Comments on: All Cyclists Are Liars

By: tognini2005

tognini2005 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:15:21 +0000

My Favorite is “the race just wasnt hard enough for me to win” It makes me laff each time I hear it.

By: bob burns

bob burns — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:35:02 +0000

I’ve been sick and barely touched my bike for the last week.

By: Cycling Maven

Cycling Maven — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:50:29 +0000

Thanks Marck. I’ve exploited lie three a few times myself — shame it didn’t help.

By: Marck Goran Lorencin

Marck Goran Lorencin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:54:29 +0000

Well written, made me laugh, especially the LIE #3 is very very true …most recreational cyclist I know are behaving like they are some sord of under cover pro-tuor cyclists, it’s getting really hard not to spot one of those these days

By: Trøll

Trøll — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:02:41 +0000

Well, first there are bicycle rollers . That combined with core, circuit and weight training in the gym is the main part of winter workout. Occasionally I go onto the track and if there is snow cross country skiing is nice aswell or the MTB. Else it means a lot of riding on wet and dirty roads through rain and/or cold, but that could also be said for spring and autumn.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:15:42 +0000

Not so strange when you consider a lot of TT suits have long sleeves these days

But if you shaved your arms it would save you a few grams of weight, that must be worth it right??

I once had a LBS tell me to take the valve caps off the tyres to save a few grams, wtf!!??

By: Cycling Maven

Cycling Maven — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:21:22 +0000

I couldn’t imagine doing a winter in the snow as a cyclist. I complain about the Melbourne winter as it is.

By: Cycling Maven

Cycling Maven — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:19:31 +0000

World Track Masters are in Portugal this year gun... time to make your comeback?

Re: shaven pins... Yeah, I'll concede it may have an effect at PRO level - in TT's.

I've (and I dare say you) have never seen any documented evidence on this though. It's all word of mouth.

That said, even at PRO level if it had a significant time benefit in TT's, most PRO's don't shave their arms - strange? Wouldn't it be a team requirement if there was a legitimate benefit?

I wonder if there's any decent evidence out there to confirm this...

By: Trøll

Trøll — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:51:20 +0000

Well, well.…
About your lie number one. I don’t see anything wrong with tight lycra clothes, actually I believe anybody on a road bike not wearing bibs needs a serious beating because that looks really ridiculous. Though some colour combinations and designs are criminal, like that Pantani pink-yellow. And since the chances are zero that I’ll ever be the leader of the giro I guess i’ll never wear that tight PINK clothing.
That leads right to number two. The first thing I did as I started cycling was shaving my legs so I wouldn’t be the odd one. But I’ve seen quite a lot of recreational cyclists with unshaven legs and face it, unshaven legs and bibs, that combination looks like shit. I actually have a mate who quit cycling because he really stood to his word about the not shaving but he also couldn’t bear the the look of that combination.

But really true is that last one. Nearly every time I meet one of my mates and we start talking… “oh I’m not doing much training at all, exams/work/girlfriend(lol)/…“
Well, I’ll see how much of that is true as soon as the season begins again. Can’t wait ’til all the snow is finally gone.

By: staplegun

staplegun — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:09:00 +0000

Classic- i'm buying a new bike at the moment, had to get the same colour so the wife wouldn't notice...

And Fergs- shaved legs are faster, its like 1-2 seconds for a 40km time trial at 40km/hr (and dimpled golf balls fly a lot further). Obviously you're right about the real reasons though as none of us are close to winning the Tour.

As for the newbie/ non-cyclist comment about shaven legs and lycra looking stupid/gay/etc- the only decent response i've come across in 15 years is "No bro, it would just look sh*t on you because your untanned, fat and unfit!