Oh dear....

MadammeMarie

http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=744573

Stressfull world we live in.....

markshaw77

60+ year old attacks 80 year old :shock: :shock: :shock:

They can't even blame the "yoof" culture

TBH, there is not much detail, but it seems something of an overreaction to a simple toot on the horn...

MadammeMarie

markshaw77 wrote:

TBH, there is not much detail, but it seems something of an overreaction to a simple toot on the horn...

That's what I thought. Maybe the knew each other or something happened a few moments before they met at the lights.

suzyb

I doubt the 80 year old really needed to honk his horn so the cyclists knew he was there. If he's anything like any of the ones I've been stuck behind he wont have driven fast enough to get anywhere near them.

But that does seem a tad excessive.

snooks

MadammeMarie wrote:

Stressfull world we live in.....

That's just scary.

A 60 year old bloke in lycra :shock:

redvee

The attacker ...... was wearing a red, white and blue cycle helmet and lycra clothing.

Should be easy to spot then

UndercoverElephant

Pish Poor Journalism wrote:

He sounded his horn to let them know he was there

Why does this sound like a one-sided account of the story?

gbsahne001

snooks wrote:

That's just scary.

A 60 year old bloke in lycra :shock:

Mid 60s!

merkin

A man in his mid 60's , particularly if he is a keen cyclist, is no fair match for an 80 year old.
There is no excuse for hitting him. Tell him off if he needs it. Report him perhaps. Attacking an 80 year old man is the actions of a cowardly bully.
Not good :evil:

Jay dubbleU

snooks wrote:

MadammeMarie wrote:

Stressfull world we live in.....

That's just scary.

A 60 year old bloke in lycra :shock:

I'm 60+ and I wear lycra - are you asking for a punch

merkin

Jay dubbleU wrote:

snooks wrote:

MadammeMarie wrote:

Stressfull world we live in.....

That's just scary.

A 60 year old bloke in lycra :shock:

I'm 60+ and I wear lycra - are you asking for a punch

No, a photo will be a far worse punishment! :twisted:

Jay dubbleU

merkin wrote:

Jay dubbleU wrote:

snooks wrote:

MadammeMarie wrote:

Stressfull world we live in.....

That's just scary.

A 60 year old bloke in lycra :shock:

I'm 60+ and I wear lycra - are you asking for a punch

No, a photo will be a far worse punishment! :twisted:

Harsh but fair

UndercoverElephant

merkin wrote:

A man in his mid 60's , particularly if he is a keen cyclist, is no fair match for an 80 year old.
There is no excuse for hitting him. Tell him off if he needs it. Report him perhaps. Attacking an 80 year old man is the actions of a cowardly bully.
Not good :evil:

But perhaps a keen cyclist who is described ad being in his mid-sixties is actually much older? Like I said earlier, this sounds like a very one-sided account. Who knows what was said by the kindly old gent whilst sounding his horn to alert the cyclists of his presence, or what had just happened before.

merkin

The kindly old gent may well have been a bitter old lunatic who drives like a 17 year old boy on his way to judge a bikini contest, there is still never any excuse to strike him. 80 year olds are nearly always frail and the cyclist, mid 60's or mid 70's should have been more restrained.
17 year old bikini judges on the other hand need a damn good pounding purely on the basis of my jealousy

itboffin

snooks wrote:

MadammeMarie wrote:

Stressfull world we live in.....

That's just scary.

A 60 year old bloke in lycra :shock:

Have you met Greg66? :P