How do you distinguish a cyclist from "someone on a bike"
I was just thinking about this while I was eating a taco and comparing myself to one in the TDF who doesn't eat anything near a taco before a race.
Personally, I can tell if the person is a cyclist, if they are wearing a helmet. Not always is that an accurate representation but it seems that anyone who knows what they are doing wears a helmet. One exception I see to this is the guy on the full carbon road bike, lycra bib with 11 panel chamois, and his awesome cycling jersey, with no helmet. Just wondering what makes you distinguish one from the other? |
:facepalm:
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person on bike+bike moves=cyclist.
But I did not think about that answer much. |
I don't have the need to make such distinctions, so I don't bother.
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If they have a bike, it's moving, and they don't have someone with a name like "ghetto master p" wearing shorts halfway down their ass on the back of the bike whistling at girls, they're a cyclist. How good they are is a different matter of course.
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Fine.
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why does the helmet make the difference for you?
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Actually I don't know.
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Only if they wave.
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Shaven legs = cyclist
Hairy legs = weekend warrior Discuss. |
Originally Posted by Tapeworm21
(Post 9280998)
Shaven legs = cyclist
Hairy legs = weekend warrior Discuss. |
If you drive away a room full of people when you discuss your favorite hobby, you are a cyclist.
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Originally Posted by The Weak Link
(Post 9281040)
If you drive away a room full of people when you discuss your favorite hobby, you are a cyclist.
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Originally Posted by Tapeworm21
(Post 9280998)
Shaven legs = cyclist
Hairy legs = weekend warrior Discuss. |
Originally Posted by mzeffex
(Post 9280842)
I was just thinking about this while I was eating a taco and comparing myself to one in the TDF who doesn't eat anything near a taco before a race.
Personally, I can tell if the person is a cyclist, if they are wearing a helmet. Not always is that an accurate representation but it seems that anyone who knows what they are doing wears a helmet. One exception I see to this is the guy on the full carbon road bike, lycra bib with 11 panel chamois, and his awesome cycling jersey, with no helmet. Just wondering what makes you distinguish one from the other? http://www.tedsstuff.co.nz/easter07-23.jpg |
My criteria:
1. Would they look like a drunk or a bum if they weren't on a bike? 2. Are they riding against traffic and/or weaving in and out of cars? |
Originally Posted by caloso
(Post 9281118)
Originally Posted by johndavis
(Post 9281181)
My criteria:
1. Would they look like a drunk or a bum if they weren't on a bike? 2. Are they riding against traffic and/or weaving in and out of cars? |
If they're wearing a helmet and riding on the road (with traffic, of course), they're a "cyclist".
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Easy. If they are riding a bike, then they are a cyclist.
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I say clipless pedals makes someone a cyclist.
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I say riding a bicycle makes someone a cyclist. Imposing more conditions is snobbery, pure & simple. Now go get on your bike and be a cyclist.
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
(Post 9281244)
I say riding a bicycle makes someone a cyclist. Imposing more conditions is snobbery, pure & simple. Now go get on your bike and be a cyclist.
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Originally Posted by making
(Post 9281261)
Unless you immediately fall over.
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Wearing a helmet? I guess Eddy Merckx isn't a cyclist.
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Real cyclists wear headphones.
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Originally Posted by camhabib
(Post 9281037)
So you're saying you cannot be a serious cyclist unless you shave your legs? Is this some kind of right of passage like in an old indian tribe?
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Coming from me, this isn't snobbery, but more like thinking to myself, "That cyclist knows where he's going," or "What the hell is that guy going to do next?"
It's an intangible thing, though, and has more to do with how they're riding than what they're riding or wearing. It's having the saddle at the right height, pedaling with the balls of the feet, upper body cruising smoothly rather than bobbing side to side, able to hold a line, pedaling a decent cadence, wearing their helmet correctly (if they've got one, that is)... stuff like that. |
If seeing them makes you feel like an elite, judgemental snob, they're you're probably a cyclist too!!! :D JOKE.
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Originally Posted by camhabib
(Post 9281037)
So you're saying you cannot be a serious cyclist?
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I find out if they have a bikeforums account. If yes, they will never be worthy of the title of "cyclist".
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