Stupid Cycling Questions . . .

[BumbleBeeDave]

Tomorrow is the official National Ask A Stupid Question Day, according to an AP wire report I just read.

Soooo . . . In honor of this upcoming auspicious day, what is the stupidest cycling related question you have EVER heard? (Besides THIS one, of course.)

BBD

[OldDog]

Do you have to pedal it?

[David Kirk]

"Will the Serotta 'S' bend chainstays make my knees hurt?"

Top that. I couldn't make this stuff up.

Dave

[swoop]

"how much does it weigh?"

[BumbleBeeDave]

"Will the Serotta 'S' bend chainstays make my knees hurt?"

Top that. I couldn't make this stuff up.

Dave

I wondered why my knees hurt! :crap: :rolleyes:

BBD

[dave thompson]

"You paid how much for that bike?!"

[sc53]

WHY would anyone need more than one bike??

[Bruce K]

So Pete, how many bikes do you REALLY have? :D ;) :rolleyes: :banana:

BK

[gt6267a]

is your bike worth more than your car?

<the answer is yes for those who are interested>

[CNY rider]

Did you REALLY ride your bike to work today?

-Asked any day that it is the least bit foggy/drizzly/rainy/snowing or otherwise not 65 degrees with sunshine. :D

[Spinner]

how could you possibly ride that far?

[TimB]

BBDave - got a link?

[rwsaunders]

Aren't you cold?

[victoryfactory]

Are you Lance Armstrong?

[e-RICHIE]

is the bulge optional atmo?

[gt6267a]

how much for a bigger bulge?

[SWorks4me]

what does ATMO have to with cycling!? :D

[old_school]

Wouldn't it be easier just to drive?

All time stupidest not bike question came one afternoon when I was washing my car and had the wipers flipped outward to clean the windshield. One not so bright teenager looked and said with a straight face: "wow, are those some new kind of windshield washers."
I replied "yea, they catch the raindrops before they hit the windshield." :rolleyes:
He looked a little puzzled then went on his way.

[manet]

minimal insertion ?

[rpm]

Are you going to race in the Tour de France?


Why don't you ride on the (bad word) bike path?

[victoryfactory]

Why don't you ride on the sidewalk where you belong?

[CNY rider]

minimal insertion ?


I'm sure she was just teasing. :rolleyes:

[Ginger]

Why do you want to ride your bike that far?
(asked for both round-the-block and century rides...)

[dave1215]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showpost.php?p=390959&postcount=1

[SWorks4me]

there's a box?

[Kevan]

I shoulda lied to the kid.


Are those pedals?

[spiderman]

futher than i care to drive??
how do you keep from falling asleep?
where do you mount the deer whistle?

[MarleyMon]

WHY would anyone need more than one bike??
lemma:
How many bikes do you need?

[Frankwurst]

WHY would anyone need more than one bike??

I get this one alot and my reply is "Why would anyone need more than one golf club?" :beer:

[pbbob]

the stupidest cycling question can only be one that may include the chance for sudden death as an answer, such as the last rider in a gaggle of cyclists running a stop sign at a busy intersection during bike va. asking those that were stopped "is it clear?" :no:

[Dekonick]

How do you ride on those skinny tires?

[regularguy412]

I get this one alot and my reply is "Why would anyone need more than one golf club?" :beer:

OH! That's classic. I gotta remember that one. :D

Mike in AR

[flydhest]

As I would tell my students, there's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people.

[Louis]

Kind of lame, but I get it all the time, especially from my neighbors. (I live out in the boonies and there is very little traffic out here.)

"How can you ride on the road with all those cars?"

[DarrenCT]

Kind of lame, but I get it all the time, especially from my neighbors. (I live out in the boonies and there is very little traffic out here.)

"How can you ride on the road with all those cars?"

do they think u ride in the middle? :)

[andy mac]

someone in oregon asked me:

"don't you ride on the other side of the road in australia? isn't that dangerous?"

[SPOKE]

So Pete, how many bikes do you REALLY have? :D ;) :rolleyes: :banana:

BK

i'll never tell............but i could :rolleyes:

[zank]

"So...like pedal bikes? Like a kid's bike?"

[sspielman]

You have to *GLUE* those tires to the rim?...Isn't that alot of trouble?

[Fixed]

why?