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It was like this but i didn't get chance to make out the make, his incessant tooting made me jump.
Yeah i've used that site before to double check I've got the right car in the past, don't want to report the wrong person, thanks Kurako.Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.0 -
The cyclist riding on the wrong side of the road between St. Donats and Llantwit Major yesterday.0
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northstar wrote:It was like this but i didn't get chance to make out the make, his incessant tooting made me jump.
Yeah i've used that site before to double check I've got the right car in the past, don't want to report the wrong person, thanks Kurako.
It's a good one that. If I see a borderline dodgy bit of driving and the car isn't taxed I'll report it rather than give the benefit of the doubt. It's amazing how many bad drivers are actually law abiding (in the loosest possible sense of the word) 'road tax' payers.
Of course there's also http://www.askmid.com/ownvehicle/ for checking insurance details but you're only supposed to use it if you're checking your *own* vehicle
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To the black ford fiesta P110 RRU, why did you overtake and pull back in 6 foot in front of me? Was it because I got the sequence of TLs right on the roundabout and was able to hit the second set at 20mph and leave you sitting in your tinbox? There was no need for such an abrupt pull in as you were going the same way as me and not turning left straight away.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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Thoroughly unimpressed by the chavbus driver who tried to overtake me at a pinch-point on Stokes Croft, decided he had neither the room nor the speed to finish it off and just pulled in on me, forcing me on the pavement. Smirk like that again and I'll... I'll... get annoyed about it and write about it on the internet again. (I'm a lover not a fighter...)Rules are for fools.0
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To the 3 RLJers at the bridge this morning.
Had I not responded quickly enough I would have been scraped off the back of the car that had to brake to accomodate your stupidity.
I hope you had a REAL good reason trying to shave off a few seconds off your journey but then you really do want to work on your speed instead of going thru red lights.0 -
To the New King's Road: I've ridden the Tour of Flanders twice and my water bottles have never jumped out of their cages. It's now happened twice on this road. :xFCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
Bl*8&***y f**%%£$ing useless tyres. Yet another PF visit. Are these tyres made of used bog paper or what? Absolute junk. I want a bike that can get me to work in about 1h 10m, not 1h 20m or more because I have to spend time staring at the inside of these tyres looking for the tiniest most innocuous bit of road debris that these second rate waste of f*&*^^ing time tyres can't cope with.
I'm off to that wiggle to buy some 23c solid rubber jobbies. Bleeding PF. Get stuffed witch.
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****ing headwind.
Oh, and the flouro rucksack-wearing chap who almost ran me over when he RLJ'd by Trafalgar Square.0 -
To the silver Nissan driver (oh, I wish I got your reg) who pulled out right in front of me on the Harrow Road this morning, causing me to slam on the anchors, go OTT and ruining my new Gore top, (not to mention the aching shoulder and a nice case of road rash) – who then proceeded to look at me on the deck, shrug his shoulders, say “sorry” and drive off . . . . I hope you have a thoroughly miserable life. :x0
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Mike - I'm fairly sure your name is Mike as the registration of your shiny blue BMW is M11 KE0 - steaming to the front of the filter lane to turn onto the Embankment at Blackfriars Bridge, undertaking a couple of bikes then stopping in the ASL, only so that you can be the first to get to the back of the queue at the bottom of the sliproad, really does speak to your personal inadequacy issues. As does your choice of car and personalised number plate.
Oh and by the way, even with my timid filtering, I'm fairly sure I got to Parliament Square a good 10 minutes before you.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
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To the fool on the brompton who charged across the road in teddington last night, no I didn't stop to be nice I stopped because you gave no indication of stopping so I assumed you wheren't going to, but hey at least I know the work car's brakes work....0
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Absolutely sh!t ride in this morning. I left a bit later than usual (7:10) so I suppose it was my fault. In order of appearance.
1. Seemed to keep pace perfectly with a huge lorry from Balham to Stockwell. He wasn't doing anything particularly dodgy other than being huge. He seemed to be first at every red light so no really safe way to get past. Better safe than sorry!
2. Scary filtering from loads of hi-viz folk in Altura/ Endura. One guy tried to go past a bus just as it pulled off and almost fell over.
3. Minicab stopped way too close to my back wheel and in the ASL. I'll be sending that one to Roadsafe later. D!ck!
4. Lots of RLJers as an old man with a stick and not too quick on his feet struggled over a crossing. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
5. Dude on a light blue Bianchi road bike and dark blue baggy top. Way to close at Elephant and Castle roundabout and didn't look all that concerned when I said so. You ride like sh!t. You must have taken it easy down Newington Causeway cause it took you a full 20 seconds longer to get to the lights than I did. I suppose you didn't need to rush as you knew you were going to RLJ anyway. You are a pansy!0 -
I very rarely comment on this thread. I think I'm a pretty relaxed cyclist and sanguine in most instances....
However, if I ever see the motorcyclist I got undertaken by in Musselburgh again I will pull all the flesh, piecewise from his body using my fingertips. I was waiting at a junction in the ASL, primary and I heard a motorbike behind me. The light goes green and I proceed at pace only to get undertaken by this moron about six-inches from my left arm.
