Your rants here.

jzed

To my rear rim - you've ruined my day - how dare you fail on me. Now I have to spend time contemplating how to replace you - wheel upgrade, replace the rim....

bdave262000

I've seen discussions on here before about aggressive women drivers, I know there are more aggressive male drivers out their but its seems there has been an increase in aggressiveness by the more tolerant sex.

Last night a woman in a BMW on the approach to Battersea Bridge revving her engine and swinging her car widely from left to right trying to block cyclists while approaching the traffic jam at the lights. Then a woman driver with her kids in the back driving a brand spanking new white landrover discovery racing towards me and blasting me for about 10seconds on her horn while I crossed the road on the A3 cycle path in Kingston only to wait at the junction while turning onto the duel carriageway.

I expect this sort of behaviour from men but still find it quite shocking when women behave like this. Maybe I'm just stuck in the past or are people generally becoming more angry?

dhope

bdave262000 wrote:

duel carriageway

There's your problem, you should be on the one with two lanes instead

hatbeard

JZed wrote:

To my rear rim - you've ruined my day - how dare you fail on me. Now I have to spend time contemplating how to replace you - wheel upgrade, replace the rim....

erm... new bike obviously.

Flyingbogey

PF after a series of outrageous potholes near to Waterloo station by the turnoff for the London Eye. You have been warned, keep out in the flow of traffic as they're right where a cyclist would go and once in the maze there's no escape. As for what i was doing cycling towards Waterloo in the opposite direction from home i'd rather keep to myself...

Wallace1492

Both shower rooms in the basement were being used this morning, so I tried the one on the empty 2nd floor, but was locked - turned out it was being "used" by some people during the day for non shower purposes!! Hope it was cleaned before being locked. 4th Floor one was in use, so returned to the basement, thought one of them would be out by this time, but had to wait and wait and wait. One of the buggers even had brought a radio in, and one appears to have a set of weights in it for someone to use as a personal gym, that to me is outrageous if they are using them while i wait for a shower.

Anyway, these people were both in for about 15 to 20 mins. I timed myself, 3 minutes from closing door to opening it after shower and change. Anyone got any methods for hurrying people up?

Mr Sworld

Wallace1492 wrote:

Anyone got any methods for hurrying people up?

I've got access to our building management computer system so I'd just turn the hot water off! 8)

themoog

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

To the lesbian gentleman who took exception to me riding behind you this evening: if it made you feel uncomfortable then you should have slowed up to encourage me to pass - and no, you wouldn't have had to hit your brakes, as you maintained, just stop pedalling! If you cruise along at 15mph+ then people will follow behind without passing! If you do slow up and they don't pass then you will know they are a psycho with really poor taste in victims.

This is a massive bugbear of mine - nothing worse than turning to check for traffic and finding some silent stalker sitting on your wheel - creepy!

But you're right, just slow down and allow said stalker to overtake (and inevitably not thank you for the free ride you've just given them)

redvee

DPD drivers and their lack of consideration for other road users, cyclists in particular. Was left-hooked by one this morning with the evidence caught on camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdH4eqKjuCU

This has been duly forwarded to the 'Contact us' section on their website. Will also be dropping a copy on disc into the local depot in the morning.

jzed

Its been one of those days so:

1. Whatever caused my rim to pack in - looks like there are 6-7 cracks by rims. Suspect it was LBS or if not at least they should have noticed when they noticed.

2. Myself for leaving work only to get 1.5 miles down the road and realising I'd left my keys.

3. Boris - for the software glitches on the boris bikes which seem to think about giving me a bike and the computer then says no. Try another stand, another key, another bike, computer says no. FFS. I have now tried on 10 occassions to get a bike and only been successful twice. Sort it out.

4. To National Rail or whatever its called these days - why the f*ck when I eventually got to Victoria were the trains all f*cked up

5. Then finally to the A3 - thanks a f*cking lot - on the way back from picking up club kit the A3 was shut so sat in a que for ages and then proceeded to work out that every turning back the way I came was No Through Road.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10....relax.......

