Your rants here.

HVRNR

I wish I could have thought of something witty and demeaning to say to the smug self satisfied arse who tried to prevent me from taking my bike on 0900 train from Farnborough last Friday. The guard was quite content to let me on the train but this guy was a passenger and threw a right hissy fit. Despite the fact there were 3 empty bike racks on which to place my bike he repeatedly insisted I wasnt allowed to take my bike on the train. Yes, (as he kept reminding me) the overhead information stated I couldnt take my bike on the train but there were 3 empty bike racks to be used specifically for that purpose, so why did it bother you so much?? Aaaarrrggghh :evil:

pst88

Almost got knocked off by a bus this morning. Bus overtook me very closely (centimetres away) and cut in front of me to pull into a bus stop. Rolled up next to the bus and politely asked the driver if he knew how close he'd passed me. This was returned by a blank stare as I asked him again if he knew how close he'd passed me and was he aware he almost knocked me off. He then mumbled something incomprehensible (not sure what language it was in) and drove off. Got the bus number plate and route number and sent a letter off to Travel West Midlands notifying them of my disgust. We'll see what comes of it. It's the 2nd time in a week one of their drivers has been a twat. Never had any problems up until now after 3 years of cycle commuting.

jonny_trousers

Borris Bike riders: aaaaaaargh!

Thank you; that is all.

itboffin

So i'm watching nick Jr with the little n and there's some twat wearing a scarf and t-shirt reading a story to the children, which is fine however he's white yet he's talking like he's Ali G

seriously that rates on the same level as peeps who walking around with their jeans around their knees.

Grrrrr

wot a tosser init, aye!

itboffin

Okay WTF this prat actually said Mary-Gold FFS even my five year old daughter spotted that.

suzyb

Seemed on course for a PB tonight until I paused to switch on my light. Then realised over half a mile later that it had stopped my computer working. And the light wasn't even on blink :evil:

So that means no HRM with my cycle computer and now no light with my cycle computer. Are all wireless computers this prone to interference.

redvee

suzyb wrote:

Are all wireless computers this prone to interference.

Not all, it seems you've got a bad combo. Not had any interference with my Lidl wireless HRM 'puter and the cateye light, nor with the cateye computer and light.

_Brun_

Went to unlock the bike this evening and noticed the bars were at a weird angle, which struck me as odd considering the front wheel was locked to the stand and through the frame,

Turns out some absolute pillock of a driver (a van, presumably) had managed to twist the bars through almost ninety degrees, in the process destroying the tape on the left side. I'm considering myself lucky that the rim appears undamaged, because that was only held in place by the lock while god knows how much force was being exerted through the bars.

It was locked to one of those hoops around lampposts that are dotted around Fitzrovia, but on the side away from the road so wasn't even particularly close to the kerb. It's my usual parking spot which I've always considered pretty good from a security point of view, am a bit annoyed that it's not as safe as I thought.

Aidy

Dear other bike rider,

If you're going to shout at me for jumping a red light (which I didn't, I was past it before it had finished changing), it would probably add weight to your argument if you hadn't just cycled onto the pedestrian crossing from the pavement.

Hypocrasy is absolutely my favourite thing.

MonkeyMonster

suzyb wrote:

Seemed on course for a PB tonight until I paused to switch on my light. Then realised over half a mile later that it had stopped my computer working. And the light wasn't even on blink :evil:

So that means no HRM with my cycle computer and now no light with my cycle computer. Are all wireless computers this prone to interference.

Try putting them as far apart as possible on your bars - it sometimes doesn't take more than a few mm's to resolve

gbsahne001

To the Pratt in the beat up car, when you pull away in a queue you are meant to drive forward; not slam your brakes on after you've travelled about 1m.

If you do, you might find a cyclist (me) embedded in the back of the car, as it was you must have felt the earth move from within, as I shoulder checked the corner. Why didn't you come out to check the damage to your precious tin can..... feeling guilty perhaps?

Edit: impaled substituted and text added

suzyb

MonkeyMonster wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Seemed on course for a PB tonight until I paused to switch on my light. Then realised over half a mile later that it had stopped my computer working. And the light wasn't even on blink :evil:

So that means no HRM with my cycle computer and now no light with my cycle computer. Are all wireless computers this prone to interference.

Try putting them as far apart as possible on your bars - it sometimes doesn't take more than a few mm's to resolve

Will try that thanks.

nich

Why on earth did I wear two base layers this morning.

I was proper overheating and got into work soaked

Gussio

Closest I have had to an off in quite some time this morning. I could have sworn that the road sweeper was moving and that the shiney silver SLK was about to overtake it. Quick check over shoulder before moving out to follow SLK, then eyes forward. Queue anchors out and rear wheel coming out underneath me as I try to avoid ploughing into the back of the stationary Merc. Not sure eactly how I didn't end up on the floor or spreadeagled over the boot, but instead surfed to work on a wave of adrenaline. Would have been my fault so ranting at self.

asprilla

Ginger twat on a fixie coming up Fulham Palace Road at about 9 this morning; you epitomise everything I hate in cyclists.

