Cycling things that annoy you beyond reason.
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I was coming through the park (a 20mph limit) doing about 25mph being held up by the car in front of me (it was downhill). What does the bright spark behind me try to do? He pulls out to overtake. Once he gets alongside me he can magically see beyond the end of his bonnet and realises there is nowhere to go because of the car in front of me (duh!) so he just kind of dithers along next to me in the wrong lane. Then a car appears heading towards so he starts to drift towards me forcing me in to the gutter. I honestly have no idea what he was thinking! There didn't seem to be any malice in it, just incompetence.
Two things that struck me today.
1) That feeling that there is a beastie crawling around in your helmet. Probably only a bead of sweat, but you're waiting for the sting!
And as we're in full-on grotty weather season
2) Putting the first glove on, nicely tucked in and sealed against the elements. Fine. The second one? Not so much.
1) That feeling that there is a beastie crawling around in your helmet. Probably only a bead of sweat, but you're waiting for the sting!
And as we're in full-on grotty weather season
2) Putting the first glove on, nicely tucked in and sealed against the elements. Fine. The second one? Not so much.
MikeOxlong said:
Cycling things that annoy you beyond reason
A frame, two wheels, a chain, a gearset, two pedals, a saddle, a handlebar, assorted gubbins and a sweaty oik in ridiculous clothing, punting along the road like a demented kamikaze lemming but getting there a hundred times slower than a normal traveller and holding up traffic all the way...Just about covers it....
mybrainhurts said:
MikeOxlong said:
Cycling things that annoy you beyond reason
A frame, two wheels, a chain, a gearset, two pedals, a saddle, a handlebar, assorted gubbins and a sweaty oik in ridiculous clothing, punting along the road like a demented kamikaze lemming but getting there a hundred times slower than a normal traveller and holding up traffic all the way...Just about covers it....
kers in cars, but they annoy me whatever mode of transport I use.TheLemming said:
Groundless brand snobbery really annoys me.
Your bottom of the line Bianchi isn't better than a high end Planet X, or Raleigh, or a top end Boardman FFS.
As someone who rides a top end Boardman, and isn't particularly slow, I actually enjoy this. Long may it continue! Muppets!Your bottom of the line Bianchi isn't better than a high end Planet X, or Raleigh, or a top end Boardman FFS.
Any cyclist that you pass that comes and parks themselves directly in front of my front wheel while I'm waiting at the lights.
Not only have you gone past the stop line, you've fked me off. What are you hoping to achieve? That I'm just going to hang back and let you go?
It's times like that when I wish there was more dog st around so I could get in front of you, cycle through it and splatter it all up your stupid face.
Not only have you gone past the stop line, you've f
ked me off. What are you hoping to achieve? That I'm just going to hang back and let you go?It's times like that when I wish there was more dog s
t around so I could get in front of you, cycle through it and splatter it all up your stupid face.Cyclists.. Whilst I'm driving.
When I'm out cycling on the road, when I come to a red light.. Unless I will be turning at the junction I will not cut to the front, I will wait behind the last car that overtook me - rather than piss them all off again whilst trying to overtake me again.
So when I see a cyclist who we've just overtaken cut back through again, for us to get past again, it annoys me.
Other than this..
The skinny, lovely expensive bike, Rapha wearing chaps go whizzing past like I'm stood still.. Must get faster!
When I'm out cycling on the road, when I come to a red light.. Unless I will be turning at the junction I will not cut to the front, I will wait behind the last car that overtook me - rather than piss them all off again whilst trying to overtake me again.
So when I see a cyclist who we've just overtaken cut back through again, for us to get past again, it annoys me.
Other than this..
The skinny, lovely expensive bike, Rapha wearing chaps go whizzing past like I'm stood still.. Must get faster!
AC43 said:
Herman Toothrot said:
People you pass who then when you stop at red traffic lights ride on through without slow or hesitation in any way.
.....and then I have to pull out to overtake them for the third time...then they swan through the next red light, pissing off all the motorists who are waiting for the lights to change so they get more aggressive...then we all set off again and for the fourth time I catch up on them and have to overtake....and repeat....Really irritating.
It's surprising how quickly they can be put back in their box if you just politely say "excuse me, if you're going to jump the red lights, would you mind riding at a decent pace afterwards, so that fat old gits like me don't have to keep pulling out into traffic to overtake you"?
I dont know why this annoyed me but it did.
Was in Evans yesterday buying a Charge Plug, bloke comes in and talks to a sales guy, sales guy goes out the back and wheels out a nice looking Trek, I'm trying to be subtle but I'm looking at him and then the bike because its dripping with shiny dura ace bits. Its the Madone 5.9 and the best part of £3500. Then the bloke looking at it says "is this the one with electronic gears", the sales guy looks down and it and says "no, its mechanical dura ace". To me, this is like walking into a Ferrari dealership having reserved a 458 and asking "is this the one with the flappy paddle gear levers....." So he has either reserved this bike blind, or reserved it having, one would assume, read the spec....
Despite this bike being DA throughout, bloke is clearly gutted that this bike doesnt have electronic shifting and wants to know how having mechanical shifting not electronic will affect the gears and is it still worth having cable operated shifitng, and credit to the Evans guy, he does his best to not just say "because dura ace" and explains the difference, the dis/advantages etc etc. The prospective buyer casts his eye over the rest of the bike and to be honest, looks a bit crestfallen, i dont think it was blingy enough for him and he leaves it in the shop... I might be reading too much into the whole thing but I think he really wanted were deep rims, electronic shifting and a Pinarello...
