http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: April Fools jokes - cycling-related en Mon, 18 May 2026 20:14:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147664 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:36:17 +0000 Focus 147664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dehydration Pack? Totally unbelievable...</p> <p>...</p> <p>He never paid for it! ;-)</p> <p>Sadly, I know several people who'd probably give that serious consideration! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147599 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:51:31 +0000 acsimpson 147599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not strictly cycling:</p> <p><a href="http://www.innisandgunn.com/keep-discovering/blog/were-launching-original-in-wooden-bottles">http://www.innisandgunn.com/keep-discovering/blog/were-launching-original-in-wooden-bottles</a></p> <p>(OK it's not cycling at all) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147579 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:29:16 +0000 Min 147579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hehe, that is my favourite so far I think! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147577 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:21:05 +0000 Baldcyclist 147577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A MUST have item....</p> <p><a href="http://www.timbuk2.com/dehydrationpack">http://www.timbuk2.com/dehydrationpack</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147568 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 09:14:45 +0000 wingpig 147568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkJATpLCYAAR-xK.jpg"></p> <p> Limerick1914 (Limerick1914):<br /> "Once I wanted a wheel." (1910) #Aprilsfoolsday @TweetsofOld <a href="http://pic.twitter.com/yrsCJIWYrN" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/yrsCJIWYrN</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/Limerick1914/status/450993618895921153" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/Limerick1914/status/450993618895921153</a></p> <p>(Sent via Seesmic <a href="http://www.hootsuite.com)" rel="nofollow">http://www.hootsuite.com)</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147518 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:34:12 +0000 fimm 147518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Focus, I agree, it is very funny. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147515 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:06:22 +0000 Focus 147515@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That flowmountain bike one really appeals to the more immature side of me! It doesn't really class as an April Fool because it's so obviously tongue-in-cheek (oh, bad choice of term!), but it's just so ridiculously funny. Then again, it probabaly could work in reality, considering Specialized already have their 'sitbone device'</p> <p>However... "<em>The ANUSS smart phone app is also Instagram and Facebook-enabled, allowing you to instantly share a 3D pressure mapped image of your perineum and sit-bones (along with your saddle recommendation) with your friends and fellow cyclists</em>."</p> <p>Oh, the humanity!!! Euuwgh! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147477 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:26:48 +0000 acsimpson 147477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What colours are available?"<br /> Brilliant </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147471 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:13:31 +0000 chdot 147471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Half the weight means you will be able to go twice as fast!</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lirpa.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lirpa.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147467 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:06:40 +0000 cb 147467@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ok, a bit late now, but there was also:</p> <p><a href="http://flowmountainbike.com/post-all/innovation-saddle-selection-app-unveiled/">http://flowmountainbike.com/post-all/innovation-saddle-selection-app-unveiled/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147453 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:02:57 +0000 fimm 147453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD that's really good, actually. I like<br /> <em>"The Hailo Tandem Taxi is part of the city’s <strong>A</strong>dvanced <strong>P</strong>assenger <strong>R</strong>outing <strong>i</strong>n <strong>L</strong>ondon initiative and is sponsored by the <strong>F</strong>itness <strong>O</strong>mbudsman for <strong>O</strong>utdoor <strong>L</strong>ondon."</em></p> <p>And, more seriously, here is a <em>Taxi company</em> using bikes in a positive manner (albeit for an April Fool, but it isn't taking the **** out of cycling). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147443 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:23:46 +0000 SRD 147443@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.hailocab.com/blog/2014/04/01/tandem-bikes" rel="nofollow">https://www.hailocab.com/blog/2014/04/01/tandem-bikes</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147442 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:16:45 +0000 fimm 147442@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CTC's offering...<br /> <a href="http://www.ctc.org.uk/news/cycle-friendly-councils-plan-to-leave-uk-and-join-netherlands" rel="nofollow">http://www.ctc.org.uk/news/cycle-friendly-councils-plan-to-leave-uk-and-join-netherlands</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147424 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:00:52 +0000 Focus 147424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That road.cc one quotes Dr Allan Smithee. Allan Smithee is (or rather <em>was</em>, officially till 2000) the name put on film credits when the director (and sometimes screenwriter &amp; other senior crew members) wished to disown the project they were involved with. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147396 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:38:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 147396@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This from Audax Ecosse on FaceBook (vis a vis a video of a showboating racer crashing): "We'll probably be seeing a lot more of this stuff when the daft new AUK rule that everyone must finish within 5% of the winner's time is introduced. Was anyone actually awake at the AGM when this was voted in?" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147394 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:33:31 +0000 fimm 147394@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD I like :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147392 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:15:43 +0000 acsimpson 147392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If they sink ban them if they float burn them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147391 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:02:49 +0000 SRD 147391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pedal On Parliament ‏@POPScotland 5h<br /> Scotland's cycle network to be marked out in tartan paint - "you can keep your Copenhagen blue" says minister <a href="http://bit.ly/1gIwUyG" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/1gIwUyG</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147390 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:59:56 +0000 Baldcyclist 147390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/115466-uci-announces-change-direction-southern-hemisphere-track-racing">UCI announces change of direction for southern hemisphere track racing</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147388 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:35:31 +0000 Focus 147388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re the first of those, "schertz" is German for "joke". It was all sounding quite plausible (other than the Dr's name) until the thinly disguised witch test came at the end!</p> <p>And of course Froome is an alien, he's from another continent! :-D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147383 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:22:26 +0000 fimm 147383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to others on CycleChat for these:</p> <p><a href="http://inrng.com/2014/04/tuesday-shorts-7/">New anti-doping test</a> (scroll down to the last item)</p> <p><a href="http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/04/news/froome-faces-scrutiny-extraterrestrial-dna-test-results_322157">Chris Froome found to have alien DNA</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12492#post-147362 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:13:28 +0000 Focus 147362@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Post any you've spotted here.</p> <p>To get things started, I received an email from For Goodness Shakes, who produce recovery an protein products.</p> <p><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/reggiedunlop77/Cycling/ForGoodnessShakesAprilFool.jpg"></p> <p>My first thoughts were "How and why", closely followed by "April Fool", before I clicked on the link.</p> <p>And that takes you to:</p> <p><a href="http://www.athletestore.co.uk/april-fool?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=April+Fools&amp;utm_content=April+Fools+CID_cc511c785a7637a5091667b444eab992&amp;utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software">April Fool but with 20% discount</a>, so you might find it useful :-) </p>