Your rants here.

bails87

Kieran_Burns wrote:

bails87 wrote:

Punched in the face

WHAT??!!??

Pretty much a carbon copy of the guy on the charity ride, who got hit by the bloke who jumped out of a Peugeot 407, who the police then failed to ID until he handed himself in.


Except he hit me about 7 times while I was lying on the ground after the first hit knocked me over.

Charming. I've got witnesses, got it all on the cam, got an appointment with the police tomorrow evening.

sketchley

Note to self, do not play chicken with traffic......

sketchley

bails87 wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

bails87 wrote:

Punched in the face

WHAT??!!??

Pretty much a carbon copy of the guy on the charity ride, who got hit by the bloke who jumped out of a Peugeot 407, who the police then failed to ID until he handed himself in.


Except he hit me about 7 times while I was lying on the ground after the first hit knocked me over.

Charming. I've got witnesses, got it all on the cam, got an appointment with the police tomorrow evening.

That doesn't sound good. You ok? How about the bike?

bails87

Both ok thanks. I curled up into a ball He probably hit my helmet more than me, the bike has got scuffed bar tape and a lost bar end plug.

mudcow007

bails87 wrote:

Both ok thanks. I curled up into a ball He probably hit my helmet more than me, the bike has got scuffed bar tape and a lost bar end plug.

feckin hell dude

are you all shook up (Mm mm oh oh)

how did it happen?

was it lycra jealousy?

I bought a car in November (Vauxhall Signum) on Saturday afternoon we were driving to the local country estate to take the dog for a run when the battery light comes on, on the car. "Dammit" i thought its the alternator

so i pull into the local kwik fit to ask them to test the battery/ alternator - they confirm its the alty

the car has warranty with the AA so i phone them today who tell me to take the car to one of their nominated garages (Halfords!!!??!!) i phone Halfords who tell me the earliest it will be is Friday to look at the car

so i phone back AA who tell me that i can take the car to anyone but they will only pay an hourly rate of up to £39.60 per hour. there aint a garage in the world that works at that rate!!!

so i know have to find a garage to look at it an shell out on a car that i dont use (its my mrs's car)

sorry for the long rant boys n girls

notsoblue

bails87 wrote:

Both ok thanks. I curled up into a ball He probably hit my helmet more than me, the bike has got scuffed bar tape and a lost bar end plug.

Sounds like a nasty encounter! What happened? Why'd he go apeshit?

bails87

Coming over a narrow bridge, one lane in each direction, but just about the width of a car.

There's a solid white line. He catches up with me at the start of the bridge. beeps his horn at me, I look over my shoulder, do nothing, carry on riding at ~20mph. On the 'upslope' of the bridge now, I can see a car coming the other way. He overtakes across the solid white line, sees the other car, cuts back in while he's next to me, I put my arm out becaus ehe's going to hit me. His car hits my hand/my hand touches his car, depending on your point of view. He gets in front and stops. I go round him. Then he's behind me, so I pull onto the pavement and stop, to let him get past. He drives onto the pavement, jumps out of his car and.....

mudcow007

bails87 wrote:

Coming over a narrow bridge, one lane in each direction, but just about the width of a car.

There's a solid white line. He catches up with me at the start of the bridge. beeps his horn at me, I look over my shoulder, do nothing, carry on riding at ~20mph. On the 'upslope' of the bridge now, I can see a car coming the other way. He overtakes across the solid white line, sees the other car, cuts back in while he's next to me, I put my arm out becaus ehe's going to hit me. His car hits my hand/my hand touches his car, depending on your point of view. He gets in front and stops. I go round him. Then he's behind me, so I pull onto the pavement and stop, to let him get past. He drives onto the pavement, jumps out of his car and.....

he sounds like an a-hole

hopefully he will get done, an rectally assaulted in prison........i doubt it thought

veronese68

bails87 wrote:

Both ok thanks. I curled up into a ball He probably hit my helmet more than me, the bike has got scuffed bar tape and a lost bar end plug.

Glad you're generally ok. Hope the witnesses helped. Sorry to hear that, there are some lunatics out there. I must say I've become a lot more cautious since I got into a row with a bloke and he got out with a claw hammer.

leodis75

Tredz.... :x

Ordered a load of noobie things like rear light, padded shorts, mud guards, lock & cable and bits and bobs... Got an email saying "Out of stock and will receive them "Likely next week"" :x Phoned them and three items that where in stock are now not in stock, bloody looking forward to getting a parcel to work, now will have to wait... and wait...

