[Closed] The things people say to you when you're on a mountain bike

I can honestly say that no one's ever said anything like that to me!

Get off the road you *ing *!!!

Get off the path you *ing *!!!

Get orf moi laaaand *ing *er!!!!

I want your babies!!!

When they ask what your bike cost then tell you that you could get one like that for £150 from Halfords.

Heh- a couple of weeks ago on Cavedale at the top Iwas told it was possible and a woman said she was "going to put it on youtube".

We did Ben Lomond at the weekend and there was a lot of similar stuff said.

where's your bell

[i]Oh look, a lycra lout![/i]

Said when I passed some woman at about 1mph, breathing out me arse, climbing the Wrekin.

"Are you Simon f Barnes?" 🙂

"wow, nice bike! How many gears?"

"18"

"Pfft, ha ha, mines got 24" followed by looks of pity.

😆

Mountain bikes cause more erosion than horses you know. My reply? 'At least they don't 5hit all over the road'

Read in a mag some years ago but it is the thing my gran would say

"He keeps his water in that little bag"

you should slow down which usually gets the response: I did - you should learn to share...

Heh- a couple of weeks ago on Cavedale at the top Iwas told it was possible and a woman said she was "going to put it on youtube".

I had a very similar experience when I rode Cavedale a while back.

Chavvy family at top arguing:
"I'm not F'ing walking down there, it's F'ing impossible."

"Oh F*** some guy's just gone down on a F'in bike, he's going to F'in kill himself, come and watch!"

"I'm not F'ing walking down there, it's F'ing impossible."

"Oh F*** some guy's just gone down on a F'in bike, he's going to F'in kill himself, come and watch!"

😆

I've had 'are you going to ride down those steps mate?'

It's almost like a challenge. To back out would be to show weakness. The penalty for failure is certainly injury and humiliation, and possibly death...

I remember the gathered crowd when I went down the hill that the hang gliders jump off at Dunstable downs saying he's mad, I also remember I forgot to zip up the camelbak & all the content flying out in front of me 😕
Oh and the scramble back up to retrieve the contents, some of which were in rabbit holes 🙂

the things people say to you when you're on a mtb

are you a roadie then? 🙁

covered in muck during a winter ride a couple of young horse riding ladies greeted me with " my god, you're filthy" they looked a bit shocked when I responded with " Oh yes! and I'm covered in mud 😉 "

'so that's why it's called a push bike'

+1 egf! 🙂

Oh look there's one of those people who likes to get all dressed up.

Not to my face but I was within listening distance 🙄

Oh look there's one of those people who likes to get all dressed up

What where you wearing at the time? Tweed and loafers? 😉

"My god you're sexy. Look, follow me home, we are going have the wildest sex you've ever experienced in your life!"

What a bullshitting bastard he was. It was rubbish.

What a bullshitting bastard he was. It was rubbish.

Sorry, i had forgotten to take my blue pill 😥

slow down you ****

"we're going to do this, take it easy or get off if you want" (points down).

I just follow 'em a little bit slower.

Then they say "I'm pushing this bit"

I Just ride past 'em.

"will you go to the shop for us mate, for some cans like, we'll look after your bike"

lol colnagokid!

"Can I get a lift?"

500 times on the weekend I was riding the West Highland Way, not realising that the Caledonian Challenge was going the other way.

And every single utterance of it was made with the speaker thinking it was entirely original and witty

You lot should try going out on a tandem and see how quickly "she's not pedalling" get's on your tits.

Ooh look, he's all muddy. (In central London on the way home.)

"man check out his bike -its stealth

said by group of young hoodys when riding my dh bike to the local shop

i like that 😆

Look at them! They've all got ........**** ing......... Disc Brakes!

On a STW pootle.

"Nice bike mate. Youre going to have to give it to me. ..... Hey come back here!"

There was a knife involved too 🙁

Had a good one from a granny on Piccadilly this morning, had popped onto the pavement to check the exchange rate and granny ( real old and gnarly looking) said ' you should'nt be on the pavement on a bike you stupid f@@king fool!'...she was right of course. Made my day.

You lot should try going out on a tandem and see how quickly "she's not pedalling" get's on your tits.

"Aren't you supposed to be riding that thing?"

From an old lady as I pushed up a hill, I was ashamed.

"Plenty of pedal power today"

From an old guy today, wasn't quite sure how to respond to that, is it a question, a prediction, a comment on the weather, I wasn't sure.

"DID YOU CATCH THEM?!" Bellowed by competitive dad to his son after they had followed our group down some singletrack. Tw*t on so many levels.

[i]How can you ride a bike with such fat tyres?[/i]
Whenever I cycle to work, which is in Roadie/Triathlon Heaven.

"Aren't you supposed to be riding that thing" when i'm pushing up a hill is normaly replied with "It's feeling a bit tired"

"You killed our friend!" Passed on to me by two horse riders as I was stood still waiting for them to pass, turns out a cyclist ran into a horse not long before and the guy had been thrown off and killed (don't know how truthful they were) but then decided to tarnish me and probably everyone with the same brush.

"You've been burning the wood!" By some old lady that confused us until we saw firemen putting a small fire out and realised she had thought we were just riding round the forest starting fires.

I ride a singlespeed so get abuse from everyone even other bikers.

😉

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But i was told that when i was little in my three wheeler

Loading the car this morning...

"this early...!"

"Been for a ride today? Is it muddy?"

Said to me as I loaded 2 bikes plastered with mud onto my car.....ffs what did they think we'd been doing?

"are you lost?"