Your rants here.

roger_merriman

dizzydane wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

dizzydane wrote:

vpnikolov wrote:

A friendly reminder, perhaps? :roll:

The msg, unanswered calls, just sent email with bank details... Annoys me when people don't follow through. That moment you realise your friendship is not valued.

That's a friend of convenience rather than a true friend, they eventually out themselves somehow and will probably try to weadle their way back in when it suits them.
Have a read of this, it really made me laugh because I think it says more about the author than the nature of friendship. I do not for a moment think you are anything like the author of that article

Thanks for that ;o) The way the whole situation has been handled really grated my tits yesterday - this line is so true,"It’s whether they’re prepared to inconvenience themselves for your benefit".

Was then stuck in the office till 20:30 last night. Every rider on my route home got a bashing from me! Sport is SO good for releasing frustration.

If you ever have the misfortune to be seriously ill, sadly it’s common for friends and even family to drop away.

Though in a more cheery note others and ever strangers can surprise you.

mattsaw

redvee wrote:

TimothyW wrote:

Mmm. About as hard as dropping an email or calling to say that they won't be offering you the job, and thanking you for your time coming in for the interview.

Which is to say near impossible it would seem.

Basic courtesy tends to be lacking in pretty much all aspects of the job hunting process nowadays.

Used to mention this to the JCP advisor when I was out off work, it doesn't take long to send an email. Given the number of applications received it could be a simple case of copy and paste from a document with the HR dept. only having to type the email address then BCC the rest.

You'll be pleased to hear that I have already emailed the lady that did turn up - 3 days late having got her days mixed up

She managed to arrive at the same time as the person who had already been offered the role was arriving for their induction.

sgt.pepper

Got my family to bring over the Halfords self-sealing puncture repair patches. They apparently don't work anymore - not sure if it's the humidity over here or they changed the formula, but I'm not bloody happy.

wolfsbane2k

Went through a long, deep puddle this morning as some tw@t had fly tipped into the middle of the road that I normally take.

Followed, a few minutes later, panicking as my brakes failed to bite at all at 30mph.

Must get N+1 as roadie with discs.

davis

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Went through a long, deep puddle this morning as some tw@t had fly tipped into the middle of the road that I normally take.

Followed, a few minutes later, panicking as my brakes failed to bite at all at 30mph.

Must get N+1 as roadie with discs.

I *always* ride with the brakes on for a bit after going though this exact experience post-puddle.

It's a live-and-learn thing...

reformedfatty

Police report made this morning. Some absolute knob jockey with a personalised plate got held up by about 10 seconds when the cyclist in front of them had to do an emergency stop when another driver pulled out on them without looking.

Personalised plate guy then leaning on the horn, revving engine, shouting abuse and right on the cyclists back wheel. I was riding further up the road, saw this kicking off and white knighted, intervening to back up the cyclist, who having been cut up and now getting abuse for no reason, was scared out of her wits. Said get to the side of the road and we'll let this idiot by - we did that but that wasn't good enough for the driver, who then swerved into us as they passed. No contact made but just bonkers. I chased to make sure I'd got the reg plate (I did), but didn't get the cyclists details.

wolfsbane2k

davis wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Went through a long, deep puddle this morning as some tw@t had fly tipped into the middle of the road that I normally take.

Followed, a few minutes later, panicking as my brakes failed to bite at all at 30mph.

Must get N+1 as roadie with discs.

I *always* ride with the brakes on for a bit after going though this exact experience post-puddle.

It's a live-and-learn thing...

Yeah, I ridden for a short while with the brakes on, and a few "shudder" brakes, but at low speed, so obviously not enough
Off now with babywipes to give the rims a good clean! (fnarr, fnarrr)

Edit: After cleaning the wheels and wiping cr@p off the pads: Why, oh why did I spend an hour cleaning it this weekend?

slowbike

Sorry - should be in Anti-Rants

Operation Crackdown - Sussex Police's online reporting portal - done what I would've expected again. Having submitted a 20 second video of a car not moving off it's line to go past me (on my bike) - they've sent out a warning letter to the owner of the vehicle - good enough for me - and a black mark against the car for the next year or so

dinyull

Rant or anti rant?!

On the way to work this morning some c*nt in a stolen car or off their t*ts overtook a queue of traffic on wrong side of road, missed me by a whisker and had a head on crash with the car behind me. Both cars properly f*cked up, before this muppet speeds off nearly hitting a pedestrian on the path.

