Hands up here who can ride a bike!

RonMexico · 13-12-2009 07:08PM

I remember the first time I cycled my new bike. I was about 7 and my neighbour (guy in his teens) said that he would hold onto the carrier part at the back to stabilize the bike. So there I was peddling away and steering thinking that yerman was stabilizing it and I glanced back and the ****er was standing miles away laughing. Then I crashed.

Proxy · 13-12-2009 07:08PM

You can with no hands.

Have to admit, at times you do feel like you're at a bit of a loss. Like, I live in Dublin now, and i'd like to get around a bit more freely and see a bit. Not having a car and relying on public transport is bothering, I have a bit of a romantic notion of hopping on a bike and getting around a bit. Very handy with the new bike scheme too (as in, tax relief on bikes for work, as well as the scheme around Dublin central).

Jet Black · 13-12-2009 07:08PM

Elessar wrote: »

o/

/falls off bike :-(

MizzLolly · 13-12-2009 07:11PM

Proxy wrote: »

Have to admit, at times you do feel like you're at a bit of a loss. Like, I live in Dublin now, and i'd like to get around a bit more freely and see a bit. Not having a car and relying on public transport is bothering, I have a bit of a romantic notion of hopping on a bike and getting around a bit. Very handy with the new bike scheme too (as in, tax relief on bikes for work, as well as the scheme around Dublin central).

That's another thing actually. I'm terrified by the idea of cycling in town (Dublin, for Frada) Anytime I'm on a bus and see the cyclists go in and out between cars and buses I freak out. I think it looks really dangerous. Maybe that's what's putting me off learning.

Tar.Aldarion · 13-12-2009 07:17PM

It's easier than walking, jeez woman!

Leprachaun · 13-12-2009 07:19PM

Pssh! You're not a man until you can ride a bike. Even women aren't real men until they can ride one.

MizzLolly · 13-12-2009 07:19PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

It's easier than walking, jeez woman!

It's not my fault, I just don't know how to ride one

Tar.Aldarion · 13-12-2009 07:27PM

MizzLolly wrote: »

It's not my fault, I just don't know how to ride one

I will teach you how to ride.

MizzLolly · 13-12-2009 07:31PM

You're so easy Tara :cool:

Tar.Aldarion · 13-12-2009 07:35PM

Just try it!

Either you are wrong and I am right
or you are right and I haz the ridez

win!

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 13-12-2009 07:37PM

Here ya go.......for the lady who likes to shop........practical and stable, a few streamers and some old skool frosties reflectors and you are gonna be the popular kid! oooooohhhhhh yeah!

Midnight_EG · 13-12-2009 07:39PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I will teach you how to ride.

That would have been harrassment had I posted it -.-

**Timbuk2** · 13-12-2009 07:40PM

OK, in all seriousness, the only reason people have difficulty with learning to cycle is that they go really slow at first (sort of like how learner drivers drive at 0.1km/h on the roads). With cycling, it is much easier to balance if you are going fast.

Also, gently pull the brakes. If you pull the front brakes too hard, you will go over the handlebars, if you pull the back brakes to hard, a child dies you could skid.

But you have plenty of time to learn!

MizzLolly · 13-12-2009 07:40PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Just try it!

Either you are wrong and I am right
or you are right and I haz the ridez

win!

I can't, I don't own a bike!

benwavner wrote: »

Here ya go.......for the lady who likes to shop........practical and stable, a few streamers and some old skool frosties reflectors and you are gonna be the popular kid! oooooohhhhhh yeah!

Hahaha jesus christ!!!!!!

Tar.Aldarion · 13-12-2009 07:40PM

Midnight_EG wrote: »

That would have been harrassment had I posted it -.-

It's only harassment if they don't like it, so that's why I get away with it:cool:

Proxy · 13-12-2009 08:20PM

You can with no hands.

I've considered buying a bike beside where I work, but then I kinda got thinking "How would I get it home....."

Tar.Aldarion · 13-12-2009 08:26PM

MizzLolly wrote: »

I can't, I don't own a bike!

You do now!

Vain · 13-12-2009 08:43PM

I can ride a bike, the town bike, I have done it before

Ferris_Bueller · 13-12-2009 09:00PM

I was like the OP until May where I decided I would give it a shot and try to learn, I got to the stage where I can kind of do it but just wouldnt fancy doing it in public or somewhere I would havnt have much room to play with

Tetra · 13-12-2009 09:08PM

Kiera wrote: »

I think the only other adult on this planet who cant ride a bike is Phoebe in Friends

Or Frasier and Niles

triple-M · 13-12-2009 09:09PM

In soviet russia,bike rides you

robbie_998 · 13-12-2009 09:13PM

MizzLolly.

i can do it with no hands

Mike 1972 · 13-12-2009 09:57PM

You can with no hands.

Is anybody else here the same as me?

Yes

When I was a kid I lived right in the middle of town. Anyplace I was interested in going to was either within easy walking distance or beyond easy cycling distance besides there was no place really safe one could cycle anyway.

IvySlayer · 13-12-2009 10:45PM

*raises hand*

Isn't it like a rite of passage?

Daemos · 13-12-2009 10:47PM

Me + trying to ride a bike = Fail

Daemos · 13-12-2009 10:49PM

robbie_998 wrote: »

i can do it with no hands

I'm actually serious here, I once saw a guy riding a bike while reading a book, which he was holding with both hands

Can you do that?

IvySlayer · 13-12-2009 10:50PM

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

I'm actually serious here, I once saw a guy riding a bike while reading a book, which he was holding with both hands

Can you do that?

All I can see in my head is him and his bike going over a parked car

MizzLolly · 13-12-2009 10:54PM

IvySlayer wrote: »

*raises hand*

Isn't it like a rite of passage?

That's why I asked, it certainly seems to be.

jenny2hat · 13-12-2009 11:02PM

MizzLolly.

*raises hand*

BDR · 13-12-2009 11:06PM

You can't.

We need a poll..

I don't understand the whole 'I lived in the country' thing, wouldn't that mean you needed a bike to get to the nearest village?like us town folk run the risk of being run over while learning.

Hands up here who can ride a bike!

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