Your rants here.

staberind

Good on you CiB.

secretsam

All scooter riders in London. Grow some pub£s, learn to ride and get some manners (road and otherwise).


Then f*ck off.

:twisted:

EKE_38BPM

To the idiot dog walkers I saw yesterday, I was nowhere near you as I pootled past. If I was speeding past you or had to brush past you, I would have alerted you that I was coming. As I was riding at just over walking pace and passed you with about 50cm to spare I don't think there is any need to let you know I'm coming.

And I'm a roadie, I will never have a bell on my bike. Now control your phucking dogs!

Foobies

Couple of rants here... sorry

#1 Chavs... JUST WHY!

#2 not really commuting as i was going home from a blast round my local trails but do car drivers beleive that cyclists have different eyes or something? just that if they see a car coming then theyll dip their full beam, but after about 4 miles on the road going home only about 3% of drivers dipped their beams, i know they could see me cos my light was deffo on, hopefully they could see my middle finger as they passed!for them to

and #3 Walkers, know everyone has had a rant about them but why do they think that its ok to walk about 6 abreast along a tral with their dogs wandering free, and then get all shippy when a cyclist comes along and think that just because ive got nobbly tyres and front suspension i should leave the designated bike trail and go over the loose rock and heather at the side of the path. pricks!

suzyb

I have spent just over £100 on petrol this month and it isn't even done yet :shock:

rjsterry

To the two police officers sat in a car waiting at the lights to pull on to Parliament Square roundabout this morning: jeering at the guy on the folder in front of me who dropped his chain when the lights changed really does make you look like little schoolboys(middle lane, so not fun). What a credit to the Met you are.

Similarly to your colleagues who think the Embankment cycle lane past Horseguards is a parking bay: FFS.

Lastly, to the motorcyclist on Moorgate who started revving his engine because the car in front was waiting to let a cyclist through: I'm sure you're *quite* the man

asprilla

Old twat of a Chauffeur; I don't give a crap who you are dropping off at TVC; the rest of the traffic maybe stationary, but there is a seperate cycle lane so try looking for cyclists in it instead of jsut pulling out.

ride_whenever

To miserable bigoted old hags everywhere.

Just because I'm a cyclist does not make me a red light jumping pavement cycling moron.

Pointing out that i should be riding on the road temporarily closed to traffic and walking down the pedestrian precinct before[/] it is closed to traffic (i.e. open to traffic, as evidenced by the abundance of delivery vans)is plain wrong. Don't take offence when I point it out to you and certainly don't try to justify your bigotry because you cannot possibly pay attention to your surrounding when bimbling aimlessly in the middle of what is essentially a ROAD.

waddlie

To the lady in a Ford Focus who looked at me twice... while I was doing 45 MILES PER FRICKING HOUR... before deciding to pull out in front of me anyway, despite me frantically shaking my head, before panicking and parking your car in the middle of the road...

Agh, words have failed me. But I'm thinking you were almost as scared as I was given the extremely wide berth you gave me for the next half a mile.

More attention next time, please. Cucksocker.

nich

This week is trying to make me quit commuting by bike, and it's almost, almost working.

Did a thread about my collision with a moped fool yesterday. Think I got over that quite well.

Today on the way home. The A21 towards Bromley was utter hell for me.

1) A few drivers joining the main road. Please don't edge out in front of me, stop, start, stop start. It's pretty darn scary when you force me to slam on the brakes, then decide you're not actually going to pull out fully anyway.

2) Bus driver. Utter utter idiot. I'm meters away from the bus stop and he pulls along side me indicating. I think I'm going to get squished. I end up stopping and just letting him pass. I stay stopped and gather my breathe after I thought I was about to die.

3) The worst one. This car fool is behind me as we're approaching a set of lights.

It's 3 lanes, I'm in the middle freewheeling down because traffic is queued at a red light.

He beeps me, I look over to see what all the fuss is about then I see him coming at me, trying to barge me out the way.

Yes his discusting tactic worked, I was proper intimidated, and forced to move into the outside lane to avoid his dumb manoeuvre and let him go past me, then I rejoin the middle lane.

I couldn't help it, but I gave him a a ton of abuse as I pulled up beside him. He obviously gave some back.

I think I mostly ended up spitting into my face mask as I was shouting back at him, but the idiot nearly knocked me off and I've just about had it with engine powered vehicles.

