When someone thinks you are a newbie... and you have been riding 4 years.

[Zen]

LOL! That reminds me......last year when I was in our LBS a cyclist guy that appeared to be in his mid 50's or so invited me to do the Arkansas Hilly 100. Then he studied me and added, "You'll need to train awhile for it." Whatever. Ol' coot.

Hmmm.
Mid 50's....old coot....how many women did you just dis'?

[sundial]

Hmmm.
Mid 50's....old coot....how many women did you just dis'?

You're an ol' coot when you act like one. TE'ers are exempt.

[bmccasland]

I got the "new to riding" saturday when I rode my cruiser to run a couple of errands. I was having trouble with my bike lock, and this man standing next to a beater bike drinking a beer (in a brown paper bag) asked me if I was new to biking? I think he meant "was I new to the forced-to-ride crowd because the Law has taken away my driver's license after my third DWI." Batted my eye lashes and told him that my other bike is a rode bike and I usually ride 20+ miles at a time on it. THIS bike is my run-around-the-neighborhood-bike, and I ride it just for fun. The lock is just being a pain.

[OakLeaf]

I actually had sort of an opposite experience one day this spring and it was kind of fun. There's a triathlete I've been on group road rides with before, a pretty strong guy. One day I passed across him in traffic - he was on his road bike going the opposite direction, I was on my grocery getter, in street clothes, with my backpack, panniers, and bunny-shaped squeeze horn. I waved at him and the double-take he did was priceless! He had to mention it the next time he saw me on my road bike.