Rant: Who ARE those people who....

[loose cannon]

yellowjack said:

The normally busy A31 Hog's Back, 21st September 2013...



...and it's shut so that a hundred plus "lycra losers" can go for a bike ride around the Surrey countryside in peace. Many of them wearing matching outfits, several of them Team Sky gear.

To make matters worse better, many local roads were also closed to traffic, and thousands upon thousands of like-minded people decided the best way to get to see the race was to ride there...


...special treat for Biker1 - a cyclist NOT wearing Team Sky kit.

I’m slightly worried about your socks Yellowjack
I don’t think you should be wearing those

[Fleegle]

Biker 1 said:

Me & Mrs B driving down a country lane this morning minding our own business. Road wide enough for two-way traffic to easily pass. We turned a corner & had the fking MAMIL peleton of 30-odd bikes coming towards us at 6 abreast, taking up the entire width of the road. I flashed my lights & basically had to perform an emergency stop to avoid a head-on collision, which was greeted with much gesticulation & swearing by the bloody plastic bike riding scum, as if I was in the wrong for daring to drive on that particular road. Why they continually seem to go out of their way to give cycling an ever worse name is strange.
I almost wish I hadn't stopped - would've been a few less of the wkers around to spoil my next drive.....

Rule 66 of the Highway Code doesn't apply to them

[yellowjack]

loose cannon said:

I’m slightly worried about your socks Yellowjack
I don’t think you should be wearing those

Oh, I earned those!

A 14 mph "superman" off the bike and onto a busy roundabout on the A30. Some noodle in a Sprinter-type M-B van decided that despite the fact I was already using it, he needed the roundabout more urgently.

Road closed for over an hour, Air Ambulance in attendance (I didn't get a ride in the chopper in the end, though, as it left to attend a pensioner with a heart attack on a rural footpath). Just who are those people who get run over by idiots who don't look properly, and then cause roads to be closed, eh? They should sweep them up onto the verge before the ambulance comes, and make sure everyone else can go about their business without delay!

[loose cannon]

Ouch ! I was nearly flattened by a van down trunk road
Turning into my sisters drive opposite ladywood avenue,the idiot tried to overtake me as I turned right at the mini roundabout, I was on my
Mtb it’s the same when I leave in my car trying to exit left up to Minley road, also in the last 5 years or so I have been overtaken on the speed bumps about 7 times whilst in my car travelling along there, that road seems to bring out the loon in everyone

[yellowjack]

loose cannon said:

Ouch ! I was nearly flattened by a van down trunk road
Turning into my sisters drive opposite ladywood avenue,the idiot tried to overtake me as I turned right at the mini roundabout, I was on my
Mtb it’s the same when I leave in my car trying to exit left up to Minley road, also in the last 5 years or so I have been overtaken on the speed bumps about 7 times whilst in my car travelling along there, that road seems to bring out the loon in everyone

Clearly you are very local to me. Where I got knocked off was heading through Hartley Wintney. I was heading toward Basingrad, van was coming out of the road to my left, from Fleet. He stopped, I entered the roundabout, he started again as I was directly in front of him. GPS data shows me at about 14 mph on approach, and then getting punted off at 14 mph toward the estate agent shop.

I have found that it's possible to get one's own back on the idiots, occasionally. West Heath Road and Mayfield Road are particularly good for this. Just get on a road bike, and get it up to 20 mph to 22 mph over the speed bumps. The terminally stupid still feel that they absolutely MUST overtake a cyclist, even though you are going far faster than is good for their car to average over the bumps. Then watch as they slam into the next speed bump, bottom out their suspension, and look REALLY angry when you overtake them again. As if it's somehow YOUR FAULT that they are inept. Bonus points if you 'bunny-hop' the speed bumps too, not because it's faster, or more efficient, but just because it looks really really cool! Another trick is to do hill-reps on Fernhill Road when the speed camera van is there. Be sure to hold 30 mph or more down the hill from the school, and watch how many drivers fail to see the camera van because they're concentrating so hard on booting it up beyond 40 mph to pass the cyclist who is already going faster than the 30 mph limit. Very childish, but oddly satisfying...

