Your rants here.

wolfsbane2k

Keyser__Soze wrote:

Garage burgled last night, SE London.

Balls, sorry to hear that. Will keep an eye out for those in my free eBay musings.

wolfsbane2k

Suspected case of Scarlett fever.
7th day of little sleep on a hard floor with while little man surrounded by sick bowls, tissues, thermometers , IBU and paracetamol bottles
Really doesn't do much for the ride in, just as well i can wfh for a bit!

rjsterry

Going north or south over Blackfriars Bridge is becoming a real test of character. Mornings: everything stationary from The Cut/Southwark Tube to Holborn Viaduct, and worse in the evenings. No room to filter due to everything being hemmed in with Heras fencing. This Superhighway had better be worth it. :evil:

itboffin

man-flu looked like it was on its way out last night, this morning temp back over 100, head thumping again - aaah!!!

slowbike

Coffee tasted crap ....

and had to leave the little man at home to come to work .... that's worse cos he's great fun at the moment

Snakebite the 2nd

Driving in Brighton last night I turned right and almost had a woman cyclist off. She was undertaking traffic on the inside of cars stuck in traffic.
I felt terrible, then I realised that whilst it was pitch black she did not have any lights on her bike.

Parking up and walking along the Lewes Road I saw a dozen bikes come along the cycle lane with no lights, some in dark clothing to boot.

I mean, if we don't help ourselves how can we complain?

Brakeless

Snakebite the 2nd wrote:

Driving in Brighton last night I turned right and almost had a woman cyclist off. She was undertaking traffic on the inside of cars stuck in traffic.
I felt terrible, then I realised that whilst it was pitch black she did not have any lights on her bike.

Parking up and walking along the Lewes Road I saw a dozen bikes come along the cycle lane with no lights, some in dark clothing to boot.

I mean, if we don't help ourselves how can we complain?

If you see a driver on his/her phone do you say ' they don't help themselves those car drivers'?

veronese68

Brakeless wrote:

If you see a driver on his/her phone do you say ' they don't help themselves those car drivers'?

I would say a driver on a phone is an idiot and a danger to others. Someone riding a bike with no lights and dark clothing in the dark is as much of an idiot, but more of a danger to themselves. As a vulnerable road user there is an element of responsibility to look after yourself at least by getting some lights which are a legal requirement. So to say they really don't help themselves is completely correct in my opinion because they really aren't.

Sleeper Service

Brakeless wrote:

If you see a driver on his/her phone do you say ' they don't help themselves those car drivers'?

Well, yeah. But enough whataboutery.

Brakeless

Veronese68 wrote:

Brakeless wrote:

If you see a driver on his/her phone do you say ' they don't help themselves those car drivers'?

I would say a driver on a phone is an idiot and a danger to others. Someone riding a bike with no lights and dark clothing in the dark is as much of an idiot, but more of a danger to themselves. As a vulnerable road user there is an element of responsibility to look after yourself at least by getting some lights which are a legal requirement. So to say they really don't help themselves is completely correct in my opinion because they really aren't.

saying 'they don't help themselves' is different to saying 'we don't help ourselves' . Cyclists are not a collective, it's normally ignorant anti cyclists that say 'cyclists do this' or 'cyclists do that'. I totally agree that riding in the dark without lights is idiotic but that one idiot shouldn't be classed as an example of all cyclists.

Brakeless

Sleeper Service wrote:

Brakeless wrote:

If you see a driver on his/her phone do you say ' they don't help themselves those car drivers'?

Well, yeah. But enough whataboutery.

You obviously don't understand 'whataboutery'.

veronese68

Brakeless wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Brakeless wrote:

If you see a driver on his/her phone do you say ' they don't help themselves those car drivers'?

I would say a driver on a phone is an idiot and a danger to others. Someone riding a bike with no lights and dark clothing in the dark is as much of an idiot, but more of a danger to themselves. As a vulnerable road user there is an element of responsibility to look after yourself at least by getting some lights which are a legal requirement. So to say they really don't help themselves is completely correct in my opinion because they really aren't.

saying 'they don't help themselves' is different to saying 'we don't help ourselves' . Cyclists are not a collective, it's normally ignorant anti cyclists that say 'cyclists do this' or 'cyclists do that'. I totally agree that riding in the dark without lights is idiotic but that one idiot shouldn't be classed as an example of all cyclists.

Too busy ranting to think. I was thinking in terms of that individual not helping themselves by being invisible, I'll try to read betterer next time. :oops:

Snakebite the 2nd

Brakeless wrote:

Snakebite the 2nd wrote:

Driving in Brighton last night I turned right and almost had a woman cyclist off. She was undertaking traffic on the inside of cars stuck in traffic.
I felt terrible, then I realised that whilst it was pitch black she did not have any lights on her bike.

Parking up and walking along the Lewes Road I saw a dozen bikes come along the cycle lane with no lights, some in dark clothing to boot.

I mean, if we don't help ourselves how can we complain?

If you see a driver on his/her phone do you say ' they don't help themselves those car drivers'?

I think you knew exactly what I meant

bendertherobot

A few weeks back I overtook a pootling older chap on the way home. Ribble winter trainer. Going really slowly. I gave a cheery hello. Nothing back. He then pinned himself to me for the next 5 miles. I took a right eventually, he went left, I said, sarcastically, cheers for the tow and he slowed right down to a pootle again.

This morning I came across him again. 5 miles out and 15 miles to go on my commute. Cheery hello went ignored. He was going a different way, or so it seemed, but he once again followed me. This time for about 10 miles.

Nex time I will say something. This is more a rant about my inability to deal with him than him drafting me.

rick_chasey

You're more patient than I am.

bendertherobot

I am. But also prone to outbursts that may be disproportionate.

See, for you city dwellers, you know how to deal with it. It happens out here so rarely that it's very weird when it does.

chris_bass

you need to break wind more often!

veronese68

Ask him if he's enjoying the view, if that doesn't embarrass him into stopping avoid him like the plague.

bendertherobot

I'm just going to find him next time I'm on the 'Six and absolutely destroy him.

rick_chasey

If you really want to commit to the cause, chug a load of laxatives or a serious curry beforehand and soil yourself aggressively when he arrives on your wheel. A few strategic holes in the shorts will help it fall onto the wheels an flick off into his wheel sucking face.

Short term pain, long term gain.

Sleeper Service

Two rants:

First, the son of a pig fondler who cut in front of me to turn left in his white BMW on Saturday. I can confirm that the hydraulic brakes on my Boardman work really well.

Second, the stupid student sod who sailed through a red light on his bike, Beats headphones on and oblivious to the world, who nearly got T-boned by me when driving yesterday. The brakes on my Ford Focus work pretty well too.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

bendertherobot wrote:

I'm just going to find him next time I'm on the 'Six and absolutely destroy him.

Play him at his own game of pursuit and tuck in behind him.;)

fatsmoker

NitrousOxide wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

I'm just going to find him next time I'm on the 'Six and absolutely destroy him.

Play him at his own game of pursuit and tuck in behind him.;)

Or blow a few snot rockets

bunter

rear shifting went increasingly weird last night culminating in a snapped gear cable at the shifter. it's less than a year since the last one snapped in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales. Feck.

iPete

Had to ride this week without a rear mudguard, I don't get how people live like this!!

My clothing and helmet is covered in grit and road crap, my rear lights are failing, it's all a bit rank.

ugo.santalucia

iPete wrote:

Had to ride this week without a rear mudguard, I don't get how people live like this!!

My clothing and helmet is covered in grit and road crap, my rear lights are failing, it's all a bit rank.

It's terrible, it's an ordeal... there is no day that goes by without me praying the Lord that he gives me a set of mudguards for Christmas

iPete

It's barbaric.

Do I win the first world problem of the day award?

rhodrich

Even with full mudguards fitted to my bike (including a front mudflap), my bike is now absolutely filthy. 350 miles since the bike was freshly built up and looking clean and fresh, and it's now looking as dirty and unloved as a motorcycle courier's bike.

Are there any rim brake pads that don't disintegrate in the rain, leaving black run lines all over your forks and chainstays?

gbsahne001

Rhodrich wrote:

Even with full mudguards fitted to my bike (including a front mudflap), my bike is now absolutely filthy. 350 miles since the bike was freshly built up and looking clean and fresh, and it's now looking as dirty and unloved as a motorcycle courier's bike.

Hence the 20 year old Winter hack that is used on the vilest of days and a CX with disc brakes at all other times

prawny

bunter wrote:

rear shifting went increasingly weird last night culminating in a snapped gear cable at the shifter. it's less than a year since the last one snapped in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales. Feck.

Mine went weird on tuesday night, changed the cable at 6.30am wednesday and managed to catch it at the fraying stage before it snapped.