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Quite frankly, I'm shocked.
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in those days, the word gay meant happy.
the meaning has changed slightly in more recent years afaik.
There was even a gay double decker bus, called the Gay Hostess, run by Standerwick.
Then there is the obvious joke about the bendy buses.
More to the point, what is a "jeanager"?
Must admit that bike is a bit Gay. 😀
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Anyone?
Think the term 29'er is the updated phrase 😛
I'm not going to search "gay" on google images to join in as I'm scared of what I might see and I'm currently out of eye/brain bleach. 😀
Edit:
Think the term 29'er is the updated phrase
Pmsl!
They do dry cleaning here;
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I'd be more shocked to find out that folks on here actually ride bikes rather than the same sex.
And not forgetting the Gay Dog Boarding Kennels!
The reading books we had at primary school were called Gay Way Readers. I sat on anyones knee to read them my way though.
Think the term 29'er is the updated phrase
PMSL, seriously. 🙂
On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker? Not trying to be funny or anything just never met any?
I tried on some new Lycra today and found myself strangely attracted to myself. Not sure what that means.
[i]On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker?[/i]
Really? Are you sure?
On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker?
Not really sure what is the exact thing that triggers your gaydar ?
Truthfully Yes I have
Not trying to be funny or anything just never met any?
I bet you have
if you want to meet one, post up a notice at the Peaslake bus stop.
just never met any?
How would you know if an MTBer was gay, exactly? Have you enquired as to the sexual orientation of everyone you've ridden with?
[i]On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker? Not trying to be funny or anything just never met any? [/i]
Do they wear pink or something? I'm not sure how I'd identify one. I'm guessing they'd look quite a lot like me, like riding bikes and generally behave like all other men. Some pointers would be useful.
Think a gay biker would have a pink bike, would be easy to spot surely 😯
Sorry I didn't word that very well, I've got lots of cycling friends (none of which are gay) and I have other (non cycling friends) who are gay, I wasn't suggesting that they would stand out differently than anyone else! Before people get on theire moral high horses 😕
Morel?
I HATE MUSHROOMS!
...and generally behave like all other men
I know one who behaves more like a woman. Because she is.
On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker?
Aren't they the "mincers" you all speak of on here? Or have I got it wrong? 😀
This is funniest thread I have read in ages.
Think a gay biker would have a pink bike, would be easy to spot surely
You calling me gay.?
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Dohh 😳
I think that's 'Hot Pink' which means while you're not technically gay, you'd try a ladyboy after a couple of pints.
You can tell that from my bike. I'm impressed. 😀
It's not just the colour, it's because your tyre and wheel motifs don't line up.
Says you're not fussed as long it all functions !
I'm not sure I've met a gay one but I know at least one bi-cyclist and I wouldnt be surprised after the lady boy thread that there might be some on here ...
I have quite a close relationship with a gay roadie....
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He's gayer than Jack McGay from Gaysville but he's still my eldest son.
He's gayer than Jack McGay from Gaysville but he's still my eldest son.
Good on you... I have a female friend who's brother it's gay and their dad still can't accept it. It's a shame when something like that breaks a family up.
It's not just the colour, it's because your tyre and wheel motifs don't line up.
Valves and Tyre logos surely.?
There are well over 10 guys in my riding crew, so the odds are ...
"I think that's 'Hot Pink' which means while you're not technically gay, you'd try a ladyboy after a couple of pints."
So is "Dark Pink" when the answer to the question might still be "no" after a couple of pints, but after a couple more, the question might be "pre or post op?"...
Would have to be barbie pink for a true gay man
A friend at work is gay, and married, he would find this hilarious
Met a gay mountain biker?
Err, hello?????
On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker? Not trying to be funny or anything just never met any?
There are lots of them, they are like...people who ride bikes.... They do disproportionately attract nicknames such as "trail fairy" which can't be helped really 😉
It's not something I would even wonder about these days
Isn't about 1:10 of the male population gay? With that in mind, and the fact that a lot of the gay guys I work with look after themselves pretty well, I'd suggest there would be quite a lot.
TBH, I'm surprised we are even talking about this non issue any more..
LOL @ AdamW. 🙂
I was at a race a while ago and, watching the prize presentation for the women's race, they just used the same podium girl as for all the other races - quite right too, why wouldn't you?
I overheard one of the women in the crowd say to a friend "If I'd just been doing all that cycling I'd like a hug from a nice looking young man rather than from a girl"
I knew for certain that at least one of the women on the podium would have much preferred the girl. Told her about that comment afterwards, she fell about laughing. 🙂
We used to have a lesbian mechanic who rode with an outfit called Dykes on Bikes (and was a damn fine road racer).
Provided excellent entertainment when blokes would come in and say stuff like "It's a mechanical thing love, I'll need to speak to one of the fitters".
