Talking to oneself?

[glueman]

Yes, especially when I'm suffering. In me audaxing days the last fifty miles was a non-stop monologue of self pity and unrepeatable words.

[thirdcrank]

I tend to think of talking to oneself as a very 'U' activity. (Not at all like talking to yourself.)

[PW]

Talking to yourself is fine, the problems start when you answer back!
(My former boss used to have long arguments with himself when he thought no-one was listening).

[Neil Fat Man On A Bike]

Yes I talk to myself.
And have the occasional burst of song.
I do often find myself talking to sheep or cows when I cycle pass.
Last week I even caught myself waving at Maggie the horse she didn't wave back though
.......... "why the long face?"

[grw]

Find that I've been whistling to myself recently. Yesterday while out on the mountain bike, I got stuck with The Anvil Chorus which merged into 'Memories' from Cats. I don't know why these in particular. When I'm out of breath, I can't whistle, and end up blowing pointlessly... people can hear me coming when I'm whislting on singletrack...grw

[glueman]

I got stuck with The Anvil Chorus which merged into 'Memories' from Cats.

Insistent tunes are a real cycling hazard! There's something about a particular cadence and the pitch of wheels on the road that suggest a melody, then it grows into a musical virus which occupies every part of the brain. In my case it's usually banal stuff I haven't heard for 20 years.

[Si]

I got stuck with The Anvil Chorus which merged into 'Memories' from Cats.

Insistent tunes are a real cycling hazard! There's something about a particular cadence and the pitch of wheels on the road that suggest a melody, then it grows into a musical virus which occupies every part of the brain. In my case it's usually banal stuff I haven't heard for 20 years.

This was one of my dirty tricks in my competative days - start singing, whistling or humming a really annoying tune in the pack and it will soon spread, causing chaos throughout! The Frog Chorus was one of my faves.

[TOMMY]

I fell alot better after reading this thead, It's not just me. I moo and baa at the animals then relise what I'm doing and have to have a good look around incase someone saw me.

[toontra]

On audaxes I always seem to be singing loudly along with my MP3 player when I'm passed by a cyclist who appears from out of nowhere. Slightly embarrassing.

[PW]

I'm currently having a conversation with the pet rabbit which is chewing my slippers.

[random37]

I'm a bit of a natureboy, living on the boat, surrounded by wildlife.
Unfortunately, because I whistle to myself now I almost never see any of it.
Never used to whistle and when I did I saw something interesting most days.

[UrbanManc]

Ahhh songs to sing whilst riding , how about this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10dmK7O-KSY

[Flinders]

Yes, I talk to myself, the bike, the potholes, the sheep- sometimes I even rehearse arguments in advance.

And tunes do seem to 'stick' more when cycling than when doing anything else. I wonder- is it because the thing that sticks has the same rhythm as the cadence you're using? It isn't only pop tat that sticks- I once got stuck with a movement from the Faure requiem (which we'd just been singing) for about 30 miles (I don't cycle very fast, so a requiem is a more likely sticker for me than the flight of the bumble bee). It was driving me insane by the end, I just couldn't shake it off- classical 'stickers' are just as bad as pop ones once they've really wedged in the mind.

[AlanD]

Let's face it, It's the only way one can get a throughly stimulating discussion with someone who understands you and who won't interrupt.

Lats year whilst on a cycling holiday in France with a group, whilst skirting round this field I burst into singing Fairport Convention's 'Matty Groves' , "And I will strike the very next blow and I'll kill you if I can".
Never could get the hang of that verse where the servant runs off though.