Your rants here.

CiB

The current vibe for posting threads along the lines of "ere whaddya think of this then eh??????" with nothing more than a link to Youtube vid is getting out of hand. One because a lot of people (i.e. me) can't view Youtube vids at work, and B errr... Two, because it means we have to go trundling off to watch something, work out what the problem is and then come back. Not the hardest job in the world, but hey ho - this is the rants bit.

It's a discussion board when all's said & done.

Ta. Over & out.

HoHoHoBlueGiant

To the lady(?) on the horse this morning who very impolitely informed me I 'SHOULD' call out when 'YOU CYLISTS' are behind a horse.

1) I'd been sat behind you for over a minute, don't you ever look over your shoulder?
2) I'd deliberately kept well back being as considerate as I thought possible (I was unable to pass as you anyway as you were all over the road)
3) So shouting 'Oi' would have had a different affect on the horse than the light clicking noise of my free-hub that apparently startled tinned dog food on legs
4) Being poilte, even just ending your sentance with 'PLEASE' would have avoided this rant! Only my Mum is allowed to tell me off like I'm still 12 :evil:

Being the considerate person I am, I will now act appropriately :oops: around horses, you live and learn, but I could have done without the attitude.

Polkascott

On that note... Horses for cr*pping all over the roads in Kensington and Hyde Park.

attica

I nearly died as the result of the actions of two - also lucky to be alive - horse riders the other evening.

I was driving my car along a road quite legally at just shy of 60 mph, leaving a sensible amount of room for the car in front. it was dusk and the road was tree lined on both sides.

All of a sudden the car in front swerves a little and passes two horses that were trotting along the road and "signalling" that they were about to turn right. Oddly enough, headlights that are dipped don't illuminate an outstretched arm that is 12 foot up in the air. clad in dark material on a dark horse on a dark road. I did a full on emergency stop, wound down the window and asked the riders to "for goodness sake get something reflective or lights or something" (Yes one of the riders had made that right turn through the gap I'd left)

I drove off before listening to the excuses that were starting to come back, just plain irresponsible actions on the riders part and could have cost 5 lives (3 human, 2 equine)

@Polkascott Horse cr4p is NOT a problem, get over it and feed your roses, Oh and welcome to the forum

noodles71

If only you had a AirZound you could have seen how quick you were against a bolting horse and carriage :twisted:

HoHoHoBlueGiant wrote:

To the lady(?) on the horse this morning who very impolitely informed me I 'SHOULD' call out when 'YOU CYLISTS' are behind a horse.

1) I'd been sat behind you for over a minute, don't you ever look over your shoulder?
2) I'd deliberately kept well back being as considerate as I thought possible (I was unable to pass as you anyway as you were all over the road)
3) So shouting 'Oi' would have had a different affect on the horse than the light clicking noise of my free-hub that apparently startled tinned dog food on legs
4) Being poilte, even just ending your sentance with 'PLEASE' would have avoided this rant! Only my Mum is allowed to tell me off like I'm still 12 :evil:

Being the considerate person I am, I will now act appropriately :oops: around horses, you live and learn, but I could have done without the attitude.

redvee

I thought my thigh was on it's way back to full fitness but after yesterdays' ride I find it isn't. It hurts like it did the day after the initial injury.

attica

redvee wrote:

I thought my thigh was on it's way back to full fitness but after yesterdays' ride I find it isn't. It hurts like it did the day after the initial injury.

What happened RV? Did you get a good truncheoning at the Stoke Croft street party ahem, I mean riot?

EKE_38BPM

Not in the slightest cycling related, but BT are a bunch of lazy ****s, who wouldn't know good customer service if it **** them one the ***ing **** and are so **** at repairing the ****ing fault that a ****ing trained seal could **** it out better given enough ****ing fish!

3 days without a landline and therefore no broadband is more than highly annoying.

redvee

Attica wrote:

redvee wrote:

I thought my thigh was on it's way back to full fitness but after yesterdays' ride I find it isn't. It hurts like it did the day after the initial injury.

What happened RV? Did you get a good truncheoning at the Stoke Croft street party ahem, I mean riot?

No such luck with the street party. I had a brake lever puncture my thigh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9jN8uj4Lk

attica

Yowser!

Considering your injury and the fact that he was on the wrong side of the road, you kept your cool very well. Hope the recovery speeds up soon matey

JamieRa

redvee wrote:

Attica wrote:

redvee wrote:

I thought my thigh was on it's way back to full fitness but after yesterdays' ride I find it isn't. It hurts like it did the day after the initial injury.

What happened RV? Did you get a good truncheoning at the Stoke Croft street party ahem, I mean riot?

No such luck with the street party. I had a brake lever puncture my thigh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9jN8uj4Lk

hope your ok fella!
the lads friend you crashed with sounds like a right D*ck!

Initialised

New brake pads + oncoming cyclist at a chicane on a narrow bit of the Keelmans way = seat up the ar$e after pulling to hard. Ow

redvee

Attica wrote:

Yowser!

Considering your injury and the fact that he was on the wrong side of the road, you kept your cool very well. Hope the recovery speeds up soon matey

Had to do Bath to Bristol straight after the incident and I couldn't work out where the blood was coming from till I peeled back the shorts 1/2 way home. Gave it 4 days off the bike and have been OK since apart from yesterday evening.

Drysuitdiver

Polkascott wrote:

On that note... Horses for cr*pping all over the roads in Kensington and Hyde Park.

HTFU its not toxic like cow or dog or cat or fox or even Human for that matter

Polkascott

Drysuitdiver wrote:

Polkascott wrote:

On that note... Horses for cr*pping all over the roads in Kensington and Hyde Park.