Surprisingly after many years of cycling havent met one gay male cyclist,out of the bike shed, but have met a few lesbian ones, which seems to be more acceptable to announce, or you findout by accident, like when you see them kissing their girlfreind. 😳
But there do seem to be a lot of bicurious on here lately, should liven up a bike ride somewhat.
On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker? Not trying to be funny or anything just never met any?
No idea. I've met a fair number of mountain bikers, but since I didn't want to shag any of them, their sexuality didn't come up.
Surprisingly after many years of cycling havent met one gay male cyclist
Seriously? You've asked every cyclist you've ever met what their sexuality was? Did they not find that a bit weird? I would.
I'm really struggling to see the humour in this thread.
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I think there's some meta-humour: it's funny what once was often regarded as funny.
We used to have a lesbian mechanic who rode with an outfit called Dykes on Bikes (and was a damn fine road racer).
Provided excellent entertainment when blokes would come in and say stuff like "It's a mechanical thing love, I'll need to speak to one of the fitters".
I knew a mechanic at a London bike shop like that. Lovely girl, brilliant mechanic but came out with some cracking one-liners when anyone said things like that to her. Or indeed when any male customers tried to ask her out.
One guy came in and asked to talk to a mechanic, she asked how she could help, he repeated, she said "yes, I'm a mechanic, how can I help?" and this stand off continued until eventually she shouted very loudly into the workshop:
"THIS GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WITH A PENIS!"
On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker?
Well you can all say you've (virtually) met one now. 🙂
Ironically, I'm not a mincer on the bike either.
I seem to have time travelled back to the 1980s.
Well done everyone.
I was haunted by two gay ghosts for a while.
They put the willie's up me...
😳
Gay then..... ?
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Well you can all say you've (virtually) met one now.
Ironically, I'm not a mincer on the bike either.
[i]Think [/i]AdamW beat you to it.
No idea if he minces or not.
I know at least 5 lesbian cyclists but no gay cyclist. What on earth does this say about me????
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Not really met. Saw her win a world title and wandering around before hand
That's Missy Giove. She won a lot of DH, wore a dead piranha (see above pic) and did a lot of dope. She was nails.
Shame the habit became a whole bootful. Is she still inside?
A great rider
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This guy looks a right gayer
Is it just me that finds this thread at best utterly pointless and at worst offensive?
Is it just me that finds this thread at best utterly pointless and at worst offensive?
True. But without threads in this category what we have left?
It's utterly pointless for sure but with the possible exception of one ill thought out comment I'd struggle to see how it's offensive. There's certainly no malice in the pink jokes, they all seem to be very light hearted and are exactly the sorts of things the gay guys I know take the piss out of themselves about.
There are of course people who seek out things to be offended by. We can talk about gay people and even makes jokes about them without it being nasty.
Is it just me that finds this thread at best utterly pointless and at worst offensive?
Its life, some riders maybe looking for gay riders,for a club ride or for freindship some will honestly be wishing to know how many who ride who are gay, if youre offended you must lead a very sheltered life or still be in the closet bike shed or you just dont like gay people.
Remember only in 1967 was gay sex made legal, later the age of consent was lowered to what it is now,where gay clubs where underground and hiden from public gaze, where men and women where sacked or suspended for their sexuality,or worse attacked and sometimes killed.
Thankfully now we have openly gay pop stars, Mps,tv and film stars, and probably one or two gay proffesional cyclists like .......................
As for being offensive, perhaps you could point out the offensive bits or troll off to some other forum for a few days.
😛
I like this thread, It dawned on me a while ago (several years) I had become somehow a participant & big fan of a very straight, white sport. It made me a bit uncomfortable, being white, middle class, and so always a bit riddled with guilt about stuff. Recently it has seemed less so, that's ace! As for the posters, that language, it is by its nature funny!
Loads of gay mountain bikers on the Marin Trail this weekend as we welcome back [url= http://www.outdoorlads.com/ ]Outdoor Lads[/url] to North Wales for their 'Big Spring Camp'!
No idea if he minces or not.
Depends. To wind up very uptight people, yes. Normally, no.
Though on the bike I was a bit of a mincer, but am getting better! 😀
On a more serious note has anyone ever actually met a gay mountain biker? Not trying to be funny or anything just never met any?
Dunno, probably. But then how would I know. Typically you meet another MTBer and discuss your shared interest (cycling). I've not yet tried to conduct a trail side Gender preferences survey.
Of course the real question is does such a thing actually matter to you?
These Two?!
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[i]Is it just me that finds this thread at best utterly pointless and at worst offensive?[/i]
Offensive to who exactly, you?. I've been updating this thread to my lad who thinks it's amusing.
Stop being so.....whatever the word is.
Uptight
Funny thing - in Bulgarian pedal (?????) is the slang for gay. No idea where did it come from, but you can guess the kind and amount of jokes it provokes (:
(Missy Giove)Shame the habit became a whole bootful. Is she still inside?
Note sure she ever actually went to prison but afaik she is on parole now