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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Jonny_Trousers wrote:

    I do wonder if continental cycling fans metaphorically pee all over their finest riders for not being good enough, or supposedly for doping (without any worthwhile evidence to suggest that they actually are)? We really are a nation of whiners.

    They certainly do - especially the Germans.

    The problem with UK fans more often is they tend to think that somehow Brit riders are cleaner than clean - so you get weirdo reactionaries on niche forums....
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Interval training complete - check.
    Cruising the last 2/3 lap at 14mph - check.
    Sat up with one hand on the tops - check.
    Drinking - check.

    Fairy on my freaking wheel - check.

    I mean, what the fuck dude?
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  • iclestu
    iclestu Posts: 503
    Why does my brand new Dawes Galaxy Ultra not come with marathon plus tyres?

    Who wants a fully fledged tourer without that little bit of kevlar or whatever it is to stop the fairy visiting?

    Just ordinary Marathons (because they SOUND like their more expensive cousins?). Dagnamit I want my puncture protection!!!
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  • flimflam_machine
    flimflam_machine Posts: 263
    edited June 2012
    iclestu wrote:
    Why does my brand new Dawes Galaxy Ultra not come with marathon plus tyres?

    Who wants a fully fledged tourer without that little bit of kevlar or whatever it is to stop the fairy visiting?

    Just ordinary Marathons (because they SOUND like their more expensive cousins?). Dagnamit I want my puncture protection!!!

    Standard Marathons do have puncture protection. The old version had kevlar belting, the new version has a rubber layer. They just didn't/don't have the ridiculously thick rubber layer that the Marathon Plus have. I've done probably close to 1000 miles on standard, kevlar-belted Marathons with no worries.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    You in the unkempt grey Skoda thing. You're an utter f*****ng retard.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Other cyclists who block perfectly good filtering opportunities.

    I don't like sitting in amongst the traffic, for various reasons - all of them good.

    Stop it. Now.



    The chap in the beamer who thought he was cool heading right onto Queen Victoria street from blackfriars ramp, going the wrong way past the traffic island and therefore having to screech to a halt to not plow into the side of me is obviously an enormous c*ck - ironic, given he probably is lacking in size in that exact appendage.
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  • iclestu
    iclestu Posts: 503
    flimflam_machine wrote:
    iclestu wrote:
    Why does my brand new Dawes Galaxy Ultra not come with marathon plus tyres?

    Who wants a fully fledged tourer without that little bit of kevlar or whatever it is to stop the fairy visiting?

    Just ordinary Marathons (because they SOUND like their more expensive cousins?). Dagnamit I want my puncture protection!!!

    Standard Marathons do have puncture protection. The old version had kevlar belting, the new version has a rubber layer. They just didn't/don't have the ridiculously thick rubber layer that the Marathon Plus have. I've done probably close to 1000 miles on standard, kevlar-belted, Marathons with no worries.

    oh really?

    I always thought the 'plus' was the kevlar...

    Shows what I know

    rant retracted!
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  • Koncordski
    Koncordski Posts: 1,009
    The two lazy arseholes that drafted me all the way along priory lane, up the hill past the ballet school and along to ham gate last night. MTFU and take a turn or at least say thanks.
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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    2nd bike nicked in 6 months.

    that is all. :(
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    That really sucks mate.
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    Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    PBo wrote:
    2nd bike nicked in 6 months.

    that is all. :(

    That's a right nuisance. You have my sympathy. Do all the usual, trawl Ebay etc. Might be worth posting on here as well as the stolen section. You never know your luck.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    PBo wrote:
    2nd bike nicked in 6 months.

    that is all. :(

    thats pants buddy what happened?
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    PBo wrote:
    2nd bike nicked in 6 months.

    that is all. :(

    thats really anoying, I've only just got a new bike after last one got nicked.
  • Mr Sworld
    Mr Sworld Posts: 703
    Brand new Samsung Galaxy S3. The case and screen protector arrives tomorrow .

    Fell out of my pocket tonight and smashed the screen... >_<

    Feck, feck, feckerdy, feck...
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,928
    Scooters. I have had it up to here with them. I'm not normally a shouty type but when the latest in a long line meandered in and out of the blue lane on Millbank this morning, I couldn't help myself. Who knows whether he heard anything through my facemask and his helmet?
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  • Green Brompton
    Green Brompton Posts: 972
    Cyclists using pedestrian crossings (clue is in the name). This morning on QR some woman cyclist chose to use one, pressing the button, making all traffic stop, all so they could get onto the road to head in the opposite direction. Seriously?

    Also cyclists using the Zebra crossing on CE when they move over from Hurlingham / Wansdworth way. RAH.
    Why? Because I'm guaranteed a seat all the way in.

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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Green Brompton wrote:
    Cyclists using pedestrian crossings (clue is in the name). This morning on QR some woman cyclist chose to use one, pressing the button, making all traffic stop, all so they could get onto the road to head in the opposite direction. Seriously?

    Also cyclists using the Zebra crossing on CE when they move over from Hurlingham / Wansdworth way. RAH.

