Your rants here.

awavey

Rick Chasey wrote:

You guys. Sheesh.

I'd buy my own glassware if there wasn't any.

Who wants to drink from plastic? Eugh.

Next you'll be telling me you mainly drink coffee from plastic/paper cups.

interesting, never really thought of it like that, Ive always drunk the water from my bottle and will fill it up to replenish it, but always drink coffee from a mug instead, except when I get takeaway from a shop obviously.

and Ive no idea why and nearly everyone in our office who drinks just water does it....maybe its something subconciously signalling to other people hey Im slightly sporty, I drink water from a sporty bottle

asprilla

WeatherPro (part of RainToday?) is the best weather app I know but it's interface is terrible. Turns out I've been looking at Edinburgh's weather all week.

redvee

Had two cyclists swear at me on the ride home at 22:45. Perhaps it was cause I pointed out to the first that it looked light someone had nicked his lights and brackets and told the second one we travel in the other direction on the one way road were riding towards each other on.

dinyull

Another PF visit - 5th in 2 weeks - must have been a slow one and struck just as I arrived home last night as I didn't notice. Only had 1 spare in the saddle bag so I swapped pedals and lights onto my new bike - this was gonna be quicker than retrieving tubes from spare (non disc) wheels lying about in the garage.

Struggled to work cursing the OEM wheels which didn't seem to want to spin up. Wheeling my bike through the office noticed that the rear brake had been stuck on all of the way in.

wolfsbane2k

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Charged the Aldi nebula rear on sunday on a 200ma/5v charger.
Used it for Monday am & pm ride on lowest flash setting - 1 hour ten mins total on time.
At end of ride, checked the lights not warning of out of battery (blue light isn't flashing when powered on).
Come this morning - it's dead.
Back up light deployed

Same again today. Going back to store as a failed unit. Not expecting to be able to pick up a replacement, which is very annoying.

Nellyspania

Big house down the road from us shared by a load of youngsters had a house party last night...

BobMcbob

Record numbers of sans lights, slow black-cladded-goons-on-BSOs in East London last night. The BSO epidemic is getting worse.

Bikequin

I'm fed up with people who won't brake for cars who are waiting to turn left across cycle/bus lanes, especially when those cyclists in front of them have slowed to allow the car to turn, as far as I'm concerned once the first rider on the scene has stopped to allow the car to turn any subsequent cyclists arriving are fair game for a left hooking.

wolfsbane2k

Blimey, not likely this mornings fog & my glasses!
Lost view of the road approx. every 30 seconds, had to wipe them off, which meant slowing some.
in all, todays ride was approx. 4 mins slower than normal - I put it down to this!

asprilla

Bikequin wrote:

I'm fed up with people who won't brake for cars who are waiting to turn left across cycle/bus lanes, especially when those cyclists in front of them have slowed to allow the car to turn, as far as I'm concerned once the first rider on the scene has stopped to allow the car to turn any subsequent cyclists arriving are fair game for a left hooking.

First rider isn't following strict priority. In my view, when you start doing that then you start causing confusion, and you know what that leads to?

hopkinb

Asprilla wrote:

Bikequin wrote:

I'm fed up with people who won't brake for cars who are waiting to turn left across cycle/bus lanes, especially when those cyclists in front of them have slowed to allow the car to turn, as far as I'm concerned once the first rider on the scene has stopped to allow the car to turn any subsequent cyclists arriving are fair game for a left hooking.

First rider isn't following strict priority. In my view, when you start doing that then you start causing confusion, and you know what that leads to?

Who does have priority out of interest? If I can, I tend to go round the outside of the left turning car and avoid the problem, but this isn't always possible. I would normally stop if I'm boxed in, under the basic assumption that the car driver hasn't seen me and is going to turn left anyway, and I'd rather stop than get run over.

rower63

Asprilla wrote:

Bikequin wrote:

I'm fed up with people who won't brake for cars who are waiting to turn left across cycle/bus lanes, especially when those cyclists in front of them have slowed to allow the car to turn, as far as I'm concerned once the first rider on the scene has stopped to allow the car to turn any subsequent cyclists arriving are fair game for a left hooking.

First rider isn't following strict priority. In my view, when you start doing that then you start causing confusion, and you know what that leads to?

I'm with Bikequin. I may have strict priority, but if I feel the left-turner isn't aware of and giving way to me then my strict priority will end up with a squashed R63. I'll stop to let the left-turner turn left, and likewise if a cyclist behind me overtakes to slip up the inside then, while one should never wish for another's harm, they shouldn't be too surprised if they become an accident.

hantstooflat

Nellyspania wrote:

Big house down the road from us shared by a load of youngsters had a house party last night...

You can't just leave it at that....

chris_bass

All road sweepers seem to do is move all the broken glass, sharp stones, nails, crap and anything else unpleasant they can find from the edge of the road into a nice pile pretty much exactly where I need to be cycling. And why do they think the best time for them to do this is at rush hour?

veronese68

HantsTooFLat wrote:

Nellyspania wrote:

Big house down the road from us shared by a load of youngsters had a house party last night...

You can't just leave it at that....

Gatcrashed and now has a hangover so couldn't be fagged to type any more?

asprilla

rower63 wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Bikequin wrote:

I'm fed up with people who won't brake for cars who are waiting to turn left across cycle/bus lanes, especially when those cyclists in front of them have slowed to allow the car to turn, as far as I'm concerned once the first rider on the scene has stopped to allow the car to turn any subsequent cyclists arriving are fair game for a left hooking.

