin wrote:
>
>> David Nutter wrote:
>>
>>> A quintessential Lincolnshire landscape is a featureless of expanse
>>> of boggy
>>> field, crossed by a single narrow road with an adjacent line of
>>> telegraph
>>> poles marching off into the distance[1]. *So* depressing.
>>
>>
>>
>>> [1] Think "Marlboro Country". Except it's Cabbage Country round here of
>>> course...
>>
>>
>>
>> You are in the Plains of Sto Lat and ICMFP.
>>
>> Nothing quite like the smell of a field of cabbages [1] as the sun
>> hits them on a frosty morning... for adding that extra mph or two to
>> your speed.
>>
>> ...d
>>
>> [1] except maybe a chicken farm
>
>
> Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(
>
> Tony


AKA The smell of English countryside.

dkahn400

MSeries wrote:
> Simon Brooke wrote:
>
>
> >........................ I definitely could not afford a cat of that
> > quality (even if I wanted one).
>
> cat ?

He obviously means a Jaguar.

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David Nutter

Tony Raven <junk@raven-family.com> said:
> David Nutter wrote:
>>
>> A quintessential Lincolnshire landscape is a featureless of expanse of boggy
>> field, crossed by a single narrow road with an adjacent line of telegraph
>> poles marching off into the distance[1]. And nothing else[2].
>>
>> *So* depressing.
>>
>
> You omit that it is not a smooth flat road but an uncomfortable
> irregular surface caused by the road surface rising and sinking.

How could I forget? Ideally it should be coated with horse poo or some other
rural byproduct.

Regards,

-david

David Nutter

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.compomcom> said:
>>Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(
>>
>>Tony
>
> Not cycled by a poultry shed a la Bernard Matthews supplier for a while then...
> That stuff gets straight to my throat and I come down with nasty infections
> from the really ripe ones :-(

The vilest stench I have ever encountered emnated from what I was told was a
maggot farm. Eugh. Until that day, I never realised that a smell could
actually feel solid...

Regards,

-david