I'm considering taking the train tomorrow, although that will probably be screwed with delays, and I'll be paying for it :evil:

Maybe I can avoid this particular stretch of road. There is park/canal route, but I'll probably end up falling into it :x

petejuk

To the Police Community Support Officer cycling on the pavement that was barely wide enough for pedestrians- use the road and set an example.....bell end.

Cafewanda

To the driver of the Cannon Hygiene van (AY08 ...) this morning at about 8.45am on Long Lane, Southwark. As small as I am, wearing a hi-viz vest AND positioned in front of you, you don't get extra points for almost forcing me into the kerb in your determination to get ahead. The approach to the pedestrian crossing was obviously going to be narrow so there was no reason why you couldn't have slowed down for 2 seconds to let me stay ahead then given me a wide berth so you could safely overtake.

I've emailed the company to make a suggestion or two :x

t0pc4t

to the stupid bint in the peugeot who overtook me last night and slammed on the anchors, didn't like it when I went up the inside did ya

stupid cage driver

W1

To the McGhee tipper truck which blasted it's horn at a Boris Bike rider going down Blackfriars underpass this morning.

Try and understand the concept of being a "professional" driver.

SimonAH

To all of those universal idiots who can't see why they should indicate left if they are taking the first exit from a roundabout and therefore force you to stop and restart. It's a flick of the wrist you arses!

HVRNR

Nearly decapitated by a window cleaner & his ladder in Wetherby Gardens Chelsea this morning.

This numpty backed out of a pathway to one of the (very expensive) houses with his ladder over his shoulder. This 1st I saw of it was when the ladder emegered from behind a van as I was a few feet away. I managed to take evasive action and the ladder missed me by a matter of a few inches. After I had shouted something along the lines of 'WTF are you doing' I was then met with a volley of abuse for failing to notice him & his ladder and for being a 'bloody cyclist'!

What a tool!

chedabob

Drivers, do you really need to overtake me when I'm following a van down a hill at 60 km/h? Yes, you might have overtaken me properly, but you didn't really save any time on your journey as you were now stuck behind the van and the rest of the traffic that was keeping to the speed limit, which I was keeping pace with. The big gap that opened up was because the road levelled out a bit and there was a corner coming up which I knew the van would have to slow down for. Thanks for ruining the nice slipstream I'd been enjoying for 3 miles.

asprilla

Viz Top Tip:

Next time your performance drops rather than worry about your heath, diet and over training whey not simply check to make sure that you rear brake calliper isn't sticking causing one of the pads to rub constantly.

nich

Next time you decide to find a new office space, WORK, make sure it has space inside!

Gah, not a proper rant, but a bit miffed that our new office space won't have storage inside, plus I've only recently got a beautiful new bike that thief would like..grrrrrr.

I'll pester my boss, lots.

shouldbeinbed

road planners and drivers of Nottingham city centre

Why do either of you have to be like that. Insane and terrifying.

CiB

Just why are tyres so tight on the rim these days? Seriously. I spent 40 minutes at the side of the flipping road into Buxton on Saturday trying to get the front tyre back on without pinching the tube a second time [grumble mutter]. It was chuffing cold, damp & v windy. A 5 minute puncture stop becomes an exercise in how far Michelin can push you to the brink of lobbing the whole sodding bike over the nearest dry stone wall and hitching a lift to the next pub. Grr. Barsterds.

Michelin. Add an extra 2mm to the circumference of your otherwise not bad Pro 3s. It'll make life a lot easier, and I won't hate you so much.

jds_1981

Why do some people have to be idiots in motorway traffic jams and constantly change lanes to try and get to their destination just that tiny bit faster?
M1 was so bad last night that some people were driving down the hard shoulder...

CiB

jds_1981 wrote:

Why do some people have to be idiots in motorway traffic jams and constantly change lanes to try and get to their destination just that tiny bit faster?

If more people did change lane and tried driving on the left unless overtaking instead of bimbling along in lane 2 on the M6 near Knutsford onwards for the next 70 miles, completely oblivious to the complete lack of traffic in lane 1 and the fact that all traffic is forced into lane 3 to get past these chuffing brainless empty-skulled waste of human tissue, maybe traffic would flow a little bit better. The Germans can do lane discipline, why can't we?

