Your rants here.

redvee

mattomal wrote:

Nothing like forgetting to stick underwear in your panniers when you won't be home till Wednesday evening!

Countered that problem by taking half my clean underwear into work on the first commute of the year but it means I have to do washing more often at home .

airbusboy wrote:

Buses ( and other vehicles) stopping in the cycle box at traffic lights.....

Typically with buses I use them to lean on, right next to the driver, saving myself from un-clipping :-)

Always wanted to do that myself but never had the bottle to do so unlike the idiot on Redcliffe Hill I saw today that is inline for the Dawinism award in Brizzle. He was riding up the hill and was holding onto the trailer of an articulated lorry. He let go then did it again on the way down the other side of the hill, frightening to look at.

Clever Pun

he held on going down hill???

redvee

Clever Pun wrote:

he held on going down hill???

Yes, mainly for balance as the traffic was going slow. Can't understand why though as he had normal shoes and pedals on the bike.

jzed

To the driver of the tipper lorry (EO02 CXC) at the junction of Southwark Bridge and Upper Thames street, you are a prize ****. For jumping the red light and nearly taking out a cyclist (not me was chap in front) proceeding across the junction on green, missing by 6 inches, you should have your licence taken away.

Drysuitdiver

JZed wrote:

To the driver of the tipper lorry (EO02 CXC) at the junction of Southwark Bridge and Upper Thames street, you are a prize ****. For jumping the red light and nearly taking out a cyclist (not me was chap in front) proceeding across the junction on green, missing by 6 inches, you should have your licence taken away.

http://www.met.police.uk/roadsafelondon/

will get the company/registered keper a visit paid by the Met

jzed

Drysuitdiver wrote:

JZed wrote:

To the driver of the tipper lorry (EO02 CXC) at the junction of Southwark Bridge and Upper Thames street, you are a prize ****. For jumping the red light and nearly taking out a cyclist (not me was chap in front) proceeding across the junction on green, missing by 6 inches, you should have your licence taken away.

http://www.met.police.uk/roadsafelondon/

will get the company/registered keper a visit paid by the Met

Thanks - was first thing I did when got in to work this morning

Drysuitdiver

i hit reply too soon. i was going to put if you don't know about this . fat finger syndrome i call it.

bdave262000

The two D**heads riding down Putney Hill and Putney High Street at 7am this morning on expensive shinney MTB's dressed up like a couple of condoms, please don't RLJ at 30mph through a pedestrian crossing when a ped is walking across the road or bunny hop onto the pavement and ride half way down the high street when you get stuck in slow traffic. Some of us have to ride this route everyday to work and are not trying to impress our boyfriend after "off roading" through Richmond Park. The tw*t in the BMW thought I was part of your little BMX crew and tried to run me off the road after you p**sed him off.

To the chap in the black people carrier from a well known min-cab firm, sorry for calling you a f**ing c**t when you slammed on the anchors and decided to stop in front of me on the Mall this morning, but I have to say your face was an absolute picture. You can take the lad out of sarf london etc etc.

northstar

The tw*t in the BMW thought I was part of your little BMX crew and tried to run me off the road after you p**sed him off.

Hardly an excuse, did you get his number?

bdave262000

Didn't get his number unfortunately but I have seen the same car before.

SimonAH

To the idiot in the red escort with the stick on bonnet vents that gave me a clutcher on the way in this morning by gunning his engine, roaring out for an overtake, realising that there was a pinch point complete with curb and bollards drectly ahead and swerving back in locking up his wheels and skidding to a halt just off my back wheel.

I turned around and gave him a right bloody mouthful, he then dropped back twenty yards and held up the traffic to bike speed for the next quarter of a mile until we hit traffic and I filtered off ahead.

Did I scare you? Prick.

Cafewanda

To the dick in the van at Oval Tube station this morning. It's mirror, signal, move safely NOT signal whilst moving into the left-hand lane, with complete disregard for those already occupying it. I have no particular desire to use NHS facilities, thank you.

straas

Argh!!!!! Just had my hours changed from 8 - 15.30 with a half hour lunch to 9 - 5 with an hour lunch.

