Originally Posted by
79pmooney
I grew up just outside Boston, Rode into the city many times, starting when I was about 12. Raced out of Cambridge in my twenties. In my racing/bike shop days, the common expression was "close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.
We used to joke about maybe wearing a durable metal ring on our left hand to scrape the paint of right-hookers.
I have heard it as “Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades...and dancing."
Vince Lombardi had said of football, “Dancing [but not bicycling] is a contact sport…football [but certainly not bicycling] is a collision sport." 
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 12-04-19 at 12:46 PM.