[Closed] "nice suspension mate"

Worst heckle? You don't get out much.
How about riding at an mtb centre wearing Lycra on a Classic Blur and having '**** off roadie ****' shouted at you by some tattooed Baggie short wearer?

Maybe he was just trying to be friendly, but it came across as sarky..he may have been complimenting you on your choice of components 🙂

Whilst labouring up a hill on my road bike one morning, I was passed by a local road club with 'those calves are made for sprinting not climbing', ??? Still don't know what was meant, but if it was a veiled way of saying 'you're a fat lad' then karma was instantly served. Upon descending the other side of the hill the group were clustered around one of their colleagues who had lost control on the descent and crashed into a tree.

As I 'sprinted' by them I couldn't think of a suitable riposte though.

It was all in a wolf whistle back in 1988, whilst riding lycra clad past any slightly easily excitable group, usually middle aged women IIRC 😯 😆

a MAMIL posse led by a 50 something Mark Flabendish

At least you can give as good as you get in the rubbish heckling stakes.

😉

Any heckle should be met instantly with 'that's not what your mum said'

Surprising how often it fits, and when it doesn't fit, the confusion usually silenced the recipient.

1/10, no caps, no swearing, no fun.

OP should never attempt a ride on a fat bike if he's uncomfortable with people shouting comments about his choice of components.

OP should never attempt a ride on a fat bike if he's uncomfortable with people shouting comments about his choice of components.

Had a van driver shout "hurry up, you slow c**t" as I was going up a hill..couple of minutes later, he's parked in the back of another car "slow down, you fast c**t" was my response 🙄

Demoing a couple of Birds around Swinley with a significantly younger girl friend (not girlfriend) when a guy on a Capra says "Nice bird mate", "Yeh I think so". Flattered that he thought she was my bird, though to be honest he'd been waiting to say that to any 'couple' he saw on a Bird.

Not a heckle as such, but I was sat with a mate at High Lodge, Thetford forest enjoying a coffee after a morning's riding when we overheard a bloke saying to his mate something along the lines of: 'that bike over there looks like it's made of carbon fibre'.

Given that my bike was the only one in area that was carbon fibre, I guess he was referring to my bike...

Cue his mate reply with 'nah, that's just an aluminium frame with carbon wrap......' 😀 😳 🙄

My mate nearly spat his coffee all over the place & still refers to it as the carbon wrapped bike....

karma was instantly served. Upon descending the other side of the hill the group were clustered around one of their colleagues who had lost control on the descent and crashed into a tree.

You think hitting a tree coming down a descent is fair reward for being in the same group as someone who reckoned you couldn't climb as well as them (which seems accurate from your description)?

Anyway, it sounds more like they were saying "Chin up old chap, some of us are made for hills, some of us are made for short bursts of insane speed". Hardly like they rode no-handed past you while you were panting up the climb.

Cycling over Blackfriars Bridge on my then brand new metallic orange Marin Wolf Ridge a few years ago, when a fella in an expensive convertible Mercedes pulled up next to me.

"Oi! Oi, mate!"

"What?"

"Bloody nice bike mate!"

We gave each over a cheery thumbs up and off we went. Made my afternoon, that did.

A few winter back I was stretching by the van after a trail run. The van was parked at a hilltop viewpoint with a reasonably busy road running by it.

Clad in tights and bent double touching my toes, I got wolf-whistled by some builders in an open-backed Transit. I stood up to see who it was, just in time to see the young wolf-whistling lad's face drop.

Thinking about it I may have been bearded then too, just to add insult to injury.

probably a mtber on the road. but the context is lost.

exactly my sense of humor. only funny in context; but the context is lost!!

Usual one is

"'ere mate"
yeah?
"yer wheels gowin rand"
ta mate

Best I've had was a bunch of girls flash their bums at me as i rode past 😀

As an overweight younger man someone shouted

"surprised that suspension don't snap in two, fat ****"

As I pulled an endo on my rigid trials bike in a bus statoon car park.

OP should never attempt a ride on a fat bike if he's uncomfortable with people shouting comments about his choice of components.

no danger of that happening.

Worst heckle? You don't get out much.

