idiot cyclist!

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  • paul2718
    paul2718 Posts: 471
    DavidJB wrote:
    Smack them on the leg. 'Giving them a shove' is not advisable as most people will wobble about
    like they are made of jelly and take out everyone.
    I suppose that's an option.

    Or reach over and drop them onto the little ring.

    Paul
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    It's amazing how many just can't grasp the exceptionally simple concept of ride on the left! Just because you're on a shared use path on the 'wrong' side of the road, does not mean this doesn't apply!

    In addition, if you're riding 2 abreast on that same path and there's a cyclist coming towards you, single up! I don't appreciate being nearly forced into a dual carriageway because you want to ride beside your mate.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    djhermer wrote:
    rickeverett wrote:
    lots of a-holes out there in the world im afraid.

    FTFY :wink:

    what does ftfy mean?
  • adam0bmx0
    adam0bmx0 Posts: 263
    Fixed That For You.

    If you look at what he has quoted, he has changed it from the original text the poster wrote.
    If the bar ain't bending, you're just pretending
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    DavidJB wrote:
    ChrisAOnABike wrote:
    LegendLust wrote:
    I'm afraid as cycling get even more popular then just by the law of averages there are going to be more idiots, dickheads and tossers on bikes
    Yes, and a fcuking peloton of them came thundering past me yesterday, nearly had me off.

    They swarmed past me and several of them cut in so close I had to slam the brake on.

    Cnuts. Sometimes I really can't stand the self-absorbed club riders. No wonder the drivers hate us...

    Smack them on the leg. 'Giving them a shove' is not advisable as most people will wobble about like they are made of jelly and take out everyone.

    Maybe learn to be more assertive? Make yourself bigger on the bike (no jokes about my bulk from anyone who knows me please). Spread your elbows a bit to get yourself more room (this does not mean riding dangerously and throwing a hook), and speak to let the other rider know that you think they're coming too close. Alternatively, ride like a very (very) well known time trialist from the '60s and '70s who I'm told rode in a 1 metre wide bubble in road races because he was always heaving such a big gear that he couldn't ride in a straight line...Have to agree with the complaint though, there are many "serious" riders who take themselves far too seriously (and frankly overestimate their own abilities) which makes them a danger to themselves and others.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    People get single focus, a number of years back I'd stopped early in Richmond park and lent the bike against the kerb, some distance after coming down Broomfield as I was standing taking next to the bike off a jacket and pondering going for a coffee another rider inspite of what 1/4 mile to see me, rode at speed into my leg, luckily for me, My weight meant he came off worse, going over the bars, fracturing his nice looking dura ace wheels frame had a few chunks taken out of the carbon. He also hit the ground hard.

    From where I was standing you could see the roundabout so he had clear visibility yet, didn't see what he didn't expect.

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