Your rants here.

cjcp

Spot on. There are stupidly bright lights being used in RP this time of year. It's one of the reasons I don't go through the Park this time of year.

coopster_the_1st

To the female driver of car reg R8 NUU

I am glad I made you jump out of your seat when I banged hard on your passenger window. Now you know exactly how I felt when you passed as close as you did.

All this would not have happened if you had not been driving on the bumper of the car in front of you and you would have seen where you were going!!! :roll:

dizzydane

Found myself having a stand off against a chav in Silver Golf last night. The idiot thought it would be funny to try push me into oncoming traffic. This resulted in some verbal abuse and me on the phone to the police asking how much damage could I do to a vehicle without being held liable for vandalising private property... Answer - nothing. So then asked how much damage I could do the the driver when it's self defence.

Officer laughed..

Not funny... there's a war going on out there.

Watched a guy kick off a cars side mirror when the driver pushed him into the pavement. This chav will be next...

risi

Dear Mr A1 Bristol Airport Flyer driver,

When I'm on a roundabout, I have right of way. You clearly saw me & looked right at me as you sped close by my (stationary) front wheel. You would have had to wait all of 5 seconds for me to get to my exit. Or even better, as you had ages to see me on the roundabout, you could have eased off a bit and timed your entry better. But no, you had to force me to stop in the middle of the roundabout.

Well, you also forced me to make my first complaint. And I received a reply on the same day:

Dear Mr Risi

Your reference number:stuff

Thank you for your webform received on 25 October 2010.

I am very concerned to hear your account of the standard of driving of our
coach on 25 October 2010. I apologise sincerely for the upset and concern
that this caused you, especially considering your status as a six day track cycling legend.

The safety and well being of our customers and other road users is our
highest priority and I assure you that, under no circumstances, will we
tolerate the standard of driving that you describe.

We take such complaints very seriously and have strict internal procedures
to ensure that the issues are properly followed up.

I have already forwarded the details to the manager responsible for this
service, who will interview the driver and discuss your complaint in
detail. The driver's previous employment record will be reviewed, along
with any other relevant documentation. The manager will decide what action
is appropriate to ensure that there is no repetition of the poor driving
that you have reported.

I will not be able to advise you of the outcome because of the strict
confidentiality that has to be maintained on driver behaviour issues.
However, the outcome will be recorded on a central database for future
reference and will be reported to our Compliance Manager, who monitors
these issues.

Thank you for getting in touch, your feedback is important to us. If I can
be of further assistance, please call me on 0844 xxxxxxx.

Yours sincerely


Bloke
Customer Relations Advisor

The usual pro forma stuff after the first paragraph. He might have well written:

Dear Bastrd,

Yeah, really concerned you know? But we'll do f all about it. Hope that makes you feel better.

Cheers then.

But you can always hope I suppose.

PBo

is the "6 day track cycling legend" also pro-forma???

redvee

Shouldn't the 6 day track legend read 6 pint cycling legend . The response is standard these days. Had a response to a complaint at DHL and knew the words of the 'script' on the phone call before they were said.

georgee

JZed wrote:

To the evening cyclists in Richmond park with search lights strapped to the front of their bikes. Please point them at the road and not straight into my eyes - I like to be able to see where I'm trying to go, and not be blinded...

I've taken to shouting at them to dim their lights as they head towards me, I once decided it was worth playing chicken with one until we both ended up almost stationary. He could not see what my issue was?

Roll on the arrival of my 900 lumen beauty hopefully next week, it will remain off until a) it's really needed or b) some f*ckit without lights or is blinding me and needs a taste of their own medicen.

jzed

georgee wrote:

JZed wrote:

To the evening cyclists in Richmond park with search lights strapped to the front of their bikes. Please point them at the road and not straight into my eyes - I like to be able to see where I'm trying to go, and not be blinded...

I've taken to shouting at them to dim their lights as they head towards me, I once decided it was worth playing chicken with one until we both ended up almost stationary. He could not see what my issue was?

Roll on the arrival of my 900 lumen beauty hopefully next week, it will remain off until a) it's really needed or b) some f*ckit without lights or is blinding me and needs a taste of their own medicen.

