Your rants here.

Kieran_Burns

Well there is the odd knobhead on the roads around here...

I was overtaken exactly HERE

imagine if the lorry in the photo had decided to be there this morning.....

cyclopsbiker

annoyed. planned on cycling to a course in central london. thought yey, I can take my other half's lock and my d-lock...bike secure, no problem. no way I'm leaving my bike with just one lock. so, getting myself ready....no darn keys for the other half's lock. he's in wales now, I'm in london. hmmm. gonna buy myself a new lock today. can't have PT use forced on me like this. damn I'm annoyed. at myself that is.

PedalPedant

Blimey the rant thread was all the way down on page 3! It must be time to bounce it up the the top

I was cycling along a shared use cycle path this morning (yes I know, I generally avoid them too but this particular stretch is quite handy) and I came up behind a middle aged couple that were walking in the same direction as me.

Not wanting to be impolite I slowed down to a crawl and rang my bell (yes I know, but I do find it occaisonally useful) when I was about 10 yards behind them. The woman grabbed hubby and dragged him out of my way (completey unecessarily, there was room, I just didn't want to startle them) and as I went past said "get on the cycle path". It took me a few seconds to figure out that she was pointing to the 8 inches of tarmac between the white line and the kerb!

It was too late to reply by then and I'm not sure that berating old woman in the street is such a good idea but just in case she's reading this (I accept that this is unlikely)...

"GET STUFFED YOU OLD BAG!"

PP

dancook

Almost had myself a little accident yesterday, lights go green BMW starts to move, I start to move and clip in - then a truck crosses right across the BMW causing it stop suddenly.

I'm fortunate I was able to yank my feet free from the pedals! Else I might have scratched my new bike

Gussio

To the minicab driver who rolled alongside me in the ASL box on the Kings Road this morning, then proceeded to creep forward until the moment the lights changed, ultimately racing forward then drifting left and cutting me up. You are a tw*t and I am surprised that you took offence at me telling you so. You would have been more surprised if I hadn't resisted the urge to put a f*cking big dent in your roof.

Also, words fails me for the new Rapha PS kit, so I will rant in silence.

benno68

Some great driving skills shown by a private hire driver in Cardiff yesterday, cut me up on a large roundabout and 200 yards further up the road very nearly left hooked an old gent who was quietly cycling along. I think it's become a prerequisite for the newer private hire/taxi drivers to drive like c0cks - I may invest in a head cam.

Also - nice one to the idiot in the Ford Fiesta who overtook me whilst indicating left and then took the left turn, you must have saved less than half a second by nearly taking me out.

benno68

Hey Gussio - just saw your post. Evidently not just a Cardiff issue with private hire/mini cab drivers then.

I nearly followed the guy down the dead end road he turned into to have some words but thought better of it as I was pushed for time.

Gussio

Benno68 wrote:

Hey Gussio - just saw your post. Evidently not just a Cardiff issue with private hire/mini cab drivers then.

I nearly followed the guy down the dead end road he turned into to have some words but thought better of it as I was pushed for time.

I believe that the Hackney Carriage drivers refer to the round green/yellow private minicab window stickers in terms of "Warning: Child on Board" signs. :roll:

baloo_the_bear

Two rants

1 - To the idiot in the silver car who dropped his wife off at work and then pulled a u-turn without looking. It wasnt funny when I had to screech to a halt to avoid hitting you, so dont laugh you <insert strong insult>

2 - Stupid puncture in rear tube. Argh!

WesternWay

ARRRGGGHHHH

Office Space company (EOGROUP) have sent out an email to say that we are no longer allowed to leave anything in the changing rooms so all the sweaty cycle gear has to come up to the office rather than be sensibly in the changing room.

And the towel service which is lovely is no longer available.

Really fed up with them; I can't work out what their motivation is.

rjsterry

No. 76 bus, jumps a very late amber/red on Old Street r/b, then creeps forward straight over the ASL at the next but one lights on City Road, then jumps a red again into Provost Street. Hell, why not ignore all road markings and signals all together? I mean, obviously your timetable is far more important than everyone else's safety.

FFS.

@ WesternWay: leave your sweaty kit near some middle management - they'll soon have a word.

Matt.K

To the bloke in the Citroen C1 at the end of my road this morning...

It's mirror, signal, maneuver. Not just maneuver as fast as you can.

Came to the T-junction at the end of my road this morning and he's sat there with the engine off about a meter back from the give way line.
Seems a bit weird so I cautiously approach to go round the outside of him.
When I get to within about 3 meters he starts the engine, I presume that he's going to set off so slow down to almost stationary and start to pull back in behind him.
At that point he sticks it in reverse and swings it back with high revs on to the driveway next to him, almost taking me out with his nose as he does.

Tit.

always_tyred

BBC - How much do you pay your editors? Whatever it is, it is too much.

This morning's breakfast news had an article about obesity in pregnant women. Precisely how a VT of women walking around with pushchairs was relevant, is quite beyond me.

BBC - How much do you pay your science correspondants? I could do it. I would not, for example, go on TV and explain to the public that steam "isn't just vapourised water, its tiny bit of water that recondenses to form water".

I didn't know that polytechnics were still operating recently enough for you to have failed chemistry and/or physics at one. :evil:


FYI - steam really is just vapourised water. They even teach this in georgraphy, its so basic.

rjsterry

Saw that. Couldn't understand why he got the giggles. Then Sian flirting with the motorcyclist - I'm eating my breakfast FFS.

suzyb

I thought steam was water in it's gas state.