Had I been 10 seconds earlier or later onto that stretch of road I have no doubt I'd have ended up on/over his bonnet.

Made sure everyone was ok and there was nothing more I could do and carried onto work.....before coming across another aftermath of an accident a couple of hundred meters down the road.

The same c*nt had hit another car 30 seconds prior to the head on collision.

Hope they catch the f*cker and throw the book at him, but amazingly no one caught his number plate at either accident.

pitters

My gripe is with pedestrians on unlit shared walking and cycle paths who are in black with no lights when it is pitch dark. I have good bike lights but they are still really hard to pick up. Please put some reflective gear on and some lights

milemuncher1

Pitters wrote:

My gripe is with pedestrians on unlit shared walking and cycle paths who are in black with no lights when it is pitch dark. I have good bike lights but they are still really hard to pick up. Please put some reflective gear on and some lights

Ninjas. They’re everywhere, even on bikes sometimes.

thistle_

Pitters wrote:

My gripe is with pedestrians on unlit shared walking and cycle paths who are in black with no lights when it is pitch dark. I have good bike lights but they are still really hard to pick up. Please put some reflective gear on and some lights

They usually have some fairy lights on the dog they are taking for a walk though so it's OK.

HamishD

Dinyull wrote:

Rant or anti rant?!

On the way to work this morning some c*nt in a stolen car or off their t*ts overtook a queue of traffic on wrong side of road, missed me by a whisker and had a head on crash with the car behind me. Both cars properly f*cked up, before this muppet speeds off nearly hitting a pedestrian on the path.

Had I been 10 seconds earlier or later onto that stretch of road I have no doubt I'd have ended up on/over his bonnet.

Made sure everyone was ok and there was nothing more I could do and carried onto work.....before coming across another aftermath of an accident a couple of hundred meters down the road.

The same c*nt had hit another car 30 seconds prior to the head on collision.

Hope they catch the f*cker and throw the book at him, but amazingly no one caught his number plate at either accident.

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :!:

That's one of your lives gone

drhaggis

Dear Petty Thief,

I am disappointed and upset by your actions last evening/night. Opening the saddle bag of a locked bike other than yours on the second floor of a private staircase and taking the inner tube and the allen key multi tool speaks volumes about the sort of person you are. It shows your psychological issues, and displays a worrisome lack of intelect.

Why did you steal an inner tube and a multi tool, worth £9.00 new in wiggle, and leave the £30 mini-pump in the frame? I hear you mumble something about a puncture but surely, for that you'd have used the tire levers (still in the bag) rather than the multi you didn't return... Surely the newly replaced inner tube needed to be pumped up again, right?. So let's assume you just wanted to take something. Then why did you not remove the Spesh saddle, worth the better part of £100? It's a minute job with the multi tool you had just taken and, unlike items you took, may be sold on gumtree for profit.

In short, please reconsider your goals in life. If you decide to steer back to a lawful path, and repent from your sins (I was brought up in an RC school), you'll be forgiven, and welcome. If not, and you decide that breaking the law is worth it, you may want to consider stealing something that at least will make your life easier, rather than just annoy thy neighbour.

Sincerely,

Dr. Haggis

PS: Please send my kindest regards to your friend, yes, the one that stole the £20 toddler shoes from the unlocked £700 Bugaboo.

roger_merriman

Pitters wrote:

My gripe is with pedestrians on unlit shared walking and cycle paths who are in black with no lights when it is pitch dark. I have good bike lights but they are still really hard to pick up. Please put some reflective gear on and some lights

Runners yes, and dogs its handy since both are moving often at speed, but walkers are not we're the ones moving at speed. which is why you and I need lights to see by but walkers often don't. it's fairly easy to walk in pitch dark with out a problem since objects arrive quite slowly.

slowbike

another twunt with a close pass today - just significantly faster (although it was in a delimit section - so not speeding). Now ... I did get it on camera - but I reported one last week - do I report again?

davis

Slowbike wrote:

another twunt with a close pass today - just significantly faster (although it was in a delimit section - so not speeding). Now ... I did get it on camera - but I reported one last week - do I report again?

Yes. It might benefit some other cyclist.

slowbike

Video's been overwritten - 8Gb memory cards don't last long... sorry.

vpnikolov

Quarq power meter crank compatibility.