Was in Evans yesterday buying a Charge Plug, bloke comes in and talks to a sales guy, sales guy goes out the back and wheels out a nice looking Trek, I'm trying to be subtle but I'm looking at him and then the bike because its dripping with shiny dura ace bits. Its the Madone 5.9 and the best part of £3500. Then the bloke looking at it says "is this the one with electronic gears", the sales guy looks down and it and says "no, its mechanical dura ace". To me, this is like walking into a Ferrari dealership having reserved a 458 and asking "is this the one with the flappy paddle gear levers....." So he has either reserved this bike blind, or reserved it having, one would assume, read the spec....
Despite this bike being DA throughout, bloke is clearly gutted that this bike doesnt have electronic shifting and wants to know how having mechanical shifting not electronic will affect the gears and is it still worth having cable operated shifitng, and credit to the Evans guy, he does his best to not just say "because dura ace" and explains the difference, the dis/advantages etc etc. The prospective buyer casts his eye over the rest of the bike and to be honest, looks a bit crestfallen, i dont think it was blingy enough for him and he leaves it in the shop... I might be reading too much into the whole thing but I think he really wanted were deep rims, electronic shifting and a Pinarello...
After Saturday's outing (on a Stumpjumper Demo bike), bike manufacturers who decide to clothe their bikes with tyres which are set up for the wrong part of the world!
Yes, I'm sure that reduced tread rear tyre for less rolling resistance is a cracking choice if you're riding in Arizona or somewhere, but in the Surrey Hills after a downpour the day before?
The bike was otherwise wonderful, and I'm still going to buy one, but I could've done without the couple of occasions when I came to a halt in the middle of mud I would normally have made it through with no problem as the diminutive knobblies on the rear tyre just span mucky water up my arse.
Yes, I'm sure that reduced tread rear tyre for less rolling resistance is a cracking choice if you're riding in Arizona or somewhere, but in the Surrey Hills after a downpour the day before?
The bike was otherwise wonderful, and I'm still going to buy one, but I could've done without the couple of occasions when I came to a halt in the middle of mud I would normally have made it through with no problem as the diminutive knobblies on the rear tyre just span mucky water up my arse.
pablo said:
I dont know why this annoyed me but it did.
Was in Evans yesterday buying a Charge Plug, bloke comes in and talks to a sales guy, sales guy goes out the back and wheels out a nice looking Trek, I'm trying to be subtle but I'm looking at him and then the bike because its dripping with shiny dura ace bits. Its the Madone 5.9 and the best part of £3500. Then the bloke looking at it says "is this the one with electronic gears", the sales guy looks down and it and says "no, its mechanical dura ace". To me, this is like walking into a Ferrari dealership having reserved a 458 and asking "is this the one with the flappy paddle gear levers....." So he has either reserved this bike blind, or reserved it having, one would assume, read the spec....
Despite this bike being DA throughout, bloke is clearly gutted that this bike doesnt have electronic shifting and wants to know how having mechanical shifting not electronic will affect the gears and is it still worth having cable operated shifitng, and credit to the Evans guy, he does his best to not just say "because dura ace" and explains the difference, the dis/advantages etc etc. The prospective buyer casts his eye over the rest of the bike and to be honest, looks a bit crestfallen, i dont think it was blingy enough for him and he leaves it in the shop... I might be reading too much into the whole thing but I think he really wanted were deep rims, electronic shifting and a Pinarello...
Obviously wasn't break taking enough for him...Was in Evans yesterday buying a Charge Plug, bloke comes in and talks to a sales guy, sales guy goes out the back and wheels out a nice looking Trek, I'm trying to be subtle but I'm looking at him and then the bike because its dripping with shiny dura ace bits. Its the Madone 5.9 and the best part of £3500. Then the bloke looking at it says "is this the one with electronic gears", the sales guy looks down and it and says "no, its mechanical dura ace". To me, this is like walking into a Ferrari dealership having reserved a 458 and asking "is this the one with the flappy paddle gear levers....." So he has either reserved this bike blind, or reserved it having, one would assume, read the spec....
Despite this bike being DA throughout, bloke is clearly gutted that this bike doesnt have electronic shifting and wants to know how having mechanical shifting not electronic will affect the gears and is it still worth having cable operated shifitng, and credit to the Evans guy, he does his best to not just say "because dura ace" and explains the difference, the dis/advantages etc etc. The prospective buyer casts his eye over the rest of the bike and to be honest, looks a bit crestfallen, i dont think it was blingy enough for him and he leaves it in the shop... I might be reading too much into the whole thing but I think he really wanted were deep rims, electronic shifting and a Pinarello...
A lot of things already mentioned, but from this morning, stupid/ignorant drivers coming the other way who gesticulate at me to move over towards the kerb when I'm on 'my' side of the white lines already and not imposing on 'their' lane at all.
The reason I'm there you ass hat is because I'm approaching a set of stale red lights behind a 7.5 ton lorry who I suspect will be turning left despite his indicators not being on. I'm trying to keep visible in his driver's mirror so he's aware of where I am in relation to his truck and quite frankly I care not a tinker's cuss that you don't like it but am still put out by your attitude.
Onanist.
...and breathe.
The reason I'm there you ass hat is because I'm approaching a set of stale red lights behind a 7.5 ton lorry who I suspect will be turning left despite his indicators not being on. I'm trying to keep visible in his driver's mirror so he's aware of where I am in relation to his truck and quite frankly I care not a tinker's cuss that you don't like it but am still put out by your attitude.
Onanist.
...and breathe.
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