A clown takes a pratfall
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From the FB link 
Should have had the "put your f
king mouth shut" in the edit, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULOU9c0y4Bc
Should have had the "put your fking mouth shut" in the edit, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULOU9c0y4Bc
Jagmanv12 said:
Artey said:
What is it with modern men my gawd, I've been cycling since 80's and been passed by cars while sitting close to the kerb, cars which were closer to me than the one in OP's videos and I was never ever scared of my surroundings. Can I suggest that if you (not you you but you as public) are scared of the road and if you can't hear cars approaching from behind you shouldn't cycle? Same as horse riders who expect cars to slow down to 0.5 mph while being passed because their horses are easily spooked. Such horses don't belong on public road.
Also, as I said I've been cycling for ages and have only recently been made aware of this entitlement movement where cyclists are somehow entitled to everything because they save the planet. I wasn't aware of this and I don't want to be aware of this because this entitlement is exactly what antagonises drivers. I've never had any trouble with drivers maybe because I "live and let live" which basically means that I let drivers pass always when there is no need for me to be in the middle of the road. I don't know who came up with the idea that one should always stay away from kerbs, stay in the middle of the lane enforce your position nonsense. It doesn't help anyone and it pisses many people off.
Excellent post.Also, as I said I've been cycling for ages and have only recently been made aware of this entitlement movement where cyclists are somehow entitled to everything because they save the planet. I wasn't aware of this and I don't want to be aware of this because this entitlement is exactly what antagonises drivers. I've never had any trouble with drivers maybe because I "live and let live" which basically means that I let drivers pass always when there is no need for me to be in the middle of the road. I don't know who came up with the idea that one should always stay away from kerbs, stay in the middle of the lane enforce your position nonsense. It doesn't help anyone and it pisses many people off.
Whilst we all know there are good and bad cyclists and drivers the vigilante cyclist is definitely a d
head. Antagonising drivers, chasing after them, mouthing off. One day he'll do it to the wrong person and will be laying in the road.Removing the stickers is just plain stupid. Whilst I think H&S culture has gone too far, these stickers are a good idea because some cyclists need to be educated. Without these stickers the idiot cyclists will think it's ok to go down the left side of a vehicle.
Safety messages are always short and assertive and everyone knows what the "Stay back" message really means and why it's there. Complaining about the wording I think undermines the overall point and what it's trying to achieve.
As for the video where the same cyclist hoons down a hill, a cyclist killed himself near where I live going too fast down a path, catapulting himself over a wall and landing on his head. A dog walker found his smashed up bicycle on the path and the dead cyclist on the other side of the wall. The cyclist didn't break any laws going at the speed he did but he did break his neck. Just because a law doesn't apply to you, it doesn't mean you can disregard it with wild abandon and be as reckless as you like.
St John Smythe said:
juansolo said:
He has hundreds of videos on his channel. So he's either the unluckiest biker in the world, or a tt baiting people into conflict for his channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/uphillfreewheeler/vid...
That's 215 videos in 2 years. Even if he biked every single day, that's two people a week that 'try to kill him'. Yet still no one has succeeded...
What people seem to be missing is that the guy suffers from serious road rage and the camera is enabling him. His whole attitude, if you put it into a car would be of a serial road rager, His security blanket are the cameras and he's careful to poke people just enough to keep himself on the correct side of the law. But that doesn't change the fact that after the initial incident, it's him that always escalates.
Normal people accept that there are tossers on the road everywhere. Regardless of what they're piloting. We all come across them. We all have a swear and a flash. But we don't chase them down, we don't pull them into a argument (EVERYONE on the road thinks they're right, so you're ALWAYS going to get an argument) looking for conflict to boost the popularity of his channel. It's feeding his ego, it's egging him on to do this more and more. He's going to eventually come across a proper psycho and end up in hospital. It's only a matter of time. But if you go out looking for it, eventually you'll find it.
Well said.t baiting people into conflict for his channel.https://www.youtube.com/user/uphillfreewheeler/vid...
That's 215 videos in 2 years. Even if he biked every single day, that's two people a week that 'try to kill him'. Yet still no one has succeeded...
What people seem to be missing is that the guy suffers from serious road rage and the camera is enabling him. His whole attitude, if you put it into a car would be of a serial road rager, His security blanket are the cameras and he's careful to poke people just enough to keep himself on the correct side of the law. But that doesn't change the fact that after the initial incident, it's him that always escalates.
Normal people accept that there are tossers on the road everywhere. Regardless of what they're piloting. We all come across them. We all have a swear and a flash. But we don't chase them down, we don't pull them into a argument (EVERYONE on the road thinks they're right, so you're ALWAYS going to get an argument) looking for conflict to boost the popularity of his channel. It's feeding his ego, it's egging him on to do this more and more. He's going to eventually come across a proper psycho and end up in hospital. It's only a matter of time. But if you go out looking for it, eventually you'll find it.