Looking into the possibility to switch the cranks from BB30 to GXP. Well, that seems impossible as there are no substitute cranks available out there. Rubbish. :evil:

milemuncher1

How long to give ‘ditherers’ to get off a tube train, at peak time, before having to ‘dominate the carriage’, or risk any gaps filling from the other doors, that is the question.

redvee

Apple: Trying to bring life back to an old iPod and need to verify an Apple ID via the link in an email but the page doesn't load and has been trying for the last 30 minutes.

wolfsbane2k

Apparantley my last attempt at cleaning the chain tension spring on the RD wasn't good enough. Lost it twice this morning as the chain fell off due to a lack of chain tension

Going to have to strip it apart properly now, can't be that hard, can it?

asprilla

When you are waiting for that vital spare part to turn up and you are wondering why it's taking so damn long, and then you realise its because you didn't order it. Because you are an idiot.

wolfsbane2k

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Apparantley my last attempt at cleaning the chain tension spring on the RD wasn't good enough. Lost it twice this morning as the chain fell off due to a lack of chain tension

Going to have to strip it apart properly now, can't be that hard, can it?

The b axle has a specified torque setting you idiot...

bendertherobot

Sold some wheels, Facebook. Fairly lengthy Q and A session with the buyer on Messenger.

Weird? Bits, but I don't like people getting something that they don't know everything about.

We arrange to meet, today. We get in touch, this morning.

I turn up, 15 mile drive. He does not. Blocks me on messenger, facebook etc.

veronese68

bendertherobot wrote:

I turn up, 15 mile drive. He does not. Blocks me on messenger, facebook etc.

Was it through a Facebook group? If so report him to the admins as a waster, he will probably lie to wriggle his way out of it. A couple of letters in the middle of the word waster could be substituted with nk and it would still be accurate.

My rant is this poxy cough that hasn't really gone since new year. I felt dreadful for ages and didn't ride as I was constantly coughing my lungs up. Picked up enough that I felt I could ride in and managed almost two weeks before it got worse again. Went to the quacks and was told I had a chest infection and was given antibiotics and sent for a chest Xray. Seemed to be improving but today it's got worse again. I get out of breath just walking down the road and can barely ride a bike. Results from the Xray came back and I've been told I have to go for another one in a few weeks as it's "out of range" whatever that means.

bendertherobot

Veronese68 wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

I turn up, 15 mile drive. He does not. Blocks me on messenger, facebook etc.

Was it through a Facebook group? If so report him to the admins as a waster, he will probably lie to wriggle his way out of it. A couple of letters in the middle of the word waster could be substituted with nk and it would still be accurate.

My rant is this poxy cough that hasn't really gone since new year. I felt dreadful for ages and didn't ride as I was constantly coughing my lungs up. Picked up enough that I felt I could ride in and managed almost two weeks before it got worse again. Went to the quacks and was told I had a chest infection and was given antibiotics and sent for a chest Xray. Seemed to be improving but today it's got worse again. I get out of breath just walking down the road and can barely ride a bike. Results from the Xray came back and I've been told I have to go for another one in a few weeks as it's "out of range" whatever that means.

Yeah, but he's not a member, his mate tagged him in, as it were. I may message his mate, or leave his business a review

veronese68

bendertherobot wrote:

Yeah, but he's not a member, his mate tagged him in, as it were. I may message his mate, or leave his business a review

Certainly worth messaging his mate as it reflects badly on him. If he responds badly then maybe report him to the group as he is making the group look bad indirectly.

bendertherobot

Veronese68 wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Yeah, but he's not a member, his mate tagged him in, as it were. I may message his mate, or leave his business a review

Certainly worth messaging his mate as it reflects badly on him. If he responds badly then maybe report him to the group as he is making the group look bad indirectly.

I might leave him some kudos on Strava, he'll get weirded out..........

redvee

bendertherobot wrote:

Sold some wheels, Facebook. Fairly lengthy Q and A session with the buyer on Messenger.

Weird? Bits, but I don't like people getting something that they don't know everything about.

We arrange to meet, today. We get in touch, this morning.

I turn up, 15 mile drive. He does not. Blocks me on messenger, facebook etc.

A woman in work was giving a bed away on Facebook, plenty of interest and questions but mostly people were asking if she could deliver it :roll: