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  • sfichele
    sfichele Posts: 605
    I was badly cut up riding home tonight, whilst riding down hill at 15+ mph. I was going much slower than usual because of the weather and roads being slippery. Up ahead there is a five-way crossroads. Cars routinely, pull out into the middle of the road, wait and then continue when clear. I'm always wary...

    I see the car pulling out into the middle of the road. I start riding more defensively and prepare to slow down. Is it going to pull out across me? Nope it's slowed and is waiting - oh wait - no its going across me. SH*T slam on brakes, skid, swerve and just make contact.

    Driver says she's sorry, initially, I say watch where you're going ...

    But this is the bit that gets me. Then she claims that I had had enough time to see her and that I should have slowed down, and been more careful. Yeah of course luv - it's my fault /wtf. Seriously what fecking logic goes through driver's brains? She had stopped in the middle of the road and had waited for about 2 seconds, giving her plenty of time to look, yet it's my fault

    /rant
    BMC: http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12749451
  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    Insert women drivers gag here.
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • nation
    nation Posts: 609
    If it helps, drivers never think they're at fault when they cause collisions with other drivers, either.
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Instead of decking him your time would have been far better served going to the rescue of said damsel.A bit of sympathy and a few consoling words. Then you might have got some of what Mr Angry Twunt isn't getting.
    Possibly, but a) she wasn't my type and b) my jacket, cheese and beans would have got cold... :roll:
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Put a small drill bit into my finger earlier tonight whilst it was spinning at 8,000rpm :shock: But I was a big brave boy and didn't cry, I just reached for blankie and teddy.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    redvee wrote:
    Put a small drill bit into my finger earlier tonight whilst it was spinning at 8,000rpm :shock: But I was a big brave boy and didn't cry, I just reached for blankie and teddy.
    Ouch, I've often dremelled my finger... but the little ones don't hurt half as much as the big-uns... I tried removing the top of a finger using a 25mm end mill at 500rpm
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    And just as I'm beginning to doze off my neighbour and their visitor decide to pop out into the garden for a smoke and a very loud conversation. I am now wide awake again.

    Thank you very much @ssholes.
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Boiler making gurgling sound this morning, then cutout, @rse. Turns out condensing pipe is frozen*, so i've disconnected it and put a bucket under the boiler and it's now back on, yay! Now I need to keep an eye on the bucket and keep emptying it until the pipe defrosts, @rse.

    *yes the pipe is lagged, The garden thermometer is reporting minus 8....
    --
    Chris

    Genesis Equilibrium - FCN 3/4/5
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    -9 here and the kitchen is bereft of water as the pipes coming down from above in the outside wall have frozen (and yes they are lagged and the wall is 12" thick but its a solid wall). Fortunately everything else is ok... Looks like won't riding today tho :(, just too cold. Was -5 when I got home last night and my teeth were chattering, thats about my limit...
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Driving home from a recording session last night at about 11pm, roads are really quiet, get to a junction where I have to give way so I look around and there's nothing, go to pull out and a ninja on a bike does a bit of a skid and starts yelling his nuts off at me. I wind the window down and point out the error of his ways in riding a bike at night on poorly lit roads wearing a black coat and dark jeans and the lack of any bike lights, to which he tells me to go forth a multiply several times. Bloody cyclists, twats the lot of 'em... :roll:
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    -4 out, freezing rain, club ride cancelled :(
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    -4 out, freezing rain, club ride cancelled :(

    same here but went out for an MTB session, turns out snow, ice and tree roots are a bad combination to encounter...still great fun going downhill on a snow / ice covered tracks
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    gbsahne wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    -4 out, freezing rain, club ride cancelled :(

    same here but went out for an MTB session, turns out snow, ice and tree roots are a bad combination to encounter...still great fun going downhill on a snow / ice covered tracks

    Did an hour on the x-trainer earlier, but its not the same (it's a bloody sight harder work :lol:)

    Positively mild out there now +5degC... but getting dark and I can't be arsed... mind you the commute over the next few days should be much more pleasant than of late...
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Bugger run out of wine
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    Chris

    Genesis Equilibrium - FCN 3/4/5
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Sketchley wrote:
    Bugger run out of wine
    Thats just bad planning!
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    Sketchley wrote:
    Bugger run out of wine
    Thats just bad planning!