First rider isn't following strict priority. In my view, when you start doing that then you start causing confusion, and you know what that leads to?

I'm with Bikequin. I may have strict priority, but if I feel the left-turner isn't aware of and giving way to me then my strict priority will end up with a squashed R63. I'll stop to let the left-turner turn left, and likewise if a cyclist behind me overtakes to slip up the inside then, while one should never wish for another's harm, they shouldn't be too surprised if they become an accident.

Agree wholeheartedly. I don't want my kids to hear witnesses saying stuff like 'He came out of nowhere'.

imatfaal

Rant on behalf of the poor sod who had his saddle fall off on CS3 this morning - rails left on seat post and all the comfy bit bouncing along the road.

redvee

Was given a boiled sweet in work today, started sucking it but temptation got the better of me so I bit into it and broke a tooth. Phoned the dentist to see if I could get an emergency appointment but nothing but was told something might be available if I call Monday at 0830, usually still in bed that time of day.

Tashman

My inability to step up a step yesterday, meaning i tumbled forward cracking the site of my ACL graft on the next step.

Bikequin

Asprilla wrote:

rower63 wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Bikequin wrote:

I'm fed up with people who won't brake for cars who are waiting to turn left across cycle/bus lanes, especially when those cyclists in front of them have slowed to allow the car to turn, as far as I'm concerned once the first rider on the scene has stopped to allow the car to turn any subsequent cyclists arriving are fair game for a left hooking.

First rider isn't following strict priority. In my view, when you start doing that then you start causing confusion, and you know what that leads to?

I'm with Bikequin. I may have strict priority, but if I feel the left-turner isn't aware of and giving way to me then my strict priority will end up with a squashed R63. I'll stop to let the left-turner turn left, and likewise if a cyclist behind me overtakes to slip up the inside then, while one should never wish for another's harm, they shouldn't be too surprised if they become an accident.

Agree wholeheartedly. I don't want my kids to hear witnesses saying stuff like 'He came out of nowhere'.

Exactly - having "priority" isn't much use when your lying underneath a van, as far as I'm concerned If a vehicle is ahead of me and indicating left I'm not cycling up the inside of it.

Only a Ginger

DIY/Decorating.

I hate it.

wolfsbane2k

Tashman wrote:

My inability to step up a step yesterday, meaning i tumbled forward cracking the site of my ACL graft on the next step.

Owch!

nich

Very foggy this morning - so many vehicles without zero lights on, let alone fog lights

itboffin

Yup seems you don't need them if you're in a metal box

Gromson

itboffin wrote:

Yup seems you don't need them if you're in a metal box

Seems like a question of "well, I can see where I'm going, so I don't need lights" (same logic when the sun is right in drivers eyes, or at dusk or pre-dawn. To be fair though, it's hardly surprising they don't know how to put the lights on when they're on the same sticks as the indicators)

awavey

lot of very angry folk driving round the roads this weekend, always feel Ive missed something when it feels like every other car pass is trying to knock you off your bike.

best summed up by one incident as I approached a road junction on a country road that I wanted to turn right into to take the route home, shoulder checked, let closest car pass, shoulder checked again reasonable gap to move into, fling out arm to indicate what Im doing and move towards middle of road, at which point the car (well Land Rover really) behind then decides they cant wait behind me for all of 10seconds till i get out the way and accelerates to overtake me, on the opposite side of the road now obviously as Im near to the centre line, but I still had to drop my arm to avoid getting hit and grab some front brake to stop my turn move and then they lent on the horn for good measure whilst gesticulating that I shouldnt be in the middle of the road it appeared at least :roll:

fortunately the car waiting to turn left out of the junction had looked left and spotted there was a nutter in a land rover on the wrong side of the road, unlike most who would have probably just checked right seen an empty road and gone for it and then found a land rover embedded in the front of their car.

Tashman

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Tashman wrote:

My inability to step up a step yesterday, meaning i tumbled forward cracking the site of my ACL graft on the next step.

Owch!

Yeah, MRI being lined up to check in detail

wolfsbane2k

Tashman wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Tashman wrote:

My inability to step up a step yesterday, meaning i tumbled forward cracking the site of my ACL graft on the next step.

Owch!

Yeah, MRI being lined up to check in detail

Acl = anterior cruciate ligament? What are you having done? Been told I'll need to plan for "extensive" knee rebuild in ten to 15 years time... Just the thought makes me sick.

Tashman

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Tashman wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Tashman wrote:

My inability to step up a step yesterday, meaning i tumbled forward cracking the site of my ACL graft on the next step.

Owch!

Yeah, MRI being lined up to check in detail

Acl = anterior cruciate ligament? What are you having done? Been told I'll need to plan for "extensive" knee rebuild in ten to 15 years time... Just the thought makes me sick.

That's the on, i snapped mine gently bowling a ball to Tashboy in Sept last year, had surgery in Feb where they used the centre of my patella tendon to replace the ligament. Rehab was going well til i tumbled. Cycling is my rehab and new found passion! Didn't go out over the weekend as i don't want to put unnecessary pressure on anything til i have the all clear.
I hope that whatever you have to have done it all goes well. Patience is what's required on recovery i'm discovering. Still determined to do the London-Brighton in June though

slowbike

awavey wrote:

lot of very angry folk driving round the roads this weekend, always feel Ive missed something when it feels like every other car pass is trying to knock you off your bike.

Hmm - didn't have any of that this weekend - possibly one advantage of riding in a group ...