I had exactly the same thoughts - you blind me I'll blind you. Went into LBS shop to find the most powerful light they had but came away disappointed. What did you go for?

cyclopsbiker

hatbeard wrote:

oh and a special shout out to the anonymous scum who fired a rocket firework ALONG a side street towards the traffic of the A2 at the bottom of blackheath hill last night just as myself and cyclopsbikers' fella were running across the road so it exploded not 2 yards away from from us. *fume*

oooo!!! :shock:
he didn't tell me about that!!!

waddlie

risi wrote:

...especially considering your status as a six day track cycling legend.

Harveytile

To the jey boy in "Cycling Weekly" (weakly?) kit last night on College Road.

If you must draft at least have the decency to say thanks for the tow. I don't appreciate fairies like you and even less so 15 miles into my commute, late in the week. MTFU and do some work. I do enough work for others in the office, I don't want to do yours too on the road. Fekkin' lady-boy! :evil:

Drafting may be all very clever in racing and nodoubt some feel the need to practice drafting but FFS keep it for the club rides. :roll:

suzyb

Dude, do you really think nothing but a hi-viz orange jacket will allow drivers to see you on an UNLIT road.

Get some feckin lights will you.

mkirby

bloody utility companies who cant create a direct debit against the correct account number.

will3

Dear fellow cyclists, If, when you come to park your bike in the racks there is an empty rack next to the one with my bike in, please use that rather than leaning your bike against mine.
Thanks

Aidy

mkirby wrote:

bloody utility companies who cant create a direct debit against the correct account number.

Bloody utility companies who opt me back in, without my request or approval, for their spam droids after I've especially opted out, saying they can't understand why I wouldn't want their marketing crap.

Wallace1492

I seem to have a Klingon Cloaking Device hidden somewhere on my bike. It seems to randomly switch of for some commutes, either to or from work for the entire journey. Yesterday it was on. A car pulled on to Maryhill Road trying to join the queuing traffic on the outside lane, completely blocking the bus lane in which I was approaching them at about 25mph. I managed an emergency brake from the hoods, and squirted though a very small gap left in front of the car. Later, someone just spepped out in front of me while I was going through a green light.

Why do the batteries in the Cloaking Device never run down?

Kieran_Burns

Wallace1492 wrote:

I seem to have a Klingon Cloaking Device hidden somewhere on my bike. It seems to randomly switch of for some commutes, either to or from work for the entire journey. Yesterday it was on. A car pulled on to Maryhill Road trying to join the queuing traffic on the outside lane, completely blocking the bus lane in which I was approaching them at about 25mph. I managed an emergency brake from the hoods, and squirted though a very small gap left in front of the car. Later, someone just spepped out in front of me while I was going through a green light.

Why do the batteries in the Cloaking Device never run down?

DaHjaj 'oH QaQ jaj Daq Hegh

Wallace1492

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

I seem to have a Klingon Cloaking Device hidden somewhere on my bike. It seems to randomly switch of for some commutes, either to or from work for the entire journey. Yesterday it was on. A car pulled on to Maryhill Road trying to join the queuing traffic on the outside lane, completely blocking the bus lane in which I was approaching them at about 25mph. I managed an emergency brake from the hoods, and squirted though a very small gap left in front of the car. Later, someone just spepped out in front of me while I was going through a green light.

Why do the batteries in the Cloaking Device never run down?

DaHjaj 'oH QaQ jaj Daq Hegh

Not today Mr Burns, I survived to die another day!

dhope

Wallace1492 wrote:

Why do the batteries in the Cloaking Device never run down?

Paging DDD.
Dilithium crystals are seriously long lasting.

Wallace1492

dhope wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Why do the batteries in the Cloaking Device never run down?

Paging DDD.
Dilithium crystals are seriously long lasting.

