Just for Fun: 10 Worst places to ride in the World :)
qeaou
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I just made those up ad hoc, based on random world news, share your thoughts an jokes.
(please keep in mind, these are for humour only and are not intended to offend anyone,
it's all in good spirit...)
10 Worst Places to cycle in the World :
1. Iraq or Afghanistan - can get shot or bombed
2. Iran (beter roads than Iraq) but still can get shot
3. North Korea (not only get shot but also tortured)
4. London Suburbs - will simple get run over for being on a bike
5. Poland, Ukraine and Belarus - will get your wheels stolen while you turn the other way
6. North of Norway, around the sub-artcic circle - will freeze while driving
7. Cycling through Nigeria - will be offered a cheque for $10,000 for the bike and be a victim of a scam
8. Moscow, Russia - while cycling, might to through roads where an anti-Putin rally is taking place, will be jailed for instigating the riot
9. Somalia - will be captured for ransom
10. Saudi Arabia - Will get dehydrated from extreme dry heat riding on beautiful brand new roads, not even noticing,
and I might be seen as a female on a bike and therefore run over…
(please keep in mind, these are for humour only and are not intended to offend anyone,
it's all in good spirit...)
10 Worst Places to cycle in the World :
1. Iraq or Afghanistan - can get shot or bombed
2. Iran (beter roads than Iraq) but still can get shot
3. North Korea (not only get shot but also tortured)
4. London Suburbs - will simple get run over for being on a bike
5. Poland, Ukraine and Belarus - will get your wheels stolen while you turn the other way
6. North of Norway, around the sub-artcic circle - will freeze while driving
7. Cycling through Nigeria - will be offered a cheque for $10,000 for the bike and be a victim of a scam
8. Moscow, Russia - while cycling, might to through roads where an anti-Putin rally is taking place, will be jailed for instigating the riot
9. Somalia - will be captured for ransom
10. Saudi Arabia - Will get dehydrated from extreme dry heat riding on beautiful brand new roads, not even noticing,
and I might be seen as a female on a bike and therefore run over…
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CS8 in London. I think Thames Water put an additive in to make the colour blue invisible.0
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I am in the far north of Norway right now, well above the arctic circle. It is drop-dead gorgeous, daylight round the clock and there are plenty of touring cyclists up here having a very nice time and making me wish I had my bike. No way does Nirway belong on your list.qeaou wrote:I just made those up ad hoc, based on random world news, share your thoughts an jokes.
(please keep in mind, these are for humour only and are not intended to offend anyone,
it's all in good spirit...)
10 Worst Places to cycle in the World :
1. Iraq or Afghanistan - can get shot or bombed
2. Iran (beter roads than Iraq) but still can get shot
3. North Korea (not only get shot but also tortured)
4. London Suburbs - will simple get run over for being on a bike
5. Poland, Ukraine and Belarus - will get your wheels stolen while you turn the other way
6. North of Norway, around the sub-artcic circle - will freeze while driving
7. Cycling through Nigeria - will be offered a cheque for $10,000 for the bike and be a victim of a scam
8. Moscow, Russia - while cycling, might to through roads where an anti-Putin rally is taking place, will be jailed for instigating the riot
9. Somalia - will be captured for ransom
10. Saudi Arabia - Will get dehydrated from extreme dry heat riding on beautiful brand new roads, not even noticing,
and I might be seen as a female on a bike and therefore run over…0 -
Hoopdriver, accept my apologies.
I would love to try and ride there --
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I just got a response by email from an Italian cycling mate:
I could also mention Italy, as a dangerous cycling spot, here is why,
you cycle through a beautiful winding country road and decide to take some time off for an espresso and some pasta,
you meet a beautiful Italian girl, get married and immediately have her parents and siblings move in with you,
before you know it, you gained 40 pounds and your bike is all rusty and unused…--
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qeaou wrote:I just made those up ad hoc, based on random world news, share your thoughts an jokes.
(please keep in mind, these are for humour only and are not intended to offend anyone,
it's all in good spirit...)
10 Worst Places to cycle in the World :
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5. Poland, Ukraine and Belarus - will get your wheels stolen while you turn the other way
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You'll be very safe in Poland on and off the bike as long as you avoid Cracow.
You know.. some tourists...
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I'm definately coming back up here with the bike...qeaou wrote:Hoopdriver, accept my apologies.
I would love to try and ride there
One place I would put on your list - to replace Norway - is Chad. That is not a place I have any intention of ever returning, with or without a bicycle.0 -
Oldham - although msmancunia will probably be along to claim its rochdale - but trust me - oldham FTWThe dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oldham - although msmancunia will probably be along to claim its rochdale - but trust me - oldham FTW
Doncaster :evil:0 -
Alsager.0
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Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oldham - although msmancunia will probably be along to claim its rochdale - but trust me - oldham FTW
I think Blackburn may top it. For sheer reckless driving/disregard of motoring safety and road regulations it's well up there imo altho' Rochdale could run it a close second. Oldham has too many 'fast' roads in/out for those 12 year old Subarus,Golf MkII's,Honda Preludes and BMW 3 series to be driven on hence the dangerM.Rushton0 -
Dublin... bike lanes that you must use (by law) even if they're blatantly dangerous. Some great bike lanes that have no signposts indicating their existence. Roads out of town that are now motorways but no apparent route to the original road. Want to do the Etape Hibernia with some friends? Fancy travelling to Co.Clare by train? More than two of you? No chance!Visit Ireland - all of it! Cycle in Dublin and know fear!!