He is going to get a kicking one day unfortunately. The kind of people who'll climb out of a car and smash your teeth in couldn't give a f
k that you've got half of Dixon's strapped to your head. The joy of seeing his footage used to get some no-mark banged up for all of three months will be quickly overcome by the pain and cost of his reconstructive dentistry! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSKBPthDcQ
It'd pretty evident that this chap and his like minded chums are feeding off the reactions they get from riling up motorists... but when it doesn't come, ie in this clip... he's all lovely and sweet. Yet still points out he's recording but he won't report it. Wee man syndrome if ever there was. These bell ends are doing nothing but increasing the friction between the motorist and the cyclist.
Actively provoking situations, going wheel to wheel with HGV's and cars... that'll end well. He'll be the next guy under the wheels of a bus because he was too self obsessed with portraying himself as a victim rather than concentrating on his on self preservation that one day, he will pay the ultimate price.
Absolute tosser...
It'd pretty evident that this chap and his like minded chums are feeding off the reactions they get from riling up motorists... but when it doesn't come, ie in this clip... he's all lovely and sweet. Yet still points out he's recording but he won't report it. Wee man syndrome if ever there was. These bell ends are doing nothing but increasing the friction between the motorist and the cyclist.
Actively provoking situations, going wheel to wheel with HGV's and cars... that'll end well. He'll be the next guy under the wheels of a bus because he was too self obsessed with portraying himself as a victim rather than concentrating on his on self preservation that one day, he will pay the ultimate price.
Absolute tosser...
Artey said:
Why does this seem to only apply when cars overtake cyclists but not when cyclists filter please. Why do cyclists assume that it's ok to cycle past and between cars with sometimes less than 1cm gap. Can someone provide me with a sensible answer.
This has to be explained surprisingly frequently, given how easy it should be to understand.A small thing slowly passing a big thing is ok. A big thing passing quickly by a small thing is not.
Think of how perhaps, you might walk past cars parked in a car park - you might be walking very close indeed to those parked cars, and that's fine. Now imagine the car passing you at the same distance to you, but the car is travelling at a speed - one mistake and you get hurt, possibly even killed.
That's the difference.
heebeegeetee said:
This has to be explained surprisingly frequently, given how easy it should be to understand.
A small thing slowly passing a big thing is ok. A big thing passing quickly by a small thing is not.
Think of how perhaps, you might walk past cars parked in a car park - you might be walking very close indeed to those parked cars, and that's fine. Now imagine the car passing you at the same distance to you, but the car is travelling at a speed - one mistake and you get hurt, possibly even killed.
That's the difference.
That is black and white logic at it's best, but in practice the small thing is often going 15-20mph through or down the side of the line of stationary or slow moving big things with scant regard for bus stops, yellow box junctions, pedestrian crossings, vehicles swapping lanes or turning across the line of traffic, doors opening and so on...A small thing slowly passing a big thing is ok. A big thing passing quickly by a small thing is not.
Think of how perhaps, you might walk past cars parked in a car park - you might be walking very close indeed to those parked cars, and that's fine. Now imagine the car passing you at the same distance to you, but the car is travelling at a speed - one mistake and you get hurt, possibly even killed.
That's the difference.
I'm not saying you would do that, but plenty of two wheeled users do.
Artey said:
Why do cyclists assume that it's ok to cycle past and between cars with sometimes less than 1cm gap. Can someone provide me with a sensible answer.
Are you a total imbecile?You don't think there might just be a tiny difference between hitting a stationary car with 80kgs and being hit by 1000kgs+ of solid steel????
It's called conservation of momentum.
With people like you on the roads it is no wonder people need video proof of such levels of idiocy. People simply wouldn't believe it otherwise.
Astonishing.
RicksAlfas said:
doors opening and so on...
Which brings us round neatly to the subject of this thread.Whether the cyclists is in door zone or stays well away, he's vulnerable to thick t
ts in cars.Why there is such strong widespread support for thick t
ts in cars on this forum though will remain the mystery to me. Why aren't we all joined condemning them? St John Smythe said:
Don't stand on a train platform then. It will probably make you cry when a 'big' train goes past. Bless.
Remind me how often those trains hit potholes or wobble owing to a distracted driver?Your desire to change the laws of physics to suit your indefensible bias is pathetic.
walm said:
St John Smythe said:
Don't stand on a train platform then. It will probably make you cry when a 'big' train goes past. Bless.
Remind me how often those trains hit potholes or wobble owing to a distracted driver?Your desire to change the laws of physics to suit your indefensible bias is pathetic.
oh dear,
the original pass was not so close, perhaps closer than ideal but in a town it is going to happen, me, I would just carry on, watching the parked cars for signs of occupants/risk of doors opening, pedestrians stepping between etc, prat on cycle in video, nope, he is an urban video warrior, had to chase down the driver to share his views, regrettably pug driver was of a similar IQ and keen to share his views also, the rest is comedy with a slapstick ending
they should marry :-)
the original pass was not so close, perhaps closer than ideal but in a town it is going to happen, me, I would just carry on, watching the parked cars for signs of occupants/risk of doors opening, pedestrians stepping between etc, prat on cycle in video, nope, he is an urban video warrior, had to chase down the driver to share his views, regrettably pug driver was of a similar IQ and keen to share his views also, the rest is comedy with a slapstick ending
they should marry :-)
Dapster said:
Our hero should go on a cycling holiday in Moscow and try his antics there. The footage of that trip should make interesting viewing.
its happenedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvnS7GPrVnU
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