Cycling Rules by Phil Gaimon

Yup. Thank you Phil! 


Rule #1: Everyone riding a bike and being safe and having fun is doing it right.
Rule #2: Wear whatever the hell you want.
Rule #3: Nothing on your bike has to match. Cycling is already expensive, complicated, elitist, and often sexist and racist. Don’t make it harder because someone’s tires aren’t the same brand.

See all rules:

http://philthethrill.net/the-new-rules-of-cycling-aka-philuminati/

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on July 30, 2018 at 3:32am

Personally, I think Bike Snob is so 2012. I'm so over pointing fingers at others in judgement, stereotyping with labels like "Freds". More love of cycling, less Judgey Judgersons and the world would be a better place. :-)

Permalink Reply by Matt Talbert on July 30, 2018 at 5:44am
These are actually the official and rules of cycling: http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/
Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on July 30, 2018 at 11:55am

You do realize the rules posted are a response to the extraordinarily elitist rules you posted, right?

 

Permalink Reply by mike w. on July 30, 2018 at 3:33pm

You both realize that the Velominati rules are satirical, right?

Permalink Reply by Matt Talbert on July 31, 2018 at 2:01am

Oh really!? Ya don't say!! And here I am shaving my legs for nothing!!

Permalink Reply by mike w. on July 31, 2018 at 7:46am

Rule #43

Permalink Reply by Matt Talbert on July 31, 2018 at 7:47am

I violated 43 and therefore 1. My bad sir.

Permalink Reply by Ernesto Lube on July 31, 2018 at 8:17am

I hope you also violated #34. And #50.

Permalink Reply by Matt Talbert on July 31, 2018 at 8:19am

No and no. The beard is only as long as Peter Sagan's is.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on July 30, 2018 at 7:55am
Permalink Reply by David Barish on July 30, 2018 at 8:29am

I like #10

Rule #10 (This is broad to cover anything I’m missing): Don’t be a dick.

Rules  are  context dependent. If you are a competitive  type the velominati rules make sense. If you are  a commuter the  Stanford  rules  make sense.  The State O' Illinois and the  City O' Chicago have  overlapping rules that  we have seen over  and  under enforced as discussed all over the forum. Many  clubs and groups  have  rules having  to do with helmets, dealing with crashes and incidents, signaling  and  calling out  warnings to  fellow riders etc. 

I  think Rule #10 from  Phil pretty much sums  it up. Another way to express it would be - Don't  be a cycling narcissist.  Yes,  cycling  is at it's core a solitary endeavor, but it's  not  all about you.  EVERYBODY ON THE  ROAD should be able to  get where they are  going in one piece, in reasonable time and  in good spirits... which is  really not  being  a  dick.

Permalink Reply by David Henri on July 31, 2018 at 2:45am

Although I love velomati rules No. 10 and 5, Rule No. 60 is the most important one of them all.

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