Biking, a great hobby ruined by talentless ******s

[Jazoli]

Bear with me as this is a bit of a rant, but a bit of background to begin with, I have been riding for 24 years or so, with the odd year off but have always had a bike or two in the garage, I have never had an off as such and I would say I'm a fairly quick road rider, smooth and safe.

The year before last I decided to sell my bike and gear after having a couple of close calls, one of my own (which was quite funny) but the others caused by other riders coming round blind corners and forcing me wide and once onto the verge at 60mph, you can only anticipate so much but at least my experience helped me find an escape route and not panic and crash, I became disillusioned with riding because of this so sold up and moved on.

Fast forward to this year, having had a 18 months without a (roadworthy) bike I was itching to get back out again, the problems of the previous years had moved out of focus and I was looking forward to riding again, I found my old bike on eBay, which I then bought, I also bought new riding gear and have spent the evenings over the last month fettling the new old bike ready for the season.

I had to go and do some family duties 30 miles away so instead of going in the car I went on the bike as the weather looked OK (well it wasn't raining) and I could finally get out and get some miles in taking the long scenic route home, all was going well for the first 20 miles, I was a little rusty but apexes were being hit and the front wheel was occasionally airborne which meant I hadn't forgotten how to ride.

Shortly after passing a local meeting spot I was taking a right hand corner, staying well over to the left (which I know well and am aware that there is always gravel on the crown of the road) to be met by an out of control wide eyed dhead heading straight for me, I managed to swerve and just miss him, he didn't make the corner and ended up hitting the wall, I stopped and he wasn't hurt as he had managed to scrub most of his speed off but he wasn't riding anywhere else on his bike as it was trashed, I just got back on the bike and rode off as I felt like hospitalising him myself.

Another 10 minutes into the now slower journey home (I'd had enough by then) I noticed a couple of bikes in my mirrors gaining on the straights but dropping back through the corners, their riding was st and their lines were all over the place, I just carried on, aware of them but riding my own ride, whilst setting myself up for a tricky set of bends billy big bks no1 comes steaming up alongside and tries to make the next corner, he doesn't and bounces off the wall pretty hard which sends him and his bike flying across the road in front of me, I manage to find a gap, acutely aware that his mate (lets call him billy big bks no2) is somewhere behind me, bbbno2 promptly arrives on scene, out of control, hits his mate on the floor then runs into me, we both somehow stay on our bikes and manage to stop.

It would seem that bbbno1 has a broken leg due to the funny angle of it and the noises he was making, his bike is on its side pissing oil and coolant everywhere, bbbno2 apologises for running into the back of me, I just call him and his mate stupid s, other people have stopped and the emergency services are called so I leave after leaving my details

I ride the 10 miles back home and park the bike up, knowing that this will be the last time I ride it, I'm not prepared to ride on the roads any more with the clueless fking idiots that think they can fking ride bikes but clearly fking can't, I have had enough, I have no problems with any other traffic, just moronic clueless idiotic fking bikers, in the last 10 days there have been 4 people killed on bikes within 20 miles of me and 3 others seriously injured, not including the from today, all but one were their own fault, I do not want to become number 5, the chances of me crashing on my own are slim and I can accept that risk, I cannot accept the risk of being taken out by some brainless who thinks he can buy the latest toy and ride like a fking wker everywhere putting others at risk because of a serious lack of fking ability, my wife and family deserve more than that

I'll still see a few of you at meets as I'll come up in the car for a craic, but my riding days are definitely over, its been fun

[Jazoli]

s3fella said:

I think you've given up too easily.

I won't bite but I really I don't think so

[Jazoli]

CBR JGWRR said:

Take up track days? If nothing else everyone is at least going in vaguely the same direction, and you are generally mixed in with people of similar ability, so the risk of completely useless sods like those two are reduced.

I know quite a few useless sods who do TD's they hold no interest for me tbh.

bimsb6 said:

Sounds like the hit out on him is still live .

Well they couldn't catch me so took the head on approach

I am gutted about it and feel quite emotional about it as it has been a huge part of my life for years but today was the straw that broke the camels back.

[Jazoli]

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

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

Biker's Nemesis said:

Now you know why I steady on ride outs, if you push on even a little bit the people behind take it as a challenge to keep up, the trouble starts when they can't read the situation or increased speed and run into the back of you.

In the unlikely event of anyone being able to keep up with me I would let them by, its much easier to manage the risk if you can keep an eye on the idiots.