So now I'll be riding in both rush hours, and will get home an hour and a half later than usual, cheers.

gbsahne001

bloody cyclists;

Cycling along behind an MTB last night in traffic, couldnt be bothered to overtake, traffic clears and the MTB jumps onto the pavement; think to myself that's odd and accelerate past the MTB on the road, as I draw alongside MTB decides to jump back onto the road narrowly missing me; at least he had the temerity to apologise and realise that he'd been an idiot.

redvee

Angry Birds Android app. Takes far too much time out of my day and life out of the battery :roll:

Mr Sworld

redvee wrote:

Angry Birds Android app. Takes far too much time out of my day and life out of the battery :roll:

Don't get the xmas and halloween one as well then...

Cafewanda

To the driver of the Peugot DV07 ONL at Hyde Park roundabout earlier this afternoon. You are a prick of the highest order and I hope those two fingers you displayed are squashed in a door some time soon.

Drysuitdiver

Cafewanda wrote:

To the driver of the Peugot DV07 ONL at Hyde Park roundabout earlier this afternoon. You are a prick of the highest order and I hope those two fingers you displayed are squashed in a door some time soon.

care to elaborate.

and hope you used the roadsafe london website to report it .

Cafewanda

Suffice it to say I was visible. The other drivers gave me a wide berth (thanks) but this driver felt the need to get closer. Roadsafe was, most definitly, my friend. Had a call this morning.

jeepie

Mobile phone touch screen protectors

Absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to apply requiring hours of patience to ease out all the air bubbles and then looking hopelessly sh*te at the end of it! Cheers!

redvee

Jeepie wrote:

Mobile phone touch screen protectors

Absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to apply requiring hours of patience to ease out all the air bubbles and then looking hopelessly sh*te at the end of it! Cheers!

+1 Have bought them for my last touchscreen phone and Garmin but after one attempt to fit the rest of them remain in the packet.
Self rant for laying in bed and not getting out on the bike as I wanted to last night :oops:

suzyb

I found my screen protector easy to fit, just need to start at one edge and flatten as sticking down

Small mini rant. Asked to come in and work on site again, and I finished all the work they had ready at the end of last week. I could be sitting just as bored at home where I would at least have a TV, PS3 and a bike to give me something to do whilst I wait for your client to get the finger out :roll:

hatbeard

Jeepie wrote:

Mobile phone touch screen protectors

Absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to apply requiring hours of patience to ease out all the air bubbles and then looking hopelessly sh*te at the end of it! Cheers!

the only way I've ever got one on perfectly was when I did it the second the phone came out of it's box and the protector went on simultaneously as I took the plastic wrap off.

suzyb

To the cyclist going round the roundabout at the A801/A706 this evening.

Sorry I pulled out in front of you closer than you or I would have liked but I simply didn't see you, your lights merged into those of the cars behind you :oops:

If it helps, I did manage to scare the crap out of myself as well as you.

sketchley

Jag driver, lower morden lane roundabout this morning. You stopped you looked, you the pulled out in front of me. SMIDSY does not cut it. Good job one of us was paying attention, at least it was light enough for me to realise you where looking straight ast me. 30 mins earlier it would of been too dark to see you eyes.......

Muppet. Time like this make me want a head cam afterall......

hatbeard

Wow, don't think I've ever encountered a bigger cunch of bunts in a single commute than I have today.

only about 20% out of the entire throng of cyclists I saw stopped at the actual stop line at lights, everyone else rolled ahead to the junction a la the "wah i'm doing it for my safety wah wah" brigade... Really? how come theres no f*%@ing cars behind us then you lying @%se wipes. I have no idea why you do it though but none of you know how to ride your bikes anyways. I passed most of you with 3 or 4 pedal turns and freewheeling across the junction because you were causing such a clusterf**k I couldn't pass you at speed lest you swerve violently into my path again.

other notable mentions go to the numerous cars parked in the cycle lane all the way along my route. every single motorcyclist filling the asl, especially the one sitting to the right hand side of about 6 cyclists who thought he'd only bother to indicate his intention to turn left after the lights turned green. oh and the two different lorries who tried to reverse into me when getting in and out of various side streets.

my mood wasn't helped by a snapped pedal which was very close to causing me to have an off at the end of my road (luckily I escaped sideways to the kerb onto my feet somehow) meaning I had to walk home and get my other bike making me late for work.

and my cough is still not gone after 18 days so I probably still wont be able to do my running training tonight.

my day was started with an awesome dream and immediately ruined. f**k you tuesday!

