LOL, yes, well it looks like you don't need any help from me, you are doing just fine ArkleVenus62 wrote:You are possibly setting your standards a little high.arkle wrote:Yes, that's the kind of thing I'm looking for.
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as a bloke I'm appalled
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Apple » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:00 pm
Speak your mind,Those that mind dont matter, Those that matter dont mind!!
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:59 pm
I've got to say damhooligan, in my case i haven't been able to follow your advice, met a girl, tick! Make her like cycling, nope! Even a beautiful brand new (i will make the point that NONE of my bikes were ever brand new in my hands!) hybrid didn't convince her.
Funnily enough though, i asked her if i could sell said hybrid as she doesn't ride it and we could use the considerable sum of money for our upcoming nuptials. She was utterly horrified. "But you can't sell it, it's MY bike! It's beautiful, i won't let you sell it" she said, "but you never ride it" i exclaimed in confusion, to which the second and final response from She Who Must Be Obeyed was "but it's my bike!"
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby arkle » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:29 pm
To be honest I'm looking for a relationship with something more than a drawing.Apple wrote:LOL, yes, well it looks like you don't need any help from me, you are doing just fine ArkleVenus62 wrote:You are possibly setting your standards a little high.arkle wrote:Yes, that's the kind of thing I'm looking for.
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Last four rides - didn't see a single woman.
Typical.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Apple » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:44 pm
Ok Arkle, ditch the bikearkle wrote:To be honest I'm looking for a relationship with something more than a drawing.
Last four rides - didn't see a single woman.
Typical.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby arkle » Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:03 pm
Hahahaha ha haha!!!Apple wrote:Ok Arkle, ditch the bikearkle wrote:To be honest I'm looking for a relationship with something more than a drawing.
Last four rides - didn't see a single woman.
Typical.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Redbull » Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:28 pm
Google the Holstee Manifesto.
If you are looking for the love of your life, stop. They will be waiting for you when you start doing the things you love.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Summernight » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:54 am
Loved it!Apple wrote:Ok Arkle, ditch the bike
this is for you
Find a captive audience who are crying out for men. Perfect!
Another such area was/is horse-riding (at anything lower than elite level in whichever discipline). I distinctly remember attending my monthly Pony Club rallies (they really should call it something else instead of Pony Club as that was a turn-off for guys as well) and there were only a handful of boys - most of whom left when they got into their teen years because their footy mates ribbed them for it. Girls like horses (well, most do)... and a guy who knows how to handle a horse = In demand!
I never understood why the footy mates didn't understand this. Maybe they were scared of the horses.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby thejester » Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:02 pm
Gorgeous women of all ages who are either into cycling or wanting to take it up go to them.
Don't hit on them in the shop though, very unprofessional.
But you get their name, where about they ride or want to, generally chat away and should you bump into them out and about you have an instant common point.
I see people I sell bikes to all the time.
plus you get cheap gear and some spare cash.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby clackers » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:01 pm
And their phone number and credit card details!thejester wrote: But you get their name, where about they ride or want to.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby RonK » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:16 pm
Well, having been there it's quite understandable - horses are as much (or more, if that's possible) trouble than women.Summernight wrote:I never understood why the footy mates didn't understand this. Maybe they were scared of the horses.
Best stick to the dance schools...
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby newie » Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:13 am
It might be unprofessional, but I'd be delighted if one of the bike shop boys would hit on me! Guys that work in bike shops seem to be quite blokey/manly, but with nice manners and nice legs - a potent combination. That reminds me, I need to get some new tubes.thejester wrote:Arkle, work one day per week in a bike shop.
Gorgeous women of all ages who are either into cycling or wanting to take it up go to them.
Don't hit on them in the shop though, very unprofessional.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:34 am
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Summernight » Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:40 pm
Not to mention myself being above-average height which does complicate things.
Where do I find these attractive bike shop men who flirt with customers? Maybe Arkle should join a bike store and up the attractiveness factor. That might stop the bricks and mortar downturn in bike retail and create a resurgence in women riding bicycles. Win-win for both sides, including Arkle.
