[Closed] so there's this girl...

Just ask her out for a date or bike riding date ...

Scrap that as I can't pull myself but then I would just ask. Probability game you know and if she does not like you then at least you can be embarrassed for a while. Make life more interesting.

Some say my failure may be attributed to my Clarke shoes but I disagree. Bloody fashion police ...

So there's a rather lovely female at my work that has grabbed my attention and it's got to the stage where I cant even speak to her as I'm a little awkward around the fairer sex

Have you any experience of this impressing women before?

don't bother, women just lead to misery
buy yourself another bike instead

Don't try to impress with daft phrases - just say you're riding somewhere and does she want to come along.

casually drop into the conversation that you do a bit of mountain biking.
if she likes you she will take it on board.
if she likes biking/you, she will probably say ooh, where do you go/ what bike you got or something.
if youve hit the jackpot she might ask if a bike is the only thing you ride.

borrow a tandem,just incase she hasnt got a bike,

Ask her out for a Rohyppuccino

What follows may shock you to the core: Women are social creatures, they dont bite, and love to talk about things. Speak to her, she'll probably think your awkwardness is cute.

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good one SBZ

best troll ever SBZ 😉

Just bloody ask her out

SBZ,

LOL! I need to try that.

Think I need to talk to them about shoes ...

😆

why not just ask her what type of outdoor pursuits she is into and let her talk about herself - though if you follow my advice you may find it quicker to dump yourself by text message to save her the bother.

she'll probably think [s]your awkwardness is cute[/s] scream spray mace in your eyes and accuse you of touching kittens in inappropriate places

If you can manage to speak to her; come across as genuine and invite her out on a ride then I'm sure that will be a good start. (remember to be nice to her - that impresses us as well)

Ask her if she's in to watersports then wink at her seductively

The thing is women like to talk, and when they meet another of the species, thats all they do,and youll be sidelined.

Also the things they want to talk about have absolutely no relevance to man talk, so just learn to say , yes, ok, another drink, every so often and youll be ok.

some of these suggestions gave me a chuckle. I don't have a problem speaking once I get started, and could blab about bikes for hours however it's the initial conversation that is hard. "Hi, so....I like spandex" hmmm. Glad to see i'm not the only awkward one here then

Inverness? No specific experience, but why not aim for a spin along the Caledonian Canal or River Ness, and throw in a stop a pub on the way. Nothing too strenuous, and being able to chat whilst riding along may be a bonus.

Ask her if your handkerchief smells like chloroform

ou may find it quicker to dump yourself by text message to save her the bother

Lol 😀

Bag of donuts and tell her youre a 4 donut man.

(Nicked off another thread).

Is there a pub nearby? Suggest going for a drink after work, talk about bikes if you must. If she rolls here eyes, shut up about bikes and start talking about sex. Simples.

🙂 as long as you're wearing a chest-wig or carrying a pimp cane i think you'll be ok... outdoorsy women love that kinda thing.

(i'd go with something along the lines of '[s]fancy seeing how massive my skids are[/s]hmmm [s]fancy checking out my ride? i roll on twentysixes yo[/s]isnt our boss an idiot, i'd love to ride my gnarly dandyhorse right up his stinky bottom, wanna join me sugarboobies?'

Houns - Member

Ask her if your handkerchief smells like chloroform

LOL! I just sprayed a mouth full of coffee via my nostril onto my monitor.

just tell her you are a really sensitive type and you are struggling with asking her how you would go about smashing her back door in!

brakes - Member

don't bother, women just lead to misery
buy yourself another bike instead

THAT'S where I've been going wrong!

chewkw me too, although mine was tea. Some very good suggestions(most were just ridiculous haha) but do I literally just go right up to her n ask her if she would like to join me sometime? she might think it's the most random thing she's ever heard. Also any ideas on the Inverness area folks?

bloody hell boys... 🙄 😀

Just ask her for goodness sake, she's a girl, she's not going to bite, be nice, smile, be yourself. You never know, she might be nervously waiting to build up the courage to ask you.

Buy a new bike then ask her to test out your new ride then ...

Who says you can't have a new bike and a new bird eh? Just make sure its a gear hub of the expensive type.

she's a girl, she's not going to bite

the best ones do bite.