[AndrewCrown]

This is a very amusing thread...
There is a subject which is scarcely discussed even in cycling circles....and that is:

Chamois Cream

I’ll leave you to do your own research on this....apparently replacing the bananas once used...

I do have a friend who is a Mamil and shortages of said substance has kept him off the road...

[DoubleD]

yellowjack said:

Bonus points if you 'bunny-hop' the speed bumps too, not because it's faster, or more efficient, but just because it looks really really cool!

Bunny hopping a speed bump doesnt look cool. You need a mountain bike and some proper jumps before it looks cool.

[markclow]

I get around Atlanta on bicycle. I think there is a big difference between an entitled tw** cyclist and normal cyclist.

The entitled tw**s are the ones that ride two or more abreast. I hate those bds.

The normal ones stay out of the way, it's not difficult.

[loose cannon]

yellowjack said:

Clearly you are very local to me. Where I got knocked off was heading through Hartley Wintney. I was heading toward Basingrad, van was coming out of the road to my left, from Fleet. He stopped, I entered the roundabout, he started again as I was directly in front of him. GPS data shows me at about 14 mph on approach, and then getting punted off at 14 mph toward the estate agent shop.

I have found that it's possible to get one's own back on the idiots, occasionally. West Heath Road and Mayfield Road are particularly good for this. Just get on a road bike, and get it up to 20 mph to 22 mph over the speed bumps. The terminally stupid still feel that they absolutely MUST overtake a cyclist, even though you are going far faster than is good for their car to average over the bumps. Then watch as they slam into the next speed bump, bottom out their suspension, and look REALLY angry when you overtake them again. As if it's somehow YOUR FAULT that they are inept. Bonus points if you 'bunny-hop' the speed bumps too, not because it's faster, or more efficient, but just because it looks really really cool! Another trick is to do hill-reps on Fernhill Road when the speed camera van is there. Be sure to hold 30 mph or more down the hill from the school, and watch how many drivers fail to see the camera van because they're concentrating so hard on booting it up beyond 40 mph to pass the cyclist who is already going faster than the 30 mph limit. Very childish, but oddly satisfying...

Not to far m8ty just around the corner.
Haha if I see you bunny hoping I’ll capture it on my dash cam and maybe have a vote
Strictly style

[GM182]

T6 vanman said:

O/T for this thread but is that a Moto Morini Cosaro? I've never seen one in the wild, is it any good?

As far as the cyclists v bikers debate goes I am both and I must admit I am guilty of being annoyed by both. Same as me getting irritated by scooterists when I'm on the GS ( I also ride a scooter) and getting annoyed by unnecessarily aggressive or tentative bikers, cyclists, horses, vans, taxis and other drivers when I'm in the car.

Basically every other road user is a muppet (let's not forget smartphone zombie pedestrians) and I am the upholder of good driving/riding/cycling/walking and only about 5% of people I see meet my standards for maintaining normal blood pressure.

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[Biker 1]

AndrewCrown said:

This is a very amusing thread...
There is a subject which is scarcely discussed even in cycling circles....and that is:

Chamois Cream

I’ll leave you to do your own research on this....apparently replacing the bananas once used...

I do have a friend who is a Mamil and shortages of said substance has kept him off the road...

I couldn't resist looking it up....
Thank fk I'm not a cyclist!

[yellowjack]

Biker 1 said:

AndrewCrown said:

This is a very amusing thread...
There is a subject which is scarcely discussed even in cycling circles....and that is:

Chamois Cream

I’ll leave you to do your own research on this....apparently replacing the bananas once used...

I do have a friend who is a Mamil and shortages of said substance has kept him off the road...

I couldn't resist looking it up....
Thank fk I'm not a cyclist!

Never used it myself (not this stuff, nor any other brand) as I'm one of those fortunate hardy souls who doesn't find a ten hour day on the saddle uncomfortable. But Charlie (The Bikemonger) hands out samples at races so I've got quite a few of his stickers and car air fresheners.

Hmmmm?

A "bum butter" air freshener? Perhaps this hasn't really been thought through...

Edited by yellowjack on Tuesday 2nd October 11:26