First you knock on the side of a Smart and berate the driver for not seeing you even though you were undertaking on the left on a busy narrow road which has one lane closed.

You then jump every red light going weaving through pedestrians before cutting up a bus to get into the bus lane at Hammersmith.

Prick.

Flasheart

Non Cycling related but I'm so angry and still suffering mentally from this event

To my dear Ex Wife.
Next time you phone the Police and tell them I have have phoned you 50-60 times harrassing you that evening and have them come around and have them arrest me & cart me off to the cells for the night and all the next day, I'm going to sue you or whatever I can for defamation (whatever)
I now have my phone bill and there are a total of 5 calls to you for that evening. There would have only been 1 if you hadn't hung up on me the other 4 times you evil b1tch :evil:
CPS said I have no case to answer and that I didn't do anything illegal so they let me go with nothing to answer for.

kurako

If you're turning right at the lights please try not to pass to the left and rely on the fact that I don't want to hit your rear wheel with my front one. That applies to you Mr Yellow-Vest-and-Yellow-Bar-Tape at the north end of Sloane St this morning. :evil: :evil: :evil:

bails87

Flasheart
That's low! :evil:

Flasheart

What my once loving wife did or the fact that I won't sit still and let her destroy me?

suzyb

Flasheart you should urge the police to charge her with wasting police time. As afaik "getting back at exes" is not part of their job.

redvee

To the Specialized rider, pull the legs of your shorts down, it looked like you were riding in hotpants :shock:

CiB

To the muppet driving the white van this evening with the trade name Frontier Pitts plastered all over the back; expect a call to your base office tomorrow pointing out that you overtaking me without making any effort to move out towards the centre of the road is dangerous, especially when your wing mirror brushed my arm, and then doing that big stupid dramatic swerve back onto the gravel on the left immediately after passing me is down there on the halfwit / fckuing idiot scale. If you were trying to make a point, you succeeded. You're now recognised as brainless tw@t. Enjoy the ride - I've got your number.

Lancslad

To my o.h please get fitter and faster I find it embarassing being overtaken by mountain bikers whilst going up hill even if we were on the tricross's. Thank god I wasnt on my orbea, oh the shame of it.


Yes i love her to much to tell her this.

cyclopsbiker

Lancslad wrote:

To my o.h please get fitter and faster I find it embarassing being overtaken by mountain bikers whilst going up hill even if we were on the tricross's. Thank god I wasnt on my orbea, oh the shame of it.


Yes i love her to much to tell her this.

you sure she doesn't read this forum??!?!? :shock:

nich

Worst commute in EVER!

Played badders last night and exhausted myself, and for some reason completely forgot to eat dinner.

Woke up late, which means putting up with additional traffic. BLEH.

Powering along, but still being overtaking by everything else on the road. BLEH.

Hit a few bumps and my cat-eye frontlight comes flying off. I do a slow-mo gaze over my right shoulder and see it break into a couple of pieces and scatter across the road.

I pull up, look back, and wait a while for all the cars to pass, crossing my fingers that they don't crush it.

I pick it up and put it back together, and it doesn't work. BLEH.

I get into town and remember that my usual route has temporary traffic lights, so find an alternative route. That ends up having temporary traffic lights too. BLEH.

For some reason I take a wrong turn down a street that is right near to where I work. BLEH.

bleh bleh bleh!

bearfraser

Riding a mountain, i'm sure there is a law agaist that.!!!

gbsahne001

......rassafrassarickarackets; bleedin chain snapped, no spare links in bag.....

Looks like I'm on PT tonight....

zrazzle

To the taxi driver last night blatently stopping in all the ASL boxes on Crawford Street and even trying to edge past me and go in front of me while I was waiting in the middle of one, as I told you - 'Stay out of the f88king ASLs!' I hadn't actually memorised your number to report you on TFL but the sentiment was there. T88ser!

asprilla

Idiot on a scooter last night on the perm cycle lane running from Kingston to Hampton Court. Just because you can't manage 40mph like everyone else on the main carriageway that doen't mean you can use the cycle lane as your own personal refuge you ignorant twat.

CiB

CiB wrote:

To the muppet driving the white van this evening with the trade name Frontier Pitts plastered all over the back; expect a call to your base office tomorrow ...

So I did. Decent bloke at the other end of the phone took the details, all vans have trackers so therefore easy to ID, 'cyclist myself mate...', will follow it up and have words. Good. I don't want the bloke sacked, just pushed against a wall and a finger jabbed towards his not-so-arrogant face a bit.