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

[latelatebloomer]

I'm still smarting from something a coworker said yesterday. I proudly told him that I had ridden 13 miles on Sunday (that's my best so far, and I've battled that up from a very shaky 3 miles in the spring! It's been the hardest work of my life!) and he said, "I guess that's good for a start."

[Blueberry]

It's been the hardest work of my life!) and he said, "I guess that's good for a start."

Grrr......That comment and the bike shop manager who said "YOU cycle" make me *really* mad. How insensitive. There are *many* days where I feel like 13 miles is a LOT and I certainly don't want someone telling me it isn't. And I sure don't want someone looking at me and telling me I don't look like a ride. My brother in law made that mistake. He won't make it again (actually, he made a comment along the lines of my big chain ring being large and he didn't think I could really pedal it, and a comment about "posers" having bikes in their living rooms - some of us don't have garages - though we *could* talk about the extra set of wheels with winter tires for his sports car that reside in a closet...).

A start. Harumph. That's more exercise than the majority of this country gets in a week - heck - probably a month.

Keep riding and don't let it get to you. Do what's a good workout FOR YOU!

And DO NOT support the bike shop that made that comment. You do not have to be a size 2 to be athletic. More shop managers need to realize that.

[bikerchick68]

LLB- now see! THAT is exactly what I mean... he most likely didn't mean it to sound that way... ugh! just not thinking...

13 miles is GREAT my friend... I was on a "Long Distance" forum just the other day and here is something I stumbled across... a discussion over what distance exactly is "long distance"...here's the quote:

"I said then and I'll say again I think Lon Haldeman's definition should suffice:

Long distance is just going farther than you have before.

If it works for Lon I think it's worth considering."

Lon Halderman and Susan Notorangelo are a husband-and wife team who are both two-time winners of the Race Across America (RAAM).

so LLB, YOU are a long distance cyclist!

[Trekhawk]

LLB- now see! THAT is exactly what I mean... he most likely didn't mean it to sound that way... ugh! just not thinking...
13 miles is GREAT my friend... I was on a "Long Distance" forum just the other day and here is something I stumbled across... a discussion over what distance exactly is "long distance"...here's the quote:
"I said then and I'll say again I think Lon Haldeman's definition should suffice:
Long distance is just going farther than you have before.
If it works for Lon I think it's worth considering."
Lon Halderman and Susan Notorangelo are a husband-and wife team who are both two-time winners of the Race Across America (RAAM).
so LLB, YOU are a long distance cyclist!

bikerchick68 - I love that definition.

[archibella]

lol! this thread is great I think the strangest/funniest thing a guy (I've actually heard this on two separate occasions now) has ever said was during a breakfast break on a ride: "did you know you left your lights on?"

because (semi-sarcastic) you know I might not be able to start my bike if my battery dies...

[Trekhawk]

lol! this thread is great I think the strangest/funniest thing a guy (I've actually heard this on two separate occasions now) has ever said was during a breakfast break on a ride: "did you know you left your lights on?"
because (semi-sarcastic) you know I might not be able to start my bike if my battery dies...

archibella - lol I love that.

[Trekhawk]

I'm still smarting from something a coworker said yesterday. I proudly told him that I had ridden 13 miles on Sunday (that's my best so far, and I've battled that up from a very shaky 3 miles in the spring! It's been the hardest work of my life!) and he said, "I guess that's good for a start."

latelate - dont worry about what your coworker said God gave some of us fewer brain cells.

Well done on the ride, you and I will make that century yet.