    I do that at one crossing on Brentford High Street, but it is a cycle crossing as well. If I didn't then I'd struggle to get out of the junction.
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  • Green Brompton
    Green Brompton Posts: 972
    But you're describing a junction... This cyclist came from the pavement, and there was no need this am. I know why they do it at CE, it's a total mash up there... it's just annoying!
    Why? Because I'm guaranteed a seat all the way in.

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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Green Brompton wrote:
    But you're describing a junction... This cyclist came from the pavement, and there was no need this am. I know why they do it at CE, it's a total mash up there... it's just annoying!

    I'm talking about here:

    https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=brentf ... 6,,0,11.97

    I'm trying to turn right out of the junction on the right, but the alternative is to follow the cycle track you can see onto the footpath and then use the crossing. If I go that way in the morning then I can only really get out of the junction whilst the lights are red so I may as well make use of the crossing.
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  • Green Brompton
    Green Brompton Posts: 972
    Ah I do see... but that's a cycle path and crossing, you're more than entitled to use that. :)
    Why? Because I'm guaranteed a seat all the way in.

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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Just sat down to watch yesterday's short version of Stage 5 of the Tour of Switzerland only to be given Greece - Czech Republic in the fecking Euros! Get it wrong by 10 minutes Eurosport, by all means, but an entire hour and a half!

    Looks like I have a second chance to grab it at 2:00, but still...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Jonny_Trousers wrote:
    Just sat down to watch yesterday's short version of Stage 5 of the Tour of Switzerland only to be given Greece - Czech Republic in the fecking Euros! Get it wrong by 10 minutes Eurosport, by all means, but an entire hour and a half!

    Looks like I have a second chance to grab it at 2:00, but still...

    You missed very little.
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  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    Bloody Muse tour selling out within 10 minutes. And hundreds of tickets now on sale at twice the face value.
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • Mr Sharky
    Mr Sharky Posts: 172
    bails87 wrote:
    I'm not entirely sure what she meant. I said exactly that and she said something about thinking I was going slower than I was.

    But yes, she slowed down to a stop, indicating and positioned to turn right, she waited for a few seconds while I approached, then when I got really close she cut across me, I braked, swerved and went into the back door of the car.

    I think I'm just bruised and grazed, going to get checked out in a bit when the adrenalin has worn off.

    Same happened to me last year. Doing about 20mph and keeping my eye on a car waiting to turn onto the main road from my left (more likely to be an issue, or so I thought) when silly bint turned across me after stopping and waiting. Her words included "well, you're not exactly dressed in bright clothing" and "I had plenty of time to get across" were not particularly well received by me... for the latter I think I tried to point out that if she'd had "plenty of time" then why, after extensive (and hard) braking did I still manage to hit her car... to which she told me again that she had plenty of time. Muppet.

    Glad to hear you're mostly okay.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    Bought my wife a cheap hack to ride to the station. A whole £40 spent. First day using it it got stolen. Admittedly onlya £10 lock, but still. FFS!
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    A saddle with a popup razor in the nose that you lock out of harms way with a button beneath the saddle before riding.

    This is what we need.

    Even if they get away with the bike it'll stop the scum from breeding.
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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Jonny_Trousers wrote:
    Just sat down to watch yesterday's short version of Stage 5 of the Tour of Switzerland only to be given Greece - Czech Republic in the fecking Euros! Get it wrong by 10 minutes Eurosport, by all means, but an entire hour and a half!

    Looks like I have a second chance to grab it at 2:00, but still...

    You missed very little.

    Business as usual then? Best thing that's happened in this tour so far is Frank Schleck having it nabbed from him in the last few hundred metres. Why is it that no one likes a Schleck?
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    SimonAH wrote:
    A saddle with a popup razor in the nose that you lock out of harms way with a button beneath the saddle before riding.

    This is what we need.

    Even if they get away with the bike it'll stop the scum from breeding.
    Lord help them if I find them. It may be a cheap bike, but they upset my wife. If I find someone in possession of said bike I will not go easy on them. I'm absolutely bloody furious, losing their knackers could be the least of their problems.
    Nice idea though. You is the engineer, design it.
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  • Mr Sworld
    Mr Sworld Posts: 703
    Veronese68 wrote:
    SimonAH wrote:
    A saddle with a popup razor in the nose that you lock out of harms way with a button beneath the saddle before riding.

    This is what we need.

    Even if they get away with the bike it'll stop the scum from breeding.
    Lord help them if I find them. It may be a cheap bike, but they upset my wife. If I find someone in possession of said bike I will not go easy on them. I'm absolutely bloody furious, losing their knackers could be the least of their problems.
    Nice idea though. You is the engineer, design it.

    Sorry but marketing are never going to approve it and, as a engineer myself, there is too much chance of a false positive...
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Bought my wife a cheap hack to ride to the station. A whole £40 spent. First day using it it got stolen. Admittedly onlya £10 lock, but still. FFS!

    Ooh thats anoying!

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