"I can't remember your name but..."
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"I can't remember your name but..."
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I found that I could recognise friends on their bikes from a fair distance by their pedalling style and their position on the bike.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Re: "I can't remember your name but..."
Me too. And, in my first club, it was not unknown for a rider to be called by the name of his bike, as opposed to by his own name. Of course, that was when bikes were kept for long enough for the practice to make sense, and riders only had one bike!
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drossall wrote:Me too. And, in my first club, it was not unknown for a rider to be called by the name of his bike, as opposed to by his own name. Of course, that was when bikes were kept for long enough for the practice to make sense, and riders only had one bike!
Our slowest rider sat on his Dawes Lightning like a sack of potatoes. You can guess what we called him.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Mike Sales wrote:drossall wrote:Me too. And, in my first club, it was not unknown for a rider to be called by the name of his bike, as opposed to by his own name. Of course, that was when bikes were kept for long enough for the practice to make sense, and riders only had one bike!
Our slowest rider sat on his Dawes Lightning like a sack of potatoes. You can guess what we called him.
Lightning?
Re: "I can't remember your name but..."
George Dawes ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8060iBKps20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8060iBKps20
Nu-Fogey
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Audax67 wrote:Murphy?
King Edward of course.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
- kylecycler
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Mike Sales wrote:Audax67 wrote:Murphy?
King Edward of course.
Suppose it's better than Spud.
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Gerhard Schroeder, German politrickian:
'What's your name?'
'Schmidt'
'Ja Ja, I know that, I mean your first name!'
'What's your name?'
'Schmidt'
'Ja Ja, I know that, I mean your first name!'
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Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Gerhard Schroeder, German politrickian:
'What's your name?'
'Schmidt'
'Ja Ja, I know that, I mean your first name!'
With your love of Safety Cameras have you been watching the series CAPTURE on the BBC .... Thought provoking ...
“Quiet, calm deliberation disentangles every knot.”
Be more Mike.
The road goes on forever.
Be more Mike.
The road goes on forever.