Your rants here.

il_principe

Asprilla wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Hmmm looking at the Garmin I'd say it was at about 7:20 - dude was in Rapha I think (it was hard to see through the tears of shame).

I thought it wouldn't be me, but there was a slim chance. I went though about an hour later.

Oh thank the Lord!

asprilla

Il Principe wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Hmmm looking at the Garmin I'd say it was at about 7:20 - dude was in Rapha I think (it was hard to see through the tears of shame).

I thought it wouldn't be me, but there was a slim chance. I went though about an hour later.

Oh thank the Lord!

I would have turned my back on cycling if I was you!

navt

They're everywhere.

Shouted at three yesterday on the way home. Well, almost. Third was an old lady crossing road on red as I turned left. She had a brolly in hand so I thought the better of it.

Arrgghh.

unscarred

I hate cycle lanes! Last night, for the second time I nearly got wiped out on the new contra-flow cycle lane here (it was created after the google street view camera went round), and I'm farily sure my recent bout of visits from the PF is due to glass all over the Cable street cycle path. I'd like to boycott the cycle lanes through Tower Hill that're full of bl***y pot holes too, but as I don't have a better route and the lack of white lines means it's not really a cycle lane (the lorry drivers round there certainly don't think so!) I guess I'll have to put up with it.

roger_merriman

fair enough work car is a noddy tiny thing, but today 2 cyclist looked at the car and just pulled out, only heavy breaking stopped us from sharing the same space and time....

as I had my charges in the car all I could say was "well that was jolly silly wasn't it?"

il_principe

To the bloke on the Trek on Buckhold Road/Wandsworth High st junction this am - yeah that was me laughing at you - I thought your FAIL at a trackstand that resulted in a rather embarrassing fall was rather amusing. The fact that you then picked yourself up and proceeded to RLJ across 3 lanes of traffic on the A3 wasn't quite so funny. You are a massive tit.

kurako

unscarred wrote:

I hate cycle lanes! Last night, for the second time I nearly got wiped out on the new contra-flow cycle lane here (it was created after the google street view camera went round), and I'm farily sure my recent bout of visits from the PF is due to glass all over the Cable street cycle path. I'd like to boycott the cycle lanes through Tower Hill that're full of bl***y pot holes too, but as I don't have a better route and the lack of white lines means it's not really a cycle lane (the lorry drivers round there certainly don't think so!) I guess I'll have to put up with it.

Commercial Road has its problems but if you don't mind running the gauntlet at Aldgate it p's all over Cable Street.

gbsahne001

Not surprised we're a reviled part of the motoring fraternity; waiting at a busy (RL) junction this evening when this tit on a specialized Allex goes straight through the RL, causing all the cars to brake heavily while this idiot breezes through.

Aidy

Dear fellow cyclists,

When someone is obviously trackstanding at the lights, please don't stop so close to them that they'll have to either fall out of it, or bump against you.

Dear scooter rider,

Whilst I'm not one to comment on your sexual orientation based upon your transport choice of a Vespa; After you've nearly knocked me off by suddenly swerving across three lanes of traffic with no kind of mirror check, and then stopping in a green cycle box, please do not have the nerve to tell me that the reason was that I was going "too fast" through traffic.

always_tyred

[reddragon]
Danm you Shimano! 14 months old and my lh shifter is broken. Useless substandard, non-servicable piece of turd! £80 for a new one, or wait for a "warranty inspection" via a shady online vendor I bought the bike from, taking god knows how long.

Don't deal direct with customers, eh? Why's that then? Can't take the abuse?

Forget it Mr. Shimano, I'm getting SRAM next time!
[/reddragon]

suzyb

More a self aimed rant this.

If you haven't had a chance to wash your padded shorts do not still decide to go on a 30 mile ride. Otherwise you deserve to be almost crying with the pain since it was painful enough last week with padding.

asprilla

How come no-one in the UK keeps Cervelo seatposts in stock? Surely I can't be the only person to ever want a replacement.

MonkeyMonster

suzyb wrote:

More a self aimed rant this.

If you haven't had a chance to wash your padded shorts do not still decide to go on a 30 mile ride. Otherwise you deserve to be almost crying with the pain since it was painful enough last week with padding.

whoopsie...

el_presidente

1) To the rider in Rapha heading up to Trafalgar Sq Northumberland Avenue last night. I wonder what was so important that meant you couldn't wait behind the bus like everyone else, and forced you to ride up the pavement to get to the front. Your bike handling demonstration was appreciated by all, as you squeezed through a gap that was too small, in the process knocking the bus's mirror out of alignment with your oversized head.

Oh how we laughed as you rode off into the distance, whilst every lesser mortal had to wait through another red/green cycle as the bus driver readjusted his mirror.

I had assumed you were wearing full Rapha, but when I scalped you half a mile down the road I noted it was only your jersey; your shorts were merely Endura. My condolences.



2) To the London Dynamo rider on Hammersmith Road who leant on vehicles at every traffic light rather than deigning to unclip. I realise it is in your club's charter that riders must be as rude and arrogant as possible at all times when wearing club kit; but I doubt you would like it if every fat cabby and greasy white van man used your shiny bike as a leaning post.

I know that it can be intimidating clipping in and out in traffic; and trackstanding is a challenging skill. Maybe it would be best if you went back to flat pedals until you have a little more confidence. Your LBS will be able to fit some for a small fee.

W1

el_presidente wrote:

2) To the London Dynamo rider on Hammersmith Road who leant on vehicles at every traffic light rather than deigning to unclip. I realise it is in your club's charter that riders must be as rude and arrogant as possible at all times when wearing club kit; but I doubt you would like it if every fat cabby and greasy white van man used your shiny bike as a leaning post.

I know that it can be intimidating clipping in and out in traffic; and trackstanding is a challenging skill. Maybe it would be best if you went back to flat pedals until you have a little more confidence. Your LBS will be able to fit some for a small fee.

Absolutely hate it when cyclists do this - so bloody arrogant.

FrankM

To the lady in the red Ford Focus who overtook me last night just as I was about to turn right - you probably would have seen me indicate right if you hadn't been on the phone whilst speeding.

gbsahne001

To the woman in the blue car that left hooked me in the morning, forcing me to bodycheck a 1 Tonne lump of steel on wheels.

No you did not indicate and you most certainly did not use your NS mirror despite your protestations, if you had then you wouldn't have hit me, comprende! :evil:


.....where's the ice for my shoulder.

Lancslad

To the tool in the blue corsa on the east Lancs this morning thanks for passing me with a gap an anorexic flea couldnt get through was there something wrong with the other empty lane?


P.s I'm going to check works car park later just to make sure we dont know each other.

MattFT

To the silver van driver, AD59FKS, who objected to me being in the ASL on Penton Street, outside the police station, Angel. Revving your engine, and beeping your horn to indicate your ignorance of the fact I'm meant to be in the ASL is intimidating at best. Taking off like a bat out of hell, overtaking me with less than a foot of room and swearing at me through the window is usually considered rude. As you then hit traffic at the lights of Copenhaggen Street, deciding you want to ensure I don't over take you by swerving to block my path is attempted assault.

Matt.K

To the driver of the purple Golf this morning.
Whatever made you think it was a good idea to ovetake a cyclist on the apex of a blind bend, on a fairly narrow road when your halfway past a stream of 5 cars (including me) coming the other way?
If I hadn't shifted across in to the gutter there's no doubt you would have either knocked him off in to the hedge or ripped off my wing mirror in your efforts to save at most 5 seconds before you catch up with the car infront of you?
D*ckhead.

zanes

Dear Mcafee:


YOU SUCK!

Kieran_Burns

zanes wrote:

Dear Mcafee:


YOU SUCK!

5958


Numbers to hate this morning.

Satu

Beloved Endura Humvee shorts,

You are the second pair to lose your button in the last year. Either I'm putting on weight -- and I'm not -- or you are actually just really badly made.

So I'm sorry, but I won't be buying another pair of you. It's over. It's not me, it's you.

Goodbye forever.

Love and kisses,
Satu

kurako

Abellio London Buses. I've reported 2 of your drivers to TfL in the past week. Stop trying to cut me up near bus stops!!!! Waiting a few extra seconds is not going to do you any harm in the long run.

I may have to start trying out that little red button on the back :evil:

FrankM

The guy in the hoodie on the mountain bike who jumped on the pavement to ride past a line of waiting traffic and then RLJd the lights: if you're going to ride like a tool at least have the decency to check over your shoulder before re-joining the road - because you almost took me out.

essex-commuter

Got car doored last night. 20 metres before a set of traffic lights on red, slowing down to avoid stopping and unclipping, moving along the inside of traffic stopped at the lights...I was in marked cycle lane. Passenger opens their door, I'm travelling around 10mph...hits my leg then slams into my pannier.

No damage to me or bike. Lost my rag a bit, guy said sorry, no more I could say except please look in the mirror if you have to do this again. It might just save someone else.

rjsterry

To the little rodent on a silver scooter who pulled out in front of me from between two stationary taxis onto the Museum of London roundabout: I stand by my comment at the time, and the dopey/sullen teenager look you gave me suggests that you heard me.

Also, to the chap in the black estate car/people carrier, who was causing mayhem at about 9am this morning at the Stockwell roundabout: there are about 4 lanes at the lights outside the tube station, so if you want to turn left towards Vauxhall, can I suggest you choose one of the left hand lanes? That way you won't have to drift slowly across all 4 lanes causing about 7 or 8 cyclists + other road users to take evasive action.

FrankM

To the black scooter turning from Northumberland Avenue on to the Embankment.

When I am already waiting at the lights and indicating that I want to turn right, why do you pull up on my outside and indicate that you want to turn left?

Mike400

FrankM wrote:

To the black scooter turning from Northumberland Avenue on to the Embankment.

When I am already waiting at the lights and indicating that I want to turn right, why do you pull up on my outside and indicate that you want to turn left?

What happened next?

FrankM

Lights went green; I waited for him to speed off and turn left, then I turned right.