Your rants here.

jds_1981

Bloody spitting cyclists. Slightly behind and to the right of someone (I was waiting to turn left), when he spits out to the right and I feel the spray in my face. Ask him not to do it and say I felt the spray to which he replied "I couldn't help it"???
Next time I'll just shout something containing a few expletives.

suzyb

Mother Nature is taking the pi$$ from me again, making the weather nice when I can't get out on the bike and horrendous when I can

itboffin

suzyb wrote:

Mother Nature is taking the pi$$ from me again, making the weather nice when I can't get out on the bike and horrendous when I can

Hold on young lady you live in Scotland yes? - rant denied

It was so hot & sunny down south today I actually ran out of ice :roll:

that maybe a lie

suzyb

itboffin wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Mother Nature is taking the pi$$ from me again, making the weather nice when I can't get out on the bike and horrendous when I can

Hold on young lady you live in Scotland yes? - rant denied

It was so hot & sunny down south today I actually ran out of ice :roll:

that maybe a lie

OK how about this rant...

I've just found the link to the women on Wheels pictures. What was I thinking in giving permission for my picture to be taken. Then I'd still be able to delude myself into thinking I look like a cyclist and not some fat chick on a bike

redvee

women on Wheels: Why do they make it so hard to find BR members pictures

Sharp little stones that are in the road as I roll down a hill at 40mph and then find I've got a snakebite type puncture with a right hand bend coming up that I can just about make without crashing, squeakybumtime.

veronese68

I think others should be the judge of that. I'm sure it can't be that bad.

Specialized Needs

suzyb wrote:

OK how about this rant...

I've just found the link to the women on Wheels pictures. What was I thinking in giving permission for my picture to be taken. Then I'd still be able to delude myself into thinking I look like a cyclist and not some fat chick on a bike

Car insurance?

Clearly my google fu has deserted me :oops:

suzyb

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/womenonwheels

redvee

suzyb wrote:

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/womenonwheels

Can't see no 'fat chicks on bikes' on that page, only normal sized girls. Stop putting yourself down Mrs B.

suzyb

redvee wrote:

suzyb wrote:

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/womenonwheels

Can't see no 'fat chicks on bikes' on that page, only normal sized girls. Stop putting yourself down Mrs B.

That's not the photo page. I was just linking for those that didn't know what WoW was.

This is the photo page, see if you can spot me https://picasaweb.google.com/forestryco ... anesMabie#

bdave262000

To the complete tool on the Boris Bike approaching the Zebra crossing at Sloane Sq yesterday evening, that lady on the crossing had to jump out of your way and you were very lucky not to hit her. Your pathetic attempt to keep up with me down the NKR when I told you to stop for pedestrians on crossing was a joke, you looked like a hamster on speed.

suzyb

So you only got 4 of the 6 packets of squares you bought last week Father. Would that have been before or after you ate 5 of the 6 hot cross buns you also bought.

mudcow007

suzyb wrote:

This is the photo page, see if you can spot me https://picasaweb.google.com/forestryco ... anesMabie#

come on now give us a clue, all i see are many ladies

suzyb

Luminous yellow jacket, 4 images in total all "action" shots

dhope

suzyb wrote:

I was just linking for those that didn't know what WoW was.

They're all rubbish outfits, nothing like World of Warcraft. You just look like a bunch of cyclists.

Mr Sworld

Personal rant....

Just fitted a new gear hanger to the MTB commuter after the other one snapped on the way home. Then had a look at the chain.

Loads of cracks on the outer links and some bits 'missing' around the pins. So a new chain on order.

That might of been why it was skipping mind you... Must remember to clean the chain more often. :oops:

cycling psychologist

oh people walking out into the road while staring inanely at mobile phones - even when they can see you coming - aaaaaaargh!

cycling psychologist

[quote="I've just found the link to the women on Wheels pictures. What was I thinking in giving permission for my picture to be taken. Then I'd still be able to delude myself into thinking I look like a cyclist and not some fat chick on a bike [/quote]

I did quite a lot of work to persuade myself that I looked like Uma Thurman from kill bill on my bike, that crashed when my boss stated calling me postman pat! :-)

redvee

suzyb wrote:

Luminous yellow jacket, 4 images in total all "action" shots

The name badge is also a giveaway. The pics of Ms B have been posted here

cycling psychologist wrote:

my boss stated calling me postman pat! :-)

I was christened Max Wall by blokes in the cycle trade cause I used to wear tights and a bulky black fleece on my bike :oops:

CiB

Uunngh. Arrived here in a reasonable time, got sorted, started work, then popped down to fetch the bike up to the office and found the back tyre flat. I <cough cough> didn't fit the pump back on after the major strip & rebuild the other week so I'm now stuck 20 miles from home with a flat, some patches, a spare tube and no means of inflation. And no-one in the building has a pump for Presta valves.

Note to self. What a twonk. Fit the pump. Let's see. 21 miles, normal walking speed ~3mph, should be home by midnight.

Bonus rant - the new Lidl opened just down the road yesterday. What's the Lidl Special starting next week? Cycling gear, including a track pump that can live in my office. Not available till next week though.

rjsterry

I am a wazzock for not zipping up my saddle bag, and I've now lost my minitool somewhere between work and home (I suspect at Tooting Broadway as I heard something clatter but assumed I'd ridden over a bit of debris). Luckily, the rest of the contents - tube, levers, chain tool are there... oh bugger, the patches have dropped out as well.

