Five things I hate about cycling

Iain Jones said:

6. Riding home on this lovely British winter evening.

7. The thought of it still being like this going to work again tomorrow

They sky was clear on the way home this evening, so I expect it will
be cold tomorrow.

Perhaps the clouds will roll in later. So that I can ride to the
station in the rain instead.

Iain Jones said:

6. Riding home on this lovely British winter evening.

7. The thought of it still being like this going to work again tomorrow

They sky was clear on the way home this evening, so I expect it will
be cold tomorrow.

Perhaps the clouds will roll in later. So that I can ride to the
station in the rain instead.

Quoted message said:

Hills build strength, wind builds character.

I like it.

To carry on talking up headwinds, no one ever drips with sweat when there's
a headwind about.

1. Punctures (goes out to mend one in freezing garage)
2. Wind
3. Winter (the wet British not nice crisp frosty variety)
4. Clocks going back
5. People asking if I'm riding in the Tour.

Tony Raven said:

Not Responding said:

I also hate flat. If you have spent as long as I once did cycling around
the Fens, you will know that it is flatlands that desolate the soul, not
hills.

I agree. I would much rather the variety of ups and downs than the soul
destroying monotony of flatness. It gets to the point where railway
bridges become the highlights of a route.

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.

Regards,

-david wants to return to the hills of Co Durham.

[1] Think "Marlboro Country". Except it's Cabbage Country round here of
course...
[2] Secret Military Bases Not On The Map excepted of course 🙂

David Nutter said:

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.

Tony

David Nutter said:

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.

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[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

David Martin said:

David Nutter said:

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.

Quoted message said:

[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

Tony Raven said:

JohnB said:

Punctures in the wet (esp on the Brommie);

My puncture repair kit on my Brommie is a taxi.

The front pannier can carry almost anything, can't it. ;-)

John B

Tony Raven said:

JohnB said:

Punctures in the wet (esp on the Brommie);

My puncture repair kit on my Brommie is a taxi.

The front pannier can carry almost anything, can't it. ;-)

John B

On 18 Jan 2005 19:03:26 +0000 (GMT), [email hidden] (Alan

Braggins) said:

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-)

On 18 Jan 2005 19:03:26 +0000 (GMT), [email hidden] (Alan

Braggins) said:

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-)

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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 :-(

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Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(

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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

LeeG said:

1. Hills, they take more than they give.

Character building

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(

Quoted message said:

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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LeeG said:

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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LeeG said:

1. Hills, they take more than they give.

Character building

Thigh building!! Lung bursting!!

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2. Wind, the only time its not a pain in the a?se, is when it's

blowing

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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

Simon Brooke said:

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

cat ?

Adrian Boliston said:

Iain Jones said:

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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,