Otherwise I'll go back to mooning over attractive actors on my favourite TV shows. And my partner, of course.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby arkle » Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:21 pm
Ha ha! Jeeez calm down! I'm not complaining but what are you basing this flattering attractiveness rating on?Summernight wrote:Where do I find these attractive bike shop men who flirt with customers? Maybe Arkle should join a bike store and up the attractiveness factor. That might stop the bricks and mortar downturn in bike retail and create a resurgence in women riding bicycles. Win-win for both sides, including Arkle.
Only blokes on last night's ride... again. It's a shame there aren't more mixed groups around.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Summernight » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:31 pm
Very highly scientific calculations went into working out your attractiveness factor. eg. e=mc^Arkle, F=m x Arkle.arkle wrote:Ha ha! Jeeez calm down! I'm not complaining but what are you basing this flattering attractiveness rating on?Summernight wrote:Where do I find these attractive bike shop men who flirt with customers? Maybe Arkle should join a bike store and up the attractiveness factor. That might stop the bricks and mortar downturn in bike retail and create a resurgence in women riding bicycles. Win-win for both sides, including Arkle.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby DentedHead » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:56 pm
Dent.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby newie » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:22 am
Arkle - nice manners and nice legs is all it takes to attract a lady cyclist. You seem to have the former, and as a regular cyclist you should also have the latter. I don't think you need to be shy about starting a conversation with a random woman on a bike. There is always common ground as a starting point.
But you have to actually meet them first, which seems to be your difficulty.
How old are you? Perhaps some of the SA based forumites can let you know what routes and cafes would be best place to come across women of the right age. C'mon guys, we need to help this sweet young man out here.
But I can see how it must be hard. I would love to meet a nice cycling man, but even though the odds are in my favour, it hasn't happened.
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Postby Mulger bill » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:24 pm
And so on, you know him.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Summernight » Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:04 pm
I'm sure I might be able to do something about it. It just has to be a slow conquest so he doesn't know what hit him. First step being getting him a bike.Mulger bill wrote:Any way you can sneak cycling into his other interests Summer? Saturday morning cafe and newspapers a thing for you? Ride to a new place...
And so on, you know him.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby clackers » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:32 pm
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Postby Summernight » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:43 pm
Already onto that . He saw my heart rate monitor on me (for my cycling computer) and asked what it was so I gave him a try. He then tried to manipulate his heart rate by breathing slower.clackers wrote:The male psyche loves gadgets and stat comparisons, Summer ... you can tap into that!
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby clackers » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:59 pm
You might even get him onto HRT intervals on your trainer - a mental exercise as well as physical.
They bore me witless, but other personality types may be rivetted by them.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby cooperplace » Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:22 am
as the person who started this thread, I would like to offer you some advice: dancing classes. Marvellous. Blokes wil be outnumbered 7:2 (he says, plucking numbers out of the air), you get to hold the ladies, and after the lesson everyone will go to the pub for drinks, where your admission that you're there because you're uncoordinated will win you praise and admiration because the ladies recognize that you're trying to do something about it.arkle wrote:Ha ha! Jeeez calm down! I'm not complaining but what are you basing this flattering attractiveness rating on?Summernight wrote:Where do I find these attractive bike shop men who flirt with customers? Maybe Arkle should join a bike store and up the attractiveness factor. That might stop the bricks and mortar downturn in bike retail and create a resurgence in women riding bicycles. Win-win for both sides, including Arkle.
Only blokes on last night's ride... again. It's a shame there aren't more mixed groups around.
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Re: as a bloke I'm appalled
Postby Summernight » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:51 am
I would agree with this. I didn't do dancing classes at school (thought they were silly or something suitably stupid like that) and my sister did. She met lots of guys from the affiliated school (we were girls only) and I didn't. I always regret not doing those dancing classes. Well, not so much any more, but the thought is still there.cooperplace wrote:as the person who started this thread, I would like to offer you some advice: dancing classes. Marvellous. Blokes wil be outnumbered 7:2 (he says, plucking numbers out of the air), you get to hold the ladies, and after the lesson everyone will go to the pub for drinks, where your admission that you're there because you're uncoordinated will win you praise and admiration because the ladies recognize that you're trying to do something about it.
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