1. It was The Enterprise that had Dilithium Crystals, not sure the power source of the mighty Klingon Empire.
2. If they were so good, why did Scottie always say "They Canny Take Anny Moore Captin"

suzyb

Some people just seem to be completely useless and incapable of working out how to do things properly. As a result, I wont be getting my new pedals / shoes as soon as I hoped :roll:

dhope

Wallace1492 wrote:

2. If they were so good, why did Scottie always say "They Canny Take Anny Moore Captin"

Simply managing expectation, if he gave the impression that the engines were at their limit then he would appear a miracle worker when he eventually squeezed out the extra.
Blue sky [space?] thinking.

hatbeard

dhope wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

2. If they were so good, why did Scottie always say "They Canny Take Anny Moore Captin"

Simply managing expectation, if he gave the impression that the engines were at their limit then he would appear a miracle worker when he eventually squeezed out the extra.
Blue sky [space?] thinking.

I reckon that like all good civil services (that's what star fleet is I'm assuming) they probably put out a tender for dilithium suppliers and went with the one who slipped them a backhander to buy the 'latest and greatest'.

what they should have done is got some non-branded versions off ebay which are basically the same thing but with three times the brightness for a third of the price. ok you might have to pay import duty but that hardly ever happens and yeah they might not arrive for a few months and so what if they require a bit of bodging to get the right mounting for the price they paid for their one name-brand crystal I've got 16 which is handy cos if 15 fail I still have a spare and I'll still be happily cruising along at warp speed 9 down starless nebulas late at night.

I think reading all the what lights threads on here has warped my reality a little. I need a lie down or something.

SimonAH

It is 4:22 pm

At 4:15 pm it was so beautiful that I felt moved to take this picture outside my office whilst talking to a customer on my headset;



At 4:30 my (very long and bloody frustrating) week will end and I can go home to my lovely wife and my daughter whom I have not seen since Friday as she's been away with relatives for half term.

It is now sheeting down with sodding rain.

redvee

Me! for forgetting to turn the camera off this morning, and having 30 mins of footage from the inside of the cupboard where I keep my stuff at work, which meant no battery nor space on the memory card to film the car drivers who sit in slow moving nose to tail traffic with their mobile in their hands.

suzyb

Darn it...checked the wrong clock this morning so got up thinking it was 10am when it's only 9

Kieran_Burns

suzyb wrote:

Darn it...checked the wrong clock this morning so got up thinking it was 10am when it's only 9

I did that getting up at 8.... then walked out to the Radio linked clock to find it was 7.... :oops:

suzyb

suzyb wrote:

Dude, do you really think nothing but a hi-viz orange jacket will allow drivers to see you on an UNLIT road.

Get some feckin lights will you.

I say again, GET SOME FECKIN LIGHTS. Or if your too cheap to get lights, cycle on the damn pavement.

Because I (and I would imagine the other drivers in the line of traffic I was in) do not appreciate being surprised and having to take last minute avoiding action when travelling at 60mph just because your an idiot.

MadammeMarie

johnny-marrone wrote:

A message to the 3 young men who leaned out of the window of their car on Saturday shouting foul and abusive language at me and my wife including calling my wife the 'C' word.

You may have have wondered why I was smiling and laughing, well that's because I had the knowledge. The knowledge that you were travelling towards Henley, the knowledge that Henley is grid-locked on Saturday, the knowledge that soon..... we would be meeing again.

Your peripheral vision must be very poor because when I cycled up alongside you and stared into your passenger window, all 3 of you were transfixed on the car in front. Sorry that I had to bang my fist quite so hard on your window to get your attention. It must have given you quite a shock as, when you did eventually wind the window down, I'm sure I could smell some wee.

You looked quite the men speeding past at 50mph in your 'ride' however, stuck in a traffic jam in your Mum's shopping car you just looked like 3 frightened school boys. Your memory must also be defective because when I asked you to repeat what you had just shouted you all went very quiet.

I'm sorry my wife was laughing quite so much but the face of the fat wheezey one who was so vocal a few minutes before was a picture. If I catch you pulling this stunt again I will 'Pimp your ride' with my cycling cleats.

LOVED IT!! +1

nich

Multi rant.

1) Nothing in the legs today, even after a 3 day rest of doing sod all. Grr.

2) Water bottle flew out into the road when I went over a few bumps. I was rather impressed with my speedy recovery of the situation though.

3) Pretty girl (very pretty!) who stepped out into the cycle lane near London Bridge without looking. You said sorry, I just gazed at you and drooled. But anyway, yeah, don't do that again! :twisted: