Should I ride with my wife?
-
- Posts: 164
- Joined: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:52 pm
- Location: Mt Barker, South Australia
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Peacewise » Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:56 pm
A quiet little jaunt around a forest with wide dirt roads and occasional wide single tracks. That was pretty good fun... til we went across a 2 metre wide wooden raised deck with a few turns in it - some kind of shared bike/walking bird trail. Anyways, she fell off and it was a long way down, fortunately the fall was onto a bed of quite soft pine needles and leaves and stuff - no harm done, but it scared the beejesus out of her. She's never gotten back on the bike since, claims it's "just not my thing".
So be careful with your missus, keep the cycling technically simple and safe, as well as at her fitness level.
-
- Posts: 547
- Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:08 pm
- Location: Victoria Park, WA
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby dynamictiger » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:36 am
- Apple
- Posts: 3513
- Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:00 pm
- Location: sydney
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Apple » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:18 pm
Next you will have matching lycra and matching helmets. You can't flirt with other riders of the opposite sex when you ride with your spouse, and you can never ever be yourself. My husband stays at home and takes the kids to sport, he washes the dishes on weekends and hangs the washing on the line. It’s my time.
If you must ride together get a tandem
Hw cool do these guys look
Speak your mind,Those that mind dont matter, Those that matter dont mind!!
- Max
- Posts: 2895
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:29 pm
- Location: Brisbane
- Contact:
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Max » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:04 pm
..feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!!!Apple wrote: Flanders from the Simpsons.
Max
----------
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk. All typos are Auto-Correct's fault, not mine
Cycling is sometimes like bobbing for apples in a bucket full of dicks. - SydGuy
-
- Posts: 444
- Joined: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:16 pm
- Location: Inner West, Sydney
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Eleri » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:52 am
- ColinOldnCranky
- Posts: 6734
- Joined: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:58 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:17 am
I am a touch envious of those who get to ride with their partners. Good on both you and him.ovie68 wrote:Thanks to the guys that have written about how much they enjoy riding with their other half. I ride with my husband and always feel guilty about him having to ride at my pace so it's good to hear that you still enjoy your rides.
If you ride with me I guarantee that you will not feel guilty for holding me up.
- RonK
- Posts: 11508
- Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:08 pm
- Location: If you need to know, ask me
- Contact:
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby RonK » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:40 am
So she goes with her equally fitness-obsessed buddies, and I go solo and ride the way I want to ride.
- Tornado
- Posts: 479
- Joined: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:25 am
- Location: Mandurah WA
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Tornado » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:46 am
I'd be more than happy to ease off the pace to have the missus come for a roll from time to time. We enjoy getting out for a walk when we can minus kids and get a decent chat in. I can't see why we couldn't have a gentle roll and enjoy each others company and get a chat in too. Good for the body. Good for the mind.ColinOldnCranky wrote:I am a touch envious of those who get to ride with their partners. Good on both you and him.ovie68 wrote:Thanks to the guys that have written about how much they enjoy riding with their other half. I ride with my husband and always feel guilty about him having to ride at my pace so it's good to hear that you still enjoy your rides.
If you ride with me I guarantee that you will not feel guilty for holding me up.
2015 Specialized Tarmac
2012 Avanti Giro3
- ozzymac
- Posts: 688
- Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:14 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby ozzymac » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:07 pm
But it's a nice casual ride, so it's all fun.
Cheers
- wurtulla wabbit
- Posts: 513
- Joined: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:08 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby wurtulla wabbit » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:19 pm
More relaxed ride on our mtb's and less taxing.
Very much enjoyed !
- gorilla monsoon
- Posts: 3553
- Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:45 am
- Location: Lake Macquarie
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby gorilla monsoon » Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:23 pm
Apple, Apple, Apple, I sense you are covering up here. In our house the saying is that couples who ride together RIDE together (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).Apple wrote:Don’t ride with the wife, It's not a good look, I can't stand husband and wife cycle groups It's like born again or the Flanders from the Simpsons.
Next you will have matching lycra and matching helmets. You can't flirt with other riders of the opposite sex when you ride with your spouse, and you can never ever be yourself. My husband stays at home and takes the kids to sport, he washes the dishes on weekends and hangs the washing on the line. It’s my time.