^^^^^^^^ Pervert ^^^^^^

This lady is available on www.mtbdating.con

"I am a fully qualified Pilates and Spin Instructor, living in Luton. I live with my adorable son in our recently purchased council flat, 2 bedroom that is. It's a complete dump but we're not planning on staying here for more than 5 years. That's the length of time that we have to keep it until we can coin in. Might even sublet it at some point. I don't see the point in decorating it or cleaning it for that matter. I am very attractive with make up on and have a trim body due to my job where I teach all of 3 classes a week, feels more like 20 a week sometimes the way I go on about it. I have been described as a bit mad like to switch my moods. I probably take after my mother in a lot of her ways, not sure about my father will have to ask him if he's still around as he certainly wasn't when I was younger. I've always wanted to be a different demographic due to no strong family values or roots so I seek to inject culture and ethnicity into my life through potential partners. Yes there have been an awful lot but I'm not one to settle for less than I deserve. I'm high calibre as you can see from my background. Don't let my son put you off he was from a one night encounter and his father has never really been on the scene. I'm also having therapy to get over my issues as they used to put every man off that I slept with. I also have lots of pretty friends as I think it's good to surround yourself with those you aspire to. I've never been loved by a man so maybe you could be the one to show me what it feels like. than I deserve. iI love mountainbikers,and the shy type."

Phil!!

Shut Up, you'll scare the poor boy LOL!

If you ask her directly she will either say yes, in which case you are in, or no, in which case you know and can cross her off the list and move onto the next potential victim.

Look, the worst thing she can say to you isn't no....It's "I'm pregnant and it's yours"

she might be nervously waiting to build up the courage to ask you.

doubtful this is singletrack, most of the blokes look like this

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maybe she likes ice cream and pirates

I also heard through said grapevine that she thought I was "nice",this was ages ago however. I don't even know if she's still single or what, I am even annoying myself now at how pathetic I am. I don't think she'd say no to the bike ride as she seems cool. I just need to find my balls which are hiding somewhere,perhaps I left them up Ben Lomond......

*Slaps brycerw*

Just Ask Her!!

I hear through the grapevine that she is into the outdoors

i'd take that as meaning she likes doing it in the outdoors... give it a go.

Where to ride in Inverness?
TroutWrestler's right - you might want to take her up the canal. 😉

The double entendres on this thread are sooooo refreshing

"hiya, do you ride bikes"

"yea"

"cool, where do you ride"

"ooh, (insert riding area here)"

if bikes aren't a conversation starter i dunno what is

just soeak to her FFS, she's (hopefully) human too, life too short not to do this GET.IT.DONE.

easier said than done emsz, I too would also give this advice but when it comes to myself it is a very different situation

another thing to bear in mind is that if you do talk to her and she's a bit off with you/grumpy, don't take it to heart it could just be an ovary action

Righty... twenty years of dating has been an experience. I'm no expert on women, but I know what's worked for me in the past and what hasn't.

Firstly, don't try to impress. Just don't. Be you. Chat to her and ask if she enjoys biking. If she does, ask her if she'd like to join you sometime.

Getting further than that is a can of worms I'm not going into. Just try to get the first goal out of the way before you attempt to level up.

I struggle with long sentences, just ask her out, the worst she can say is no. She's a person, just like you, not an alien species.

tazzymtb what a corker 😆

brycerw,

Your thread prompted me to have a look at my organisation to see if there is any fit female species that want to help me pass down my gene ... and hers.

🙂

According to the game you just need to dress like a musketeer, do a card trick and try to cop off with her mates. Like Adam Ant crossed with Paul Daniels and John Terry. Putty in your hands thereafter. HTH but remember they bloomin are another species!

Deep breath, just do it. It'll be fine, really, it'll be fine.

(mind you, i've never asked anyone out!!)

It's funny how males think females are from another species and females think the same of males, how difficult we all make it for ourselves

Depends, brycerw

Can I offer a small piece of advice - at least find out if she is single before you plough in there guns blazing...

Figure out who her best friend is at work and ask them if she has a partner. They are bound to tell her, and then she will know you are interested. If she suddenly quits to work on the rigs, there is your answer.

this has made me chuckle. Ask if she has a good grip, because you need to tighten your spokes.

Failing that, make good eye contact.

I've just read your initial post and skipped to the end. Not my experience but a good friend of mine has been on one or two biking dates. A couple of the guys have gone out of their way to show off/race off in front of her, she won't be dating them again.

My advice as a woman is firstly don't focus on this lady being more than she is, she's just a woman and therefore probably more than open to a normal conversation with you.

