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What's the worst piece of cycling advice you have been given


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Salesman: *Glances at me, looks at bike*

 

"There, thats the right height for your seat!"

 

The dude didn't even sell me the right size bike!

goodness i was naive back then...

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Can you please ride the race these cycling kit we had made in the corporate colours, yes the shorts are are really good quality (only shorts ever to wear a proper hole in my arse and you sweated like crazy in the jersey)

 

Chamois Cream is for sissies (in the above theme).

 

During epic training after many long rides: Just put rubbing alcohol on your arse when you are a bit chafed - it will clean up the infection and make things a bit tougher. It doesn't sting. I think I howled like a wolf...

 

But the all time worst I got was - if you are enjoying the ride then you need a road bike to go really fast. 20 years and countless tens of thousands of rands blown on bicycles.

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That moment when you open your eyes and there's a circle of helmeted heads looking down asking "are you ok?"

 

tuck and roll indeed .... landed on the roll around my middle ...

 

 

Two words... Camelbak! My portable pillow...
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Ja, ja, ja... Until you have had a cheap valve leaking down your leg (no euphemism), you haven't known the misery...

I have 2 Camelbaks, bought one before I knew what a 29er was, then I was forced to buy one for Tour de Tuli last year as we had to carry a minimum of 3litres into Zim because Uncle Knob was putting his people on water rations.

 

It's still covered in Shashi River dust.....

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