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Grrrrr to the bloke who parked in the contraflow bikelane on a one-way street in Southampton to let his missus post a letter. Bad enough at the best of times, but the left hand side of the street is free parking spaces!0
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Grrrrrr, will all the parents please remember how to cross the road/restrain your children.
Yesterday scared the hell outta myself (and probably the small girl) when she decided to step out in front of me going down hill at 25mph. Thankfully my shout of oi as I grabbed the brakes stopped her in her tracks and woke her mum up enough to haul her out of the road.
Then this morning riding along my street at a casual 15mph. Lady with a 8ish yr old son and a buggy sees me approach. She actually checks both ways then proceeds to walk out in front of me. You wouldn't do it with a car coming so why teach your kids its okay to do it with a bike?!!!!!0 -
Moron in the large white Luton van who couldn't wait a few more seconds to overtake me. You looked a bit tense stuck in traffic at the lights as I breezed past mere moments later. It's possible you'll want some counselling for that.0
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suzyb wrote:
Hope you left them a really bad rating then.To err is human, but to make a real balls up takes a super computer.0 -
Kurako wrote:To the suit wearing BSO riding RLJing fairy who just went flying through a red light at the DLR stop on North Colonade: I hope you enjoyed the orange lucozade shower. LOL! Beee-aaaatch!
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To the ultra-competitive ponce in a blue lycra top on a white Condor, who tried to race me along Weymouth Street, Clipstone Street and Maple Street; if you're going to be so precious about being overtaken, learn to ride. I was in civvies, ffs (jeans, regular shoes, laden backpack), on my "hybrid" and you were in full lycra on your drop bar road bike. If I leave you in the dust after every set of lights, you're doing something wrong. Presumably that's why you ended up jumping the red lights, just to stay ahead.
Keep being told, on this forum, that I'm riding a compromise that's no good for speed. But my commute is one big scalp collecting exercise.
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itsbruce, all that means is if you used a roadbike you'd reign supreme on your commute.
The anti-hybrid posse are just trying to encourage you........................
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I had someone on embankment who just before pulling off to the left (heading east) said I would get knocked off by a cab riding how I was, oddly in a straightline with nothing coming close to me.
I think he was just pissed that someone in baggies on a more relaxed geometry bike was pulling away from lights and staying there ahead of him in full team lycra etc etc
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To nearly everyone out there on Friday afternoon on my commute home you’re all fcukwits. Top of this list include the following:
Italian coach driver who missed the lights outside the hospital on the Fulham Rd missing me by inches while I was stationary, god knows how close your wing mirrors were to taking out my head.
Scooter rider cutting across the pavement outside Stamford Bridge, if course I am going to say something so there’s no need to give me the finger
The mini driver ballsing up the junction on the NKR and giving me and all the rest of the traffic the finger for your inability to drive, it was in grabbing distance so now I regret not grabbing it and dislocating it
The guy on the trek with carbones who drafted me through Putney, if you’re riding wheels worth £650, get on the front and do some work
And finally the tool with headphones on stepping into my path, try looking next time it might help you avoid being taken out by us0 -
Moron on a grey Condor on Kennington road this morning: the fact that you cannot be bothered to unclip IS NOT a justification for RLJing! Saw you at the next stop, where the traffic was too busy for you to barge through, hanging off a traffic light to avoid putting your feet on the ground. Learn to track stand, you sad git!0
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RP Wait for a gap folks, if pulling out, don't just assume the
car will overtake, you will get killed doing that.0 -
To the girl in the fiesta who decided to hit the brakes as the lights went from green to amber as we were doing 25mph. Where do I send the bill for the new tyre I now need for your heavy use of the brakes, looks like I'll have to buy a pair of tyres as I can't find Schwalbe Blizzards in red/black only
I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
1) Non bikey related, but to the girl who just got the lift to go one floor. wtf!
2) To myself for being a numpty. That rattling sound that I've been hearing for the past couple of days is todo with the botched stem adjustment job and the headset top screw not being done up, hence the movement of the forks. All fixed! And to think I was considering a new set of wheels...0 -
To the G4S security van who barged his way between me and another cyclist approaching the Kennington Road turning this morning, I know you are taught to drive in a 'assertive' manner, but that was just being a tool. Didin't do you any good anyway, as I made it to Baylis Road and The Cut before you.
Secondly, the pair of clowns who were parked across the end of Golden Lane having jumped the lights then realised that the traffic in front was stationary, what bit of a red light don't you understand?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Filtered though the sationary traffic into the ASL at the junction of Wood Lane and South Africa Road this morning and there a was a woman in the right lane with her wheels in the ASL; nothing unusual there.