If you must ride together get a tandem
Hw cool do these guys look
Mrs Monsoon and I get out together one day a week, usually Saturday or Sunday, and I throttle it back to her pace which is still pretty reasonable. we've been married nearly 38 years so we can flirt with whoever we want to flirt with and the other one just thinks its funny.
Let your kids find their own way to sport, you take your husband riding and when you finish you can shower-down and, well, go riding again!
- Apple
- Posts: 3513
- Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:00 pm
- Location: sydney
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Apple » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:06 pm
So you missed me, you hairy monkeygorilla monsoon wrote:[Apple, Apple, Apple, I sense you are covering up here. In our house the saying is that couples who ride together RIDE together (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
Mrs Monsoon and I get out together one day a week, usually Saturday or Sunday, and I throttle it back to her pace which is still pretty reasonable. we've been married nearly 38 years so we can flirt with whoever we want to flirt with and the other one just thinks its funny.
Let your kids find their own way to sport, you take your husband riding and when you finish you can shower-down and, well, go riding again!
My kids are getting to old for going to sport, don't you worry, about taking Mr Apple riding, he needs to rest as he needs to work hard to keep me the way I like it
We have core time when I return from my rides.
Good to see that Mrs Gorilla is riding with you
Speak your mind,Those that mind dont matter, Those that matter dont mind!!
- gorilla monsoon
- Posts: 3553
- Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:45 am
- Location: Lake Macquarie
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby gorilla monsoon » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:56 am
Now you just make sure Mr Apple gets his leg over every now and then. Over a bike, I mean. We wouldn't want him gathering dust through lack of use, would we?
- Apple
- Posts: 3513
- Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:00 pm
- Location: sydney
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Apple » Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:46 pm
Bad Gorilla, bad.gorilla monsoon wrote:.
Now you just make sure Mr Apple gets his leg over every now and then. Over a bike, I mean. We wouldn't want him gathering dust through lack of use, would we?
So Seriously,
Don’t ride with the wife, you are always going to try and push her and give her advice, she is going to get frustrated and just scream at you, or she may kick your ass, either way it will not be a happy ending, just let her do her pilates class or spin class whatever it is she does. She does not need to see you do the bushman’s blow.
Speak your mind,Those that mind dont matter, Those that matter dont mind!!
-
- Posts: 1101
- Joined: Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:18 pm
- Location: Sydney
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Ozkaban » Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:06 pm
Only just saw this. Thanks for the laugh, ColinColinOldnCranky wrote:Here you are. Ask and ye shall receive.Ozkaban wrote:A tandem unicycle... now that I would like to see!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
- toolonglegs
- Posts: 15463
- Joined: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:49 pm
- Location: Somewhere with padded walls and really big hills!
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:46 pm
- ozzymac
- Posts: 688
- Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:14 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby ozzymac » Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:20 pm
Hey Apple, maybe it's just you that gets frustrated?Apple wrote:Bad Gorilla, bad.gorilla monsoon wrote:.
Now you just make sure Mr Apple gets his leg over every now and then. Over a bike, I mean. We wouldn't want him gathering dust through lack of use, would we?
So Seriously,
Don’t ride with the wife, you are always going to try and push her and give her advice, she is going to get frustrated and just scream at you, or she may kick your ass, either way it will not be a happy ending, just let her do her pilates class or spin class whatever it is she does. She does not need to see you do the bushman’s blow.
I don't worry about pushing my wife, I stop when I think she needs a break, and generally just use the ride as a day off.
And she even got back on after breaking her ankle last year, so not all wives get frustrated. maybe you need to follow Gorillas suggestion
Cheers
- gorilla monsoon
- Posts: 3553
- Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:45 am
- Location: Lake Macquarie
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby gorilla monsoon » Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:18 pm
Come on Apple, it's the 21st century, not the 18th century! The girls and the boys are equal now. we ride at a leisurely pace and chat to each other and I don't even demand she ride a respectful three metres behind me. Rather than Pilates etc she has a Wii console (heard of those, Apple? You plug them into the televison set. Do you want me to explain "television"?) and does her exercises at home.Apple wrote:Bad Gorilla, bad.gorilla monsoon wrote:.
Now you just make sure Mr Apple gets his leg over every now and then. Over a bike, I mean. We wouldn't want him gathering dust through lack of use, would we?
So Seriously,
Don’t ride with the wife, you are always going to try and push her and give her advice, she is going to get frustrated and just scream at you, or she may kick your ass, either way it will not be a happy ending, just let her do her pilates class or spin class whatever it is she does. She does not need to see you do the bushman’s blow.
I don't do the bushie's blow. I am a snorter and spitter and, gentleman that I am, I always drop back a couple of metres before aiming one into the scrub so she is not confronted by the sights and sounds of a golly bomb.
As for the happy ending, always!
-
- Posts: 2039
- Joined: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:12 pm
- Location: Southside Brisbane
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby marinmomma » Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:49 pm
-
- Posts: 1711
- Joined: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:28 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby thecaptn » Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:10 pm
- gorilla monsoon
- Posts: 3553
- Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:45 am
- Location: Lake Macquarie
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby gorilla monsoon » Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:44 pm
-
- Posts: 1711
- Joined: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:28 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby thecaptn » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:33 pm
gorilla monsoon wrote:Case closed then.
-
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:18 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby Alan Werner » Sat Nov 30, 2013 9:09 am
-
- Posts: 67
- Joined: Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:46 pm
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby marnie&matt » Sat Nov 30, 2013 9:49 am
thecaptn wrote:My wife and I are away for the weekend in Ballarat riding. Having a lovely time.
I don't think this is case closed I want to know how it went. Did you enjoy the time? Did she cycle more than 3klm without whining? Is she improving with her fitness level? Sounds to me like she really wants to share this activity with you. Are you planning on longer or regular rides as well as tours?
BTW if you come up with some ideas on how to level the playing field, between your fitness and your wifes please share them. Because whilst I cycled for 9.5 hours last week with my husband and we are on MTBs our average speed is only 20klm, I know I am working by the end of a 3 hour ride and he needs more. It is a compromise, and I wouldn't do it without him and well….. I initially tried to get him to join a club so I'm guessing he doesn't wish to do this without me. Sort of nice actually.
- outnabike
- Posts: 2455
- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:53 pm
- Location: Melbourne Vic
Re: Should I ride with my wife?
Postby outnabike » Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:09 pm
The secret is to stay with e'm and ask often if they want to rest. I fitted two drink holder to both bikes and freeze half the bottles and then top up with water, for nice cold drinks.
We started with short trips and are up to 18km each way these days. It doesn't hurt to find a nice coffee shop at the half way mark either.
- General Australian Cycling Topics
- Info / announcements
- Buying a bike / parts
- General Cycling Discussion
- The Bike Shed
- Cycling Health
- Cycling Safety and Advocacy
- Women's Cycling
- Bike & Gear Reviews
- Cycling Trade
- Stolen Bikes
- Bicycle FAQs
- The Market Place
- Member to Member Bike and Gear Sales
- Want to Buy, Group Buy, Swap
- My Bikes or Gear Elsewhere
- Serious Biking
- Audax / Randonneuring
- Retro biking
- Commuting
- MTB
- Recumbents
- Fixed Gear/ Single Speed
- Track
- Electric Bicycles
- Cyclocross and Gravel Grinding
- Dragsters / Lowriders / Cruisers
- Children's Bikes
- Cargo Bikes and Utility Cycling
- Road Racing
- Road Biking
- Training
- Time Trial
- Triathlon
- International and National Tours and Events
- Cycle Touring
- Touring Australia
- Touring Overseas
- Touring Bikes and Equipment
- Australia
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- ACT
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
- Country & Regional
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users
- All times are UTC+11:00
- Top
- Delete cookies
About the Australian Cycling Forums
The Australian Cycling Forums is a welcoming community where you can ask questions and talk about the type of bikes and cycling topics you like.
Bicycles Network Australia
Forum Information
Connect with BNA
This website uses affiliate links to retail platforms including ebay, amazon, proviz and ribble.