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Kind of parochial isn't it? Doncaster, Oldham, Blackburn...the worst places to ride in the WORLD? Right up there with Somala and Helmand Province in Afghanistan? Surely imagination and experience can range a little farther afield than ths.mrushton wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oldham - although msmancunia will probably be along to claim its rochdale - but trust me - oldham FTW
I think Blackburn may top it. For sheer reckless driving/disregard of motoring safety and road regulations it's well up there imo altho' Rochdale could run it a close second. Oldham has too many 'fast' roads in/out for those 12 year old Subarus,Golf MkII's,Honda Preludes and BMW 3 series to be driven on hence the danger0 -
Hoopdriver wrote:Oldham...Rochdale.. Surely imagination and experience can range a little farther afield than ths.
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Hoopdriver wrote:
Kind of parochial isn't it? Doncaster, Oldham, Blackburn...the worst places to ride in the WORLD? Right up there with Somala and Helmand Province in Afghanistan? Surely imagination and experience can range a little farther afield than ths.mrushton wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oldham - although msmancunia will probably be along to claim its rochdale - but trust me - oldham FTW
I think Blackburn may top it. For sheer reckless driving/disregard of motoring safety and road regulations it's well up there imo altho' Rochdale could run it a close second. Oldham has too many 'fast' roads in/out for those 12 year old Subarus,Golf MkII's,Honda Preludes and BMW 3 series to be driven on hence the danger
go to oldham and see.
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
90% of Northern Ireland0
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Cleat Eastwood wrote:
go to oldham and see.
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Oh, you wild and crazy guys...Zingzang wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:
go to oldham and see.
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I've heard that the cycling around Duse Bay is pretty bad.0
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Zingzang wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:
go to oldham and see.
Ditto.
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I worked there for 6 months. The horror.Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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pauldavid wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oldham - although msmancunia will probably be along to claim its rochdale - but trust me - oldham FTW
Doncaster :evil:
Good riding round there.
Tom Simpson honed his craft round there.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:pauldavid wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oldham - although msmancunia will probably be along to claim its rochdale - but trust me - oldham FTW
Doncaster :evil:
Good riding round there.
Tom Simpson honed his craft round there.
He also turned to drink and drugs, the commonly held misconception is that this was in a vain attempt to win the tour.
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oldwelshman wrote:The UK
Some fantastic places over here esp.when the weather is ok. Yorksire Dales/Lancs/Northumberland are stupendous and those guys who do the BC audax will prob. say Wales. It's major connurbations and their environs that are the problem (and the mentality of a lot of people in them)M.Rushton0 -
Yes indeed, the UK does have some fantastic places to ride, and yes, some of the cities and suburbs can be pretty unpleasant paces in which to be on a bicyclemrushton wrote:oldwelshman wrote:The UK
Some fantastic places over here esp.when the weather is ok. Yorksire Dales/Lancs/Northumberland are stupendous and those guys who do the BC audax will prob. say Wales. It's major connurbations and their environs that are the problem (and the mentality of a lot of people in them)
What I can't believe is the 'world' view of the contributors to this thread...0 -
Some central American countries can be a tad wild.
Indian / Nepalese / Pakistani Hindu road users seem to rely rather heavily upon the after life being a place of re-birth and a new begining so drive with not a care in the world.
Down-town Cairo.
Rio.
Bangkok in the rush hour (all 12hrs+ a day of it )
Manila. If the Jeepney fumes don't get you first.
The nullabor plain. Just ask Mike Hall.0 -
I found the Nullarbor Plain not too bad, to be honest - although when the temperatures hit 121F i pulled over and sat out a couple of days.Fatamorgana wrote:Some central American countries can be a tad wild.
Indian / Nepalese / Pakistani Hindu road users seem to rely rather heavily upon the after life being a place of re-birth and a new begining so drive with not a care in the world.
Down-town Cairo.
Rio.
Bangkok in the rush hour (all 12hrs+ a day of it )
Manila. If the Jeepney fumes don't get you first.
The nullabor plain. Just ask Mike Hall.
I like the rest of your list, to which I would add Manta, in Ecuador for the feverish insanity of the taxi drivers, Addis Ababa for its nightmarish traffic; Cólon, in Panama, for sheer criminality and danger; and the Istrian Coast, south of Trieste, during the first week of August when all the holiday makers are racing down there to get the bes spots on the beach.0 -
I found Sri Lanka, India and South East Asia to be generally ok to tell the truth: once you get used to it (couple of days at the most) you just bomb around with the rest of them.
Alsager is full of rapists, so its not worth stopping as they will rape your anus then try and pick a fight with you for not being from their paedo rapist infested hell hole of a town.
Unfortunately the latent agression of British drivers seems to sully most rides for me - the classic example is when I was riding to catch a ferry at 6 one sunny Saturday morning down a local dual carriageway (only way to the ferry port) - not one other car to be seen for 3 miles in either direction. Out of nowhere at the traffic lights up pops white van man: pokes his head out of the window with a cheery "get off the eff'in road you c..." then drives off.
What a lovely man I thought to myself as I pedalled on to the first steak sandwich of the day and the ferry crossing .......0
