Your rants here.

thistle_

It was bad enough getting a pinch flat at 30 mph, 20 mins from home when I'd taken the day off work to go for a bike ride and having to walk about 5 miles to get picked up by the other half because I'd left my pump at home.
But the worst things was not one of the dozen or so cyclists that passed me carrying my bike asked if I was OK or needed any help.
I hope Karma comes and gets them.

reformedfatty

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

It was bad enough getting a pinch flat at 30 mph, 20 mins from home when I'd taken the day off work to go for a bike ride and having to walk about 5 miles to get picked up by the other half because I'd left my pump at home.
But the worst things was not one of the dozen or so cyclists that passed me carrying my bike asked if I was OK or needed any help.
I hope Karma comes and gets them.

Sound's like karma had already done their work for the day

Mr Sharky

To the chap who, legitimately, shouted at the driver who aqueezed past him to avoid a right turning car in Stretford this morning... you looked a total tw@t when, not even 30 seconds later, you barelled through the red light which was just turning to the ped phase and people were starting to cross. Bit difficult to claim the moral and legal high ground when you ride like a dick. :-(

vpnikolov

Parcel Force... absolute pr*cks!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Ordered a new fan for the turbo trainer season through Tool Station, they dispatched it the following business day, only for me to realise they did so through Parcel Force. That wouldn't have been a huge issue if the driver for my area was actually attempting to make the deliveries. This is the second time now he is pulling this off, I only wish I could somehow catch him and have a word. Now I have to go to their North West depot which is somewhere in Acton to collect my item... Waste of time and money. :x

prhymeate

I bought a new commuter/gravel bike from Evans because they had a good deal on. After having some issues with my Rose bike (based in Germany) I also assumed that buying from Evans would mean any replacements/repairs would be relatively quick and easy. Wrong. The bike creaked on the ride home so I took it to my local store. It either needs a replacement bb or new frame. This was on August 16th and they can't get the spare part (for one of their own brand bikes) until September 6th! I can't knock the staff at Evans, they've been as helpful as possible, but !@#~ me it's frustrating.

porlyworly

Nearly taken out again yesterday morning, travelling along a straight A road, by a car turning right (across my path) from a slip road to my right.

No other cars in sight so no idea what driver was thinking, had to slam the brakes on & brushed the kerb to avoid going into the side of the car as they cut me up.

Becoming such a regular occurrence it's almost starting to feel trivial

rick_chasey

Two things.

1) I always get a cold just before holiday.

2) F*ck Brexit and the f*cking exchange rate. F*ck me Brexit is f*cking expensive.

vpnikolov

Rick Chasey wrote:

Two things.

1) I always get a cold just before holiday.

2) F*ck Brexit and the f*cking exchange rate. F*ck me Brexit is f*cking expensive.

At least we took back control, right? RIGHT?! Right... :roll:

hopkinb

Rick Chasey wrote:

Two things.

1) I always get a cold just before holiday.

2) F*ck Brexit and the f*cking exchange rate. F*ck me Brexit is f*cking expensive.

I severely over-bought Euros for a holiday last May pre Brexit vote. My stash has nearly disappeared.

thistle_

vpnikolov wrote:

Parcel Force... absolute pr*cks!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Ordered a new fan for the turbo trainer season through Tool Station, they dispatched it the following business day, only for me to realise they did so through Parcel Force. That wouldn't have been a huge issue if the driver for my area was actually attempting to make the deliveries. This is the second time now he is pulling this off, I only wish I could somehow catch him and have a word. Now I have to go to their North West depot which is somewhere in Acton to collect my item... Waste of time and money. :x

Can you not go and collect it so it gets sent back, and wait for a refund while ordering from elsewhere?

veronese68

vpnikolov wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Two things.

1) I always get a cold just before holiday.

2) F*ck Brexit and the f*cking exchange rate. F*ck me Brexit is f*cking expensive.

At least we took back control, right? RIGHT?! Right... :roll:

If someone said that to my face I'd find it very hard to keep control. :twisted:

corriebee1

Left my car unlocked the other night. Some opportunist scrotes got into it and rummaged around. I didn't think they had found anything of any value until i realised this morning that my Garmin has gone. Scumbags! They probably have no idea what it's for!

The anti-ranmt of this is that i often leave my good bike in the back of the car overnight as i drive-cycle commute. So i'm a Garmin down but still have the bike! (and they didn't take my helmet or shoes).

elbowloh

corriebee1 wrote:

Left my car unlocked the other night. Some opportunist scrotes got into it and rummaged around. I didn't think they had found anything of any value until i realised this morning that my Garmin has gone. Scumbags! They probably have no idea what it's for!

The anti-ranmt of this is that i often leave my good bike in the back of the car overnight as i drive-cycle commute. So i'm a Garmin down but still have the bike! (and they didn't take my helmet or shoes).

