Frightening Cyclists!!!

morana

Coming home today along the north strand I noticed a glove fall from the pocket of a cyclist in front of me I immediately sped up to inform him what had happened. we were travelling fast 22mph. I got up along side him and said "mate, you dropped ....." he turned around and just said "jesus christ..." and nearly fell of the bike.


I have never laughed as much in all my life,. if you read this mate I am sorry to frighten you but thank you because my sides are split with laughter and I need a laugh....Wonderful!!!

Dermot Illogical

morana wrote: »

Coming home today along the north strand I noticed a glove fall from the pocket of a cyclist in front of me I immediately sped up to inform him what had happened. we were travelling fast 22mph. I got up along side him and said "mate, you dropped ....." he turned around and just said "jesus christ..." and nearly fell of the bike.

What's a mph?

morana

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

What's a mph?

I think its 1.60934 kph

Beasty

T'was Pat wasn't it? - you're in his nightmares, and all you could do is laugh at his misfortune ....

tomasrojo

morana wrote: »

I think its 1.60934 kph

For shame! km/h if you please!

Keep_Her_Lit

tomasrojo wrote: »

For shame! km/h if you please!

I disagree. Cycling in mph makes you go faster. Imagine you're spinning along at 30kph, you might think to yourself "Hey, I'm not doing too bad here!" But if you realise that, in fact, you're only travelling at 18.6mph, well that doesn't sound so fantastic, does it? No. So what do you do? You speed up! Try it, it really works!

tomasrojo

Oh sure, but it was the kph I was taking issue with. km/h looks more Euro, surely?

How's the Wasp running? Whatever metric you use, that's an eye-catching steed.

Zyzz

You opened your window and tried talking to him at 22mph? Have you nothing upstairs?

ford2600

Zyzz wrote: »

You opened your window and tried talking to him at 22mph? Have you nothing upstairs?

"we were travelling fast 22mph"

I took it OP was on bike?

hueylewis

In the summer I was cycling slowly about 15 meters behind a man who was taking it handy up a hill on his hybrid. He was weaving a bit and I couldn't see the road beyond the apex of the hill so I was waiting for a safe time to overtake him. When he reached the apex, he took a look back over his shoulder, but seemed to get a bit of a shock when he saw me behind him. The shock was enough for him to turn his bike in towards the ditch before hurriedly applying the brakes and hopping off the bike to "check his tyres".

Chips Lovell

Having seen your LinkedIn profile picture, i'm not surprised he almost fell off his bike.

Zyzz

ford2600 wrote: »

"we were travelling fast 22mph"

I took it OP was on bike?

You are right..they were both on bikes :pac:

But 22mph isn't fast

snubbleste

morana wrote: »

.." he turned around and just said "jesus christ..." and nearly fell of the bike.

Why were you on a bicycle, jesus?

morana

Zyzz wrote: »

You are right..they were both on bikes :pac:

But 22mph isn't fast

its always good to read it carefully! My days of doing fast are behind me

Trent Houseboat

snubbleste wrote: »

Why were you on a bicycle, jesus?

Never heard the expression Christ on a Bike?

Mugser

Oh so that's where he went!! A fella frightened the B-Jesus outa me last week along a lovely quiet foggy country road.

I'll get me coat.

Keep_Her_Lit

tomasrojo wrote: »

Oh sure, but it was the kph I was taking issue with.

Yes, I can see that now. I'll pay more attention next time

How's the Wasp running? Whatever metric you use, that's an eye-catching steed.

Rear hub is about to expire. Other than that, great thanks!

morana wrote: »

My days of doing fast are behind me

Last time I saw you on a bike (Vets race), pretty much everything was behind you then too. Never say never!

Spook_ie

Zyzz wrote: »

You opened your window and tried talking to him at 22mph? Have you nothing upstairs?

Is the op a motorist, impression I got is he was on a bicycle, especially given he "sped up" to catch the guy

morana

Spook_ie wrote: »

Is the op a motorist, impression I got is he was on a bicycle, especially given he "sped up" to catch the guy

no I am not a motorist I am a bicyclist and I have shed loads upstairs!


havent I?

Lusk_Doyle

Zyzz wrote: »

Have you nothing upstairs?

I think he lives in a bungalow so probably not.