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Kieran_Burns

gbsahne wrote:

CiB wrote:

Bother bother bother. Here's some free advice for you all. Don't open one of those ridiculous little plastic bottles of 'bio-yoghurt', then wander off to make a cup of tea, then come back & spot the yoghurt out of the corner of your eye on the kitchen table and give it a good shake prior to drinking. It needs the lid to be in place for that. As someone said last week in a different context, I now resemble a plasterer's radio. Cobblers.

Same goes for the mouthwash that you have to shake; top must be on :oops:

Full bottle of talc.

The gift that keeps dusting.


:oops:

king_jeffers

CiB wrote:

Bother bother bother. Here's some free advice for you all. Don't open one of those ridiculous little plastic bottles of 'bio-yoghurt', then wander off to make a cup of tea, then come back & spot the yoghurt out of the corner of your eye on the kitchen table and give it a good shake prior to drinking. It needs the lid to be in place for that. As someone said last week in a different context, I now resemble a plasterer's radio. Cobblers.

Mars bar drink... what a waste! Did this a few weeks ago all over the Mrs 8)

The Running Man

Ah well this isn't going to make me very popular but that's not bothered me in the past .....

Why do cyclists wear bloody headphones when they're on the road?? I mean for Pete's sake! You need your eyes to see what's coming in front of you but you rely on your ears to hear what's happening behind you.

I was close to home doing about 18-20 through the lanes at Stockley and I see a roadie ahead drifting a bit over the road, so to be polite I shout, "On your right". Nothing. So I shout, "On your right" again, louder and by default closer. Still nothing.

Mr Dopey is wearing headphones (no helmet either but let's not start that : I don't want a war on 2 fronts). :roll:

I just shook my head at him and gave him the stare : couldn't be arsed to stop and argue the toss with him as I wanted to get a 19mph average for the trip

Mr Sworld

Bloody ginger idiot this morning!

I was speeding down the road this morning when 'ginge' legged it straight out in front of me. Pulled hard on the brakes to avoid hitting it and it shot off, and away, under my front tyre.

Just avoided being dumped off the bike and injuring/cripiling/killing 'ginge'.... :x

Bloody cats....

bdave262000

Keyser__Soze wrote:

There was a bad accident in the park on Sunday and the stretch between Robin Hood and Roehampton gates was shut to allow the air ambulance to land. The police were waving people to a halt just after Robin Hood roundabout, so I started to pull up and crossed the roundabout very slowly. Evidently this was too much for some pond life middle aged prince albert on a mountain bike who was coming down from Pen Ponds. He swore profusely at he, telling me to get out of the way. When I pointed out the police roadblock and that I had right of way at a roundabout he let fly with a string of expletives and said he'd knock me over next time. I turned round and offered him the chance to try. He then scuttled off down the gravel path still swearing at me, too much of a woman's front bum to make good on his promise. I told him I'd catch him up at the top of the hill so he could have another go and he bailed out through a pedestrian gate. Pathetic. Next time MTFU or STFU.

http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/topst ... es/?ref=mr

dhope

Contractors wages. Ah, I'm just jealous :roll:

redvee

Mr Sworld wrote:

Bloody ginger idiot this morning!

I was speeding down the road this morning when 'ginge' legged it straight out in front of me. Pulled hard on the brakes to avoid hitting it and it shot off, and away, under my front tyre.

Just avoided being dumped off the bike and injuring/cripiling/killing 'ginge'.... :x

Bloody cats....

This one by chance?

suzyb

Working until 10pm last night coding a website design. Log in to my email this morning and find out the client doesn't actually like it so I've to change it back to what it was before :evil:

redvee

BBC/Sky F1 deal.

roger_merriman

companies use a logical name or other wise when my banks fraud department ring up and ask do you know what foo is.....

one cancelled card later.....

veronese68

suzyb wrote:

Working until 10pm last night coding a website design. Log in to my email this morning and find out the client doesn't actually like it so I've to change it back to what it was before :evil:

http://clientsfromhell.net/

stuj15

I noticed this last night after the commute.