/not a happy bunny

Kieran_Burns

I would give hatbeard's rant about a 7.5 out of 10.

Really started well, but became far too polite at the end. The lack of capitalisation within sentences did raise the stakes with a clear 'too busy foaming at the mouth to bother' message, but the paragraphs lowered this sterling effort, and so a lower mark was awarded.

hatbeard

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I would give hatbeard's rant about a 7.5 out of 10.

Really started well, but became far too polite at the end. The lack of capitalisation within sentences did raise the stakes with a clear 'too busy foaming at the mouth to bother' message, but the paragraphs lowered this sterling effort, and so a lower mark was awarded.

As a fully paid-up essex boy I usually have to self-sensor on this site so you can never truly get the full rage out when you're worrying how much you're going to offend people.

I actually gave up about halfway through as there was too much stuff to rant about... I didn't even touch on the guy on the condor who despite being fairly rapid was a red light jumping, pavement hopping c**k and the funny thing is when he went up on the pavement to avoid waiting for a bus where the bus lane merges into the primary lane at one point he actually lost his 10yd lead on me and the mtb pootling along behind him as we didn't even have to brake for the bus, he was just being an impatient t**t who must go as fast as possible at all costs. plus he had stupid neon orange overshoes on.

northstar

To the motorcyclist earlier today at Grand Drive/Bushey Road, don't turn left when a cyclist is going straight on, bit foolish to be honest.

cyclopsbiker

to all the other road users, human beings and anyone who came close to me this morning. you're all w***ers. thanks for making my normally calm and enjoyable ride an adrenalin filled pedal bashing 30 mins of rage. normally I don't let you all annoy me so much but, in order of w***er-style-behavior here's the best bits what you subjected me to:

rotherhithe police station - white van transit man cuts through the bus lane after overtaking me and forced me to brake hard, swerve, foot on curb trying to work out how to mount the curb or brake an ankle. fortunately you were going so fast I didn't need to mount the curb.....you have been reported to the police mate...shame I couldn't remember all of your reg number but the police have contacted me and are making enquires.

various pedestrians outside Bermondsey tube...so you don't have to cross when the lights are on green for you, but when the lights are on green for me I can go through the crossing and would prefer not to have lemmings launch at me from both directions

the cyclist that was RLJ-ing all the way from surrey quays to tower bridge - when you did decide to semi stop at red lights please don't push in front of me. I am faster than you, you just got lucky with a couple of lights (i.e. I stopped at them you idiot)

more ped-lemmings on Tooley st....need I say more

King William Street - someone on there is going to get hit by me (at low speed cos I know you all want to cross the road to your oh-so-important-can't-obey -the-rules-of-the-road-7.30am-meeting.....) just don't. it'll hurt you more than me and I won't show any sympathy.

cyclist at the lights off of Bank junction heading up to Cheapside...it was on red. why go through the red light and stick your bike in the path of oncoming cars. I really didn't enjoy the car driver behind me, after you'd jumped the red, berating me for your unlawful actions. idiot.

best bit...the idiot cyclist who pulled out of a side street on Cheapside (or is it eastcheap?) please please show your fellow cyclist respect by not pulling out directly in my path. I had to break so think my cry of "OI" and whatever else came tumbling out of my adrenaline fueled mouth was very justified you idiot. it's look left, see oncoming bike, estimate their speed, oh....wait before pulling out. idiot.

finally, the really annoyingly slow cyclist (who was probably just enjoying a slow pootle, fair enough) I couldn't get past you on the stretch towards Holborn circus cos of traffic....just pull over to the left a bit next time mate and we'll all be a bit happier. you had ooooodles of room but I don't undertake.

rant over.

now I'll re-read the saying I have pinned on my desk "Learn to let go. This is the key to happiness." Buddha.

hmmm. not always easy.