View Full Version : So I am a prat and a Richard Edward
timwilky
27-01-09, 07:41 AM
According to the cyclist who rode into me on the pavement at 6:45 this morning without lights as I was walking my dog.
He then says there is a fecking road there, I reply "no that where you should be" as I am stepping out of the grass verge where he pushed me". "You ****ing elbowed me, I could have ended up in the road", "No you rode into me and it would not have happened if you were riding where you belong".
"But thats a ****ing road"
His parting comments were something about my name change.
I don't understand why this idiot refuses to ride on the road, it even has a marked section for cyclists, instead he rode straight at me.
To be fair Tim, you are difficult to miss. It would have added a fair distance if he had to ride round you.
Guy was in the wrong. What an Audi RS4 driver (C*ck)
timwilky
27-01-09, 07:50 AM
cnut
madness
27-01-09, 07:54 AM
I'm afraid as you pass through life you do cross the path of complete Kn*b heads. Today was your turn.
My middle name is Richard. Glad it's not the other way round;)
fizzwheel
27-01-09, 08:45 AM
whats Scoobs said, except for the Audi RS4 driver bit.
SoulKiss
27-01-09, 09:23 AM
According to the cyclist who rode into me on the pavement at 6:45 this morning without lights as I was walking my dog.
He then says there is a fecking road there, I reply "no that where you should be" as I am stepping out of the grass verge where he pushed me". "You ****ing elbowed me, I could have ended up in the road", "No you rode into me and it would not have happened if you were riding where you belong".
"But thats a ****ing road"
His parting comments were something about my name change.
I don't understand why this idiot refuses to ride on the road, it even has a marked section for cyclists, instead he rode straight at me.
Well I had a cyclist ride into me and Vixis yesterday morning (clash of elbows kind of thing) that was aparently my fault.
The one that I stepped out in front of as she rode through a "Road Closed" sign (as in between that and the diversion sign) this morning outside my work, declined to answer my enquiries as to whether she could read and whether she considered that instructions on the use of road should be followed...................
gettin2dizzy
27-01-09, 11:47 AM
You are a prat: Haven't you got kids to walk the dog?!
bluninja
27-01-09, 01:34 PM
What's the problem? I ride the bike along the pavement everyday....I guess it must be the lights, as I always have mine on. Funnily enough cyclists seem to find the road infinately more preferable when I'm on the pavement :)
injury_ian
27-01-09, 01:38 PM
Bloody dog walkers!
How about taking a little jar of diesel out with you and if one (push bike) comes your way pour some on the path. He/she will fly comically into the nearest thorn and nettle bushes and you can blame it on truck drivers who don’t look after there lorries.
They will then set up another committee dedicated to removing diesel spills from our roads and you have a little storey that brings a smile every now and then.
:D
What's the problem? I ride the bike along the pavement everyday....I guess it must be the lights, as I always have mine on. Funnily enough cyclists seem to find the road infinately more preferable when I'm on the pavement :)
I consider it my civic duty to ensure that any cyclist from the age of 12ish upwards riding on the pavemment will end up falling off. Whether this is by simply barging them off, or kicking their front wheel as they go by is irrelevant, it's fun to watch either way :D
What hacks me off even more is cyclists using the road when I'm driving, when there is a designated cycle lane for them. Those are the ones who more often than not get clipped by my door mirror as I pass
Thing with UK "Designated cycle" lanes is the majority of them are crap. There's the "shared" bit at the side of the pavement that everyone walks in, or you're giving way to every BLdy, driveway, side street, bus stop, lamppost etc, there's the ones in the gutter that everybody parks in, & then there's the ones that dump you in the pit of Hell. If you weren't in the cycle lane you could have gone round the traffic light regulated roundabout but no - we're going to direct you to cross three lanes of fast moving traffic on a blind bend.
Rant over.
SoulKiss
27-01-09, 04:47 PM
Thing with UK "Designated cycle" lanes is the majority of them are crap. There's the "shared" bit at the side of the pavement that everyone walks in, or you're giving way to every BLdy, driveway, side street, bus stop, lamppost etc & then there's the ones that dump you in the pit of Hell. If you weren't in the cycle lane you could have gone round the traffic light regulated roundabout but know - we're going to direct you to cross three lanes of fast moving traffic on a blind bend.
Rant over.
And still the mortality rate is WAAAAAAY too low................
Biker Biggles
27-01-09, 06:49 PM
Tim---What dog have you got and why didnt it bite the t0sser?
Dicky Ticker
27-01-09, 08:05 PM
Perhaps you should carry a sign
CAUTION-MOBILE-ROUNDABOUT:D
timwilky
27-01-09, 08:40 PM
Tim---What dog have you got and why didnt it bite the t0sser?
Jack Russell and he was on the other side of me to the t055er
Perhaps you should carry a sign
CAUTION-MOBILE-ROUNDABOUT:grin:
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/020506/124730__arnold_l.jpgwhat you trying to say Willis
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