you c**t!

gtvlusso
gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
edited September 2009 in Commuting chat
Yes folks, thats right, I was called a "fixed wheel,twat, c**t!" last night on the way home by another cyclist!!

Said "roadie" on his Saracen road bike passed me on the flat....I was spinning out a bit!

So, I simply got in his slip stream and then took him on Filton Hill....stating "you need to get some stronger legs" as I rode by him - I annihilated him up the hill!

Anyway, I thought I should play with this one, so, I slowed up and let him take me on the flat again - "c**t" shouted as he went by......

So, I took him again on Monks Park hill and laughed at him as I went by. Suffice to say, I got the hammer down, he tried to keep up for a bit, then faded and did not see the fella again.....

What a c**t!
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    just to clarify he started the 'banter' as he overtook you the first time

    Really wow.. some people
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Yep, I did not know the guy was slip streaming me!
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Perhaps he has read the lfgf and assumes that is the way all fixed riders talk?

    He was merely trying to be friendly.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Could just be my lack of understanding the Brizzle accent.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Wait, you drafted him then overtook him and were a bit of a prat, and you're surprised he was rude to you?

    Do not understand.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    In a playground way...

    "He started it!"

    Drafted me and called me a **** to start with! Just thought it was a little unfriendly, from one cyclist to another.

    So, he got served...as I believe the phrase is from my teen offspring.
  • Wotski
    Wotski Posts: 13
    Very ungentlemanly if he simply shot his mouth off at you, but I must admit it sounds like the "stronger legs" comment was the spark? The saga continues...
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    Was anything said before you overtook him on the hill?

    The way that reads it sounds as if you drafted him then mocked him as you passed, for no reason, and were indeed being a c*nt.

    Unless there is more to it then it sounds like a fair assessment to me.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    No, no, no. Unless I've misread it the 'c**t' came first, so to speak
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  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    If he insulted you first then the mockery was fair, right and proper and I withdraw my previous post.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    I think the initial phrase of the "fixed wheel etc" came from the roadie on his way past the 1st time?

    That's how I read it anyway...
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Ah I see! Poor grammer on my behalf...!

    Yes, as he passed me before the hill - he had been drafting me! He called me a "fixed wheel tw*t, c**t" as he went passed me first off!

    So, he initiated preceedings then I took him on the hill and retorted about stronger legs.....!
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    grammar... :P
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  • markp2
    markp2 Posts: 162
    I always say hello to other cyclists I meet on the road during my commute - they are a bit of a rarity amongst the elderly in 'blue rinse' East Devon.
    Most of them remain stoically silent, but I might get a nod every now and again!
    Obviously cycling in a city is much more 'sociable'!
    Cheers,
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  • Wotski
    Wotski Posts: 13
    In London there's usually only one person left at the lights to say hello to, as all the others have jumped!
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Maybe he was South African and meant "Fixed wheel, fool, can't!"

    Like this.

    Did he have a hat hard on?
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    Wotski wrote:
    In London there's usually only one person left at the lights to say hello to, as all the others have jumped!

    Not true.

    I was at some lights yesterday evening with 4 other cyclists. 1 jumped the lights, I and the other 3 waited. Thus I have conclusively proved that 80% of london cyclists do not jump red lights.

    I didn't say hello to anyone though, because I'm British, and a city dweller, and that just wouldn't be cricket.
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  • Harry182
    Harry182 Posts: 1,170
    Re Op - I like it! :)
  • NormalD
    NormalD Posts: 145
    markp2 wrote:
    Obviously cycling in a city is much more 'sociable'!
    Cheers,
    Mark
    Wotski wrote:
    I didn't say hello to anyone though, because I'm British, and a city dweller, and that just wouldn't be cricket.

    Yup! Don't you just wish you lived in one. :roll:
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  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    NormalD wrote:
    markp2 wrote:
    Obviously cycling in a city is much more 'sociable'!
    Cheers,
    Mark
    Wotski wrote:
    I didn't say hello to anyone though, because I'm British, and a city dweller, and that just wouldn't be cricket.

    Yup! Don't you just wish you lived in one. :roll:

    Quote the right person, I said that not Wotski. And it was clearly a joke.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • kyoukoku
    kyoukoku Posts: 105
    Stuey01 wrote:
    Wotski wrote:
    In London there's usually only one person left at the lights to say hello to, as all the others have jumped!