I did that before, I thought they'd nicked my cordless drill and nothing else. That was until I went camping and realised my camping stove had gone also.

redvee

Rick Chasey wrote:

2) F*ck Brexit and the f*cking exchange rate. F*ck me Brexit is f*cking expensive.

Went to Spain in December 2014 and got €1.4/£, this year I was lucky to get €1.07. I still had €200 leftover from last year but still needed more as I've got to pay for the hotel when we arrive.

Ben6899

I'm hoping it makes Euro 2020 unaffordable for all the Brexit voting neanderthals.

veronese68

One of the new guys in the retail office said he listens to LBC because he doesn't like listening to music and he loves Nigel Farage. I don't think any of my reply would get past the language filters on this site.

Ben6899

Veronese68 wrote:

One of the new guys in the retail office said he listens to LBC because he doesn't like listening to music and he loves Nigel Farage. I don't think any of my reply would get past the language filters on this site.

He sounds like a bit of a CLINT.

veronese68

Ben6899 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

One of the new guys in the retail office said he listens to LBC because he doesn't like listening to music and he loves Nigel Farage. I don't think any of my reply would get past the language filters on this site.

He sounds like a bit of a CLINT.

I may have pointed this out to him rather forcefully. Considering he is now working in a sales office in which the majority of the business nowadays is into the EU you'd think he'd work out that it could have an impact on his job. We have several competitors on the continent. If they screw this whole thing up badly enough our Paris branch may become our European distribution centre and probably half the people in this building will be out of a job. Thankfully he will probably be one of them.

Ben6899

Veronese68 wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

One of the new guys in the retail office said he listens to LBC because he doesn't like listening to music and he loves Nigel Farage. I don't think any of my reply would get past the language filters on this site.

He sounds like a bit of a CLINT.

I may have pointed this out to him rather forcefully. Considering he is now working in a sales office in which the majority of the business nowadays is into the EU you'd think he'd work out that it could have an impact on his job. We have several competitors on the continent. If they screw this whole thing up badly enough our Paris branch may become our European distribution centre and probably half the people in this building will be out of a job. Thankfully he will probably be one of them.

Typically short sighted, Brexit voter. I say "typically" because I realise not all Brexit voters are short-sighted... before I get flamed!

veronese68

Ben6899 wrote:

Typically short sighted, Brexit voter. I say "typically" because I realise not all Brexit voters are short-sighted... before I get flamed!

Very much so, if he were to lose his job he'd probably blame the EU.

dinyull

Veronese68 wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Typically short sighted, Brexit voter. I say "typically" because I realise not all Brexit voters are short-sighted... before I get flamed!

Very much so, if he were to lose his job he'd probably blame the EU.

I know there is a thread for this already, but of course he will.

The f*cking thing is, if (read when) we get a bad deal the cretins who negotiated it have a get out of jail free card from all the knuckle draggers who will voted leave because the bad deal will all be the EU's fault.

froze

I'm a cyclist, been one for over 40 years, but I have to put this rant out against some cyclists, note I said some not all. This happens a lot actually but it just happened again last night while driving home from work in my car so it's fresh in my mind. I'm approaching a traffic light on a moderately busy intersection doing about 30mph, I have the green, out of the corner of my eye I see something darting through stopped traffic to my right, I slam the brakes hard as a cyclist runs the red light, this time I miss him by about 2 feet, but what about the next time? I wish cops would treat cyclists who violate traffic laws like they do with cars and write these idiots tickets, maybe if that was done more often we could reduce the rate of cyclist deaths that has been going up at an alarming rate, it's tragic enough when we read about some cyclist that was killed, but everyone forgets the torment of the person that was driving the car has to endure for the rest of their lives that they killed another person even though it wasn't their fault.

kingstongraham

froze wrote:

...I wish cops would treat cyclists who violate traffic laws like they do with cars ...

Generally ignore them you mean? I see cars going through red lights in the same place every day, cars speeding every day.

I don't disagree with the rest of your rant, apart from if it happens often that you have to slam the brakes on and you are worried that you are going to hit someone, you might try driving as if you are expecting it.

awavey

is it my imagination this week or has it felt really fraught out on the roads on a bike this week ? I know clustered stats arent evidence of a new pattern emerging

but Ive had way more close passes than Id normally expect on the roads I use alot, some really bad ones like tonight one of those Royal Mail trucks that got really fast close and personal, and one car I had to tuck my elbows in to avoid being clipped by it and of course I catch the idiot no more than 200 metres up the street :roll:

Ive also felt at least more than a handful of times, that people either accelerated at me, or actually steered towards me in a oh thats a cyclist Ill deliberately close miss them kind of thing, no ones quite swapping lanes on the road...yet... but when theres room for both of you to easily pass on narrower roads, to be presented with a clearly deliberate narrowing gap is a bit unnerving.

froze

KingstonGraham wrote:

froze wrote:

...I wish cops would treat cyclists who violate traffic laws like they do with cars ...