StickDigital

Toshmund wrote:

My company signed upto the "cycle to work" scheme. Sadly the Halfords one! We get an annual productivity bonus, which I try to spend on something for myself...not the electricity bill. Worked out that with the savings, a Boardman Road Comp would be about the exact sum. Read the good reviews about it etc etc. Order my bike, they turn this into a bit of a fiasco - talk of "oh it will be when the container ship arrives now!" Twiddle your thumbs, and double the phone-bill trying to get anything out of them.

Bike arrives - does look lovely. I invested in a Top Peak computer, with the cadence facility. They fit it on the wrong side, the side which has about 3 mm's clearance between the chain guide and the crank. The 3rd ride...brake lightly coming up to a country road junction, thankfully. The front brake mechanism comes off and finishes up in the spokes of the front wheel. Looking at the threads on the bolt, looks like the nut was only wound on 2 or 3 threads. Did not realise I needed to inspect it so intensely, to be honest.

I have given up on Halfords, the bike is in a local independent bike shop...a couple of chips to the fork. Trying to be positive about it, I have £650 worth of kit for £380 and a decent bike for the price. I am not chasing it up with them, with their performance so far I will only lose more hair. Which I cannot afford to do. Rant over!

How's the Boardman? I love my Team Carbon - Join my Facebook page, I just laucnhed it! - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boardman-Bikes/199877860022623

itboffin

why is it im the only one actually working yet those other "team" members are the ones bitching!!!!

today someone actually said to me "i'm dealing with the politics" FFS we work in IT not the HoP :twisted:

mattsaw

Some pillock almost took me out on Hammersmith bridge this morning. There was three of us stuck behind a fairly slowish bus, the other two kept trying to force their way down the inside 2-3 times, but the bus was still moving fast enough to thwart their attempts.

I was riding primary as I know the bus pulls in immediately after the bridge plus I'm paranoid about passing on the inside of busses and HGVs anyway. As soon as it started indicating leftt one of them swerved across the road, didn't look, no signal, almost clipping may front wheel whith his rear wheel in the process. He could only have been a couple of inches away when I shouted at him.

I don't normally shout the odds at people in the street, muttering under my breath is normally my style, but this did prompt a loud, Oi! Watch where you're going!

Mr Sharky

To the guy in the car behind me today... WTF? Are you so late for work that you need to shave whilst driving?????

F*ckwit.

rjsterry

Mr Sworld wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Anyone got any methods for hurrying people up?

I've got access to our building management computer system so I'd just turn the hot water off! 8)

Was going to suggest this too. Or maybe if that's not possible, just the lights - might not speed things up, but you'll feel so much better :twisted:

sketchley

To black cab number 66743, You've just been reported following your antics last night. Perhaps if you were not eating when driving you may of seen me in the next lane before pulling out and almost side swiping me. An as for calling me "fatty" take a look in the mirror when you get home.

CiB

rjsterry wrote:

Mr Sworld wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Anyone got any methods for hurrying people up?

I've got access to our building management computer system so I'd just turn the hot water off! 8)

Was going to suggest this too. Or maybe if that's not possible, just the lights - might not speed things up, but you'll feel so much better :twisted:

Knocking on the cubicle door and shouting 'hurry up please' might be a drastic but workable solution.

rjsterry

CiB wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Mr Sworld wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Anyone got any methods for hurrying people up?

I've got access to our building management computer system so I'd just turn the hot water off! 8)

Was going to suggest this too. Or maybe if that's not possible, just the lights - might not speed things up, but you'll feel so much better :twisted:

Knocking on the cubicle door and shouting 'hurry up please' might be a drastic but workable solution.

Oh we couldn't possibly. I mean: what if they said no?

bails87

rjsterry wrote:

CiB wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Mr Sworld wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Anyone got any methods for hurrying people up?

I've got access to our building management computer system so I'd just turn the hot water off! 8)

Was going to suggest this too. Or maybe if that's not possible, just the lights - might not speed things up, but you'll feel so much better :twisted:

Knocking on the cubicle door and shouting 'hurry up please' might be a drastic but workable solution.

Oh we couldn't possibly. I mean: what if they said no?

