Just because a car has a "Shimano" sticker on the

Roastie

So I'm happily track standing behind the third car in a queue at a light (narrow road, so no point in moving to the front). I notice the car in front (an completely forgettable blue estate) has a "Shimano" sticker in the window so think to myself, ah - a cyclist! How nice!

Anyhow, light turns green and I start rolling again - but Estate man is a bit slow moving off. I will the car to start moving before I run into the back bumper, and I guess I was thinking aloud when I said "Goooo!"

Next thing, the dude in his "Shimano" bestickered car goes totally ballistic. I assume heard me saying "Goooo!" and took major offence.

So, I can only assume he is either a fisherman or a mountain-biker (MTB'ers seem to think bikes don't belong on roads :roll:, or at least that is the impression I've got from most).

Anyhow, whatever it was - Idiot.

abbots_mike

it has wheel, tires and pedals, therefors it goes wherever i go or can make it go!

any way, what do you mean by going ballistic?

btw, i am a 16 y old mtb'er, but my bike is my only permanent form of transport, therefore i ride it everywhere.

cee

sweeping generalisations aside (I am a mountain biker who cycles to work everyday), maybe the guy was just a spoon

Belv

I'm a cyclist but that doesn't mean i want another one riding into the back of my car!

or shouting "Goo" at me, for that matter.

mrchrispy

if someone shouted goooo at me I'd realise I probably should be going ffs. he when balistic cause he was a c0ck, 99% of the population turn into nobs when you put then behind a wheel, they become the road equivalent of an Islamic fundamentalist – do anything to insult them and you must die!!!

cupofteacp

sweeping generalisations
He was a fisherman, you know he enjoys catching and killing fish for fun rather than food

redddraggon

Shimano? 'Nuff said.

Gambatte

cupofteacp wrote:

sweeping generalisations
He was a fisherman, you know he enjoys catching and killing fish for fun rather than food

another generalisation - I eat what I catch

cee

Gambatte wrote:

cupofteacp wrote:

sweeping generalisations
He was a fisherman, you know he enjoys catching and killing fish for fun rather than food

another generalisation - I eat what I catch

except trout.......they are horrible

Gambatte

cee wrote:

Gambatte wrote:

cupofteacp wrote:

sweeping generalisations
He was a fisherman, you know he enjoys catching and killing fish for fun rather than food

another generalisation - I eat what I catch

except trout.......they are horrible

Lifted a still flapping 5lb salmon out of the nets off Skipsea once as the tide went out.

Bootiful!

Nice thread, just reminded me I need a new filleting knife.

delcol

MTB'ers seem to think bikes don't belong on roads

i am a mtber and i cycle to work every day oh and guess what it just happens to be on a road and on a road bike. :P

must of been a maggot drowner...

jedster

Shimano? 'Nuff said.

what amazes me is that it took three hours for someone to post that!

(SRAM or Shimano on all my bikes)

cee

Gambatte wrote:

Lifted a still flapping 5lb salmon out of the nets off Skipsea once as the tide went out.

Bootiful!

a salmon is an entirely different matter.... yummee!

if only i had a bunch of trout in a saddle bag, which i could throw at cars who i deemed needed a good 'trouting' that would make me feel better than shouting at folks! of course.........im just being silly.........you wouldn't get many troot in a saddlebag.....better with sardines!

Crapaud

To be certain that the driver was indeed an angler, we'd need to know if the car had a turbot charger.

Roastie

Iwas wondering how many MTB'ers would fall for that cheap shot - though I have a few colleagues at work who all share that same sentiment. Boring gits.

ps. Going ballistic refers to repetitive use of the "F" word, fist waving and other attempts at being prehistoric.

abbots_mike

i thought that was normal commuter behaviour!
im sure some of the people i meet in cars on my way to school haven't even figured out how to walk on their hind legs

Belv

Even if he was a fisherman, i still have some sympathy with the chap.

If the situation was reversed and a car beeped at you for moving off too slowly, there'd be complaints about impatient car drivers. The lights indicate he can go, but it's not a drag race.

Roastie

Belv dude, if I were to complain about impatient car drivers being rude, I'd be posting on the subject daily!