Biking, a great hobby ruined by talentless ******s
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Yazza54 said:
to get caught up in two accidents of other people in one short ride is just f
king ridiculous.
That's real bad luck tbh. At least you and the bike are ok that's the main thing. king ridiculous.Edited by Yazza54 on Sunday 13th April 22:29
I nearly got hit by some prick nearly wheelie into the side of me a few weeks ago its not nice.
srob said:
Sad to hear Jazoli, but there does seem to be a real lack of ability displayed in glorious Monster stickered technicolour on most weekends now.
Get a classic and potter about on back roads too small for the straight line warriors to bother you on is my advice. It's worked for me and rekindled my love of bikes
Largely my tactic too, I keep as far away from power rangers as I can.Get a classic and potter about on back roads too small for the straight line warriors to bother you on is my advice. It's worked for me and rekindled my love of bikes
Try and stay off the usual tt routes. Maybe not so easy if youre riding the latest missile as youll want fast and smooth tarmac but if not, there is no shortage of some really nadgery back roads around Cumbria, Co Durham and North Yorkshire.
The beauty of shifts is that you can avoid the weekend warriors and the speed traps setup to catch them
t routes. Maybe not so easy if youre riding the latest missile as youll want fast and smooth tarmac but if not, there is no shortage of some really nadgery back roads around Cumbria, Co Durham and North Yorkshire. The beauty of shifts is that you can avoid the weekend warriors and the speed traps setup to catch them
Jazoli said:
I live in Kendal, the local roads are all the main 'bikey' routes up here and are very much 'proper roads', Devils Bridge and Hartside are both 30 minutes away, plus you have the idiot loop around Hawes, I normally go further afield up into Richmondshire or up towards the North East, but today was just meant to be a gentle season opener
Ah sorry, didn't realise you were up this way 
With you on Richmond area, some superb stuff over there (though maybe we should keep it quiet), the fewer signposts and road markings the better for me. The Wolds (east of York) have some cracking back-lanes as well if fast A-roads aren't your thing.
Wedg1e said:
fk me Jaz, where do you live, the Mountain? Four deaths in 10 days, there aren't even that many gangstas killing each other in that London
Come up here to t'north(-east), we'll give you a big bikey cuddle AND show you some proper roads
Says the man that drives a sofa k me Jaz, where do you live, the Mountain? Four deaths in 10 days, there aren't even that many gangstas killing each other in that London Come up here to t'north(-east), we'll give you a big bikey cuddle AND show you some proper roads
Jujuuk68 said:
I think the trouble is that we've all suffered recently suffered what I identify as cun& saturday.
Basically, cun& saturday, is the first warmish weekend in april, where all those who have 6 months road tax and six months sorn, get the bikes out for their 6 months of the year on the road.
Spot on. I couldn't help but notice this page which had a rideout today of over 50 bikers Basically, cun& saturday, is the first warmish weekend in april, where all those who have 6 months road tax and six months sorn, get the bikes out for their 6 months of the year on the road.
Gotta love the name
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Edited by LordFlathead on Monday 14th April 01:25
Yazza54 said:
No damage when numbnuts no.2 hit you then? You've got some great biking roads near you, but every other fker from around the northwest, Yorkshire etc knows it and heads that way. I've seen the odd fkwit oncoming over the white line on the way to devils bridge too but to get caught up in two accidents of other people in one short ride is just fking ridiculous.
No damage apart from a displaced indicator lens, he ran into my leg and glanced off the rather large crash bung on the side of my bike. ker from around the northwest, Yorkshire etc knows it and heads that way. I've seen the odd fkwit oncoming over the white line on the way to devils bridge too but to get caught up in two accidents of other people in one short ride is just fking ridiculous.Jesus 
IMHO give it a month mate... and let the idiots who are dangerous get it out of their systems with either broken bones or bikes.
If anyone happens to come up behind me I simply slow down and let them past. If they have caught up with me then they are obviously wanting to push on therefore they can get on with it and keep out of my way. I'd rather someone was in front of me where I can keep an eye on them than behind me and having to constantly check my mirrors.
If I let them past but keep 'catching' them then I will just park up for five mins to let them get away ahead.
Two incidents so close together though is frankly ridiculous... ridden in that area a lot over the past 7yrs and can only recall one incident of bad riding that required me taking evasive action.
IMHO give it a month mate... and let the idiots who are dangerous get it out of their systems with either broken bones or bikes.
If anyone happens to come up behind me I simply slow down and let them past. If they have caught up with me then they are obviously wanting to push on therefore they can get on with it and keep out of my way. I'd rather someone was in front of me where I can keep an eye on them than behind me and having to constantly check my mirrors.
If I let them past but keep 'catching' them then I will just park up for five mins to let them get away ahead.
Two incidents so close together though is frankly ridiculous... ridden in that area a lot over the past 7yrs and can only recall one incident of bad riding that required me taking evasive action.