Kick it down, take pictures. Post on the intranet/internet as appropriate.

jzed

F***ing Puncture Fairy - aaaarrrggghhhh

and

the replacement wheel for the PX bought next day delivery hasn't turned up next day FFS

Turning into a real PITA week

BR 1979

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

To the lesbian gentleman who took exception to me riding behind you this evening: if it made you feel uncomfortable then you should have slowed up to encourage me to pass - and no, you wouldn't have had to hit your brakes, as you maintained, just stop pedalling! If you cruise along at 15mph+ then people will follow behind without passing! If you do slow up and they don't pass then you will know they are a psycho with really poor taste in victims.

Definitely a lesbian gentleman in that story.

I suggest you do your own work next time, fatty.

What on earth were you drafting the poor fella for at 15mph?

Do you have a pair of legs, rather than just one single leg?

Gussio

1. The stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid woman that drove at me by Parson's Green last night. You looked as surprised as I did when you realised what you were doing, but I think that I was more scared. In fact I know that I was more scared, because you almost gave me a heart attack.

2. To the equally stupid woman who tried to squeeze me into the road work barriers on Sloane Sq this morning. Your pokey little car might be small, but it isn't that small. Sorry for the words I shouted at you.

3. The coffin-sized pothole that has opened up on Putney Bridge heading South following yesterday's rain, which is I am sure where there were roadworks about four weeks ago.

4. Just about everyone else on the road last night

asprilla

Was on PT yesterday so took a different bag. Got to work this morning and opened my ricksack to find no phone, no wallet, no change, no glasses, etc, etc.

Bellowing fudge monkeys.

gbsahne001

You know it’s going to be one of those days when you;

• Wake up 30 mins late
• Bang your head on the door handle after bending down to pick something up
• Remove the bike from the shed to discover that the front tyre’s flat
• Cycle off sans wetgear only for for the heavens to open a mile down the road
• After putting said waterproofs on, start to regret it almost immediately, as your organs boil inside, especially as downpour only lasts for 15mins.
• Idiots on the road (par for the course), 1 pulls out straight in front of me at a junction and then gets annoyed as I proceed to let him know what I think of his driving. Another overtakes me on a road with 1 lane going out of the centre and 2 in, we’re in the 1 lane and I'm in primary around 23mph keeping pace with the traffic. Overtakes but is straddling the other lanes because I'm not pulling in, I look at her and make a face as if to say “where do you think you’re going?” she then has to slow and pull in behind me
• Within spitting distance of work and crossing a busy carriageway miss the SPD and land hard on the saddle.

Good morning so far......

mudcow007

damn pf with her magic wand made an appearence last night, the wind was behind me so i was rocketing along, then got caught at a set of traffic lights....then the next minute pssssssssssssssssssss

i had to change the tube whilst loads of cars drove past, i could almost hear them sniggering as they drove past me

i think because you dont see many bikes on the road around liverpool, they are a bit of a novelty causing people to slow down to take a peek?

notsoblue

Gah! Taxi drivers! Was riding down Gray's Inn Road last night and rode up to some traffic lights. A taxi was in the ASL, all the way on the left hand side blocking access to it. I squeeze past, and am in the ASL. The lights change and before I can mount up the Taxi driver behind me is already revving and honking his horn as he wants to turn left. I'm on the saddle, turn round and gesture at him. He comes to a screeching halt as he's turning, and mounts the pavement to get back onto the main road. He's clearly narrowly missed a group of pedestrians in this manoeuvre because I can hear pedestrians shouting. He then comes up behind me fast and tries to come along side and shouts "PULL OVER THEN YOU CAAAAAAAHHHHNNNNNT!!" before he gets stuck in traffic and I calmly continue on along the Bus Lane.

I was so tempted to pull over, and the next time this kind of thing happens I will. With my camera phone at the ready. What an asshole, what a bully.... Few things more dangerous on the road than a taxi driver without a fare.

rjsterry

notsoblue wrote:

Gah! Taxi drivers! Was riding down Gray's Inn Road last night and rode up to some traffic lights. A taxi was in the ASL, all the way on the left hand side blocking access to it. I squeeze past, and am in the ASL. The lights change and before I can mount up the Taxi driver behind me is already revving and honking his horn as he wants to turn left. I'm on the saddle, turn round and gesture at him. He comes to a screeching halt as he's turning, and mounts the pavement to get back onto the main road. He's clearly narrowly missed a group of pedestrians in this manoeuvre because I can hear pedestrians shouting. He then comes up behind me fast and tries to come along side and shouts "PULL OVER THEN YOU CAAAAAAAHHHHNNNNNT!!" before he gets stuck in traffic and I calmly continue on along the Bus Lane.

