Cyclists... mini rant :)

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by SuzukiNess

lol a LP.. he was bigger than me i did laugh it him which probably made him even more irate - maybe he was late for a very important business meeting hehehe

SK - not too bothered, he'll do it to the wrong person one day and LuckyPants justice may be served

You should still report it

Originally Posted by stewie

I just cant beleive you'd go up behind people blowing your horn or revving your engine, im a wagon driver, if i sat two feet off your back end and blew my horn or revved my engine would you be happy ? btw ask anyone who knows me on here I'm the least aggressive bloke you'll meet

I won't be happy but if I would be going 1/3 of your speed, blocking your way with no reason and putting you in a tricky (if not dangerous) situation than I'd take it with no complain because I deserved it.

And I think you missunderstand me with the revving. You probably overlooked the word "slightly". That means that I am cruising between 3-4,5t rpms (my normale pace while commuting), I disengage the clucth, revs goes down almost to idle and with disengaged cluth I do a gentle twist with my right wrist getting the rpms to approximately 5-5,5t rpms and immidietaly falling down again and engaging the clutch. I consider this to be a gentle, nice and in no way offensive way of how to remind someone who might just overlooked or overheard me that I am behind him. That certainly doesn't mean that I hold the bike in 10t rpms for 30 seconds while simultaneously spitting lightings and farting thunders

You know what actually, I believe that in real world you ride your push bike and me my motorbike in different ways than it has come up from these few written letters and I believe that if we would meet on the road we probably would just have a friendly talk on the red lights about the starting rain and us getting wet But it wouldn't change my opinion about some cyclists I have the honor to meet. No hard feelings mate

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

You should still report it

Especially if he was carrying or using any Apple products

Originally Posted by EssexDave

Muffman that wasn't a personal dig at your or anyone else in the thread. These come up time and time again with one person stating some tit on a bike/car/whatever has done something, and people jump on the bandwagon and some of the opinions just seem a bit OTT.

I appreciate in that case the little boy was probably in the wrong and been a bit of an idiot too, but a lot of people don't understand the reasoning behind why other road users do something. As I said, it is your perrogative as a road user to stick yourself where you think it is safe (within the confines of the law)

Agree with you. We're on the same page

Originally Posted by mufman

I won't be happy but if I would be going 1/3 of your speed, blocking your way with no reason and putting you in a tricky (if not dangerous) situation than I'd take it with no complain because I deserved it.

And I think you missunderstand me with the revving. You probably overlooked the word "slightly". That means that I am cruising between 3-4,5t rpms (my normale pace while commuting), I disengage the clucth, revs goes down almost to idle and with disengaged cluth I do a gentle twist with my right wrist getting the rpms to approximately 5-5,5t rpms and immidietaly falling down again and engaging the clutch. I consider this to be a gentle, nice and in no way offensive way of how to remind someone who might just overlooked or overheard me that I am behind him. That certainly doesn't mean that I hold the bike in 10t rpms for 30 seconds while simultaneously spitting lightings and farting thunders

You know what actually, I believe that in real world you ride your push bike and me my motorbike in different ways than it has come up from these few written letters and I believe that if we would meet on the road we probably would just have a friendly talk on the red lights about the starting rain and us getting wet But it wouldn't change my opinion about some cyclists I have the honor to meet. No hard feelings mate

No worries, none taken

Originally Posted by Small Clanger

I find this kind of behaviour shocking. Making a poorly cat walk home from the vets just to save a fiver.

Cat was transported to the VET by taxi and left there... i walked home on me own... the cat was then collected by taxi

Originally Posted by speedplay

Just out of interest, how wide is your ar$e....?

Just a thought, maybe he was just trying to park.

just slightly bigger than your pea sized brain

Harsh.

But fair.

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[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by SuzukiNess

"i dont need to follow the rules, I make my own" and off he went... tutututut

Funny thing is that this was a respectively dressed well spoken man and not some skanky yob..

anybody else had "encounters" with a **** on wheels?

For some people getting the living sh*t kicked out of them is the only cure...

Originally Posted by stewie

Come up behind me on me bike and start blowing your horn you'll get a few gestures from me too, christ almighty have you any idea how vunerable you are on a pushbike ? even compared to a motorbike ?

Originally Posted by stewie

I just cant beleive you'd go up behind people blowing your horn or revving your engine,

A quick "meepmeep" from the pathetic SV horn is far more of an "I'm here... hellooo" than a "MOVE YA C***!!!"

And is perfectly acceptable.*

Originally Posted by mufman

I hold the bike in 10t rpms for 30 seconds while simultaneously spitting lightings and farting thunders

I see no reason for lycra inclined tw*ts to be deliberately in the way.

When I ride a push iron I fully accept that having paid no road tax, and being missing of the rather vital engine component I am not part of the whole "road" thing and therefore do my best to stay out of the way.

Militant cyclits have no place on the road, it is every road users duty to reducate these spackers until they behave.
Holding it at 10k rpms is not good for the engine. You should instead accelerate smoothly up to 10k rpm, maybe in 2nd or 3rd gear. And aim to pass by close enough that said mong ends up in a canal.