Worst part is that I just googled Tredz and they are a non stock holding company judging by the complaints..

bails87,
Hope you are ok?

cyclingprop

Hope you're ok bails. Sounds like we'll both be bruised in the face. Just had a wisdom tooth out. UGH.

sketchley

@cyclingprop - Wisdom tooth ouch my hurt, although not a first, in fact on way home from hospital I felt great due to the cocaine like drug they pump me with my face was numb, next day my good did it hurt, then it got infected, that really hurt, then my denist had to sort it out, that didn't hurt as much. Only had one of four taken out the the other are staying in.

sketchley

Note to self, stop shouting at idiots it doesn't stop them being idiots.

SimonAH

Good grief Bails, glad you're OK. What a tool.

cyclingprop

Sketchley wrote:

@cyclingprop - Wisdom tooth ouch my hurt, although not a first, in fact on way home from hospital I felt great due to the cocaine like drug they pump me with my face was numb, next day my good did it hurt, then it got infected, that really hurt, then my denist had to sort it out, that didn't hurt as much. Only had one of four taken out the the other are staying in.

Aye, it's just the one fortunately. The other two were yoinked (definitely a real word) about 3 years ago. And there isn't a fourth, the xray said so.

Final rant for today (I hope): put Swisstop Greens on the fast bike to take my mind off my tooth. Destroyed hex screw. Won't be a problem until it needs changing, but still

bails87

cyclingprop: Yours was probably more unpleasant than mine! GWS.

Thanks for the concern everybody

I've got home and watched the incident back, it confirms everything I wrote in the first post, except the overtake took place just after the solid white on our side had ended, it was still way too close, he still cut in and he still punched me in the face. I've put the whole thing (home-incident) on a DVD to take to the police station tomorrow, to show that I hadn't been winding him up for the previous ten minutes or anything.

It also confirms that I really do scream like a girl I was just trying to make some noise to get someone to notice tbh :oops:

Would have been nice to have buried a chainring in his shin as he came towards me, but hey ho.....

sketchley

cyclingprop wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

@cyclingprop - Wisdom tooth ouch my hurt, although not a first, in fact on way home from hospital I felt great due to the cocaine like drug they pump me with my face was numb, next day my good did it hurt, then it got infected, that really hurt, then my denist had to sort it out, that didn't hurt as much. Only had one of four taken out the the other are staying in.

Aye, it's just the one fortunately. The other two were yoinked (definitely a real word) about 3 years ago. And there isn't a fourth, the xray said so.

Final rant for today (I hope): put Swisstop Greens on the fast bike to take my mind off my tooth. Destroyed hex screw. Won't be a problem until it needs changing, but still

Did exactly the same weekend before last fitting Swiss stop greens. LBS provided spare screws for free. They'll be getting some business from that.

davis

Sounds rough bails87 -- the very best of luck in bringing him to justice. Test the DVD on a normal DVD player, and maybe make a few copies of the video -- not to share (side note: don't share it in anyway if I were you), but just in case your machine blows up, or your cat eats your MPEG.

cyclingprop

Yeah keep copies and don't share in case it damages any case you have.

bails87

Thanks guys. Backed up, and no, I wouldn't have shared it or given any specific details.

DrLex

Aghast to read of your assault; I hope the police have no hesitation in passing this to the CPS to prosecute. Drop Martin Porter an email if they look to be stalling.

rolf_f

Horrible one Bails - glad you're OK. A shame these people are too stupid to be able to think - eg was it really all worth it in the hope of saving 10 seconds of journey time?

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

bdave262000 wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

bdave262000 wrote:

Its a one man band, found his address and mobile number on line.

Is he a builder/decorator/plumber/etc. ? have a look at the trades reference sites like CheckATrade, DuluxSelect, etc... some of those you can leave a 'quality reference' on...

He's a plumber, had his name written down the side of his van.

Or failing that, keep booking him to come out to fictitious addresses.*

It's actually rather difficult to see the downside of this approach if the police don't do anything........