However as the ASL began to fill wish cyclists the woman began going mental and actually pulled around the cyclists in the ASL to get to the front, just so she could race 100m up to the next queue of traffic for the A40.
ejut.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
redvee wrote:To the girl in the fiesta who decided to hit the brakes as the lights went from green to amber as we were doing 25mph. Where do I send the bill for the new tyre I now need for your heavy use of the brakes, looks like I'll have to buy a pair of tyres as I can't find Schwalbe Blizzards in red/black only
was she ahead of you? If so, you need to bill yourself!!! Sorry, but that's the way it is .....
My rant: tw4t in Sheffield in darnall who flew past me on the inside of the bike lane, using the bus stop bay. I'd glanced over my outside shoulder and was about to turn left so didn't see you. But you must have seen my 4 year old son in the bright red bike seat on the back of the bike. 0.25 of a second later and you'd have been clothes lined by my left arm signal, or worse, I'd have started to turn and we'd have collided. The rage which would have descended on me due to you hurting my child would have resulted in your seat post being rammed so far up your ar5e that when you cough, the saddle would have popped out your mouth.0 -
YOu at the MetOffice, get the damn wind speed right! That was not 12mph this morning. It was NOT!
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MadammeMarie wrote:YOu at the MetOffice, get the damn wind speed right! That was not 12mph this morning. It was NOT!
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12 mph in your face + your speed on the road = Total wind speed felt...
Nasty equation, but sadly true!!Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...0 -
nich wrote:1) Non bikey related, but to the girl who just got the lift to go one floor. wtf!
I work on the third floor and used to be in the same office as the general office manager. One day a 'larger' lady from another department waddles in and starts yapping "Alison, Alison (name's changed to protect the criminally lazy) the lifts aren't working".
So 'Alison' explains that it's because one lift is being serviced, meaning the other is being used twice as much and the mechanisms have got warm, as a safety feature it's shut itself down until it's cool.
To which the woman replies "well, that's ridiculous, I mean how am I meant to get downstairs to go and buy lunch?".........:shock:0 -
Major feck!ng rant at virgin mobile. Apparently the 18 month contract on my phone has only a 12 month warranty and now month 13 into the contract the handset has developed a fault and they aren't going to do anything to help me other than keep taking my money off me for another 5 months :x :x :x :x :x
On a calmer not would the driver of the X39 bus realise I slowed as the lights ahead were red and would have accelerated when they changed and the failed overtake was pointless. When I saw you on my right with your indicator flashing I was expecting the worse but in the end all I had to face was the stupid look on your face as I passed as you realised you weren't able to complete the overtake.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Saw all the regular RLJers at the junction of Brixton Road and Loughborough Road, this evening. At least there were many more cyclists waiting at the lights than jumping. Special mention for the guy who sailed through the lights with a small child in a baby seat on the back of his bike; don't have the words to express how much of an asshole you are.0
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Thanks to the pillock that tried to drive his panel van up my actual arse at the Dodworth rd. roundabout. I'm afraid I give way to traffic from the right, and cannot accelerate like a Saturn 5 rocket. If you take off the clown shoes it may well improve your driving, (i'm assuming that you can actually see). Tosser0
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Leeds drivers don't really normally justify rants but.......
Black Vauxhall Astra (would be a Vauxhall :roll: ) at Guiseley yseterday evening. I was cycling at about 12mph near the summit of a hill and passing through a crossroads. Astra, coming the other way, waiting to turn right across my path. Note, he was actually waiting and I'm not sure there was even anyone behind me. And the sun was behind him so visibility perfect.
Didn't stopping him driving straight into my path. He actually waited, and then drove straight into my path..... If I'd not veered away, I'd have been on his bonnet. I yanked the bars to the right and missed his rear wing by inches. This wasn't a case of impatience and an assumption that he'd cross before I reached him - nobody in their right mind could have come to that conclusion.
Of course, he immediately stopped and gave me his effusive apologies for his appalling driving.
No, wait a minute, I think I made that last bit up..........Faster than a tent.......0 -
Before long Surrey NHS Trust is going to need a surgeon who specialises in removing mobile phones from body cavities.
That is all.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
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Asprilla wrote:Before long Surrey NHS Trust is going to need a surgeon who specialises in removing mobile phones from body cavities.
That is all.
Well I am glad that that is all, but even for small items like a phone a small saddlebag is a much better choice.0