Generally ignore them you mean? I see cars going through red lights in the same place every day, cars speeding every day.

I don't disagree with the rest of your rant, apart from if it happens often that you have to slam the brakes on and you are worried that you are going to hit someone, you might try driving as if you are expecting it.

When I said it happens a lot what I mean is that I see it happening a lot while driving to other motorists, among other ridiculas things some cyclists do.

Depending on where you live the city police may not be traffic control officers and so they only ticket the really blatant offenses that caused an accident. Where I live the police are not traffic control officers nor will they hire any for that job, so yes they don't ticket which I think in some circumstances is just plain nuts. In some cities they have traffic control officers who are blended in with the regular cops, they look the same, but do different jobs. Where I live the Sheriff department will sometimes cruise city streets looking for violators, unfortunately they don't come to town frequently. We also have the highway patrol, but they don't come into the city to find violators.

bendertherobot

To be fair, some of them are busy arresting nurses at hospitals.

DJFish

Bit of a rant/anti-rant but here goes.

This week I've had a different commute as I've been visiting a relative in the Royal Brompton after my nightshifts so I've been going through Hyde Park which has been really lovely with sunrises & sunsets, squirrels that sort of thing... however the standard of some commuters really leaves a lot to be desired.
Every dick move by a cyclist sticks in the mind of the retarded motorist and gives them the justification (in their minds) to pull a dick move of their own, and there just seemed to be a lot of it going on.

awavey

froze wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

froze wrote:

...I wish cops would treat cyclists who violate traffic laws like they do with cars ...

Generally ignore them you mean? I see cars going through red lights in the same place every day, cars speeding every day.

I don't disagree with the rest of your rant, apart from if it happens often that you have to slam the brakes on and you are worried that you are going to hit someone, you might try driving as if you are expecting it.

When I said it happens a lot what I mean is that I see it happening a lot while driving to other motorists, among other ridiculas things some cyclists do.

Depending on where you live the city police may not be traffic control officers and so they only ticket the really blatant offenses that caused an accident. Where I live the police are not traffic control officers nor will they hire any for that job, so yes they don't ticket which I think in some circumstances is just plain nuts. In some cities they have traffic control officers who are blended in with the regular cops, they look the same, but do different jobs. Where I live the Sheriff department will sometimes cruise city streets looking for violators, unfortunately they don't come to town frequently. We also have the highway patrol, but they don't come into the city to find violators.

which sounds like you live in the US then. In the UK in towns and cities there are no cops around anymore it seems, let alone ones dealing with traffic violations, we dont even seem to have traffic wardens much anymore either, you maybe lucky in places like Nottingham or parts of London where there is cctv and traffic light cameras that keeps most people in check, but elsewhere its free for all.

I can expect at any traffic light junction where I live, whether Im on my bike or driving somewhere, youll get 1 car jump on amber, youll get 1 car jump on red, and you might even get 1 car jump their red as yours is now green to proceed. you literally have to pause on green just to make sure you wont have an idiot driving into you, and thats every set of traffic lights. Ive been riding several times had a light turn red, Ive stopped & the car behind me who nearly takes me out in the process just keeps going.

I once walked down to the main shopping/pubs area from where I live on a Sunday morning, passed 3 traffic light junctions, I counted 20 cars jumping red lights, not just ambers, red lights, on a Sunday morning FFS.

so when people say ooh cyclists jump red lights, yes some do undoubtedly, they are idiots, they are risking their own safety by doing so, but it pales completely into insignificance vs the volume of motorists doing the exact same and no one seems to give xxxx about them doing it.

cruff

Yesterday in sunny Rochdale I watched an arsehole pull out round a stationary car to drive straight through a red light. He then proceeded to do exactly the same thing at the next red light. People are getting stupider, and bolder, because they know there is almost zero chance that anything will happen to them. Not really sure where the country goes from here to be honest. Less coppers around, no real chance if being caught, and no punishment to speak of if you are caught.

rick_chasey

Ben6899 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

One of the new guys in the retail office said he listens to LBC because he doesn't like listening to music and he loves Nigel Farage. I don't think any of my reply would get past the language filters on this site.

He sounds like a bit of a CLINT.

I may have pointed this out to him rather forcefully. Considering he is now working in a sales office in which the majority of the business nowadays is into the EU you'd think he'd work out that it could have an impact on his job. We have several competitors on the continent. If they screw this whole thing up badly enough our Paris branch may become our European distribution centre and probably half the people in this building will be out of a job. Thankfully he will probably be one of them.

Typically short sighted, Brexit voter. I say "typically" because I realise not all Brexit voters are short-sighted... before I get flamed!

Yes, some are just very short sighted, or even blind.