Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - I CANNOT HAVE THIS WHILE RIDING! What's Yers"?

One thing that really bugs me, I cannot have this! Is toenals of any length!:p

Eegads! If I ride with long toenails, it bugs the carp outta me! If I cut them and don't file and round the edges just right, it's annoying! Sometimes the corner of my nail will stick the toe next to it. Gotta be smmoth and uniform! Just can't deal with the discomfort!

Bad enough going to work, but riding with jagged nails? Yikes!

What's yer per peave when it comes to riding? No dirty underwear claims. We don't ride with undies, you know that!:mad:

Flats. Grrrr.

A bike rattle of any kind sets me off

Ice.

A Crash! I hate banging myself up. :p

Sweat running down my sunglasses, obscuring my vision, I hate that.

A bike rattle of any kind sets me off


Aw! Oh! Don't get me sarted!:D

Sweat running down my sunglasses, obscuring my vision, I hate that.


Oh! AW! Geeze! I didn't think this one thru well enough before I posted! But then , do I ever?:D

I hate dust , waterspots, scratches anything that is on the lens. Seems to disturb my vision. Maybe stems from that ugly aura thingy I see during migraines!:eek:

Rattles drive me nuts too. Bike, car, whatever, I want it to be smooth.

People mindlessly walking in front of me and cars that make right turns without bothering to look to see me on my bicycle. Darn inconsiderate people!!!!:notamused:

Pedestrians (and other cyclists) on MUPs who listen to music at full blast or are yammering in their cellphones, walking on paths wherever they please. Once in I had to almost yell in a pod-person's ear and tap him on his shoulder to get his attention so I could pass. (This was after several polite and far less intrusive attempts.)

Rattles, squeeks, and creaky noises.

I also hate red lights that won't recognize I'm at the intersection.

I hate when people pass me, makes me feel slow.

Broken Spoke.

Sweat running down my sunglasses, obscuring my vision, I hate that.

My worst accident was caused by sweat running into my eyes, and in trying to rub them I went onto a gravel shoulder and went down. Now I always wear a headband if I'm not wearing any other head covering.

I never considered this a peeve though. My pet peeves that occured while riding my bike are chapped lips and hangnails and for years I never left home without Chapstick or a nail clipper. I've gotten over the Chapstick and haven't used it in years but I still travel with a nailclipper everywhere.

My interpretation of the OP is that things like flats, broken spokes, rattles, ice, mindless (non-cycling) people and crashes are annoyances germane to cycling, but peeves are personal inscrutables that usually don't bother most people.

People who are afraid of mentioning my structural problems to me.

Lets see........Cycling pet peeves huh??


Okay, I'll shwing


Dirty bikes (my own, I could give a sh't less about anybody elses)

Greasy, grundgy, dirty chains!

Anybody in my way (I dont want to stop, and I dont want to un-clip)

Motorists who cant keep their yaps shut!

Wheels out of true!

Wife dresses me everyday for work and she's not nice about it. :notamused:.........It dont have anything to do with cycling, but still......

creaky cranks

Cars that pass too close. Few things set me off like feeling the suction from a sideview mirror sweeping past my head.

Riding into the wind first only to have a front go through and ensure that the return leg is also into the wind.

People who are afraid of mentioning my structural problems to me.

Dude! Bau already covered this, it's because you're well endowed. THAT's why you're hunched over.

V

Dude! Bau already covered this, it's because you're well endowed. THAT's why you're hunched over.

V

I know that, and some women do, but that's not what I meant. I'm recalling conversations along the lines of:

The Historian: What sort of clipless are you riding? I've thought about trying clipless again.

Real Cyclist: Well, you know, you can be a good cyclist and not ride clipless.

TH: Yeah, but I'd still like to try it again.

RC: Well, you know, you might not find it works for you.

TH: Why?

RC: Well, ah, it's... (RC stares at TH's legs) ...it's just not for everyone.

TH: Why?

RC: Oh look at the time! I gotta go. Nice riding with you!

Bah! Forget them! If you want to ride clipless ride clipless. Heck, you were brave enough to take your shirt off on a hiking trail, which is more than I would do. I would suffer the heat vs. show my fat to the world, so kudo's to you.

Back to the OP's thread though... Peeve's of mine:

Shaving the night before and getting a chaffed face due to the helmet strap.

Having to take a wiz every 20 minutes due to my small bladder and riding position.

Sweat running onto my glasses (as others have mentioned), or into my eye's.


V

Bah! Forget them!


I do, unless I find it amusing to see them struggle to avoid mentioning 'it'. :)

Also people that feed the ducks on the mup instead of the grass that is right next to the path. the ducks don't move and they crap all over the path.

Amish Buggys pulled by horses that crap all over the road.

Seems people forget to mention this when they talk about how wonderful the Pennsylvania Dutch country is to bike in

Amish Buggys pulled by horses that crap all over the road.

Seems people forget to mention this when they talk about how wonderful the Pennsylvania Dutch country is to bike in

You don't know how to ride around the road apples?

You don't know how to ride around the road apples?

On a bike yes. But I was criusing in my beautifully detailed MINI Cooper the other day, and came back and there was poo all over it. I prefer my roads poo free:p

poop free roads, new "man law"

Headwinds.

Lets see........Cycling pet peeves huh??

