Your rants here.

Cafewanda

Mr TNT truck driver. As small as I am I prefer not to be squashed because you can't be arsed to wait 3 seconds for me to stay ahead. It's not a matter of life and death for you to get into the left hand lane before the lights change at Clapham Common station, especially as I was ALREADY IN THE LANE!!!

As for you Miss Dyed Blond in Jeans. Nice bike but you really need to indicate a little earlier AND shoulder check it is safe to move before you do so, although I understand the driver to my right appreciated the view you gave him.

jedster

Asprilla,

Note to self: when fitting a new rack make sure all of the allen bolts are done up as tight as possible, that way you wont get 100m from your house before you end up dragging your brand new Ortleib panniers behind you putting holes in both of them and breaking the picture frame you were taking to work and covering all yout clothes in shards of glass

I feel your pain. THat's better than the time I left my panier on the drive and reversed the car over it. But for stupidity not as good as the time as I took 100 quid out of the hole in the wall, pocketed my card and walked off leaving 5 crisp twenties for the next person to pass. Sometimes I need to give my self a slap.

asprilla

jedster wrote:

Asprilla,

Note to self: when fitting a new rack make sure all of the allen bolts are done up as tight as possible, that way you wont get 100m from your house before you end up dragging your brand new Ortleib panniers behind you putting holes in both of them and breaking the picture frame you were taking to work and covering all yout clothes in shards of glass

I feel your pain. THat's better than the time I left my panier on the drive and reversed the car over it. But for stupidity not as good as the time as I took 100 quid out of the hole in the wall, pocketed my card and walked off leaving 5 crisp twenties for the next person to pass. Sometimes I need to give my self a slap.

I've cheered myself up a little by finding they do repair patches.

I was trying to get it finished last night before waking our baby for a feed. Obviously lack of sleep and being in a ruch is not a great combination when it comes to attention to detail.

FrankM

What with all the pedestrians who like crossing roads without looking, cars and vans not indicating, and people opening car doors without checking their mirrors, etc., etc., it would be nice if, when the traffic lights are green for me, fellow cyclists did not jump red lights and cross right in front of my path.

el_presidente

Asprilla wrote:

jedster wrote:

Asprilla,

Note to self: when fitting a new rack make sure all of the allen bolts are done up as tight as possible, that way you wont get 100m from your house before you end up dragging your brand new Ortleib panniers behind you putting holes in both of them and breaking the picture frame you were taking to work and covering all yout clothes in shards of glass

I feel your pain. THat's better than the time I left my panier on the drive and reversed the car over it. But for stupidity not as good as the time as I took 100 quid out of the hole in the wall, pocketed my card and walked off leaving 5 crisp twenties for the next person to pass. Sometimes I need to give my self a slap.

I've cheered myself up a little by finding they do repair patches.

I was trying to get it finished last night before waking our baby for a feed. Obviously lack of sleep and being in a ruch is not a great combination when it comes to attention to detail.

moral of the story - let the baby sleep, how would you feel if someone woke you up to forcefeed you??

tea boy

Mildmay park, N1, The worst road surface in London? This badly patched up road has disintegrated down to the cobbles underneath in several places.

Pross

jedster wrote:

Asprilla,

Note to self: when fitting a new rack make sure all of the allen bolts are done up as tight as possible, that way you wont get 100m from your house before you end up dragging your brand new Ortleib panniers behind you putting holes in both of them and breaking the picture frame you were taking to work and covering all yout clothes in shards of glass

I feel your pain. THat's better than the time I left my panier on the drive and reversed the car over it. But for stupidity not as good as the time as I took 100 quid out of the hole in the wall, pocketed my card and walked off leaving 5 crisp twenties for the next person to pass. Sometimes I need to give my self a slap.

I've done that - luckily the next person in the queue followed me into the bank and gave me it back. Not much of a rant sorry, I'm sure I can think of something soon though

sixsmith

Llittle miss volvo, you looked straight at me as I was approaching the roundabout, put your foot down then looked straight at me again as I braked to avoid hitting you. So why did you look bemused when I called you a f*cking prick?

il_principe

jedster wrote:

But for stupidity not as good as the time as I took 100 quid out of the hole in the wall, pocketed my card and walked off leaving 5 crisp twenties for the next person to pass. Sometimes I need to give my self a slap.