Oh, and the car needs 3 new tyres :evil:

pianoleo

Just when I thought I'd got my head around all the inherent problems of riding a BTwin Riverside 7 BSO (crap saddle, blimmin' heavy bike, pointless suspension fork that I've permanently locked out) the rear dynamo light has conked.

Not surprising, I thought. Did a bit of googling, and it turns out that AXA-Basta Zoom Standlights are pretty good, as dynamo rears go. Certainly wouldn't rely on it solely - I'm running a Cateye TLD-610 too, but this thing's supposed to be good for 100,000 hours, as opposed to the maximum of 40 I've used it for.

So, I thought I'd try and work out the problem myself before phoning Decathlon.

The Shimano Nexus dynamo hub is obviously working fine, as the front light's still working.
The internal wiring in the downtube seems fine. Where it comes out at the seat tube it's fine.
Then it hits attaches to the mudguard (SKS Chromoplastic). At this point I started scratching my head and called Decathlon.

"Bring it in - the mudguard needs replacing."

Turns out that some silly beggar thought it would be a good idea to put conducting wire on the inner wall of the mudguard, and didn't take into account all the dust, dirt, mud and gravel that bicycle wheels inevitably pick up.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

SmellTheGlove

Yesterday morning, not far from destination and for some reason not taking my usual centre position approaching a well-known but not generally very hazardous mini-rbt (though I'm in no way blaming myself for what happens next; I am not a victimised cyclist here) some part-human feckin retard driving a 20t tipper decides he can thread it between me and the traffic island - not only that, he's towing a frigging 8-wheel trailer making the bloody thing about 90 metres long in total. The truck itself passes a hand's breadth away from my shoulder. The bastard trailer is even wider than the c+nting truck and is practically scraping my bleedin pedal. I reckon ten more metres and I would have had to bail onto a narrow concrete "verge" bounded by a wall.

I doubt anyone will be on here praising his skill, but in case you're tempted just reflect.
The licensed @r$ehole at the wheel will surely add to the world's burden of regrets before long.

It's double-primary on that stretch from now on - for 100 metres everyone else can suck up my dust and wait.

el_presidente

HOLY COW tonight I thought I had witnessed my first fatality. I'm stopped at the red light at the edge of Hyde Park going south on the Ring, waiting to turn right onto Kensington Road (opposite the Royal Geographical Society). The light's been red for some time and still has maybe 20 seconds to go - traffic is happily barrelling through in both directions in front of me. There's maybe a 1 second gap in the traffic and suddenly a woman has whizzed past me straight across the junction against the red - a taxi is heading straight for her and to his credit performs a textbook emergency stop, coming to a halt 6" from her. She was INCREDIBLY stupid and INCREDIBLY lucky. How he didn't hit her I have no idea.

I couldn't believe what I saw, my first reaction was anger and I started shouting at the woman "didn't you see the red! are you mad??". She rides off, next thing I know a male cyclist is saying "take it easy mate, she's had a shock, that's my wife". I was so angry, his wife was inches away from being scraped along the road and all he can do is tell me to take it easy. I told him he needed to talk to his wife if he still wanted to have one for the foreseeable future. I took a few deep breaths and let them head off.

Be careful out there people.

unscarred

Rant at self: don't try and slip down the right hand side of other cyclists just cos they're slower than you. It's called taking primary. Engage brain first next time and be a bit more fricking patient!

thelawnet

Riding round the local small bit of one-way (basically one block), see a female cyclist heading towards me. She is on the wrong-side of the road and heading towards the one-way, I foolishly give way to her and don't say anything as she heads the wrong way down the one-way street on the wrong side of the road.

jomoj

'New' Mini Drivers - stop yakking on your iphone, updating your facebook status, checking your hair or otherwise preening yourself in the rear view mirror and ****ing well concentrate on driving your rolling fashion accessory in a manner at least approximating that of a motor vehicle under the control of person not-completely obsessed with their own appearance.

Thank you.

mroli

1) Rider with dreds carving through peds crossing on green on Kensington High St - you're a dick and you look like a dick too (god, I know sound just like my dad).
2) Foreign bloke riding a Boris Bike down the Mall - the big left arrow means left turn only and when you pull up round me and right in front of me, it shows a certain lack of consideration.
3) Bloke on a Brompton jumping red lights all the way down the embankment. If you want to ride faster, perhaps get a different bike?

Grrrr.

northstar

M847 RJB Rav-4 - I don't give two hoots whether your other half is a police officer - you still got reported for swerving your shitheap at me on Teddington High St (I was passing parked cars - was it really worth it to get to waitrose quicker?)

Stone Glider

When I am bowling along to the local shops on an empty road I do not need to be overtaken, on a bend and T junction by someone who needed to teach me how to position my bike in the road. I was informed of the tuition by the driver, who chose to pull over further down the road. Apparently I should be in the gutter, to allow proper road users to get on. He knew this because he "had been a cyclist". When I stopped and asked him why he had chosen to pass so close to me, that was the answer I obtained.

The weird thing is, he was even older than me! So you have two grey haired old geezers having a full-volume slanging match on this quiet suburban road. My father used to say "never argue with a madman" and he was right. However, the righteous indignation generated by this exchange powered the rest of my ride to considerable effect

There is no point in argueing and I should have shrugged my shoulders and carried on, as I usually do. I'm calm now.