[Closed] Riding foibles

I usually say 'moo' to cows & either 'baaa' or 'Mint sauce' to sheep. 'Cluck cluck' to hens too but I don't seem to speak to horses.

i always greet magpies, morning mr magpie, and spit 3 times.

(Feeling glad I'm not the only one!)

I once tried shouting SIT to a dog that was chasing me.
It didn't work 😐

I have been known to speak to cows in an adjacent field. I sometimes say 'I hope that electric fence is working'.

I always have to say hello to cows, sheep and horses when I ride past them in a field.

I'd not thought about it but I do exactly the same... Pretty much every time. I have no idea why but I always have said "hello" to livestock as I pass on a bike. Weird...

I mostly say "get off the ****ing road, you daft bastard" - mostly horses but cows donkeys and sometimes pigs 👿
(the deer, on the other hand, never really a problem)

off road I say hello to them just so they don't suddenly run across the trail - dozy ****ers

I always ask horses if they like it

oh, and "yo bear" too, now & then - just in case

I always say good morning or afternoon to mr and mrs magpie, it gets ridiculous when there's 10+ of them in one place

I always say FFS to ticks

[quote=esselgruntfuttock ]I usually say 'moo' to cows & either 'baaa' or 'Mint sauce' to sheep. 'Cluck cluck' to hens too but I don't seem to speak to horses.

So how come you don't say "horseradish sauce" (or maybe "burger relish" - also applicable to horses) to the cows or "tikka masala" to the hens?

Always say hello to the aliens that live in the bunker under the weird little building in the middle of nowhere on my local loop ( combination of too much x files and riding on military land) 😆

I always say hello to cows/bulls/naughty heffers. I think it helps them recognise you as human rather than a strange creature with revolving feet.

"Hello Mr Horse","hello mrs cow".
Plus I tap a rhythm on my shifters.

I always have to say hello to cows, sheep and horses when I ride past them in a field.

I always say hello to cows/bulls/naughty heffers. I think it helps them recognise you as human rather than a strange creature with revolving feet.

it works with horses too

The court order ...

When I ride something that was a bit silly (on edge, too fast or just outright dangerous) I'll celebrate with a massive [b]WAHOO[/b].

You may have heard me yesterday, I started a bunch of storms I gather 😆

I say hello to dog's, as well as there human companions. This has led to many a odd look but, I like to think it stops them knocking me off.

I shout "get out of my way" & "Shhhhh, Shhhhh" a lot to random Pheasants and Grouse in the lanes of Hampshire. Coorrr blimey they're a bit dumb.

Rarely speak to anything or anyone while riding although the other night I was enagaged by a group of 15 or so OAPs who were trying their best to walk down a descent that is my personal bit of Leogang without falling over

There was a bit of good-natured banter but some of them were like totally oblivious to everything and everybody, even their own companions

"Bike!"
"Biiiiiiiiiiiiiike!"
"BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKE!"

I always talk to the animals. 🙂

Even the pigs!

I always say hello and chat to livestock, in their own language obviously otherwise they would know what I was on about.

nay at horses.. karaoke down hill, wave / nod at other road riders. I get more of a reaction / acknowledgement from the horse tbh.. must be the snobby locals round here.

I hiss at geese on the towpath that are a bit close, seems to warn them off (had a few go for me in the past), "maaaaaa" at sheep, occasionally "moo" at cows and of course I bellow "**** OFF!" at out of control dogs that start to give chase, that normally sees them off.

Plus I tap a rhythm on my shifters.

shouting "ride'em cowboy" on any vaguely exciting section of bumpy/lumpy stuff, too many B&W films when a kid i guess

ps I'll leave now

I have imaginary conversations with mates who aren't there. Sometimes it'll be talking about some bike purchase, but usually it's describing the trails and telling them what to look out for and so on, as if I am guiding them around my trails for the first time.

annebr - Member
I always talk to the animals.
Even the pigs!

Weirdo.

you can hyper extend shimano brakes, I some times click out a rhythm on those

I always have to make a whooooo noise when going under a bridge or through a tunnel. You have to try to get a good echo back.

I always talk to horses. They never talk back though, which is disappointing.

I generally talk to rabbits too. But usually only the ones who leap from the relative safety of a field, only to run across my path to get back to where, I can only assume, is what they consider safe coverage. Stoopid animals.

oh and the obligatory "dinner!! " at rabbits on the trails of which the little ones do a serpentine motion in front of the bike 🙂

"BaaaaaBQ" to lambs
"I hate cows" to cows
"*uck off" to rabbits that try and run in front of me
And I talked to myself constantly about how I'm feeling, what's up with my bike, the weather, the trail, basically everything.

Most of the times I shout some dirty Polish words on them, with a smile - the livestock think I'm a nice gentleman while I release my life frustration 😆

I don't smile to squirrels though. They are deadly mother******s.

If I'm on my road bike I also commentate to myself as it riding in the break in a Classic, the voice is always Sean Kelly, "he's really on the rivet here"

Yep, hello to all the animals from me too. My mates think I'm Dr Dolittle 😆

I've seen, what I pressume to be, the same owl loads of times in the same area on night rides. He's always greeted with an [Arnie ON] [b]"Owl be back"[/b] [/ Arnie OFF]

I always say good morning or afternoon to mr and mrs magpie, it gets ridiculous when there's 10+ of them in one place

You only have to say hello if there is one of them 😛

'Hello Mr Magpie, where's Mrs Magpie today'

yes, it's ridiculous 🙂

you have good eyesight.

There's a corner at Glentress called Cliff Richard, so I tend to say that when I go round it. The one after the one after it is called Molehill and it gets a name check too. I occasionally call the one in-between Innominate due to an in-joke from an entirely different time and place.

No-one mentioned waving to steam trains?

^ No. Are you in the Railway Children films 😆