Secondly if you get to the riding (?) stage just go at her pace but don't condescend her by being all blokey and protective.

Its Friday in 2 days, heres hoping to see your post saying you've asked her out by then 😛

[i]It's funny how males think females are from another species and females think the same of males, how difficult we all make it for ourselves [/i]

OH DO GET A JEFFING GRIP YOU GREAT BIG BLOODY BLOUSE. JESUS WEPT, YOUR MUM AND DAD MANAGED IT....

Go for it I say....

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Just read the rest of the suggestions on the thread and my giggling produced an unexpected nose bogey bubble 😆

Secondly if you get to the riding (?) stage just go at her pace but don't condescend her by being all blokey and protective.

**** off Don 😆

IDEALLY, If i told her friend I liked her,they would blab and then SHE would ask ME out,THEN I would suggest biking...however that's me clearly just being a massive pusssaaaaay. Can I say that here? 😉

Aaaaaaaw bless you emsz, little ladies shouldn't really be using language like that, should they? You'll never get a nice young man to be interested in you like that, will you...? 🙄

Hopefully not, Don LOL

😆 😉

If she turns up in Lycra, you could always offer her a [url= http://www.cuchini.com/ ]Cuchini[/url] 😀

Poss NSFW linky.

I quite like a lady with a dirty mouth.

get jacked up on mochachinos and vibrate violently near her, i've been told ladies like vibrators

do you know what, in all seriousness, virtually no-one would just go up and ask her out.
most people, and I don't think there's any shame in this, would strike up a bit of friendly banter with someone at work, engineering situations near the coffee machine or the printer and just talk to them, then on a work's night out maybe get a bit flirty after a couple of drinks... then at some point down the line make a lunge at her down the pub or even casually ask them for a drink after work once a bit of rapport has been established.
people do this because it works.
try it.

brakes - Member

do you know what, in all seriousness, virtually no-one would just go up and ask her out.

Might be a ladyboy ...

Good advice above but firstly you definitely need to hone your investigative skills as you appear to know next to nothing about her. Try and accidentally bump into her by the coffee machine, hack into her email account, make friends with people she hangs around with at work and casually mention you are sick of women who only want you for your 'physical attributes'.

I'd also suggest following her after work and find out where she goes and who with. This should lead you to her house and you can surprise her on the doorstep with a lovely bunch of flowers. Girls like that when you show a bit of initiative.

Most importantly, don't mention bikes.

You're right mate,I don't know enough about her. I will try find out more without looking like some kind of stalker. I think some of you are underestimating something-when I say im awkward...I mean REALLY!!!! I feel myself getting all flustered when i see her,perhaps I should just accept my girlfriend is my bike! that sounds so wrong...

Woody,

Or you might be mistaken for being a stalker ... 😆

Cuchini...incredible. I think one of them said "camelflage" by accident!

OP, relax and take an interest in what she talks to you about. Strike up conversation on shared ground and find out what she likes/doesn't and build on that. The bike thing may work but remember that she just may not relate to it as much as you but still enjoy it to the same degree.

Be yourself, pay attention and try not to show off. Making them laugh is key! But for the right reasons 😉 Ask her if she fancies grabbing a coffee or something in a relaxed 1:1 way and get chatting. Listening is a big deal too.

The balance varies for each person, pay attention and you'll figure it out.

Oh, and don't mention how you discussed this with a bunch of strangers who happen to be bike nerds. Not cool. Maybe further down the line as an amusing anecdote but not yet, it's too fresh.

I'd also suggest following her after work and find out where she goes and who with. This should lead you to her house and you can surprise her on the doorstep with a lovely bunch of flowers. Girls like that when you show a bit of initiative.

cheers mate,the unfortunate thing is we don't work closely enough together. Same building yes but different department so we only ocassionally cross paths, so striking up convo is the trickiest part. Lunch breaks are hard too as there are a million and one places she could go at lunch as we work in the city,but i'll take all your suggestions on board. I just always liked the idea of a biking date rather than a 1 on 1 "lets ask each other a million questions" kind of date,it could turn out fun,who knows,certainly not me at this rate 🙄

PJM1974 - Member

Be you

Bloody awful advice. Be George Clooney.

So, ask her out on a mountain biking date. If she says "yes" - great.

If she says "no" - you don't want to be dating her anyway, so she'll be doing you a favour.

andysbeans - Member

Just read the rest of the suggestions on the thread and my giggling produced an unexpected nose bogey bubble