WTF is the deal with people carrying their bikes???

Light, fast tyres. Imagine picking up a piece of glass or flint in a race tub and then losing the TdF because of a puncture.

it's very simple really ... he was in the transition zone of his ride
you are not allowed to ride in the transition zone, any triathlete knows that

A flat you got in a past life as a Fred swanning around in Richmond Park car park? Is this a significant risk at the TDF?

Go home @hippy you are (still) drunk.

Brick session. dicki has it sussed! :)

Are you paying attention to the posts in this thread? I was merely pointing out a reason for carrying a bike and the anecdote from a Lance documentary I once saw which was specifically related to this.

@hippy is going on a Taxi Driver spree looking for people carrying their bikes

"come on knobhead, stop fannying about taking pics, I'm late for work"

"Watch me smash my seatstays/chainstays into the gate."

Ha just seen these. Utter bollox as usual. U made it to ignore!

Film thread needs another review >>>>>

You'll want to quote so I know you're on about.

[Edit] Don't bother. You've never contributed anything interesting to the forum [Edit]

I do sometimes carry my bike under certain circumstances:

1. When covering rough terrain.
   
2. Having been injured by my pedals. No matter what you say, it does happen and when I'm not wearing socks and I have the evil spikey pedals on I am particularly vulnerable.
   
3. Ascending the flights of the step variety. (Kind of covered in point 1)
   
   

Just realised that four other pages have been posted before moi.

Richmond car park is not rough terrain
Road bike pedals should not have spikey bits
Richmond car park does not have flights of stairs

I was speaking more generally in response to a statement on page one (Just realised that four other pages have been posted before moi):

Why don't people just wheel them? Is it some sort of machismo thing? Is carrying a bike easier than I'm giving it credit for?

^^^^^That is exactly the sort of shit I'm talking about. Why is he carrying his bike?

To avoid getting the discarded needles in his tires.
#becauseheroinissopassé

I carry my bike if it's stairs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_YhCseUVc

Richmond car park is not rough terrain

Tell that to the "mountain" bikers on the Tamsin trail...

Amazing how many bad/close overtakes in RP are done by people with expensive bikes in/on the back of their cars.

Fucking this! +1 Nearly been taken out a few times this way.

About the carrying. I had to wheel my bike a couple of kilometres and the scrape of the clips started getting on my tits no end, perhaps I would have carried it if I wasn't so lazy

I would actually rather cycle in the car park so i don't trash the soles of my shoes. not that i ever stop in the car parks except maybe the pen ponds tea van thingy.

is it time to start calling out cyclists carrying their bikes?.......YES