    I planned not to drink as much.... Fair point
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    Chris

    Genesis Equilibrium - FCN 3/4/5
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Continuing the booze based rants: I did intend to pop out to my local for a roast and pint for tean an be home for 20:00, after 5 pints & roast I got home at 23:00 and I was forced to drink a flatliner cocktail.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    redvee wrote:
    Continuing the booze based rants: I did intend to pop out to my local for a roast and pint for tean an be home for 20:00, after 5 pints & roast I got home at 23:00 and I was forced to drink a flatliner cocktail.
    And this is a rant because....? :lol:
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • Mr Sworld
    Mr Sworld Posts: 703
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    redvee wrote:
    Continuing the booze based rants: I did intend to pop out to my local for a roast and pint for tean an be home for 20:00, after 5 pints & roast I got home at 23:00 and I was forced to drink a flatliner cocktail.
    And this is a rant because....? :lol:

    It was only one cocktail.... :)
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    The good news is my head doesn't hurt this morning.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    redvee wrote:
    The good news is my head doesn't hurt this morning.
    Anti rants is over there>>>
    I find my hangovers are getting worse as I age, you lucky sod.
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Veronese68 wrote:
    redvee wrote:
    The good news is my head doesn't hurt this morning.
    Anti rants is over there>>>
    I find my hangovers are getting worse as I age, you lucky sod.

    I find my hangovers have developed with my taste over the years. A good single malt for example does not give me a hangover, but cheap wine or lager does everytime....
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    Chris

    Genesis Equilibrium - FCN 3/4/5
  • Koncordski
    Koncordski Posts: 1,009
    Argh, cannot remove a pedal. The last bloke must have screwed it in with superhuman strength!
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Koncordski wrote:
    Argh, cannot remove a pedal. The last bloke must have screwed it in with superhuman strength!

    Who's going to ask first?

    Right or left hand screw?
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,903
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Koncordski wrote:
    Argh, cannot remove a pedal. The last bloke must have screwed it in with superhuman strength!

    Who's going to ask first?

    Right or left hand screw?

    Been there. Took it to Cyclelab to be asked the obvious question, followed by an "oh....ngggh....that is stuck on well isn't it" Eventually shifted it with a 2 foot pedal spanner.

    And my own rant: have left wallet at home AGAIN. I am one of those people who needs to stick to a routine. If I deviate from that routine, then my whole world goes to sh!t within hours. Have done this often enough now that I am considering leaving some spare cash in my desk drawer.
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    rjsterry wrote:
    [...] Have done this often enough now that I am considering leaving some spare cash in my desk drawer.

    Dooooo eeeettt!
    I have, in one desk drawer, spare shirt, cufflinks, spare underwear, watch, deodorant, mini-tool, batteries (AA & AAA), first aid tin and, most importantly, emergency mars bar. All been needed at some time or other!
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    DrLex wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    [...] Have done this often enough now that I am considering leaving some spare cash in my desk drawer.

    Dooooo eeeettt!
    I have, in one desk drawer, spare shirt, cufflinks, spare underwear, watch, deodorant, mini-tool, batteries (AA & AAA), first aid tin and, most importantly, emergency mars bar. All been needed at some time or other!
    Likewise + couple of spare tubes, backup lights, shaver... -cufflinks (never worn except at weddings etc., never saw the point for work but then don't wear a suit!)
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    DrLex wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    [...] Have done this often enough now that I am considering leaving some spare cash in my desk drawer.

    Dooooo eeeettt!
    I have, in one desk drawer, spare shirt, cufflinks, spare underwear, watch, deodorant, mini-tool, batteries (AA & AAA), first aid tin and, most importantly, emergency mars bar. All been needed at some time or other!

    Ha, I'm not that bad but I have, amongst spare change and a few other bits, socks in my drawer - forgetting socks used to be a common one...
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Emergency Mars bar would not stay in my draw very long....
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    Chris

    Genesis Equilibrium - FCN 3/4/5
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    My drawers (ooooh-errr) contain a pair of jeans, undercrackers, socks, t shirt, biscuits, headache tablets, chocolate, rare old reference books, multitool and puncture repair kit, charger for my light, deodorant, bit of tinsel, some old speedo's (car instruments, not trunks), some of those reflective straps to keep my jeans out of my chain for lunchtime sorties and verious assorted bits of crap.
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