What Grinds Your Gears?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Riders who put mini pumps on their frames, next to the water bottle cage. :evil:

    Good fast racing riders in clubs who do not even acknowledge newcomers, disdainful. :evil:

    Sportive riders who lob gel/energy bar wrappers at the side of the road. :evil:

    Large saddle bags, you know the ones, looks like Shergars nosebag.

    Drivers who come up to a junction (approaching from your left)and roll over the line, even though you are on the junction, going past and have right of way.

    Drivers who pass you, then the traffic slows in front and they squeeze right into the kerb. :twisted:

    I have more, but may come across really grumpy and stroppy, more so than usual. :)
  • jfw
    jfw Posts: 41
    oooh buses that overtake you then pull right back in before they are even past.

    cycle lanes that force you into the car door opening zone of parking bays

    the train manager on my commute who will hold the door to the bike are and let me run the whole length of the platform before telling me that the bike area is full.

    the train manager on my commute who won't let more than 2 bikes in the massive guards van of an HST (old intercity train).

    motorists in general who seem to assume bikes are stationary objects.

    the guy who pulled into the bus lane i was belting down to undertake someone waiting to turn right.


    aaaahhh i feel so much better now.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    dmclite wrote:
    Sportive riders who lob gel/energy bar wrappers at the side of the road. :evil:

    This.

    I helped a guy refit a tyre during last year's Highclere ride. When we were done he flung the old tube into the hedge (we were outside a house, so it was guaranteed that the homeowner would find the old tube). I guess the expression on my face must have clearly transmitted what I thought cos he changed his mind and sheepishly went to retrieve it.

    Unbelievable.
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  • lae
    lae Posts: 555
    edited June 2010
    Swapping the 28cs for 23cs, but forgetting that there's a short gravel section on the York - Selby trail part of my route, which is why I put them on in the first place.
  • idkPhil
    idkPhil Posts: 17
    dmclite wrote:
    Riders who put mini pumps on their frames, next to the water bottle cage. :evil:
    Guilty, :oops: but only because its so annoying to keep in my jersey. I hate having it there too but until I get a tighter jersey its going to stay there.
  • fastbatard
    fastbatard Posts: 137
    Motorists who pass you far too close on a quiet dual carriageway when there's a WHOLE F!*&%$G EMPTY LANE AT THE SIDE OF YOU MORON!!!

    Ooh I feel better already for getting that one out :)
  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    Drivers on a Dual carriageway that pass you, pull to a stop at traffic lights and quite deliberately maneuver to the left to stop you passing and sitting in the cycle box. I could quite happily drag them out and batter them with my D Lock.

    I get that a lot..

    Solved by me going around the right of the car where there is space, and sitting right in front of them. :D
  • mattward1979
    mattward1979 Posts: 692
    idkPhil wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    Riders who put mini pumps on their frames, next to the water bottle cage. :evil:
    Guilty, :oops: but only because its so annoying to keep in my jersey. I hate having it there too but until I get a tighter jersey its going to stay there.

    Also guilty... never even considered a pump in a jersey pocket as Id assume it would be uncomfortable. I want as little as possible in contact with my back so my pockets are restricted to Nanas and gels!
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  • Niffleman
    Niffleman Posts: 87
    My pet hate is the huge number of people who still use hand held phones in cars. Usually driving a car worth at least £10K they cannot find £20 when they are passing a mobile phone shop for a bluetooth headset. These are the people who kill other road users like cyclists. They never seem to get the message as they are secure in a metal cage with seven airbags to protect them.

    :x
  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    dmclite wrote:
    Riders who put mini pumps on their frames, next to the water bottle cage. :evil:

    Good fast racing riders in clubs who do not even acknowledge newcomers, disdainful. :evil:

    Sportive riders who lob gel/energy bar wrappers at the side of the road. :evil:

    Large saddle bags, you know the ones, looks like Shergars nosebag.

    Drivers who come up to a junction (approaching from your left)and roll over the line, even though you are on the junction, going past and have right of way.

    Drivers who pass you, then the traffic slows in front and they squeeze right into the kerb. :twisted:

    I have more, but may come across really grumpy and stroppy, more so than usual. :)

    Sorry mate :lol:
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    People please. The word is 'advice'. As in Please give me some advice. I need some advice. You are asking for advice. You want advice on a subject.

    If you ask for advice, others on here can advise you.

    Advice is a noun - the name of something. Advise is a verb, something that someone does.

    See also licence / license, practice / practise etc. It's not diificult.

    :roll:
  • sheffsimon
    sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
    Riders from Nonna's Cycling Club in Sheff who came past me on Ecclesall Road in Sheffield yesterday morning, and went straight over the ped crossing when it was on red and people were crossing, swerving round 1 woman. :evil:

    Great advertising for the business 200 yards down the road whose name is on yer back. Learn how to ride, clowns, you are an embarrasment.
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    CiB wrote:
    People please. The word is 'advice'. As in Please give me some advice. I need some advice. You are asking for advice. You want advice on a subject.

