Calling bikes "she"

I feel you. I’ll be giving away a full carbon trek road thingy because it’s worth more to me as a warm fuzzy feeling than the pittance it would raise.

I keep riding mine in the hope (not really, I'm only half mental) that someone runs into it or I crash it so I can get insurance or crash replacement claim for it.

Careful what you wish for.

Slightly related, but I'm a bit of a rollercoaster nerd and as such, occasionally find myself reading forum threads about them. It's troubling how many of the users refer to the rollercoasters as 'she' - leading to phrases like 'I rode her three times that day' and 'she's a rough ride, but very satisfying'. I'm paraphrasing of course because I can't be bothered to go back and find the exact quotes, but you get what I'm saying. It's fucking grotty.

You people have too many bikes

That does not parse.

calling a bike "he"

https://youtu.be/imqkwyoHbIE

Or shoes.

“Got her some new shoes today”.

High on my list of cringe terminology is the habit on Retrobike of calling a frameset (maybe it also needs wheels?) a ‘fuselage’. Just. Fuck. Off.

Another Retrobike ick is how they title threads with the brand of bike, “Rocky Mountain content”, what?

Post begins here we have…

Retrobike

There's no way you're navigating that site without a tiny bit of nausea

Because this site never feels like a wild swim in the Thames just downstream of the outflow, eh?

The ignore function does a good job of filtering out most of the impurities ;-)

Beyond anthropomorphism, I have difficulties with equomorphism and people referring the the steel and rubber (or carbon and rubber or ideally titanium and rubber) between their legs as a "steed".

Presenter on Countryfile in a piece on e-bikes called them 'two wheeled steeds' or something similar. Bugged me.

Bugged me.

Entomomorhism?

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/388903/#comment17080097

Also "steed". Bingo!

Lovely account but:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxI7feKM1Wc/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

All round a bit cringe tbh

With the closure of GCN+ recently announced, I thought I would share this cringe beauty 👌

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okay now gcn+ deserves to die

That guy does not fuck.

I'm pretty sure he's tried to stick his cock in his bike, at least once.

I imagine the bike said no, though.

This guy calls women ‘Madame’ when he’s trying to chat them up in his imagination.

That's very much not the same.

Another round with the Ratty Rusty Raleigh. Super fun bike for city commuting.
Threw a larger Wald basket on, but ended up not liking the vibes, so this is how she will remain.