'worst' as in poorly executed, lacking in creativity, humour or wit. Not in terms of offence intended. I was so dumbfounded by what he was blabbing, I found my self wishing he'd sworn at me. Would have been funnier. Just seemed a weird thing to shout, even sarcastically.

At least you can give as good as you get in the rubbish heckling stakes.

fair.

I thought I was in for some abuse pulling into Tesco in Thirsk with my cross/gravel bike on the roof of the car. One bloke's peering intently at it as I parked up, and as I got out and walked over to the shop he's making a rough beeline towards me. Braced myself, glanced round towards him...

"Nice Cotic, mate. I've got a Soul. Ace bikes!"

"Nice Cotic, mate. I've got a Soul. Ace bikes!"

That's cool. I like when that happens- it's rare though. I presume the same thing happens at Tennis courts/golf clubs/climbing walls etc...?

"Sweet snow shoes/golf stick/tiny shorts mate"

"Go Lance ya c**t" is about the most interesting thing I've had yelled at me, made me chuckle.

I like "Mark Flabendish". Bradley Piggins?

I like "Mark Flabendish". Bradley Piggins?

pizza sagan

Got a "Nice trackstand" from another brompton rider last night, just outside Euston station. Those 10 years of practicing are starting to pay off.

"Go Lance ya c**t" is about the most interesting thing I've had yelled at me, made me chuckle.

Had a similar comment a while ago.

Cyclists actually called Lance must get a bit freaked out sometimes.

"[i]Any heckle should be met instantly with 'that's not what your mum said'

Surprising how often it fits, and when it doesn't fit, the confusion usually silenced the recipient.[/i]"

Along the same lines: "is that the title of your sex tape?"

(thank you Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Mark Flabendish

I've had "she's not pedalling at the back," in German, Italian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Maltese and Sami* to the best of my knowledge.

*not absolutely sure about all of these but what else might people be shouting at a tandem team?

At train station, teen with his girlfriend shouts that a funny looking little bike you've got mate (Brompton) my repost was.....so have you mate ( he was too thick to get it, but his girlfriend did... how my fellow commuter chuckled)

On my way home through a very busy Chatham, last week, a car goes crawling past and the passenger tells me to get an effing car.
Clearly the point that I was on a cyclepath and therefore not contributing to the traffic by a) not driving and b) by not even being on the road seemed to elude the comedian in the car.

I have had several comments shouted at me from cars recently. I never hear what they say, so it's a complete waste of time on their part anyway.

what else might people be shouting at a tandem team?

You're being followed?

"she's fallen off"?

"Bike W**ker" is pretty frequent in my neck of the woods.

On a short climb coming out of Guildford and giving it some, a Citroen Saxo pulled level with me and I braced myself for a stream of abuse or lobbed rubbish.
Instead I got the 4 lads inside singing/shouting the Rocky song at me. Awesome

I had a guy in a van shout that I should get the same bike as the yoof on a full suss Haibike E Bike that over took me this morning as I was doing 20 MPH on the flat.

I could only laugh and agree.

Instead I got the 4 lads inside singing/shouting the Rocky song at me. Awesome

Lets do the Time Warp?

Sweet Transvestite?

Went down a hill with daughter behind on the trailer bike.

Stopped at red light at the bottom and white van pulls up beside us.

"You were whizzing down there, whizzing! Brilliant"

Made my morning 🙂

On another occasion dropped her off at school, cycling home with an unoccupied trailer bike.

Bloke: "Mate! You've lost your passenger!"
Me: "Shit!" *turns round and accelerates back the other way*
Bloke: *confused face*

a man hanging out of a white flat bed ford,
"ere mate, where the f*** is your fork", he'd never seen a lefty before and was suitably impressed, asking is it difficult to get your balance. :0)

at the weekend, as i turned off the road onto saddleworth moor proper, a group of chinese cyclists who had stopped for a rest asked,
"where are your mates, you cant be riding up their on your own"

my brain had a minute delay, as my response should have been
'dont worry lads ive got an air ambulance as backup'

I like "Mark Flabendish". Bradley Piggins?

pizza sagan

Crisps Froome

Crisps Froome

excellent. Chris Cheeseboardman ?

Piemon Yates