On a week old Spesh Armadillo no less. For the life of me I cannot remember breaking full on at 30mph and skidding for 20ft. It's either that or the tyre was extremely dodgy.

This is after last months debacle with 3 Spesh tubes, bought from the same shop, going pop in the space of two days. (To their credit they changed these) I think I need to change my supplier or brand.

Sirius631

CiB wrote:

Bother bother bother. Here's some free advice for you all. Don't open one of those ridiculous little plastic bottles of 'bio-yoghurt', then wander off to make a cup of tea, then come back & spot the yoghurt out of the corner of your eye on the kitchen table and give it a good shake prior to drinking. It needs the lid to be in place for that. As someone said last week in a different context, I now resemble a plasterer's radio. Cobblers.

Ketchup. Brother still brames me for loosening the cap 30 years later.

jds_1981

stuj15 wrote:

I noticed this last night after the commute.

On a week old Spesh Armadillo no less. For the life of me I cannot remember breaking full on at 30mph and skidding for 20ft. It's either that or the tyre was extremely dodgy.

This is after last months debacle with 3 Spesh tubes, bought from the same shop, going pop in the space of two days. (To their credit they changed these) I think I need to change my supplier or brand.

:shock: you haven't got something that'd cause your wheel to lock at exactly the same point every time, a big dent in the rim?

sketchley

stuj15 wrote:

I noticed this last night after the commute.

On a week old Spesh Armadillo no less. For the life of me I cannot remember breaking full on at 30mph and skidding for 20ft. It's either that or the tyre was extremely dodgy.

This is after last months debacle with 3 Spesh tubes, bought from the same shop, going pop in the space of two days. (To their credit they changed these) I think I need to change my supplier or brand.

I've changed brand, never buying their products again. As for Armadilos change them for Conti Gatorskins you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner as soon as you put them on.

stuj15

jds_1981 wrote:

:shock: you haven't got something that'd cause your wheel to lock at exactly the same point every time, a big dent in the rim?

I sure hope not, rims are only 1 week old as well.

@Sketch - cheers I'll have a look around. To be honest I've never had any major issue with the Armadillos in 2 years of serious commuting so to say I was shocked to see that is an understatement.

sketchley

@stuj15 Depends on what you mean by issues, I had no problems with Armadillos, puncture protection is very good, but the ride quality isn't. You won't notice until you change and suddenly find yourself more confident and bit quicker, 1 to 2 mph in may case. the Gatorskin is not a good with puncture protection but is much lighter and a better ride by far so on it does make up for it. Schwable Durano Plus' get good reviews on here but not tried them myself.

redvee

Going out on your Bike 2 then noticing when you stop for grub after 20 miles that the saddlebag with spare tube and tools is still at home under the saddle of Bike 1.

stuj15

Sketchley wrote:

@stuj15 Depends on what you mean by issues, I had no problems with Armadillos, puncture protection is very good, but the ride quality isn't. You won't notice until you change and suddenly find yourself more confident and bit quicker, 1 to 2 mph in may case. the Gatorskin is not a good with puncture protection but is much lighter and a better ride by far so on it does make up for it. Schwable Durano Plus' get good reviews on here but not tried them myself.

OOOoooooo <ears prick up>

Dropped into Cycle Surgery on the way home, asked if they had seen it before and was it defective. They said that they had a guy come in the exact same issue last week who had skidded slightly on a new patch of the gritted part of the CS paint and shredded the tyre in 3 parts!

As I said earlier I don't remember skidding at all this week but there are newly gritted parts on the CS2 so it looks like even the slightest heavy breaking has caused this. :x

king_jeffers

Damn you SPDs and my laziness!

