People think cyclists are cooler, smarter and more charitable - survey

Al-S; ... whilst appreciating that trains do not materialise from nowhere in almost any other sphere this would be considered a business/marketing opportunity to get involved in !

"and 10 per cent more charitable than the average person"

me "well yesterday I rode out to XXXX and back"

questioner " what charity was that for"

me "99% the time I just ride for fun"

questioner "oh, not for charity then?"

[[[[[ Do the BHF London -Brighton, if you don't mind being one of about 545 "riders" in every mile of the route. Not for me, ta. One's wife did it, on her Dawes Galaxy 531. (Eeeks!) But she is actually quite cool and smart.
P.R.

The question related to sports, which means Pro's from the Olympics and SPOTY, not us lawbreaking w*****s who clog up the roads, don't pay "road tax" etc etc!

77% that wouldn't go on a date with a lycra clad cyclist are probably put off by all that useless information we spout at them.

Always wondered why talking about bottom brackets out clubbing gets me an odd look or a slap.

Regarding London to Brighton and trains:

If eve just half those doing the ride wanted to get trains back to London afterwards, that means moving 12,500 cyclists and bikes.

A 12-car southern train can seat about 730 people (there's variations).

Trains to and from Brighton are already very busy in the summer. So you're really looking at putting on extra trains. Without even considering where they put bikes, just to move the people would require 17 extra 12-carriage services. Remember this is on a frankly conservative estimate of only 50% wanting to go back up to London. And this doesn't take into account bikes.

Anyone know how many coaches and lorries are hired in to provide transport?

Generally people just think I'm mad

I'd go on a date with me.

People must be right...for once

>More than one in four (27%) would want a cyclist on their pub quiz team,

Err..possibly 'cos we're quite good at knowing our hydration needs, and therefore guaranteed both to buy a round when appropriate and take the quiz team kittie to the bar when folks are running low

So you saying that when a car clips my bottom with their wing mirror, secretly deep down they are drawn in by my impressive pert lycra clad butt cheeks and want to give me a thorough going over. Well Sir, I can tell you, I am not that easy. How very dare you.

Kind regards
Pippa Milddleton, new cycling spokesman for non ugly who look good in lycra.

Publicity for the (already) overly busy London to Brighton which perhaps feels its position is being threatened by the new charity jaunt through Surrey !
Don't let me put you off raising money for BHF but this is not a serious bike ride unless you:
a) get off & walk at every slight incline,
b) (probably) ride a poorly maintained mtb,
c) like queuing at road junctions/to get a drink etc
d) enjoy annoying anybody that lives on the route !
Add into the mix that the train company don't seem to put on any extra provision for carrying bikes for the return journey (at least on the 2 occasions I did it) & you have an excellent day out !

I think they meant cold rather than cool. Most of the time in this country cyclists are cold.

It's true that cyclists tend to know a lot of useless information, but i've yet to find the pub quiz that tests your knowledge about gear ratio's, lactate threshold and obscure Kazakh sprinters from the 1980's, so how much use they'd be i'm not sure...!

I don't know much about 'implicit association tests' but the experts seem to be suggesting that even as a motorist is swearing and attempting to clip you with their wing mirror, deep down they find you cool and smart and would quite like to take you out for dinner

In the survey of 600 cyclists

Fixed that for you.