Sat and Sun were my first rides this year. So I went out at 6am on Saturday and 6pm yesterday. It was great, I hardly even saw any car.
The only other bike I saw was a bloke on an old [very noisy] ZX7R who overtook me [quick and safe
] and was absolutely awesome everywhere, needless to say I didn't even entertain the thought of trying to keep up.
Anyhoo, all that to say that I always found these sorts of hours the best to go out for a nice ride.
The only other bike I saw was a bloke on an old [very noisy] ZX7R who overtook me [quick and safe
] and was absolutely awesome everywhere, needless to say I didn't even entertain the thought of trying to keep up.Anyhoo, all that to say that I always found these sorts of hours the best to go out for a nice ride.
Talentless wkers ruin everything. Not just riding, not just other people's hobbies.
When not on the bike I'm usually out in the Land Rover plodding around the leafy lanes of Hampshire and Wiltshire.....that's when I can find the few remaining routes that haven't been closed due to talentless wkers in cheap eBay Discoverys using public rights of way as their own free trials site.
If you give up, they've won. Worse than that, the hobby becomes the sole remit of talentless wkers who think they're the dog's as no one else can (or wants to) do what they do.
PS. I have no talent. I know I have no talent and ride accordingly.
kers ruin everything. Not just riding, not just other people's hobbies.When not on the bike I'm usually out in the Land Rover plodding around the leafy lanes of Hampshire and Wiltshire.....that's when I can find the few remaining routes that haven't been closed due to talentless w
kers in cheap eBay Discoverys using public rights of way as their own free trials site.If you give up, they've won. Worse than that, the hobby becomes the sole remit of talentless w
kers who think they're the dog's as no one else can (or wants to) do what they do.PS. I have no talent. I know I have no talent and ride accordingly.
Jujuuk68 said:
I think the trouble is that we've all suffered recently suffered what I identify as cun& saturday.
Basically, cun& saturday, is the first warmish weekend in april, where all those who have 6 months road tax and six months sorn, get the bikes out for their 6 months of the year on the road.
Generally my flat is now shaken awake from 8:ish on a sat am,killing the chance of a lie in by late middle aged and retired Harley riders who still get the horn not for their missus, but for a loud pipe whilst doing 40 up the dual carrigeways, through towns and anywhere else, ensuring that thousands have a moment of misery as they pass.
Then a touch later, the people with clean shiny low mileage sportsbikes and matching leathers pass by.
Best example I've seen so far was last saturday, I saw the magnificent site of some tt who was, in fairness, on his clean and shiny red Hornet, cut up badly on a roundabout by a people carrier. But should have seen for at least 100 yards back that it was inevitable as the driver was clearly lost by his driving style, and blatting past at over the speed limit was never a good idea. Sometimes guy, you just have to hang back and let idiotss gather themselves together - But the biker, slowed as he was cut up, let the bewildered people carrier get slightly ahead, and then accellerated hard, swerved in and punched the wing mirror of the car, smashing it.
Hopefully the red mist that biker had "given himself" ensured he couldnt then concentrate for the next 10 mins or so, and stuffed his bike soemwhere harmless to take him off the roads for a few weeks. If you get that upset, and have that much of a lack of anticipation in your 6 months on the road each year, you should hand the keys back.
The puchline to all this Of course is that Mr tt biker caused the bewildered people carrier to slam on its brakes and pull to the side of the road as a result of the sudden and unexpected demise of his drivers mirror. Sadly that meant me on my pushbike in my cycle lane, went into the back of him and came off. To which an electronic window on the passenger side wound down, saw me on the ground, and the cun& drove off.....
Well, in five and a half months, the morons will be putting their toys back on the trickle chargers, and will leave the rest of us to commute in safety.
This is so spot on, I am an All year round biker and this time of year bike accidents on my commute spike as people who haven't ridden for a while come out and think they are as good as when they put it away and run out of skill, this normally passes by May when the idiots self select through darwinism and get off the roads again.Basically, cun& saturday, is the first warmish weekend in april, where all those who have 6 months road tax and six months sorn, get the bikes out for their 6 months of the year on the road.
Generally my flat is now shaken awake from 8:ish on a sat am,killing the chance of a lie in by late middle aged and retired Harley riders who still get the horn not for their missus, but for a loud pipe whilst doing 40 up the dual carrigeways, through towns and anywhere else, ensuring that thousands have a moment of misery as they pass.
Then a touch later, the people with clean shiny low mileage sportsbikes and matching leathers pass by.