When I'm king, I plan to mount a machine gun nest on my car roof and pick these tw@ts off one by one. There's no excuse for being in lane 2 if lane 1 has a nice welcoming gap waiting for you to GET OUT OF THE FLIPPING WAY.

jds_1981

CiB wrote:

jds_1981 wrote:

Why do some people have to be idiots in motorway traffic jams and constantly change lanes to try and get to their destination just that tiny bit faster?

If more people did change lane and tried driving on the left unless overtaking instead of bimbling along in lane 2 on the M6 near Knutsford onwards for the next 70 miles, completely oblivious to the complete lack of traffic in lane 1 and the fact that all traffic is forced into lane 3 to get past these chuffing brainless empty-skulled waste of human tissue, maybe traffic would flow a little bit better. The Germans can do lane discipline, why can't we?

When I'm king, I plan to mount a machine gun nest on my car roof and pick these tw@ts off one by one. There's no excuse for being in lane 2 if lane 1 has a nice welcoming gap waiting for you to GET OUT OF THE FLIPPING WAY.

Ah, I forgot to put that annoyance in too
Interesting that nothing clicks in their minds when people start undertaking them, or overtaking then swinging across both lanes into lane 1...

I'd like to point out the changing lanes issue was when everyone is literally parked, then after a few minutes moves forwards a couple of meters, then parks again.

asprilla

CiB wrote:

jds_1981 wrote:

Why do some people have to be idiots in motorway traffic jams and constantly change lanes to try and get to their destination just that tiny bit faster?

If more people did change lane and tried driving on the left unless overtaking instead of bimbling along in lane 2 on the M6 near Knutsford onwards for the next 70 miles, completely oblivious to the complete lack of traffic in lane 1 and the fact that all traffic is forced into lane 3 to get past these chuffing brainless empty-skulled waste of human tissue, maybe traffic would flow a little bit better. The Germans can do lane discipline, why can't we?

When I'm king, I plan to mount a machine gun nest on my car roof and pick these tw@ts off one by one. There's no excuse for being in lane 2 if lane 1 has a nice welcoming gap waiting for you to GET OUT OF THE FLIPPING WAY.

http://www.middlelanemorons.com/

Kieran_Burns

jds_1981 wrote:

CiB wrote:

jds_1981 wrote:

Why do some people have to be idiots in motorway traffic jams and constantly change lanes to try and get to their destination just that tiny bit faster?

If more people did change lane and tried driving on the left unless overtaking instead of bimbling along in lane 2 on the M6 near Knutsford onwards for the next 70 miles, completely oblivious to the complete lack of traffic in lane 1 and the fact that all traffic is forced into lane 3 to get past these chuffing brainless empty-skulled waste of human tissue, maybe traffic would flow a little bit better. The Germans can do lane discipline, why can't we?

When I'm king, I plan to mount a machine gun nest on my car roof and pick these tw@ts off one by one. There's no excuse for being in lane 2 if lane 1 has a nice welcoming gap waiting for you to GET OUT OF THE FLIPPING WAY.

Ah, I forgot to put that annoyance in too
Interesting that nothing clicks in their minds when people start undertaking them, or overtaking then swinging across both lanes into lane 1...

I'd like to point out the changing lanes issue was when everyone is literally parked, then after a few minutes moves forwards a couple of meters, then parks again.

when I was younger, I did circles around one guy driving down the M18 on the way to the M62 until he got the hint.

(overtake outside, pull in two lanes, slow down, be overtaken, accelerate, overtake outside)

It passed an idle couple of minutes 8)

redvee

Moan at myself for forgetting my medication and taking it much later than normal and now suffering cause of it.
Rant at the cyclist who didn't like the 3 foot of towpath I gave him yesterday and I blame his voodoo for the twig that went between the tyre and Roadracer causing the mudguard to snap, luckily I had a spare section to fit last night but it needs a bit of a reshape as it was rubbing on the tyre.

spasypaddy

i want to rant at the gadget show but it will show me up as the massive geek that i am so instead im going to email them and complain

cjcp

To the chap on the Planet X and his mate. Don't take a tow, not say thanks, creep at the red and then cut in front of me in the queue of traffic. Learn some etiquette.

straas

spasypaddy wrote:

i want to rant at the gadget show but it will show me up as the massive geek that i am so instead im going to email them and complain

Because of the atrocious behavior of the little bald fella? I couldn't believe they actually broadcast that, if someone had been in a car and been that reckless then broadcast it I'm sure the police would be more than interested.

Especially the bit with the van, awful.