I've done this, except I walked off with neither the money nor the card.

northstar

To the hairdryer rider on Petersham Road, perhaps before you look back and shake your head at a cyclist for having gearing issues you should look forward and be aware of the taxi driver braking in front of you.

Porgy

Woman this morning waiting to cross the road on High holborn - section of road has a KEEP CLEAR message emblazoned across it aimed at traffic stopped at traffic lights so people can still cross but, and this is crucial, this is NOT A CROSSING. There is nothing here that indicates traffic must stop to let people cross.

So i was cycling in towards Holborn tube station and this woman standing there with another younger woman with a push chair. I just get through the lights and there's a load of cars and vans in front of me. I'm right behind the last car AND THERE'S NOTHING BEHIND ME and this woman allows all the cars to pass then attempts to step out in front of me to make me stop. I don;t becasue there's nothing to indicate I have to and behind me there's a clear road.

If she had tried to cross I would have slowed down or avoided her or whatever was required to not hit her or cause her distress - but she was trying to flag me down to stop so the younger woman could cross - but all she had to do was wait 2 seconds and cross behind me!!!!

After I went by I heard her say "He should have stopped, but never mind." and proceeded to cross. :? Why exactly did she need me to be involved in that process?

Why should I have stopped?!?!?! :evil:

There is nothing to indicate that I have to - it is not a crossing and you let all the cars go and didn;t expect them to stop and there was a clear road behind me!!

Fecking stupid bint!!!

Fin

Porgy

Il Principe wrote:

jedster wrote:

But for stupidity not as good as the time as I took 100 quid out of the hole in the wall, pocketed my card and walked off leaving 5 crisp twenties for the next person to pass. Sometimes I need to give my self a slap.

I've done this, except I walked off with neither the money nor the card.

I did something similar in Clapham once where I gave the lot to a nice young man wielding a knife. How daft can you get? :roll:

Fireblade96

Asprilla wrote:

Note to self: when fitting a new rack make sure all of the allen bolts are done up as tight as possible, that way you wont get 100m from your house before you end up dragging your brand new Ortleib panniers behind you putting holes in both of them and breaking the picture frame you were taking to work and covering all yout clothes in shards of glass.

Ahhhh that sucks.
I once bought a new set of throwover motorcycle panniers, which I used a bungie to hold onto the pillion seat since with no weight in them, they'd just have blown off.

Well, the bungie did stop them from blowing off *completely*. It held onto them just enough that they could keep in touch with my bike while being dragged down the road at 60*cough*ish mph (officer).

Brand new, covered in roadrash and with a couple of sizeable holes - within 5 miles of the shop

de_sisti

I hate it when other cyclist ride up behind me and tell me that my rear light* is too bright**.
These are the riders who could easily ride past you to continue their ride and/or are the
ones with a rear light that could do with a fresh set of batteries.


*Dinotte
** I always tell them that the light if for my safety, not their convenience.

Pross

De Sisti wrote:

I hate it when other cyclist ride up behind me and tell me that my rear light* is too bright**.
These are the riders who could easily ride past you to continue their ride and/or are the
ones with a rear light that could do with a fresh set of batteries.


*Dinotte
** I always tell them that the light if for my safety, not their convenience.

I hate other cyclists who ride so slowly I'm able to catch them up AND still have the breath to comment on the brightness of their lights

de_sisti

Pross wrote:

De Sisti wrote:

I hate it when other cyclist ride up behind me and tell me that my rear light* is too bright**.
These are the riders who could easily ride past you to continue their ride and/or are the
ones with a rear light that could do with a fresh set of batteries.


*Dinotte
** I always tell them that the light if for my safety, not their convenience.

I hate other cyclists who ride so slowly I'm able to catch them up AND still have the breath to comment on the brightness of their lights

I'll have to ride slower and have the light at its brightest setting then. 8)

Splottboy

Kelly Holmes, or Dame Kelly as she like to be known, apparently.

EVERY BLOODY TIME there's a "Sports" thing on TV, UP POPS HER HEAD!

Tell you what, give me a cushy job in the Army, paid for by Us, the Tax Payer,
and give me access to the best facilities money - Mine! - can buy,
and I'll get a bloody Olympic medal.

Ok, I'd probably never have a chance in Hell, but God, I fed up of seeing her EVERYWHERE!

I really think she's a great athlete, and did a great job representing her country, but, please...
Enoughs too bloody much!!!

