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What makes us (cyclists) superior to all other humans?

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1. We don't get into bar fights...but if we did...nobody would get hurt.
2. We run stop signs on two wheels instead of four.
3. We wear helmets into coffee shops.
4. If we commute, we know the distance to the hundredth of a mile.
5. Our heroes are skinny, nerdy looking guys with freakishly large thighs.
6. We know more about Bag Balm than a dairy farmer.
7. We consider clearing our nostrils an art form.
8. For us, the transition from chamois to diaper brief is an easy one.
9. When nature calls, we don't look for a gas station, we look for a tree.
10. We keep conversation simple...no one can tell us anything about anything.

I'm sure there are many more examples of our superiority. Look out to the horizon in any direction...someday it will all be ours!
Quixote
Senior Member...me falta ocho
 
1.Quixote, you are almost a senior member fwiw.

2.Approx 10% of your posts are new threads (all showing eerily similar thematic style)

3.What did you do with your creativity before you discovered this forum?
 
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ElChingon said:
It has all been summed up here in stunning color video :D, I see no need to expand on the explanation.

We are the Cyclists:

http://youtu.be/71JZgBLKMTs

ElChingon, As usual, your deft use of visual aides has answered a posted question. This video should be mandatory viewing in all public and private schools. (For the record, that dog was clearly not leashed).
 
mewmewmew13 said:
1.Quixote, you are almost a senior member fwiw.

2.Approx 10% of your posts are new threads (all showing eerily similar thematic style)

3.What did you do with your creativity before you discovered this forum?

Does this mean we only have to endure six more stupid threads?

It's a heck of a lot easier racking up post count by responding to existing threads. Get into a tiff with Dr. Maserati and you'll be at 200 in a day.
 
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mewmewmew13 said:
1.Quixote, you are almost a senior member fwiw.

2.Approx 10% of your posts are new threads (all showing eerily similar thematic style)

3.What did you do with your creativity before you discovered this forum?
mewmewmew13, your post has given me an opportunity to edge one post closer to my senior level dreams. Thanks for noticing my style, even though it's eerily similar...I'll take that as a compliment. It's really nothing too special...I'm just like everyone else here; the attendants put my pants on one leg at a time.
 
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What makes us (cyclists) superior to all other humans?
12. We believe a Snickers bar to be nutritional.
13. We don't fear traffic jams, however, a single goat head thorn can make for a very bad day.
14. If we are not actually superior to all other humans...there are ways to correct that (see clinic).
 
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16) Cool words and phrases like "Carbon Monocoque", "asymmetric frame design" and "lactate threshold"
17) We measure everything in the universal standard of measurement known as the percent: 20 percent more power, 15 percent stiffer, 5 percent lighter, 100 percent more expensive.
18) Our venues are entire countries.
 
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19. Watt produced the steam engine. We produce 100's of Watts for hours on end. That's like 100's of steam engines. Think about it.

20. Shaving legs doesn't take anything away from our machismo. It adds to it.
 
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Quixote said:
What makes us (cyclists) superior to all other humans?
12. We believe a Snickers bar to be nutritional.
13. We don't fear traffic jams, however, a single goat head thorn can make for a very bad day.
14. If we are not actually superior to all other humans...there are ways to correct that (see clinic).

We do?:eek: I thought it was just fatty food :p
 
Quixote said:
mewmewmew13, your post has given me an opportunity to edge one post closer to my senior level dreams. Thanks for noticing my style, even though it's eerily similar...I'll take that as a compliment. It's really nothing too special...I'm just like everyone else here; the attendants put my pants on one leg at a time.

I'm just wondering what happens when you reach 'senior level'...:confused:
 
mewmewmew13 said:
I'm just wondering what happens when you reach 'senior level'...:confused:

Nothing! The words Senior Member will be written under your username and... that's it!

Anyway!

26. Even if some car-drivers seem to think we only ride bikes because we can't afford cars, which would make us jealous of them, the truth is they are jealous of our ability to go around in a fastish depending on our physique, cheap, fuel-efficient, environmentally beneficial and healthy way. :cool: