Analogies, Idioms And Cool Sayings...

cruiser · *by **cruiser** on Thu 21/Oct/10 11:50am*

I heard little analogy just now, and it made me realise how cool they are. Here's a gem for mountain bike tyre pressure:

"Make you tires feel like oranges, not apples"

Got any good ones??

Rik · *by **Rik** on Thu 21/Oct/10 12:03pm*

"Lefty loosey, Righty tighty" - always have to murmur that under my breath tightening spokes.

wuffy · *by **wuffy** on Thu 21/Oct/10 12:04pm*

If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down.

cruiser · *by **cruiser** on Thu 21/Oct/10 12:07pm*

Rik wrote:"Lefty loosey, Righty tighty" - always have to murmur that under my breath tightening spokes.

Except bloody Pedals!!! Grrrr!! I found that out on a BMX the hard way.

Is there one for pedals?

I know they both go same way (towards rear for on?)

scatter · *by **scatter** on Thu 21/Oct/10 12:38pm*

Don't you "pedal" them on?

znomit · *by **znomit** on Thu 21/Oct/10 12:44pm*

Right is right

cruiser · *by **cruiser** on Thu 21/Oct/10 12:53pm*

Nice!

Here's another one for DH handgrip for MTB bars.

"Screwdriver hands" (hold grips like a screwdriver)

Gets rid of the weak T-Rex, elbows tucked in stance.

shmoodiver · *by **shmoodiver** on Thu 21/Oct/10 12:59pm*

scatter wrote:Don't you "pedal" them on?

nope, backpedal them on.

scatter · *by **scatter** on Thu 21/Oct/10 1:13pm*

shmoodiver wrote:
scatter wrote:Don't you "pedal" them on?

nope, backpedal them on.

Ah. Depends if bicycles is upside down

Spyder · *by **Spyder** on Thu 21/Oct/10 1:28pm*

scatter wrote:
shmoodiver wrote:
scatter wrote:Don't you "pedal" them on?

nope, backpedal them on.

Ah. Depends if bicycles is upside down

Or on a treadmill.

FLATULENTFRIEND · *by **FLATULENTFRIEND** on Thu 21/Oct/10 1:35pm*

“Out of sight, out of mind”
If you can make a break over the brow of a hill or around a corner so you can’t be seen – it’s harder to chase the invisible.

(ok, not an analogy, just a saying, or idiom)

cruiser · *by **cruiser** on Thu 21/Oct/10 1:42pm*

I've got one of those I swear by too:

"love the shit that people hate"

it's for those who want to go far in sport. relates to training and conditions mainly.

feddydafish · *by **feddydafish** on Thu 21/Oct/10 1:44pm*

FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:(ok, not an analogy)

Neither are any of the others on the thread (except the OP and possibly the screwdriver...)

FLATULENTFRIEND · *by **FLATULENTFRIEND** on Thu 21/Oct/10 1:49pm*

cruiser wrote:I've got one of those I swear by too:

"love the shit that people hate"

it's for those who want to go far in sport. relates to training and conditions mainly.

It reads like it came from the movie “Kenny”, but it’s darned good advice