Best example I've seen so far was last saturday, I saw the magnificent site of some t
t who was, in fairness, on his clean and shiny red Hornet, cut up badly on a roundabout by a people carrier. But should have seen for at least 100 yards back that it was inevitable as the driver was clearly lost by his driving style, and blatting past at over the speed limit was never a good idea. Sometimes guy, you just have to hang back and let idiotss gather themselves together - But the biker, slowed as he was cut up, let the bewildered people carrier get slightly ahead, and then accellerated hard, swerved in and punched the wing mirror of the car, smashing it. Hopefully the red mist that biker had "given himself" ensured he couldnt then concentrate for the next 10 mins or so, and stuffed his bike soemwhere harmless to take him off the roads for a few weeks. If you get that upset, and have that much of a lack of anticipation in your 6 months on the road each year, you should hand the keys back.
The puchline to all this Of course is that Mr t
t biker caused the bewildered people carrier to slam on its brakes and pull to the side of the road as a result of the sudden and unexpected demise of his drivers mirror. Sadly that meant me on my pushbike in my cycle lane, went into the back of him and came off. To which an electronic window on the passenger side wound down, saw me on the ground, and the cun& drove off..... Well, in five and a half months, the morons will be putting their toys back on the trickle chargers, and will leave the rest of us to commute in safety.
toxgobbler said:
I am an All year round biker and this time of year bike accidents on my commute spike as people who haven't ridden for a while come out and think they are as good as when they put it away and run out of skill, this normally passes by May when the idiots self select through darwinism and get off the roads again.
Likewise. I have no talent or indeed inclination to go at warp speed, but I feel I'm pretty safe.....safe to myself and safe to others, although I can't help thinking there are freshly hatched power rangers on the Hammersmith flyover who think I'm a right tt for occasionally holding back as described in an earlier post.As Captain Slow often says, he who is last shall be first.
That's sounds like a baws afternoon, glad your fine though.
I was back on the bike for the first time since my surgery and since winter last year so was very aware I would be rusty as an old nail.
Roads were really quiet given the easter break and I just pootled into town (if you can call 70 pootling) stopped in town at the free bike parking area, walked to my mates shop, had a chinwag, got a 200AD comic, and had a coffee and toastie in the café, then went home.
Lovely sunny if 'blowy as fk, Min!' on the way back, but happy days, I also fit my leather after loosing 3kg since the surgery!
Take each day as it comes, some billy bellends just don't get it and the trick is to try and avoid them at all costs, hopefully you wont leave totally, look at super tourers or naked (unless you already do have one of them...)
If you give it up, I can see why, Kendal and the area is a bit like the west coast up here, full of have a go heroes more often than not. Its why I gave up riding in groups and doing runs ages ago.
I was back on the bike for the first time since my surgery and since winter last year so was very aware I would be rusty as an old nail.
Roads were really quiet given the easter break and I just pootled into town (if you can call 70 pootling) stopped in town at the free bike parking area, walked to my mates shop, had a chinwag, got a 200AD comic, and had a coffee and toastie in the café, then went home.
Lovely sunny if 'blowy as f
k, Min!' on the way back, but happy days, I also fit my leather after loosing 3kg since the surgery! Take each day as it comes, some billy bellends just don't get it and the trick is to try and avoid them at all costs, hopefully you wont leave totally, look at super tourers or naked (unless you already do have one of them...)
If you give it up, I can see why, Kendal and the area is a bit like the west coast up here, full of have a go heroes more often than not. Its why I gave up riding in groups and doing runs ages ago.
I also went to the Pioneer Run yesterday but got there nice and early so I could watch the first guy arrive just after 10am.
I didn't see anything problems with bikes until 5 miles from home... northbound on the M3 just before Jct 3, the traffic was fairly heavy but moving along at 60-70 and I was in the inside lane as that's my junction. Two sportsbikes came through at 90-100(est) one guy went between the middle and outside lanes but the other guy swept from lane 3 to the hard shoulder just in front of me and then continued along the hard shoulder at about 100 kicking up all the dust and crap before swinging back out to get in front of his mate.
I didn't see anything problems with bikes until 5 miles from home... northbound on the M3 just before Jct 3, the traffic was fairly heavy but moving along at 60-70 and I was in the inside lane as that's my junction. Two sportsbikes came through at 90-100(est) one guy went between the middle and outside lanes but the other guy swept from lane 3 to the hard shoulder just in front of me and then continued along the hard shoulder at about 100 kicking up all the dust and crap before swinging back out to get in front of his mate.
peterg1955 said:
the other guy swept from lane 3 to the hard shoulder just in front of me and then continued along the hard shoulder at about 100 kicking up all the dust and crap before swinging back out to get in front of his mate.
If he wants to ride through all the broken glass, bent nails and other st'n'corruption residing on the shoulder good luck to him. Darwin will come calling soon enough.unfortunately some of these fair weather amateurs will be heading over to the alps soon for the annual summer carnage. Most bikers ride sensibly either touring or having a hoon within limits of what they can see, but my heart will no doubt jump a beat a few times while a helmet misses my windscreen by inches. Darwin effect indeed. Probably why i chose not to ride!
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