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]]> By: jug on a bike http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-42113 jug on a bike Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:36:25 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/#comment-42113 Just read this on Bike Radar & flicked to the site. Had me sniggering at my desk much to the annoyance of my surrounding co-workers and non-cyclists! I thought it was brilliant but seeing some of the comments on Bike Radar I wonder do some people have a genetic composition that prevents them being able to identify humour. A condition which also seems to result in taking yourself far too seriously. I should print the article off and have it in my back pocket in case I need to consult it at any social gatherings where there is likely to be a non-cyclist or two. Keep up the good work. Just read this on Bike Radar & flicked to the site. Had me sniggering at my desk much to the annoyance of my surrounding co-workers and non-cyclists!

I thought it was brilliant but seeing some of the comments on Bike Radar I wonder do some people have a genetic composition that prevents them being able to identify humour. A condition which also seems to result in taking yourself far too seriously.

I should print the article off and have it in my back pocket in case I need to consult it at any social gatherings where there is likely to be a non-cyclist or two.

Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Dobovedo http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-41818 Dobovedo Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:39:46 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/#comment-41818 I've been reading your blog for a few months now, including Griffin's method of starting at the beginning while concurrently reading new posts. I had suspicions all along, but this article in particular convinced me you are indeed a clone of me (myself? meself?). I had to share it on my own immensely popular journal - www.dobovedo.com. (And by immensely popular, I mean I have roughly 6 regular readers who aren't related to me by blood or wedding vows). Oh, and I never even considered owning a single speed until yesterday, and then saw one in the LBS... so thanks a bunch. Soon my wife will be hating you as much as she hates my friends. I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now, including Griffin’s method of starting at the beginning while concurrently reading new posts.

I had suspicions all along, but this article in particular convinced me you are indeed a clone of me (myself? meself?). I had to share it on my own immensely popular journal – http://www.dobovedo.com.

(And by immensely popular, I mean I have roughly 6 regular readers who aren’t related to me by blood or wedding vows).

Oh, and I never even considered owning a single speed until yesterday, and then saw one in the LBS… so thanks a bunch. Soon my wife will be hating you as much as she hates my friends.

]]> By: VA Biker http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-41716 VA Biker Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:37:40 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/#comment-41716 RE: Big Mike In OZ comments from 09 Oct 2007, 11:55 pm. You wrote, "my sphere of influence" with the indication that your wife is included in said sphere. Surely you jest. Aren't you a husband within the sphere of influence of your dear wife? Tell us that things are different in the Southern Hemisphere. If not, and you've created such an environment for yourself personally, let those of within the sphere of influence of our wives know how to reverse it. Those physics classes must have taught you some wicked powers indeed, changing the state of the universe and all. :-) RE: Big Mike In OZ comments from 09 Oct 2007, 11:55 pm.

You wrote, “my sphere of influence” with the indication that your wife is included in said sphere. Surely you jest. Aren’t you a husband within the sphere of influence of your dear wife? Tell us that things are different in the Southern Hemisphere. If not, and you’ve created such an environment for yourself personally, let those of within the sphere of influence of our wives know how to reverse it. Those physics classes must have taught you some wicked powers indeed, changing the state of the universe and all. :-)

]]> By: Jason http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-41707 Jason Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:14:08 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/#comment-41707 Non cyclist smell funny too. Non cyclist smell funny too.

]]> By: Big Boned http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-41706 Big Boned Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:10:10 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/#comment-41706 How about when people come up and tell you what a great 1996 Stumpjumper they have - "it's REALLY light, way under 20 pounds..." Right! It also always makes me laugh is when people come up to my bike and almost by reflex reach out to feel how hard the saddle is. Do you people not realize that the saddle is where my butt is when I'm riding my bike? You say the saddle feels damp? That would be because it absorbs sweat...from my butt! How about when people come up and tell you what a great 1996 Stumpjumper they have – “it’s REALLY light, way under 20 pounds…” Right!
It also always makes me laugh is when people come up to my bike and almost by reflex reach out to feel how hard the saddle is. Do you people not realize that the saddle is where my butt is when I’m riding my bike? You say the saddle feels damp? That would be because it absorbs sweat…from my butt!

]]> By: Big Mike In Oz http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-41697 Big Mike In Oz Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:55:16 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/10/08/how-to-talk-with-non-cyclists/#comment-41697 It's an awkward conversation when a non-cyclist tries to describe the quality of their “high end” bike entering a price into the conversation. Especially when they start coughing up numbers like $275 hoping that the extra $76 the spent over the base model supermarket wreck has moved them into the cycling elite. They tend to gag when you mention the price of individual components that you’ve recently replaced… like for me in the past 6 months; shoes $245, helmet $225, saddle $219, track tyres 4x$165. And don’t get me started on consumables like handlebar tape, tyres and clothing. I can’t get my wife to understand, let alone people outside my sphere of influence. It’s an awkward conversation when a non-cyclist tries to describe the quality of their “high end” bike entering a price into the conversation. Especially when they start coughing up numbers like $275 hoping that the extra $76 the spent over the base model supermarket wreck has moved them into the cycling elite.

They tend to gag when you mention the price of individual components that you’ve recently replaced… like for me in the past 6 months; shoes $245, helmet $225, saddle $219, track tyres 4x$165. And don’t get me started on consumables like handlebar tape, tyres and clothing.

I can’t get my wife to understand, let alone people outside my sphere of influence.

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