Nodderpocalypse Now!

Zombie_donkey

mudcow007 wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

The truth of it:

thats wrong on so many levels, yet slighty arousing






the above is not true...the above is not true!!!

So you don't think it's wrong then?

Bikequin

Anyone thought about using this trick when battling along more congested parts of their commute?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L8VLgLX7AM

Applespider

Now if I'd only remembered that before my commute home tonight.

Really annoying woman who I passed on all the 'straights' safe to do so but then who would creep through at the last minute at a junction to crawl in front of me... and then proceed to cut me up. 5 times - and then she held me up going up a hill far too slowly which I couldn't pass on but with a bus on my arse. If she'd spent a bit more time looking forwards and pedalling rather than throwing lifesavers every 5 seconds even on a straight road, she might have gone a bit quicker.

kurako

Bikequin wrote:

Anyone thought about using this trick when battling along more congested parts of their commute?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L8VLgLX7AM

Funny clip that. I thought it was Clapham High St till I realised there weren't enough bikes

gtvlusso

And so - the high Viz wobblers have been out in force this week, except Wednesday - It rained a little bit on Wednesday.

Wearing brand new high viz jacket and helmet cover - dropped off pavement and into my path in cycle lane.....I was scooting alog at about 25mph.

This is gonna be a bad summer if they are already so reckless in spring!

keyser__soze

gtvlusso, not just nodders that do that. Had a roadie in reasonably decent cycling kit and Specialized sunnies do that to me last night. He jumped onto the pavement to avoid a truck on the way down Thames St from Tower Hill. The truck moves on, I wind back up to speed, idiot jumps from well out of my forward vision back into cycle lane without any checks a good 10 mph slower than me, not what you need on a wet day when brakes are not their best. Give him an earful and he just looks stupid. Pass him and leave him for dust.

don_don

mudcow007 wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

The truth of it:

thats wrong on so many levels, yet slighty arousing






the above is not true...the above is not true!!!

I take a long break from Bikeradar and come back to this

I think I'm going to puke :shock:

itboffin

Welcome back Don I missed you, ignore these noobs they have too much time or their hands and less than 6M posts, peasants.

So your parole came early? I thought murder by d-lock came with a mandatory 10-15 these days ...?

gtvlusso

Keyser__Soze wrote:

gtvlusso, not just nodders that do that. Had a roadie in reasonably decent cycling kit and Specialized sunnies do that to me last night. He jumped onto the pavement to avoid a truck on the way down Thames St from Tower Hill. The truck moves on, I wind back up to speed, idiot jumps from well out of my forward vision back into cycle lane without any checks a good 10 mph slower than me, not what you need on a wet day when brakes are not their best. Give him an earful and he just looks stupid. Pass him and leave him for dust.

Fair point - staggers me that allot of cyclists who also drive a car or ride a motorbike forget all road sense when on a bicycle!!

hfidgen

Had a couple of guys do that infront of me on Embankment last night. Was having a nice duel with a roady on a white Giant (red backpack), slowly catching up up and just looking to overtake when we come up to some queueing traffic.

Presumably completely unwilling to lose his scalp (or perhaps he had to get his wife to hospital, yada yada) he then dives up the pavement, weaves the pedestrians, jumps 2 sets of lights and disappears. While I'm stationary, another guy behind me decides to do exactly the same.

I refined my opinion on red-backpack from "he's got good speed" to "tosser" in 5 seconds flat.

No-one on here I hope?

Jay dubbleU

Saw what I can only describe as a nutter this morning on a hybrid with a child sitting on the top bar in front of him using a pillow as a seat - accident waiting to happen

SimonAH

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Saw what I can only describe as a nutter this morning on a hybrid with a child sitting on the top bar in front of him using a pillow as a seat - accident waiting to happen

I have to admit to taking my seven year old daughter to school a few times wearing her as a backpack (arms round neck, legs round waist)

It is only about quarter of a mile though on cyclepaths.

gtvlusso

Still full of cold and coughing up dockers omelettes.....

Managed to annihilate a pink fixie....Must be a nodder as I have never seen it before, stands out a bit. Anyway, he jumped me, whilst queing at some lights, quite purposefully, but did not really get going. So, coughing and wheezing, I tore him a new ar$e.....and shot off up the road.

