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Things only a cyclist would think...

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Belgium is a great sporting nation.
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'Things only a cyclist would think', surely not , perhaps football fans might think likewise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXw_8aZ_BA
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Man City fans are quite fond of Kevin De Bruyne I believe, there must be a big bike shed at Maine Rd..
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Man City fans are quite fond of Kevin De Bruyne I believe, there must be a big bike shed at Maine Rd..


That may be something else only a cyclist would think. Man City moved nearly twenty years ago.
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:oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: , :lol: The Etihad or 'City of Manchester Stadium' (never noticed it being called that on the telly) of course, I'm still in the 8 speed era in most things. Goal ! thirdcrank.
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colin54 wrote:'... football ...


I am not familiar with this thing you are saying here.
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Me neither as has just been proved beyond doubt... :)
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"I,ve got good legs today"
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I'me bonking. :shock:
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The biggest difference between my thinking and non-cyclists that I notice is the meaning of distance.

I ride my bike 10 miles to work and non-cyclist colleagues think it is an achievement. Cyclist colleagues often have nothing to say about it, but if they do, it is about the bike, the route, or the weather.

Similarly, if I talk about last year's tour, non-cyclists want to know how far (and are impressed when I tell them). Cyclists ask which route I took, or want to know if I found any good camping spots. :lol:
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Please to name Ten Famous Belgians :wink:
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Vorpal wrote: 5 May 2021, 1:42pmI ride my bike 10 miles to work and non-cyclist colleagues think it is an achievement. Cyclist colleagues often have nothing to say about it, but if they do, it is about the bike, the route, or the weather.

Similarly, if I talk about last year's tour, non-cyclists want to know how far (and are impressed when I tell them). Cyclists ask which route I took, or want to know if I found any good camping spots. :lol:
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Cyril Haearn wrote: 5 May 2021, 2:55pm Please to name Ten Famous Belgians :wink:
Hercules Poirot and nine chocolates? :wink:
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In a cafe:

Hmmmm which cake has most calories?
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Why are all bicycles female? (Despite contrary evidence of a top tube).
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Cyril Haearn wrote: 5 May 2021, 2:55pm Please to name Ten Famous Belgians :wink:
"French" Fries for one.

Then there's Charlemagne, the Breughels, Rubens, Solvay (he of the Process), Van Dyck, Sax (O'Phone), Simenon, Magritte, Jacques Brel, Audrey Hepburn, Jacky Ickx, Eddie Wossname, Hergé...

And "feelthy French novels" were originally written in London then taken over to Belgium for printing, because the laws there weren't so draconian and they probably didn't care about English anyway.
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