"I can't remember your name but..."

[Wanlock Dod]

spotted on road.cc

[Mike Sales]

I found that I could recognise friends on their bikes from a fair distance by their pedalling style and their position on the bike.

[drossall]

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!

[Mike Sales]

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.

[mattheus]

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?

[Audax67]

Murphy?

[colin54]

George Dawes ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8060iBKps20

[Mike Sales]

Murphy?

King Edward of course.

[kylecycler]

Murphy?

King Edward of course.

Suppose it's better than Spud.

[Cyril Haearn]

Gerhard Schroeder, German politrickian:
'What's your name?'
'Schmidt'
'Ja Ja, I know that, I mean your first name!'

[landsurfer]

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 ...