Four types of road cyclist

[I like Skol]

Where is the Badass category?

 

[Tin Pot]

Where is the Badass category?

 

[kiriyama]

I guess I'm a commuter /sport. As I would be sport but due to work and family the majority of my rides tend to be extended commutes. Right about the fitness though, it's fun overtaking mamils at the weekends.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Can we have a Refuses to be categorised category...?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

There is one kind of road cyclist. They are characterised by the fact that they ride a road bike (as described by the UCI) on a road.

I thought a road cyclist was someone who rode a bicycle on a road.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Where is the Badass category?

This man owns it

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

+1 for the comments about ice tyres. Some of my best commutes over the last winter were using the studded tyres on icy roads.

 

[Ian H]

'Wannabee' in the first section begs the question, wannabee what? Another category, not mentioned?

 

[HLaB]

I think in the past I've been in the latter two categories with a hint of the first but I've gradually shifted to the other end of the scale, not really doing any utility cycling and I've not commuted since the start of December.

 

[raleighnut]

This man owns it

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Now that's 'Resistance' training.

 

[I like Skol]

Where is the Badass category?

This man owns it

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Now that's 'Resistance' training.

I was doing that at the age of 13 down the old railway cutting when it flooded in winter. Didn't do my BB much good but it was excellent preparation for a Manchester commute

 

[Accy cyclist]

I don't commute so 3/4 but I'm to old to be a mamil

How old are you? The first two letters in mamil means middle aged. Are you in your 70's maybe?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm in between sport and recreational. I prefer heavier puncture proof tyres not light puncture prone ones and i don't bother with taking bits off the bike to save a few grams in weight. I only wear lycra but i prefer walkable mountain bike soles to slippery road soles.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I'm a club cyclist, have been for 34 years, I wear club kit and Lycra, some of my bikes are racing bikes, I don't wannabe anything that I'm not already.

 

[summerdays]

I am a little of each... Smallest part is the sports one.... I use Strava.... The greatest match is the commuter.... But I've gaffa tape holding on my mudguard for the last 6 months!