Thing is John I wasn't even going remotely quick, probably about 50% of what I would normally ride (Yazza Speed), any slower and I'd be getting off and pushing it around corners, If I'd been pushing along I would have let them go as like you say, its easier to watch them when they are in front.

Edited by Jazoli on Sunday 13th April 19:31

[Jazoli]

stang65 said:

There's 6 days of the week where it's sensible to ride. Sunday is rest day!!

Sunday is the ONLY day I can ride most weeks.

[Jazoli]

Yazza54 said:

Never fail to get a dig in do ya.

Oh well, so both those incidents on the same day? Think I'd be rattled by that too. Don't blame you, must give a different perspective on life when you've got dependants.

Just a bit of friendly pisstaking, and yep, both today within 15 minutes of each other, I'm still angry as fk about it, maybe I'll see things in a different light in a week or two, but I doubt it, after today I'm just glad myself and to a lesser degree the bike are still in one piece.

[Jazoli]

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.

[Jazoli]

Fleegle said:

LoonR1 said:

sc0tt said:

Oh ok.

Well I reckon I would be faster on my old 600 than you on your s1000rr

p.s Test ride booked next week at coopers on an s1000rr

Ok let's have a race. Are you looking to buy one and if so how old? Mine is still for sale.

Scott - if you are looking to buy, this is the one to go for. I can confirm that he will never attempted to do anything on maintenance due to being hopeless and too old to learn, also the bike is unlikely to have gone north of 6000 revs, because as well as being too old to learn, he's tubby and slow

You've met him too then!

You never know I may get an old bike and potter round a bit, does a' 99 Blackbird qualify as old? I mean surely its an old slow classic right?

[Jazoli]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Anyway, of Jazoli wasn't so damn slow those 2 born again dass wouldn't have been able to catch him up

I'm not biting, at least I managed to get off my drive and just nearly crash..........

Edited by Jazoli on Tuesday 15th April 17:18

[Jazoli]

3DP said:

6. "I had one near miss too many" - all code for "I didn't fancy it anymore and basically lost my bottle".

You are probably right

[Jazoli]

Biker's Nemesis said:

There's plenty time for you to do that yet, it took me over 30 years of road riding to manage it, oh and I wasn't on the drive.

I reckon the reason you're so slow is because you never seem to be on the road much. A few years off here and a few years off there.

you mong, far too stinky.

I'm not as slow as almost everyone else is on here......

[Jazoli]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Come on Dave keep your bike, st happens you've just been unlucky.

I'll be out this weekend on summit. I'll beg, borrow or steal summit from someone.

Well it is still in the garage, I have calmed down a bit since Sunday, it did shake me up somewhat as two random events happening like that within 15 minutes of each other would do any mere mortal (unlike yourself) and I've told the missus (and the whole internet) that I have quit now....

[Jazoli]

But it only takes a minute to make a mistake, but could it be magic, lets go round again and see, lots have said don't say goodbye and that biking give good feeling but right now I hate it and on sunday I was holding back the tears, I had to really hold on to myself, how can it be that a hobby I love annoys me, how did it come to this? I said I'm out, although riding down the mancuniam way the other day I thought that it is a beautiful world and I'll never forget that once you've tasted love its hard to reach out, the trouble with me is that I was wasting my time worrying, we all fall down and you have to go with what you believe in and that its really a wonderful world.

I'll wait, make sure, then get back on my rocket ship, without sleepwalking, have some patience and keep the promises I made, then I'll rule the world.

Count em

Edited by Jazoli on Tuesday 15th April 21:06

[Jazoli]

GTIR said:

Wtf are you on about?

No wonder people are trying to kill you.

Take that songs, according to the missus, oh never mind....

[Jazoli]

s3fella said:

'The missus'. Yeah right.
I reckon if you ever go back to the bike you'll have your leathers over your boots.......

There is another way?

[Jazoli]

We were all up there yesterday, I have officially un-retired now there are still plenty of wkers with no talent on the roads but I don't care anymore.

[Jazoli]

Mastodon2 said:

eerily reminiscent of PH's 10 Pence Short, who did similar in an Integra Type R, losing control and crossing onto the other side of the road before hitting a biker, paralysing him.

That's not entirely accurate, he'd already crashed and the guy on the bike came round the corner and crashed into his car which was blocking the road.

[Jazoli]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I think it is a lot safer these days than it used to be mainly because I never go up there nowadays unless its with slow coaches like Jazoli.

I'm still not biting