What dumb stuff have men said to YOU since taking up cycling???

[DirtDiva]

...and he says...... "Your legs are like tree trunks. You look really good!"

I believe the correct response to this is "All the better to kick your arse with!"

[short cut sally]

The legs like tree trunks "complimate" has reminded me of 2 compliments that I have received. First, I was visiting a long time friend, people in her culture are very small framed and slender. They gave me my first ever pedicure as a gift while visiting, and the one girl asked if I worked out, and I had replied that I rode a bicycle. She then replied, "your legs are huge". Okay, so much for the self asteem there, after losing weight and thinking to myself, my legs are finally getting slimmer. I am of the pear shaped figure, and my calves are probably as big as their thighs! The second so compliment was I just finished a 55 mile bike ride on a 20mph wind day, and a semi-retired gentleman came to visit my DH and I was telling him that I was riding bike in his neck of the woods. I was wearing baggy pants, he looked at me, then to my covered legs, and back up to me then stated "you must have legs like a gorilla". I started to laugh..what else do you say to a "compliment" like that!

[Trek420]

shelly :he looked at me, then to my covered legs, and back up to me then stated "you must have legs like a gorilla". I started to laugh..what else do you say to a "compliment" like that!

"yes, as a matter of fact I do have legs like a gorilla, want to see me pick up twigs with my toes?" or.....


"almost, but I shave mine" or....


"yes I do, but that's better than dragging my knuckles on the ground like a gorilla like you do" or......


ok, heading off to work, plan to ride today. I'm wondering what my coworker will say THIS time. This itty bitty gal is full of advice for the rest "all I eat is this, I never eat that" crits everyones food and lunch choices including a gal who's lost 80+ lbs with diet changes and excercise and another who is very obese now going to the gym, makeing a start.

I'm thinking next time just "you, me, running the stairs, any day, any time".

[Veronica]

Maybe itty bitty girl is trying to be helpful. If not, "Shut the frack up." works well.

V.

[mtbdarby]

LMAO. Such a funny thread!
Had a "first date" with a guy from Match Sunday. Did a 20 mile road ride into a 20 mile an hour head wind. He starts off not wearing a helmut (idiot) to asking how fast I ride. I explain I'm a hill slug so I want to hit some hills and work on it, so he dusts me on the hills (I believe the word ******* escaped my lips a few times). Macho man blows a tire 10 miles into it (chubby boy!), but I digress.....when he met me for the ride, I'm in my biking shorts and jersey and ready to try out my new bike saddle (still got a sore), and he says "I never would have recognized you from your picture". Is that a good thing or not? He says "yeah, it's a good thing. You look much better in person".

Think it was the bike shorts????? lol. Men....

[Trek420]

mtbdarby reports "he says "I never would have recognized you from your picture". Is that a good thing or not? He says "yeah, it's a good thing. You look much better in person"."

Houston, we have progress! Sounds like an actual compliment...and from a man no less!

And men, if you're lurking reading this take note of what NOT to say to a woman ;-)

And V, yeah, itty-bitty gal is probably just trying to help

[bikerchick68]

I believe the correct response to this is "All the better to kick your arse with!"

bwahahhahahahhaha! THAT would have been the perfect response... I may have thought of it if I hadn't been so completely floored... I was just sitting there with my mouth hanging slack... LOL

well, at least I know now I'm not the only one hearing rather pathetic, back handed compliments... clearly some people are really obtuse!

[limewave]

One of the first times my husband and I rode together he had to make the comment "Your butt jiggles alot when you ride."

The last ride we took my husband said "you sure do look a lot different since the last time I rode with you." Being that I was 8 months pregnant at this time I was waiting for a repeat of the "jiggling" comment, instead I got "your legs are really toned. Must be from pushing all that baby weight uphill." I was so relieved. He's learning . . . sort of.

[DirtDiva]

It's hard to believe that people actually said some of these - too funny.

The one I hate is the variations on "you look good when you try" I sometimes get when I make the effort to dress up for something, usually from my mother. I love her dearly, but she just does't seem to appreciate jeans, well-loved t-shirts, hair in need of cutting and no make-up the way I do.

[skibum]

I had a guy tell me recently that I had the biggest calf muscles he's ever seen on a woman. I think he meant it in a good way. The way he said it sounded like a compliment but still... most women don't want any of their body parts referred to as being big. Couldn't he have just said 'nice calves'?

[Trekhawk]

lol - well I guess we have to cut men some slack because if they were perfect well then um I think that would make them women.

Tlkiwi - man you make me laugh. I nearly had my cuppa tea squirting out of my nose. Lucky Im not in an office at work. Only spectator was my 4 year old who thought I was trying to do a cool trick.

[Geonz]

Most common comment to me is "nice socks" when I'm tooling by in my sneakers, toe clips and novelty socks (I like to wear the ones with the dancing turtles for events).

Did a century with three first-timers this Saturday. We had 25 mph winds and a little bit of hail - but everybody finished and was still walking :-) :-) When the sag wagon came by, we just laughed and waved 'em on. (THere was some real eye candy there, too - pegged him as cute in his car as we pulled up, but then I saw him at the rest stop and he has a smile that comes from oh, the inner core of his spirit or something. Just nice to dodge the wind for awhile wtih him - and a toe clip fellow, too!)

[DirtDiva]

Oops - never meant to endanger your sinuses Trekhawk. Here's hoping your four-year-old doesn't try to master your "cool trick."

[Pedal Wench]

Shoot, girl, I think it was ME who said that! Seriously, you've got amazing definition, not size. In fact, inquiring minds wanna know what can one do so one can look JUST LIKE YOU! Really - running, lifting? I want 'nice calves' too! Trust me, it was meant as a compliment!

I had a guy tell me recently that I had the biggest calf muscles he's ever seen on a woman. I think he meant it in a good way. The way he said it sounded like a compliment but still... most women don't want any of their body parts referred to as being big. Couldn't he have just said 'nice calves'?

[Trek420]

Pedal Wench "Seriously, you've got amazing definition, not size."

anyway isn't it the GUYS who say it's not the size it's what you do with it or they say sumthin' like that.