18 miles per hour

Eamonnator

http://18milesperhour.tumblr.com/universaltruthsofcycling

Recognise anyone??

daragh_

Great link. Thanks.

G rock

Enjoyed that!
Thanks

Hermy

Your head is down.

You’re soaking up the world around you.

You feel the wind.

You…hey...

...BAM as I cycle into the door of a car someone's left at the side of the road. Then up in the air and down face first and it's off to the dentist.

John_Rambo

Lovely site, thanks.

sy

UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CYCLING #6: YOU’RE NEVER DONE BUYING BIKES.

Anybody relate to this

But this one is my favourite

UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CYCLING #12: ROAD CYCLING MAKES WINE TASTE BETTER

:pac:

Plastik

I particularly like #9 "passing another cyclist" breathing!

mahoo

really liked the illustrations too. great article

nomdeboardie

UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CYCLING #3:HEADWIND BOTH WAYS.
... Perhaps someday one of us will experience the opposite. The ride that only exists in myth. The “Tailwind Both Ways” ride. One can dream.

I think the latter may have happened to me for one bizarre and blissful week of my life many years ago. Either that or my fitness suddenly soared inexplicably; that's what I wanted to believe at the time, but then the laws of nature were reinstated ...

tomasrojo

On the subject of Project Bikes:

You read a bike maintenance book and became a cycling Dr. Moreau.

Nicely put.

kincsem

The ideal number of bikes is however many you have right now + 1. :pac:

Sr. Assumpta

Plastik wrote: »

I particularly like #9 "passing another cyclist" breathing!

Yup, my fave too...

UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CYCLING #9: “PASSING ANOTHER CYCLIST” BREATHING.

Of all the egregious displays of the cyclist’s fragile ego (and let’s be honest, there are plenty) this one is up there. Here’s what we’re talking about:
You’re climbing. One of those hills that’s so intimidating it has a name…like “widowmaker” or “quad buster” or “the three bitches” (they always have names like these). You’re majorly sucking wind, using every single milliliter of your lung capacity.
But then…you spot something up ahead. Oh, is that another cyclist up there? It is.
Time to reel ‘em in.
But you couldn’t possibly let him or her know that you’re out of breath (good God, especially if it’s a her). So as you near the other cyclist you let off the gas juuuust a tad and do whatever it takes to catch your breath. Massive gulps of air. Mop the sweat off your brow. Gotta make this hill seem effortless. The goal is to make it appear as if this hill only requires about ¼ of your lung capacity. You take one last, big gulp of air, hold your breath, put on your best “I just sidled up to you at a cocktail party” voice and…
“Hello there…on your left…nice frame…so, where you riding today?…me? Today’s a recovery day so just an easy 40 or so…well, have a good one…”
And as soon as they’re comfortably out of sight you spend 4 miles gasping for air until…is that someone up ahead?

Dubba

LOL this happend to me on last weekends spin, cant even remember the song now

UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CYCLING #20: SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD.

Music has been called the speech of angels.

Then there are the times when a song like “Ain’t Nothing Gonna Break My Stride” gets inexplicably stuck on repeat in our skulls over the course of a 3+ hour ride.

Then, music is the flatulence of Satan.

oflahero

Dubba wrote: »

LOL this happend to me on last weekends spin, cant even remember the song now

"woodie's, Woodie's, WOODIE's! there's no better buy in DIY"

Lumen

oflahero wrote: »

"woodie's, Woodie's, WOODIE's! there's no better buy in DIY"

I raise you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFJcRvljpgw

daragh_

Sr. Assumpta wrote: »

Yup, my fave too...

UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CYCLING #9: “PASSING ANOTHER CYCLIST” BREATHING.

On a recent spin we came up a Cipollini-esque variation on this...

Destroy yourself hammering up a hill to catch someone.
Pull in behind, compose yourself, light up a Cigarette and then cruise by .
You get extra points if you offer the passed rider a drag.

Continue to top of hill, hide behind rock and cough up lung.

(Can't decide on brand... Gitanes or Marlboro?)

oflahero

Lumen wrote: »

I raise you...

I rickrolled myself once all the way from the Sally Gap crossroads to the start of the Glenmacnass descent.

07Lapierre

#5: CYCLISTS FIND THINGS

Not sure about this one. The only items i seem to find are bits of glass, nails, gravel (all result in punctures).:D

DirkVoodoo

I always do the checking myself out in the window bit, Patrick Bateman style.

velo.2010

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I always do the checking myself out in the window bit, Patrick Bateman style.

Mmm....Sliderobes!

Bus shelters for me. If there's a good looking woman waiting then its a handy excuse to check out the form.:cool:

breezy1985

Brilliant especially #20

but what does MPH mean

Dermot Illogical

Great find.
#26 FTW

tomasrojo

07Lapierre wrote: »

#5: CYCLISTS FIND THINGS

Not sure about this one. The only items i seem to find are bits of glass, nails, gravel (all result in punctures).:D

I do find spanners and allen keys quite often. Well, one thing per year, roughly.

kumate_champ07

Lumen wrote: »

I raise you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFJcRvljpgw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc

Eamonnator

I found 80 cents on the trails in Ballyhoura two weeks ago.
Obviously somebody else fell in the same place, that, I did.

greenmat

UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CYCLING #16: NEW BIKE WEATHER


Great post. The weather should appear more in this item I think. What about when you promise the real boss you'll finally paint that room or some other DIY project left on the long finger. You wake up to a glorious day, perfect for a long ride, curse yourself. She happy the job's done, "you go out tomorrow for a long spin, thanks". Bam, next day, pissing rain and blowing a gale all day. Only happened to me this week, today was my day, sh**e.

doozerie

oflahero wrote: »

I rickrolled myself once all the way from the Sally Gap crossroads to the start of the Glenmacnass descent.

I've had nursery rhymes stuck in my head in the past, even during some races. It'll probably come as a surprise to no-one, except maybe my daughter, that the likes of Incy Wincy Spider are not ideal for tapping into your inner Thor Hushovd.

Mind you Little Rabbit Foo Foo isn't terrible for unleashing the beast within, but it could just be that my perspective is well and truly broken at this stage.

uberwolf

07Lapierre wrote: »

#5: CYCLISTS FIND THINGS

Not sure about this one. The only items i seem to find are bits of glass, nails, gravel (all result in punctures).:D

I found a wallet once with a driving licence, engagement ring, wedding ring and 20 euro in it.

The Garda located them and the owner called to my door a few nights later with two bottles of wine (worth less than the 20).

oflahero

uberwolf wrote: »

I found a wallet once with a driving licence, engagement ring, wedding ring and 20 euro in it.

The Garda located them and the owner called to my door a few nights later with two bottles of wine (worth less than the 20).

It was probably all he could afford after having sprung for the engagement ring.

uberwolf

oflahero wrote: »

It was probably all he could afford after having sprung for the engagement ring.

it was her purse. :eek:

There was a golf score card in there too, so I've rationalised that she didn't wear her rings playing golf. I mean, why else would the two rings be off??