Or is that what "vapourised" means.

Gussio

WesternWay wrote:

ARRRGGGHHHH

Office Space company (EOGROUP) have sent out an email to say that we are no longer allowed to leave anything in the changing rooms so all the sweaty cycle gear has to come up to the office rather than be sensibly in the changing room.

And the towel service which is lovely is no longer available.

Really fed up with them; I can't work out what their motivation is.

Towel service? What is this? Could it be the antidote to my crusty old pink towel that gets washed once in a blue moon?

WesternWay

rjsterry wrote:

@ WesternWay: leave your sweaty kit near some middle management - they'll soon have a word.

Yep, copied in my boss on the mail to the building company, pointing out that my sweaty kit will now be in the office.

georgee

I asked you to wind your window down and appologise, all you did was sit there with a dumb look on your face and raise your hands.

Next time you pull in on someone use mirrors and incicators, that is why I told you to quite loudly, the sounds of the guy on the pavement shouting whhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooaaaaaaa might have been a clue you were about to hit me.

I know it sounds very biggoted but I very much doubt given a number of clues you have a UK driving licence, and yes ferrying posh tw*ts about in an outdated E-class with one of those dumb triangular stickers on the back window still makes you a mini cab driver so I guess explains why you are such a pathetic c*nt.

kurako

To the nodder this morning at Belgrave Sqare. When there are two lanes and I am in the left lane which is clearly marked as being for traffic moving to the left don't be surprised when I turn left.

Shouting 'Oi where do you think you're going?' after the zebra as you undertake a taxi and try to squeeze up my left so that you can go straight on (i.e. what the right lane is for) just makes you look like a knob.

mroli

To the pedestrian who almost leapt out in front of me before I shouted "Whoah!", don't tell me to "alright, alright, calm down mate" - if I clouted you it would bloody hurt you and I saw a moped clout a ped going up to Trafalgar Square last night and it didn't look pretty.

fuelex

To all Addison Lee drivers in London in your black MPV's with black windows........
you're all c#*ts.

There, that feels much better.

Matt.K

13 posts already this morning!

There's a lot of angry cyclists around today.
(Mostly because of the careless drivers that are around every day)

Bunneh

To the 'kid' driving a Corsa pulling out of the car park neat Toys R Us in Bolton - I was clearly visible yet you were too damn stupid to see me. I know your number plate, so expect a slam on your roof in the future.

itsbruce

Drivers and cyclists both: go around the roundabout, don't just cut directly across because you just want to turn right! Stupid buggers.

zanes

Matt.K wrote:

13 posts already this morning!

There's a lot of angry cyclists around today.
(Mostly because of the careless drivers that are around every day)

Should we start ranking posts?

http://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/08 ... lists.html

asprilla

Just take a bit longer and find the bloody flint / glass / whatever in the tyre before putting the new tube back in. It will be worth it in the end.

More haste, less speed.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot about f-ing pedestrians. For f's sake take some responsibility for your own actions and look when you cross the road instead of relying on the judgement of others. If the green light is showing then just because traffic is stationary in one lane of the dual carriageway it might still be moving in the other.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

wgwarburton

Hi,
If you must use one of those daft mini-suitcases-with-wheels-and-an-extending-handle (tip- if it didn't have all the weight of the frame, wheels and handle, you could carry it easily)... Please don't stop dead the second you get off the train to extend it and block the doors for the other hundred people looking to alight...

Cheers,
W.

The Running Man

To the tractor driver towing a large grain trailer through the lanes from Lacock to Sandy Lane. You very very nearly killed me. You either tried to drive me into the metal fence posts lining the side of the road on purpose or you are a complete ars*hole who shouldn't be given control of anything more mechanical than a biscuit tin.

How I managed to stay upright and avoid impaling myself on the fence was just down to luck.

If I had managed to catch you rest assured I would have dragged you from your cab and beaten the living sh*t out of you.

I have a very long memory ..........

rjsterry

WGWarburton wrote:

Hi,
If you must use one of those daft mini-suitcases-with-wheels-and-an-extending-handle (tip- if it didn't have all the weight of the frame, wheels and handle, you could carry it easily)... Please don't stop dead the second you get off the train to extend it and block the doors for the other hundred people looking to alight...

Cheers,
W.

Could not agree more. Also when people drag them over my feet. You can actually see them thinking, "Hmm, seems to be stuck on something. Just give it a bit more of a tug - that's got it." If you looked what you were doing, you'd realise that that something is my foot! When suitably booted, I've come very close to kicking the bleedinthings off the edge of the platform.

Kieran_Burns

rjsterry wrote:

WGWarburton wrote:

Hi,
If you must use one of those daft mini-suitcases-with-wheels-and-an-extending-handle (tip- if it didn't have all the weight of the frame, wheels and handle, you could carry it easily)... Please don't stop dead the second you get off the train to extend it and block the doors for the other hundred people looking to alight...

Cheers,
W.

Could not agree more. Also when people drag them over my feet. You can actually see them thinking, "Hmm, seems to be stuck on something. Just give it a bit more of a tug - that's got it." If you looked what you were doing, you'd realise that that something is my foot! When suitably booted, I've come very close to kicking the bleedinthings off the edge of the platform.

print this:



affix to suitcase when they aren't looking....