He then realises that the right turn we were both doing was pretty tight, so he slams on his brakes so I nearly go into him before he speeds off. I'm ready to deck him so I take off after him - he's on a 600 cc, so I don't stand a chance unless there's traffic. There is indeed traffic, it's a busy town centre. I don't catch him though due to the rest of his antics.
In the space of half a mile I witness him:
1) Overtake a right-turning car
2) Go through a red-light on a pedestrian crossing well above 30. At least the peds were out of the way.
3) Go through another pedestrian crossing, flashing-amber light this time, must have been pushing 50 mph - still pedestrians crossing this one. Even a lolly-pop man. They all had to scatter.
4) Undertake moving traffic at 50 or so.
5) Undertake a bus which was pulling in.
6) Go through another red light at a junction.
I've never seen such a frightening display of driving. Was talking to another biker at the last lights I saw him jump; that guy was just as furious as me. Gives them all a bad name, eh?0 -
Your adrenaline really must have been flowing for you to keep up with that on your bike!UndercoverElephant wrote:In the space of half a mile I witness him:
1) Overtake a right-turning car
2) Go through a red-light on a pedestrian crossing well above 30. At least the peds were out of the way.
3) Go through another pedestrian crossing, flashing-amber light this time, must have been pushing 50 mph - still pedestrians crossing this one. Even a lolly-pop man. They all had to scatter.
4) Undertake moving traffic at 50 or so.
5) Undertake a bus which was pulling in.
6) Go through another red light at a junction.0 -
Specialized Needs wrote:
Your adrenaline really must have been flowing for you to keep up with that on your bike!UndercoverElephant wrote:In the space of half a mile I witness him:
1) Overtake a right-turning car
2) Go through a red-light on a pedestrian crossing well above 30. At least the peds were out of the way.
3) Go through another pedestrian crossing, flashing-amber light this time, must have been pushing 50 mph - still pedestrians crossing this one. Even a lolly-pop man. They all had to scatter.
4) Undertake moving traffic at 50 or so.
5) Undertake a bus which was pulling in.
6) Go through another red light at a junction.
I certainly wasn't keeping up. I was following at about 25-30. It was only about half-a-mile before he was out of sight. Absolute loon. Never seen anything like it.0 -
Rant at myself this morning. Get half way to work and spot a nail sticking out of front tyre. Think no worries, will change the tube then d'oh! Realise spare tube is still inflated in the dining room checking my last puncture repair is up to standard.
Nail is now still in tyre. Pumped tyre up and got to work. Will inspect it at lunch to decide if I think I'll get home on it or need to go shopping...0 -
Just one Logo says it all - every time someone cuts me up is a t*8t in one of these - there must be some instructions in the handbook, but that would be presumptuous of the driver's ability to read!
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Mr wagon driver that was a pathetic attempt on the A580 at approx 05.30 trying to make me jump by sounding your very loud horn on an empty dual carriage way whilst I was looking for the entrance to the cycle path.
May your probably expansive gut turn septic and all your toe nails be ingrowing.Novice runner & novice cyclist
Specialized Tricross
Orbea (Enol I think)0 -
B.M.W.s,need i say more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:0
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Had a couple today:
Long straight stretch of road: nice road me cycling in a Zen like calm gets rudely awakened by oncoming car OVERTAKING and just missing me
Then here I get overtaken while doing over 20mph myself! I've set the view at the exact place the prawn decided to overtake. Yes a car came the other way right as he is passing me ....Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
I've had that happen to me a couple of times. Definitely ruins your calmness. :shock:Kieran_Burns wrote:Had a couple today:
Long straight stretch of road: nice road me cycling in a Zen like calm gets rudely awakened by oncoming car OVERTAKING and just missing me
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mudcovered wrote:
I've had that happen to me a couple of times. Definitely ruins your calmness. :shock:Kieran_Burns wrote:Had a couple today:
Long straight stretch of road: nice road me cycling in a Zen like calm gets rudely awakened by oncoming car OVERTAKING and just missing me
Mike
Neearly ruined my bib shorts when someone did it to me two weeks ago.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
Fucking moped following me up the long cycle lane and then into the asl.
Get tae fuck ya wee radge.Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]0 -
If you're going to wear team kit Mr London Dynamo, don't brush past other cyclists as you undertake them and skim around a bus, don't bunny hop onto the pavement to jump a queue behind an ambulance and again to jump the queue at vauxhall bridge (neither time slowing at all). Oh, and if you're going to be that slow, don't push to the front. I had to scalp you four times you barely evolved ape.
On another note, saw my third moped crash this morning. Not fun.0 -
I tried to get my BSO into working order today, adjust the rear gears (no cable for the front atm) and the brakes.
Gear adjustment went fine. Brake adjustment confused me despite following bicycle tutor so whilst the brakes do stop the wheel turning when on the stand, not so sure they will when travelling down hill at speed.
Not that it matters that the bike doesn't have brakes as it doesn't move anyway. Every time I sit on it the rear wheel gets pushed to the side and rubs against the frame despite me tightening as much as I can.
I hate bikes :evil:0