Now, don't get me started on Matthew Pinsett either...

de_sisti

Splottboy wrote:

Kelly Holmes, or Dame Kelly as she like to be known, apparently.

EVERY BLOODY TIME there's a "Sports" thing on TV, UP POPS HER HEAD!
..

What about on Radio 5 live when there's a football story of some sort to talk about.
"Rent a quote" Steve Bruce is the guy they always go to. There must be a posting
for 5 live journalists at the Stadium of Light then.

Pross

Splottboy wrote:

Kelly Holmes, or Dame Kelly as she like to be known, apparently.

EVERY BLOODY TIME there's a "Sports" thing on TV, UP POPS HER HEAD!

Tell you what, give me a cushy job in the Army, paid for by Us, the Tax Payer,
and give me access to the best facilities money - Mine! - can buy,
and I'll get a bloody Olympic medal.

Ok, I'd probably never have a chance in Hell, but God, I fed up of seeing her EVERYWHERE!

I really think she's a great athlete, and did a great job representing her country, but, please...
Enoughs too bloody much!!!

Now, don't get me started on Matthew Pinsett either...

Agree 100% - when she was on Strictly Come Dancing (I think) her response to any criticism was "have you ever won an Olympic medal?". As you say, great athlete but she is full of her own self importance.

Clever Pun

Last night heading south over tower bridge I'm moving faster than traffic on the nearside and get to a lorry, it looks tight and frankly terrifying so I drop back and start to move to the right to overtake (my front wheel is about 2 foot from said lorry) and as I attempt this a car tries to fill the space I flick back to the left shout something rude and make a very elaborate I'm going right to overtake this lorry gesture... fairly annoying but then a fluro nodder comes up level on the inside as I'm about to overtake and says "You should try taking your headphones out mate" I hear him and reply "How the hell would that have made a difference to that cretins driving?" he then proceeds up the inside of the lorry, I doubt his handlebars were wide enough

what a fu<king douche

hoolio

Excellent rant CP

il_principe

hoolio wrote:

Excellent rant CP

+1 Fcking smug nodders.

He told you though eh.

MadammeMarie

Pross wrote:

Agree 100% - when she was on Strictly Come Dancing (I think) her response to any criticism was "have you ever won an Olympic medal?". As you say, great athlete but she is full of her own self importance.

She was on Dancing on Ice, and she only said that once to one of the judges who said something - can't remember what - about her legs.

OldSkoolKona

Il Principe wrote:

hoolio wrote:

Excellent rant CP

+1 Fcking smug nodders.

He told you though eh.

+1 to this, had one of the fluoro nodders telling me off for "not using the cycle lane" the other day - WTF!

Cafewanda

Pardon my ignorance, but what's a flouro/smug nodder? :?

Hoping desperately I'm not one

asprilla

Cafewanda wrote:

Pardon my ignorance, but what's a flouro nodder? :?

Hoping desperately I'm not one

A wearer of a flouro jacket who nods their head from one side to the other as they mash along very slowly in too high a gear.

Clever Pun

Asprilla wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

Pardon my ignorance, but what's a flouro nodder? :?

Hoping desperately I'm not one

A wearer of a flouro jacket who nods their head from one side to the other as they mash along very slowly in too high a gear.

kind of like a born again christian but with a bike... generally known to have cycling arse/eblow issues. fair playing for getting on a bike but know your fu<king place

that dude wound me up something cruel

mickmcg

to the driving iinstructor who let his pupil pull out infront of me from a side road as i'm doing 20mph on a damp road, you are a twunt and you really should know better - to then call me a w*nker for complaining about it is just plain unprofessional

please expect lots of new pupils who fail to show for lessons

the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors have also been informed

Splottboy

I've gotta say it..."I don't believe it"
BLOODY KELLY HOLMES, ON TV, AGAIN!!! FLIPPIN TWICE!

Now she's on the Sports Relief prog, tryin to look Ladylike.

And, earlier, she was on a kids prog, with 3 teams competing.

For God's sake, give her a REAL job someone?

( I think I get this ranting from my Dad, who used to rave when Helen Shapiro was on EVERY TV show in the 60's. Talent Whore...)

suzyb

Your supposed to drink 1 to 2 litres of water a day to stop yourself being dehydrated right. So how come when you do you end up needing to pee every freakin half hour :evil: