How many mistakes did I make this morning?
 

This morning, I went on a local charity ride. Paid $50 to ride on my usual roads, and got a few cookies and a bottle refill at an aid station. Did the ride on my Di2 bike, which has disc brakes and tubeless tires, wore my uber-expensive name-brand jersey, and used clipless pedals. (And somehow managed to NOT fall over.) Oh, and at one point I hopped on a guy's wheel without asking permission, and I also didn't wave at anyone.

From what I've read on bf, many posters think I did at least one (probably several things) wrong this morning. But somehow, I managed to have a good time.

Most importantly did you wear a helmet?

Did you talk to a female rider?

A couple details you didn’t mention: how long were your socks, and what kind of chain lube do you use? Might have really screwed up in one of those areas.

Did you check the dumpsters along the route for partially-consumed bottles of vodka? Or bike-mountable golf club holders? ;)

Bragging...Trolling...or...???
meh, who cares...

New here, but, just for clarification, if you rode that route within the last 7 days, did you call it a century ride? And we’re you able to avoid the bike lane to ride the road and sidewalks?

Again as a newer cyclist, I’m still trying to learn….definitely more to this cycling thingy than I thought.

This post, maybe?

Did you inflate the tires to 140 psi?

Did you wave?

Ahem.

Poseur; Elitist Snob.

That is all.:thumb:

Mistake #1. Just give money directly and avoid the overhead.

Mistake #2, but at least it was "only" $50. It would have been twice as much here, albeit in CA dollars.

Mistake #3, unless "a few" is $50 worth of cookies and blow.

But you probably did sign a piece of paper (or electronic equivalent) that waived all of your rights. (Mistake #4, if so.)

Well, in fairness, your wife paid me to do this.

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Must have been an unnecessary gratuity since when a man says something in the woods and no one hears him, he is still wrong.

After reading this thread further, it is obvious that you made all the mistakes.

If you rode a DF bike you did everything wrong.

Was the charity for some disease or injury you or a family member suffers from?

​​​​​​​Now I know you’re lying. My wife would never pay good money to outsource work that she’s happy to do herself.

There's a thread for ride reports. Your mistake was not posting in that thread.

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...er-2022-a.html

Was the bike made of steel and the wheels made of aluminum? With a Brooks saddle? Stan's sealant? More than 10% made in China? And did you eat any snake before the ride?
And on a road??? Without daytime lights? I am shocked that you survived.

Did you ride an e-bike and not pedal - even with ‘fake out’ clipless pedals?

Did you hit any squirrels? Bonus points.

Were you completely sober?

did you look for a dumpster to rummage through?

The charity ride was only $5. You made a mistake and thought it was $50.

​​​​​​​I never said it was good money.

If you did all those things ironically, it was a performance masterpiece.