    If you ask for advice, others on here can advise you.

    Advice is a noun - the name of something. Advise is a verb, something that someone does.

    See also licence / license, practice / practise etc. It's not diificult.

    :roll:

    Well in that case...

    There

    Their

    They're
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Fat scooter riders who try to filter through traffic but get stuck and hold up cyclists.
  • Doombrain
    Doombrain Posts: 360
    not having a road bike
    LOL road riding.
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    TommyEss wrote:
    CiB wrote:
    People please. The word is 'advice'. As in Please give me some advice. I need some advice. You are asking for advice. You want advice on a subject.

    If you ask for advice, others on here can advise you.

    Advice is a noun - the name of something. Advise is a verb, something that someone does.

    See also licence / license, practice / practise etc. It's not diificult.

    :roll:

    Well in that case...

    There

    Their

    They're

    Rediculous
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  • Where do you usually cycle dmclite ? I'm worried that if you spot me I may drive you to new levels of outrage because not only do I often have a large saddle bag fitted (the Carradice Barley, made by Priscilla according to the label) but I also have a mini-pump attached next to a water bottle.
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    dhope wrote:
    TommyEss wrote:
    CiB wrote:
    People please. The word is 'advice'. As in Please give me some advice. I need some advice. You are asking for advice. You want advice on a subject.

    If you ask for advice, others on here can advise you.

    Advice is a noun - the name of something. Advise is a verb, something that someone does.

    See also licence / license, practice / practise etc. It's not diificult.

    :roll:

    Well in that case...

    There

    Their

    They're

    Rediculous

    :D
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  • Norky
    Norky Posts: 276
    dmclite wrote:
    Riders who put mini pumps on their frames, next to the water bottle cage. :evil:

    Eh? Why on earth would that annoy you? No doubt you'll be utterly apoplectic to learn that I have http://www.specialized.com/gb/en/bc/SBC ... 4&eid=5134 attached to the frame of my Focus Cayo. :roll:
    The above is a post in a forum on the Intertubes, and should be taken with the appropriate amount of seriousness.
  • Hals1967
    Hals1967 Posts: 231
    The joints in various sections of roads that are like mini-trenches that you can't avoid.

    Beetling along nicely, then b-dum...b-dum....b-dum....b-dum.

    Drives me freaking nuts.


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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Where do you usually cycle dmclite ? I'm worried that if you spot me I may drive you to new levels of outrage because not only do I often have a large saddle bag fitted (the Carradice Barley, made by Priscilla according to the label) but I also have a mini-pump attached next to a water bottle.

    Kent. I live in Rainham. Not outraged as you put it, just annoyed by it, can't understand why people put mini-pumps on a frame. personal preference, and yep, if I saw you I would scoff in your direction. :wink:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Norky wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    Riders who put mini pumps on their frames, next to the water bottle cage. :evil:

    Eh? Why on earth would that annoy you? No doubt you'll be utterly apoplectic to learn that I have http://www.specialized.com/gb/en/bc/SBC ... 4&eid=5134 attached to the frame of my Focus Cayo. :roll:

    Nah, you're alright on that one, you only have a Focus Cayo, the pump is probavly worth more. :wink::D
  • Norky
    Norky Posts: 276
    dmclite wrote:
    Norky wrote:
    Eh? Why on earth would that annoy you? No doubt you'll be utterly apoplectic to learn that I have http://www.specialized.com/gb/en/bc/SBC ... 4&eid=5134 attached to the frame of my Focus Cayo. :roll:

    Nah, you're alright on that one, you only have a Focus Cayo, the pump is probavly worth more. :wink::D

    Aye, 'tis a good pump that one... Oi! ;)
    The above is a post in a forum on the Intertubes, and should be taken with the appropriate amount of seriousness.
  • Bunneh
    Bunneh Posts: 1,329
    Those raised road markings where people can't park, zigzag line things. Good lord they're really quite annoying due to their bumpiness.
  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    People that walk up to an elevator and press the button when there is already a group of people standing waiting and the light above the button is on to indicate that it has already been pressed. Twats!

    Also, if an elevator stops it is polite to let the people exitting it to get out before you barge in. Wanks!

    I use the stairs these days.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    People wearing kit with world champion stripes on it. Prepare for ridicule and scorn. :D
  • Flasheart
    Flasheart Posts: 1,278
    Doombrain wrote:
    not having a road bike

    Yeah that kinda sucks :(
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  • CarleyB
    CarleyB Posts: 475
    buses that undercut you and then graze your arm on the way past :? im a woman on an xs road bke...your in a feckin massive bus with loads of legs on it - I only have 2 !!!
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