    Not true.

    I was at some lights yesterday evening with 4 other cyclists. 1 jumped the lights, I and the other 3 waited. Thus I have conclusively proved that 80% of london cyclists do not jump red lights.

    T'was the opposite for me this morning. Out of 5 bikes that hit the lights after they went red at one crossroads, I was the only one who stopped. Thing is I ended up going past them once I had the green light less than two minutes later.
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  • NormalD
    NormalD Posts: 145
    edited September 2009
    Stuey01 wrote:
    NormalD wrote:
    markp2 wrote:
    Obviously cycling in a city is much more 'sociable'!
    Cheers,
    Mark
    Wotski wrote:
    I didn't say hello to anyone though, because I'm British, and a city dweller, and that just wouldn't be cricket.

    Yup! Don't you just wish you lived in one. :roll:

    Quote the right person, I said that not Wotski. And it was clearly a joke.

    Sorry the computer did the clever bit. I realise your comment was a joke as was mine.(by which I meant isn't he glad he does't, as am I)

    Apologies.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Normald, you need to be careful with the roll eyes, it's like commuter catnip :wink::D
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  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    NormalD wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    NormalD wrote:
    markp2 wrote:
    Obviously cycling in a city is much more 'sociable'!
    Cheers,
    Mark
    Wotski wrote:
    I didn't say hello to anyone though, because I'm British, and a city dweller, and that just wouldn't be cricket.

    Yup! Don't you just wish you lived in one. :roll:

    Quote the right person, I said that not Wotski. And it was clearly a joke.

    Sorry the computer did the clever bit. I realise your comment was a joke as was mine.(by which I meant isn't he glad he does't, as am I)

    Apologies.

    No harm done. The roll eyes can evoke a strong reaction :wink:
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  • NormalD
    NormalD Posts: 145
    prawny wrote:
    Normald, you need to be careful with the roll eyes, it's like commuter catnip :wink::D

    And trying to do multi quotes. :oops:
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    NormalD wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Normald, you need to be careful with the roll eyes, it's like commuter catnip :wink::D

    And trying to do multi quotes. :oops:

    Now thats jsut asking for trouble. :P
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Bit uncalled for wasn't it.

    I passed a guy on a carbon TT bike, full kit, shaved legs, on my 74" fixed (I had rucksack & baggies) - he then tailed me for some miles - about 8-9 miles.... We separated at one point, then I saw him again going for the long drag to home. My light's then changed about a minute later........passed him again on the climb and I shouted a cheery "Hello again"....this time he said 'oh no' and started laughing. Anyway got into a conversation at the top of the hill, now stuck in traffic. He lives near me, commutes the same way, from Poland, and we are planning on a few weekend spins - both sick of going out solo....

    I hasten to add, I am from the North - bit friendlier up 'ere....heh..heh... 8)
  • hoolio
    hoolio Posts: 139
    Clearly he was just trying to keep up the "friendly" face of all roadies. :wink:
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    kyoukoku wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    Wotski wrote:
    In London there's usually only one person left at the lights to say hello to, as all the others have jumped!

    Not true.

    I was at some lights yesterday evening with 4 other cyclists. 1 jumped the lights, I and the other 3 waited. Thus I have conclusively proved that 80% of london cyclists do not jump red lights.

    T'was the opposite for me this morning. Out of 5 bikes that hit the lights after they went red at one crossroads, I was the only one who stopped. Thing is I ended up going past them once I had the green light less than two minutes later.

    Is this going to turn into another RLJing thread :?
  • flicksta
    flicksta Posts: 157
    fossyant wrote:
    Bit uncalled for wasn't it.

    I passed a guy on a carbon TT bike, full kit, shaved legs, on my 74" fixed (I had rucksack & baggies) - he then tailed me for some miles - about 8-9 miles.... We separated at one point, then I saw him again going for the long drag to home. My light's then changed about a minute later........passed him again on the climb and I shouted a cheery "Hello again"....this time he said 'oh no' and started laughing. Anyway got into a conversation at the top of the hill, now stuck in traffic. He lives near me, commutes the same way, from Poland, and we are planning on a few weekend spins - both sick of going out solo....

    I hasten to add, I am from the North - bit friendlier up 'ere....heh..heh... 8)

    Commuting from Poland? Respect.
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