Usually I maintain/check my bike and cleats every weekend, the last two weekends have been really busy and I've let it slip... I noticed my left foot was sticking to the pedal on the way home but still came loose with a bit of jiggling. So, I'm just about to pull up to my house, approach the front door, apply brakes but my foot won't come out! Argh! Ooof! Right over onto the gravel - left shoe still attached to pedal... Infront of the the WHOLE street, just I was was cursing a really nice lady (classic looking type, very nice) walks past and asks me if I'm okay. Made me forget about the stones implanted in my forearm :oops:

Anyway short of it is, one of the screws fell out of the cleats on the way home, the cleat is now locked in the pedal until I get time to take it out. Job for the weekend and a new pair of cleats needed, unless I can find the screw!

Most heinous.

jds_1981

King Jeffers wrote:

Damn you SPDs and my laziness!

Most heinous.

Made me quickly check cleats for secureness. I have noticed screws becoming loose before, but that was due to feeling them when walking.

CiB

Had my first crash in years today. A woman waiting for a lorry to reverse decided to give it more space so reversed back towards me. Obviously I'd already clocked that that might happen so had allowed plenty of space to let her roll back into the gap between us, but she didn't stop, not until I I was clambering off the bike sideways whilst she carried on into the bike.

Offset handlebars and the right lever were pushed out of true by quite a bit, but amazingly there's no other damage. The front wheel is true, lever is fine, no visible marks anywhere except for the dent, scratch & tyre mark on her boot lid & rear valance where she hit me.

I could make a fuss but she was civilised about it, no harm done etc so that's it for me, the whole event over & done with.

Koncordski

To the oxygen thief in the Black Jeep Cherokee in richmond park tonight, I hope you don't believe in Karma because you're due a f*cking beating from it soon.

I was cycling down the hill towards ham gate in richmond park towards the end of an 18 mile commute during which I stopped at every red light and cycled politely. This bit here for those not familiar: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=richmond,+london&hl=en&ll=51.432742,-0.287683&spn=0.007652,0.021007&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.4327,-0.287832&panoid=_5wYMY7oRs1xM7FSF6GXEw&cbp=12,254.97,,0,0

So why oh why did you see fit to overtake me until you were along side, then slow down to match my speed and then proceed to physically push my bike off the side of the road. You were so close you actually pushed on my hand so that it started to steer my bike.

Do you have any Idea how f*cking terrifying that it is at 20mph with a row of wooden posts on one side and a big 4x4 on the other??

You absolute total f*cking arsehole, you looked old enough to have kids so how would you feel if someone did that to your son/daughter. I'm still shaking now.

SimonAH

Good bloody hell! I hope you got the plate and reported?

nation

I leave my shoes locked in my filing cabinet in my office. I have to leave the key in a key safe on the premises.

The person with the key to the key safe is at another site for a couple of days. The building manager with access to the spares is on holiday. The person who is supposed to hold the keys to the key safe with the spare keys when the building manager isn't here is also on holiday. Security don't know who is supposed to hold the keys to the key safe with the spare keys when both the building manager and her deputy are on holiday.

So I'm clumping around today in SPD shoes.

bails87

Perhaps the key safe key is in a key safe key key safe? But who has the key to the key safe key key safe?

clarkey cat

Twice in two days I've had drivers beep me because I have been blocking their progress to the set of red lights 10 yards up ahead - they then perform some mad, accelerating manouvre to just about get ahead of me and then screech to a halt - waiting for the green light. I cruise past and give them a thumbs up.

hfidgen

3 RLJ incidents this morning and 3 near misses - each time the cyclist screamed up the inside of the queue, weaved the waiting cyclists (ie me) and then had to skid to a stop to avoid being run over by the turning traffic.

3 times I then passed them after the lights and commented "They are red for a reason mate"

3 times I got told to f-off

3 times I laughed in their faces and told them to enjoy their hospital stays.

nation

bails87 wrote:

Perhaps the key safe key is in a key safe key key safe? But who has the key to the key safe key key safe?

We are presently fabricating excuses for clients as to why we can't deal with documents that are locked in a cabinet that we can't open.

bails87

nation wrote:

bails87 wrote:

Perhaps the key safe key is in a key safe key key safe? But who has the key to the key safe key key safe?

We are presently fabricating excuses for clients as to why we can't deal with documents that are locked in a cabinet that we can't open.

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