cycling-advice-giving-guy

justo

Has anybody 'met' the cycling-advice-giving-guy along the cycle track between Clontarf and Sutton?

He whizzed past me during the week and yelled out 'your saddle's too high!'. (which it is not.)

When I came to my senses and shouted some abuse at him, he shrugged his shoulders and said 'hey! if you don't want my advice...'

Weird.

Lumen

Not guilty.

Chips Lovell

Your saddle is too high.

Beasty

justo wrote: »

Weird.

There's a few candidates on this site then

Jumpy

Beasty wrote: »

There's a few candidates on this site then

Mmm, abdomen and dried fish. Ninjas hijacked my mother.

Caroline_ie

Why did you shout abuses! that's not a nice way to acknowlege your fellow cyclists ...

el tel

'round my way kids have a habit of shouting "your chain's flat!".

Kids these days, eh?

Lumen

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Why did you shout abuses! that's not a nice way to acknowlege your fellow cyclists ...

Indeed. The correct response is "yeah, but your inner tubes are on backwards".

rflynnr

el tel wrote: »

'round my way kids have a habit of shouting "your chain's flat!".

Kids these days, eh?

Or the all time classic: "Your back wheel's catching up with your front!"

(How we laughed.)

Chips Lovell

Whatever happened to good old fashioned shoving a stick in someone's spokes? Or was that just around where I grew up?

DirkVoodoo

I'm always tempted to give advice when I see saddles too low, but I know that it probably wouldn't be appreciated and the more people cycling inefficiently out on the roads the better for me.

Raam

justo wrote: »

Has anybody 'met' the cycling-advice-giving-guy along the cycle track between Clontarf and Sutton?

He whizzed past me during the week and yelled out 'your saddle's too high!'. (which it is not.)

When I came to my senses and shouted some abuse at him, he shrugged his shoulders and said 'hey! if you don't want my advice...'

Weird.

Wasn't me, but maybe he is correct about your saddle?

Lumen

Once last year I attempted to give some saddle height advice to a ten year old (ish) girl in a playground. Her saddle was so high she had to ride out of the saddle all the time.

I then started to explain about optimal knee angles and power generation but she just looked at me like I was a paedo. I had to call my son over just to prove that I was there for a valid reason.

After that I decided to keep my opinions to myself.

Caroline_ie

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I'm always tempted to give advice when I see saddles too low, but I know that it probably wouldn't be appreciated and the more people cycling inefficiently out on the roads the better for me.

you do see a lot of badly fitted saddles out there... when your saddle is too high, it can't be good for your package ( if you're a guy )

blorg

@OP- this thread is useless without pics. Post them up and the internet will decide.

Jumpy

Caroline_ie wrote: »

you do see a lot of badly fitted saddles out there... when your saddle is too high, it can't be good for your package ( if you're a guy )

I fully endorse this comment. Having being on the receiving end of a 2 day numbnuts.

Very very scary thinking that it could be permanent.

el tel

I 'd like to advise the parents in my street to fit their children's helmets properly. Too many of them are riding around with the lids perched on the back of their noggins. Apart from anything else it looks totally ****

DirkVoodoo

el tel wrote: »

I 'd like to advise the parents in my street to fit their children's helmets properly. Too many of them are riding around with the lids perched on the back of their noggins. Apart from anything else it looks totally ****

After a year I am still waiting for Lumen to bring his kids out on a spin, just to see how they are kitted out and how he treats them. In my mind I see little children on little bikes with him shouting "up and over!", "come on, you should be able to push 50 watts for an hour!" in the park.

justo

I actually did a quick check on the angle of my knee, when leg was fully extended - it was fine. And anyway the height is very confortable and efficient. We cycled for a few revolutions with me pointing at leg and him frowning and shaking his head.

It wasn't exactly abuse that was shouted - it was more scorn for getting yanked out of my early morning cycling reverie.

Vélo

Lumen wrote: »

Once last year I attempted to give some saddle height advice to a ten year old (ish) girl in a playground. Her saddle was so high she had to ride out of the saddle all the time.

I then started to explain about optimal knee angles and power generation but she just looked at me like I was a paedo. I had to call my son over just to prove that I was there for a valid reason.

After that I decided to keep my opinions to myself.

I went to a playground recently thinking my wife and kids were there but of course they weren't. After sitting in the car for a couple of minutes looking for them, I soon got paranoid and couldn't get out of the place quick enough.

Raam

justo wrote: »

I actually did a quick check on the angle of my knee, when leg was fully extended - it was fine. And anyway the height is very confortable and efficient. We cycled for a few revolutions with me pointing at leg and him frowning and shaking his head.

It wasn't exactly abuse that was shouted - it was more scorn for getting yanked out of my early morning cycling reverie.

Grand so, next time you see him, tell him his wheels are too round.

blorg

justo wrote: »

I actually did a quick check on the angle of my knee, when leg was fully extended - it was fine. And anyway the height is very confortable and efficient. We cycled for a few revolutions with me pointing at leg and him frowning and shaking his head.

I don't know, sounds to me like your saddle might be too high.

justo

blorg wrote: »

I don't know, sounds to me like your saddle might be too high.

His saddle was so low I thought he was Ruby Walsh.

Vélo

blorg wrote: »

I don't know, sounds to me like your saddle might be too high.

I doubt it, I'd say his legs are too short:p