Wife dresses me everyday for work and she's not nice about it. :notamused:.........It dont have anything to do with cycling, but still......

This is your fault. You need to start shopping for yourself.

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Ok, peeves for me. Only a couple (for bicycling, anyway).

1. When riding the bike path, people who don't understand what "ON YOUR LEFT!!" Means. Don't look at me funny. I'm letting you know I'm passing, and I don't want to run you over, getting your blood on my tires.

2. Bicyclists, when riding the bike path, don't yell "ON YOUR LEFT!!" when passing, nearly causing an accident, because I can't see you, and certainly don't hear you. You run my kid over pulling this crap, I'm trashing your bike.

3. Flats.Flats.Flats.Flats.Flats.. If it's not me, it's my 10 YO kid getting flats. I need solid rubber tires that don't wear down, and don't pinch.

Wife dresses me everyday for work and she's not nice about it. :notamused:.........It dont have anything to do with cycling, but still......

You have a woman advising you on your clothes, and you complain about it?!? Dude, consider yourself lucky! I occasionally get advice from one of my housemates, age 25 and very attractive. (Guys, before you ask, no, we aren't. :) ) I got rid of a couple of shirts on her advice: "Neil, those are so 1980s." And I kept a pair of shoes I was going to give to Goodwill after she told me I was nuts to get rid of them.

Having to take a wiz every 20 minutes due to my small bladder and riding position.



reverse action camelbak?

reverse action camelbak?

I don't think I could bring myself to put a catheter in myself... let alone ride with one! :lol:

V

I don't think I could bring myself to put a catheter in myself... let alone ride with one! :lol:

V

If you made them out of titanium and carbon fiber ... SOMEONE would buy one. :roflmao2:

You have a woman advising you on your clothes, and you complain about it?!? Dude, consider yourself lucky! .



Huh??:eek:

Who said anything about advising me??!!..........she dresses me like a kid fer gawds sake!! :roflmao2:

Seriously tho, I am lucky in the fact that I met up with her under less than ideal circumstances in Oct. '76.

How was I to know I was going to marry her three months later in Jan. '77. :eek:

People who run stop signs while I am crossing and then freak out and stop in the middle of the road so that I can hit them.

Drivers who pass too close to me. (I have threatened to start carrying a paint gun for these people.)
Families who take up the whole MUP by walking right down the middle side-by-side. (They also move to their left when you say "on your left")
Pet owners who let their dogs poop on the sidewalk and don't pick it up.

I wear a cycling cap under my helmet all summer because I don't want to sunburn my shiny head. When I start sweating (which is almost immediately), I get this annoying bead of sweat on the brim of the cap, and it sort of 'rolls' back and forth at the top of my field of vision until it's heavy enough to fall off.
I find myself reaching up to blot it with the back of my glove, just because it annoys the heck out of me.

I wear a cycling cap under my helmet all summer because I don't want to sunburn my shiny head. When I start sweating (which is almost immediately), I get this annoying bead of sweat on the brim of the cap, and it sort of 'rolls' back and forth at the top of my field of vision until it's heavy enough to fall off.
I find myself reaching up to blot it with the back of my glove, just because it annoys the heck out of me.

I wear a cycling cap also.
I have the brim on my neck
When the temp gets above 90*, I also cover my ears and the back of my neck.
Try that, see what you get?

Presta valves.

I mean, is this progress?

My peeves include,
1. Arrogant little roadie snobs who think there better then averyone!
2. Cars who pass too close to me!

10 degree weather. P's me off. Yes, it's rideable, but not as nice as 50 or 75.

Huh??:eek:

Who said anything about advising me??!!..........she dresses me like a kid fer gawds sake!! :roflmao2:



You ride a bike, correct? :)

Idiots who decide to take a break and leave their bikes in the middle of the MUP. One today was sitting on the concrete, with the bike in the middle of the southbound lane. His riding buddy was on the back of the trike, texting.

Gnat swarms on the MUP. Amish buggies on the bike lane of the Holmes County Trail.

I hate it when you get a weaver riding at the front of the pack, you know the guys who are all over the place. That and people who don't inform pack of road hazards. Other than that it's all good. Oh one more only one fritter left when you get to the bakery.

As has been said-

- Sweat running down my glasses, and

- Rattles

yes i agree with the guy up front who weaves.

i rode with one guy so bad that when he gets over tired he swerves as if to break off and let you pull through. i didnt know this till the end and he almost caused 4 crashes in the last 10 miles.

racer wannabes

the guy who races everybody to the coffee stop, stops then rides with the casual group and trys to race them back. he also likes to give you racing tips against your will.

the guy with the 100 dollar bike that craps all over your bike because its too expensive and a waste of money because bikes are all the same and will tell you why also against your will.

also the the polar opposite of ^^ where the guy spent 8k between his bike parts and his "rare" full kit and makes it known how superior his steed is compared to yours

the weather man. oh how fun running right into a big thunderstorm when predicted to go the opposite of the direction you chose because of him

ride organizers that claim that the ride isnt flat but there isnt much climbing forgetting the 3 mountains in between. i enjoy the climbing because of the descents but when your friends are not in shape for that type of ride it sure puts a damper on things.

which leads me to friends that dont put the time in to be able to ride as described above.

people who make false claims about their riding ability just to 1up you then bonks half way in on a 4+ hour ride.