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You know you are an experienced cyclist when…

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  • June 14, 2017 at 1:42 am #27226
    Leviathan

    …you’ve eaten the Haribo before you check Wiggle sent you the right item.

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  • June 22, 2017 at 11:50 am #895205
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    Daveyraveygravey

    …when you get up and your

    …when you get up and your legs feel ok, so when you get on the bike you decide to push it, and after 30-40 minutes you realise you needed more recovery time before pushing it…

    June 20, 2017 at 12:22 pm #895203
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    IanEdward

    When you fundamentally

    When you fundamentally disagree with about 95% of what the sales staff/mechanics tell you in the local shop (or is that also ‘being an engineer’?

    June 19, 2017 at 9:43 pm #895201
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    ChrisB200SX

    cyclesteffer wrote:

    cyclesteffer wrote:
    …when you start taking derailleurs to individual pieces to fix them.
    that just makes you an engineer đŸ™‚

    June 19, 2017 at 9:07 pm #895199
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    Stef Marazzi

    …when you start taking
    …when you start taking derailleurs to individual pieces to fix them.

    June 19, 2017 at 8:00 pm #895197
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    Nat Jas Moe

    When some one on a fixie does

    When some one on a fixie does a track stand well beyond the stop line and you still leave him for dust. Or is that just me that gets great pleasure in leaving these people for dust. broken heart

    June 19, 2017 at 1:51 pm #895195
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    Tjuice

    When you have managed to get

    When you have managed to get n > s-1 at least once

    June 19, 2017 at 1:50 pm #895193
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    Tjuice

    When you can remember how you

    When you can remember how you managed rides before Strava

    June 16, 2017 at 7:55 pm #895191
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    matthewn5

    when you know to get over

    when you know to get over yourself and just ride whatever bike you want where and when you want

    June 16, 2017 at 5:11 pm #895189
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    The _Kaner

    when you can’t finish a

    when you can’t finish a sentence because you’re out for a ri

    June 16, 2017 at 12:19 am #895187
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    MartyMcCann

    …within a split second of

    …within a split second of reading an article title, you know it is going to spiral into yet another  helmet debate,  know exactly what points are going to be made and,  recognising the pointlessness of contributing to them, quickly click on another link instead.

    June 15, 2017 at 10:54 pm #895185
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    dottigirl

    When you realise your entire

    When you realise your entire pub conversation is totally unintelligible to the average punter.

    June 15, 2017 at 12:39 pm #895183
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    hawkinspeter

    When you know all the fancy

    When you know all the fancy-shmancy names for bike parts, like those rubbery bits that go on your wheels.

    June 15, 2017 at 11:56 am #895181
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    Martyn_K

    when you car is over 3 years

    when you car is over 3 years old and has only 18k miles on it yet you have travelled 23k miles on your bike(s).

    June 15, 2017 at 11:47 am #895179
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    alansmurphy

    … you use heart rate /

    … you use heart rate / cadence / power to assess your ride when we all know that speed wins!

    June 14, 2017 at 7:10 pm #895177
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    SingleSpeed
    fullers1979 wrote:
    When you get extra excited as Wiggle have accidentally sent you two packets of Haribo!

     

    Really? I get fresh Coffee and Cake and Biscuits when I visit my bike shop…and free use of bearing presses…facing tools…and even complimentary wheel truing I’m not sure you’re getting your moneys worth from Wiggle.

    I would add:

    “….when you went up Wrynose pass on a steel Mercxx with 54/42 – 12/23 and came down the other side with campag deltas, and funnily enough you didn’t die”

    Maybe I’m showing my age đŸ™‚

     

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