how do u tell a mad cyclist from a sane one?

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Re: how do u tell a mad cyclist from a sane one?

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reohn2 wrote:
mercalia wrote:........He wasnt too young either maybe late 30's

Err,just a minute there!
He was in the prime of life!
It sounds as if he was proving it too!

Thinks..... .....what does that make me at 62 :(


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eileithyia wrote:My mum toured with a fixie......
But off road like this person is doing??

By some comments I'm not sure if other posters have realised this.
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MikeF wrote:
eileithyia wrote:My mum toured with a fixie......
But off road like this person is doing??

By some comments I'm not sure if other posters have realised this.


And what's not been posted is how high or low of a gear he was riding on.
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Re: how do u tell a mad cyclist from a sane one?

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reohn2 wrote:
MikeF wrote:
eileithyia wrote:My mum toured with a fixie......
But off road like this person is doing??

By some comments I'm not sure if other posters have realised this.


And what's not been posted is how high or low of a gear he was riding on.



dunno but he did ask at the YHA whether any one wanted the bike :lol: so he clearly realised he had been mad to do it.
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mercalia wrote: an antique.


Comes to us all eventually,so you're not immune :D
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mercalia wrote:dunno but he did ask at the YHA whether any one wanted the bike :lol: so he clearly realised he had been mad to do it.


That's not madness,that's miscalculation :wink:
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mercalia wrote:He wasnt too young either maybe late 30's


Having flashbacks to Logan's Run, here. Hmm, Jenny Agutter... :D
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brooksby wrote:Having flashbacks to Logan's Run, here. Hmm, Jenny Agutter... :D


Was there more to the film than Jenny Agutter? I don't remember for some reason
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GrumpyCyclist wrote:Was there more to the film than Jenny Agutter? I don't remember for some reason
That's exactly the same remark as I make, when talking about An American Werewolf in London. Why is that, I wonder? Probably something to do with the time the films were made (1970s/80s :roll: ). And perhaps something to do with the inestimable Ms A. :shock:
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