HTFU its not toxic like cow or dog or cat or fox or even Human for that matter

I know, but it can be unpleasant when it ends up on your face being kicked up from the bike in front of you! :oops:

Think I will go and post an anti-rant now...

Drysuitdiver

FL11 LNO White Citroen Van

revving you engine when i am in primary to avoid being doored isn't going to make me let you go past any quicker. and speeding up once past me to avoid having to stop at the red light and jumping the red light is even worse.

link removed at request of Roadsafe London

thelawnet

Just had a little discussion with a pedestrian.

I am riding up to a pelican crossing outside the station. Light is red so I stop.

Light changes to flashing amber so I go as the road is clear. One of the uniformed station ticket inspectors starts to cross, breaking Rule 21 of the Highway Code. He stops as I'm coming through and points at the flashing light and says 'you're supposed to stop'. I shout back at him 'The light is flashing you're not supposed to start crossing'. As he walks off he's shaking his head so I shout after him 'You've got an attitude problem mate'. (Which is true, he's officious and obnoxious on the station as well. Probably best not to p1ss him off too much as I might have cause to bring my bike past him some day.)

asprilla

He shouldn't start to cross, but if he;s on the crossing then you are supposed to give way to him, surely?

thelawnet

Asprilla wrote:

He shouldn't start to cross, but if he;s on the crossing then you are supposed to give way to him, surely?

Hmm, seems the Highway Code says "on the crossing" rather than "already on the crossing". Don't think he any moral right to rant at me though, having broken the rules himself would have been easier to just to let it go, but some people like to pick fights I guess.

seadog12

Was riding along the A6 quickly in a tight two man echelon (20-25mph). My friend was overlapping slightly at the rear and we were probably taking up no more then 2 foot of road. Some wan£er had to slow slightly and banged on his horn for about ten seconds- I jumped out of my skin and could so easily have wiped us both out! As the fat F%ck started to overtake his even fatter wife rolled down her window and shouted expletives - and his two fat pigs of kids in the back were giving us the finger....we were both fuming and we set off in hot pursuit - reaching almost 30 - about the same speed he was doing in traffic. Next thing, he pulled off onto a country lane and shot off into the distance.Obviously clocked us in his mirror chasing him down....

thelawnet

Just went out to test my new Garmin 800.

I was in cycle lane here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 5,,0,22.08

It's a reasonably steep hill and an A-road so pretty much all cyclists stick in the cycle lane.

The route round to the right is straight ahead, whereas the straight ahead is a left turn.

I continued round to the right in the cycle lane, did not signal, nor do any cars, and some silly cow beeped her horn at me as she turned left. Ok, so it might not be a bad idea to signal right here to try and stop left-turning faster-moving motorists cutting me up, but I did nothing wrong and she was misusing her horn anyway as I'd already gone.

flicksta

Squeaking jockey wheels. My own fault.

Rode 40 miles with them the other day - infuriating.

So, off they come this morning before today's ride. Cleaned, lubed and reattached.

Squeak is still there.

Realise it's the same few parts of the chain. Prob stiff links.

Chain off. Multiple stiff links, prob overzealous cleaning.

No ride this morning.

Arse.

Sharkyssurfers

wind yesterdasy was a nightmare, still did a 46 miler though, but when i die and if i ever meet you wind, im gonna rip your lungs out and see how you like it!!! :twisted:

Also Essex County Council, sort out these booming potholes, yet again, i have received another slow puncture and may have a wheel out of balance. :x

mudcow007

The god damn mother sticking wind.........that is all

Kieran_Burns

mudcow007 wrote:

The god damn mother sticking wind.........that is all

yeah... not looking forward to going home tbh. :?

seadog12

Tell me about it. Was struggling to do 9-10mph on a stretch of road where I'm usually doing 16-18mph this morning. Altered route though and switched back on myself - 25mph up a slight incline with little effort

redvee

Ordered a book wirh Amazon on friday expecting it today, just had an email saying it's been despatched today, even with paying for Prime

tiny_pens

Had a nice man show me the emails on his black berry this morning. Difficult to read them as he was shaking it up and down a lot at the time. That and beeping his horn.

I think he was indicating to me that it wasn't his fault for nearly colliding with me because he was busy reading his emails at the time.

I was wondering what his view on the morning was like:-

So I was just checking my emails on the way to work and I looked up and 'feck me if there isn't a 'feckin cyclist in the middle of the road trying to turn right. Came out of 'feckin nowhere. Shouldn't be allowed on the road. Should be on the pavement - not that there is a pavement in the countryside but whatever. Should have just waited until the i'd passed. How am I supposed to spot idiots like that when I'm checking my email?

Gave me an idea for Dragons Den. Its a big purple light that sits on the car and turns on when drivers turn off the keylock on their phones. I reckon the police might like to see it made as well :-) Would screw the phone sat nav market but hey - small price to pay...

Kieran_Burns

Was there a Tornado warning in effect in the Midlands?

I swear there was one following me home tonight. The bloody wind was EVERYWHERE. It couldn't seem to make its damn' mind up and was blowing every which way.

One second bowling along with no effort, then I hit the big invisible pillow and spent the next several miles trying to work out if someone had stolen my legs.

It was embarrassing on the last hill up to my place. I was so utterly spent fighting through that wind I had nothing left in the tank and this (approximately) 9 year old girl on this scaffolding based mtb thing was staying in front of me. Cow.

Oh and she kept looking over her shoulder and grinning. Cow.

seadog12

I'm a few miles north of you in North Derbyshire and, thankfully, the wind was blowing in exactly the same direction as this morning Ride in to work, 45 mins at 13.2 mph - ride home 36 mins, average just under 17mph.