I mean, it isn't as though you'd need to do it yourself if you happened to mention the name of the company on the forum!

veronese68

This rant is 20 odd years overdue.
I had 3 wisdom teeth removed at Guys. They told me I could have morphine or something to help with the pain. Local anaesthetic first then he said he had to check it worked before he gave me the morphine as I wouldn't care if I had that. Prods my gum and asks if it hurts, prods again, still no pain. Almighty cracking sound I yelp and swear telling him I could feel that. He replies "Well that's the first one done, we might as well carry on". Second one was a bit easier but I could feel it. Third one he had his knee on my chest to get enough force to pull it out. Ouch!!!
After he'd finished he asked why I was still sat there. I told him I was still waiting for the morphine.

secretdancer

To the phuktard in the blue Corsa who decided that it'd be fun to drench me and the kids this morning by driving around a corner close enough to the kerb to create a tidal wave of muddy gutter water as we walked by.
And...
To the Council for not unblocking the drain at the above location to prevent numpties from drenching unsuspecting pedestrians despite me having reported the problem weeks ago.
And...
To my shoe for having a hole in it so that I am now sat here with a sodden sock.
And...
To the Welsh rain for exacerbating the issues above.

........ I loathe you all

optimisticbiker

secretdancer wrote:

To the phuktard in the blue Corsa who decided that it'd be fun to drench me and the kids this morning by driving around a corner close enough to the kerb to create a tidal wave of muddy gutter water as we walked by.
And...
To the Council for not unblocking the drain at the above location to prevent numpties from drenching unsuspecting pedestrians despite me having reported the problem weeks ago.
And...
To my shoe for having a hole in it so that I am now sat here with a sodden sock.
And...
To the Welsh rain for exacerbating the issues above.

........ I loathe you all

Did you know that driving through a puddle to splash bystanders is an offence of "careless, and inconsiderate, driving" under the Road Traffic Act section 3 and carries a fine of up to £2,500.

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15405349

Kieran_Burns

I didn't even get 200 yards before my 1st "WHOA!" moment

Dingbat in a Fiesta started to pull out of a side road as I approached and slammed his anchors on at the last moment.

Then while still in the village this complete f***ing tw**ing knobdribblingspunkstainrectaldischarge of a BMW driver decides he needs to swing THROUGH the junction to be able to see.

If you put your costacockcoffee down you unutterable idiot, maybe you could pay more attention to the IMPORTANT stuff.

It's not like I wasn't visible - Yellow Nightvision and my Hope Vision 3 setup (2 + 1)

D*cks.

CiB

Not a full on rant, and not wishing to open a can of worms again but...

Boy Jr has his Bikeability today at school. The permission slip was abundantly clear in stating that helmets are optional, so why does his teacher take it upon herself to announce at yesterday's end-of-day reminders that anyone who turns up sans hat won't be allowed to do it? A quiet word this morning and it's resolved and the boy is relieved and a bit happier, but is it really necessary to insist that a bunch of kids doing Bikeability in a playground are so at risk that PPE must be worn? Heck he's come home from school twice with nasty cuts that have turned out to leave permanent (but minor) scars but I don't see school notices advising that if children wish to run about in the playground they must wear helmets, knee & elbow pads or stay indoors where it's safe.

Phuh.

ToeKnee

CiB wrote:

Boy Jr has his Bikeability today at school. The permission slip was abundantly clear in stating that helmets are optional, so why does his teacher take it upon herself to announce at yesterday's end-of-day reminders that anyone who turns up sans hat won't be allowed to do it? A quiet word this morning and it's resolved and the boy is relieved and a bit happier, but is it really necessary to insist that a bunch of kids doing Bikeability in a playground are so at risk that PPE must be worn? Heck he's come home from school twice with nasty cuts that have turned out to leave permanent (but minor) scars but I don't see school notices advising that if children wish to run about in the playground they must wear helmets, knee & elbow pads or stay indoors where it's safe.

Phuh.

My son's bicycle training, at school, involved progressing to open roads ... they cycled to and from the town centre ... I was quite impressed. Not sure if helmets were 'enforced' but he/we always wear one.

secretdancer

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Did you know that driving through a puddle to splash bystanders is an offence of "careless, and inconsiderate, driving" under the Road Traffic Act section 3 and carries a fine of up to £2,500.

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15405349

That, I did not know.
But I was too busy wiping sh*t out of my eyes to catch the number plate.

Mr Sharky

To the complete bellend turning into the clearly marked No Entry street (just off Oxford Road in Manchester) and who passed so close in front of a lady crossing said street (almost 3/4 across) that he rode under the front of her umbrella... you caused her to almost sh*t herself, no doubt... it is very unfortunate that she didn't push you off. F*ckwit.