Jay dubbleU

SimonAH wrote:

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Saw what I can only describe as a nutter this morning on a hybrid with a child sitting on the top bar in front of him using a pillow as a seat - accident waiting to happen

I have to admit to taking my seven year old daughter to school a few times wearing her as a backpack (arms round neck, legs round waist)

It is only about quarter of a mile though on cyclepaths.

Don't think that's quite the same a cycling through busy city traffic at rush hour

reformedfatty

There is evidently some sort of extremely localised ice age occuring somewhere near my work.

Arrive at work on my road bike, warm in my shorts and short sleeve jersey.

Just locking up the bike and another cyclist arrives on his mtb. Trousers, shirt, jumper, jacket, winter gloves, balaclava?!

nation

reformedfatty wrote:

There is evidently some sort of extremely localised ice age occuring somewhere near my work.

Arrive at work on my road bike, warm in my shorts and short sleeve jersey.

Just locking up the bike and another cyclist arrives on his mtb. Trousers, shirt, jumper, jacket, winter gloves, balaclava?!

I keep seeing the same thing.

Personally, the way the weather is at the moment I'd drown in my own sweat just standing still if I tried to wear waterproof trousers + waterproof jacket + gloves.

Jay dubbleU

Pass one like that every morning - hi-viz jacket, shades and balaclava pulled up level with the eyes - I've begun to suspect Bin Laden is not dead but in fact commutes through Swindon :shock:

bails87

Yep, regularly see a couple of cyclists like that too. Long trousers/jeans and a padded hi viz waterproof jacket zipped right up, no matter what the weather. I'm sure they wouldn't go for a walk/play football dressed like that! :?

Paul E

nation wrote:

reformedfatty wrote:

There is evidently some sort of extremely localised ice age occuring somewhere near my work.

Arrive at work on my road bike, warm in my shorts and short sleeve jersey.

Just locking up the bike and another cyclist arrives on his mtb. Trousers, shirt, jumper, jacket, winter gloves, balaclava?!

I keep seeing the same thing.

Personally, the way the weather is at the moment I'd drown in my own sweat just standing still if I tried to wear waterproof trousers + waterproof jacket + gloves.

I start to sweat just thinking about all that kit, let alone wearing it, urrghh

jds_1981

Hasn't quietened up much yet...

Need

More

Sleet

Blue Meanie

I dunno, that there Hurricane Bawbag worked. Even the cars got scared around here.

Jay dubbleU

Bike shed half empty this morning - just a couple of matt black SS and MTBs on slicks - all the fancy carbon frames have disappeared

DonDaddyD

Meh, I'm looking forward to next year's blockbuster "Nodderdependence Day!"

Jay dubbleU

DonDaddyD wrote:

Meh, I'm looking forward to next year's blockbuster "Nodderdependence Day!"

Will it involve aliens ?

DonDaddyD

"Ken Livingston wins the mayor of London Election and promptly slaps the congestion charge on bicycles - Boris bikes suffer a premium charge. At first the population believes its just revenge. But the same process begins happening around the World! On top of that the streets become infested by really expensive bikes ridden by MAMIL's dressed in Olympic lycra. Epic levels of fast they pavement ride, RLJ and 'Zombie' through traffic! Its all linked, no one knows how! Ed Milliband is said to be the cause and David Milliband is missing......"

Cafewanda

^^^ Sleep deprivation kicked in yet?

anonymousblackfg

It's back! Nodders, thousands of them...

Seems the New Years resolution brigade are now out in force, more pristine hi viz on knackered old bikes than you've ever seen.

TheStone

anonymousblackfg wrote:

It's back! Nodders, thousands of them...

Seems the New Years resolution brigade are now out in force, more pristine hi viz on knackered old bikes than you've ever seen.

Even early this morning, there were hundreds out.
It's great to see, but the ratio of squeaking chains is growing rapidly!

Cold weekend ahead.

Gussio

Was it national ride / drive like a tw*t day today?

NGale

DDD: was with you up to the point of the 'brain bucket' helmets (or piss pots as I have heard them called)

I personally prefer them to a 'regular' cycle helmets, sit on the head better (especially the bern ones), feel more comfortable and I personally find no issue when it comes to ventilation. I also have a stupidly large head (61cm) and regular cycle helmets never seem to fit right.

Ironically I also find my bern helmet lighter than regular cycle helmets and for some reason I feel a little more protected in them.