I was so tempted to pull over, and the next time this kind of thing happens I will. With my camera phone at the ready. What an asshole, what a bully.... Few things more dangerous on the road than a taxi driver without a fare.

Oh, I don't know about that: the one I saw driving along the Embankment staring down at his phone had someone in the back. As did the one who rear-ended me and the one who nearly took me out on Ludgate Hill.

mroli

Dickhead bike courier from City Link who sailed through a red causing me to have to brake on a hard right turn on hatched yellow paint and then proceeded to argue the toss. If you don't like your job, get off your bike and in an office, the fact that other road users are dangerous doesn't give you the right to cycle like a cock, traffic laws DO apply to you and whether or not I have broken any laws in my life ever has absolutely no bearing on you jumping lights and risking the well being of other cyclists. I know I am repeating points that I made to you at the time, but you are obviously a bit simple and could probably do with the reminder.

And breathe.....

notsoblue

rjsterry wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Gah! Taxi drivers! Was riding down Gray's Inn Road last night and rode up to some traffic lights. A taxi was in the ASL, all the way on the left hand side blocking access to it. I squeeze past, and am in the ASL. The lights change and before I can mount up the Taxi driver behind me is already revving and honking his horn as he wants to turn left. I'm on the saddle, turn round and gesture at him. He comes to a screeching halt as he's turning, and mounts the pavement to get back onto the main road. He's clearly narrowly missed a group of pedestrians in this manoeuvre because I can hear pedestrians shouting. He then comes up behind me fast and tries to come along side and shouts "PULL OVER THEN YOU CAAAAAAAHHHHNNNNNT!!" before he gets stuck in traffic and I calmly continue on along the Bus Lane.

I was so tempted to pull over, and the next time this kind of thing happens I will. With my camera phone at the ready. What an asshole, what a bully.... Few things more dangerous on the road than a taxi driver without a fare.

Oh, I don't know about that: the one I saw driving along the Embankment staring down at his phone had someone in the back. As did the one who rear-ended me and the one who nearly took me out on Ludgate Hill.

Its really odd, but I've found that I get way more trouble with other car drivers when I'm on my hybrid in civvies. When I'm on the PX in my deviant lycra they just don't give me as much hassle. Maybe its because I'm quicker. Not sure...

roger_merriman

notsoblue wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Gah! Taxi drivers! Was riding down Gray's Inn Road last night and rode up to some traffic lights. A taxi was in the ASL, all the way on the left hand side blocking access to it. I squeeze past, and am in the ASL. The lights change and before I can mount up the Taxi driver behind me is already revving and honking his horn as he wants to turn left. I'm on the saddle, turn round and gesture at him. He comes to a screeching halt as he's turning, and mounts the pavement to get back onto the main road. He's clearly narrowly missed a group of pedestrians in this manoeuvre because I can hear pedestrians shouting. He then comes up behind me fast and tries to come along side and shouts "PULL OVER THEN YOU CAAAAAAAHHHHNNNNNT!!" before he gets stuck in traffic and I calmly continue on along the Bus Lane.

I was so tempted to pull over, and the next time this kind of thing happens I will. With my camera phone at the ready. What an asshole, what a bully.... Few things more dangerous on the road than a taxi driver without a fare.

Oh, I don't know about that: the one I saw driving along the Embankment staring down at his phone had someone in the back. As did the one who rear-ended me and the one who nearly took me out on Ludgate Hill.

Its really odd, but I've found that I get way more trouble with other car drivers when I'm on my hybrid in civvies. When I'm on the PX in my deviant lycra they just don't give me as much hassle. Maybe its because I'm quicker. Not sure...

the closer to the norm seems to work, I sat in the middle of the road for a large part of my commute home last night, no agro as I was following the car ahead, slow a bit speed up a bit and so on. no problem.