http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Terrible poetry about working on my bike en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:01:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18063#post-258528 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:00:23 +0000 dougal 258528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt We have that book. Indeed, we asked a friend to read <em>Bike With No Hands</em> for us at our wedding. It was marvelous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18063#post-258412 Sun, 27 Aug 2017 00:14:22 +0000 unhurt 258412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone gave me this a few years ago. If I manage to make it to a PY or a not-PY I shall bring it with:</p> <p><a href="http://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-about-bicycles/" rel="nofollow">http://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-about-bicycles/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18063#post-258401 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 21:41:15 +0000 gembo 258401@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is reminding me of Baldrick's great poem </p> <p>German Guns</p> <p>Boom, boom boom<br /> Boom boom<br /> Boom, boom, boom<br /> Boom, boom </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18063#post-258398 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:40:53 +0000 steveo 258398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Chain by FleetwoodMac</p> <p>.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18063#post-258397 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:42:37 +0000 I were right about that saddle 258397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Chains</strong> by IWRATS Larkin</p> <p>What are chains for?<br /> Chains are how we ride.<br /> They come, they take us<br /> Time and time over.<br /> They are to be ridden with:<br /> How can we ride without chains?</p> <p>Ah, solving that question<br /> Brings a frame with a drop-out<br /> And a Kevlar belt<br /> Running over the cogs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18063#post-258396 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:20:02 +0000 ARobComp 258396@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>It's probably the chain</strong><br /> <em>A quickly written short rubbish poem by ARobComp</em></p> <p>Riding in France upon my fancy steed,<br /> A nasty chain suck the bike did suffer,<br /> And since then it's had a nasty fault,<br /> From which it's been unable to recover</p> <p>When climbing in the little ring,<br /> And putting on some pressure.<br /> My chain would on occasion kick up,<br /> to ruin my hill climb leisure. </p> <p>Into the garage said bike did go,<br /> And so started the investigation game,<br /> But no matter how hard I looked<br /> The bast*rd problem remained the same.</p> <p>I thoroughly cleaned and stripped the bladdy thing,<br /> Top, bottom, side and sprockets<br /> And worried that not finding the fault,<br /> Would cost all the money in my pockets,</p> <p>Hearing cursing out loud, the wife was summoned<br /> And came out to shush the "fook"<br /> Remarked did she "It's probably the chain"<br /> So I bent to have a look. </p> <p>Upon intense inspection the culprit was found<br /> A tiny ding in a sliver of metal.<br /> I whipped it out, now the chain runs true<br /> The bike is in fine fettle. </p> <p>I stood and stared, My mouth agape,<br /> At the impact of such a tiny dent,<br /> My roadie once again ready to go,<br /> To West Scotland with my tent. </p>