Green Kwak, carbon lid, M11 – c***!
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Now I very rarely post a rant on t’interweb, but;
To the chap on the above bike who I had the misfortune of overtaking today; Sir you are a twunt!
As this is a public forum I will use my words carefully. Ride like that near me again and I will put you under a lorry!
If you do not like being overtaken on your super-duper ninja lean green racing machine (by an old Mk1 TDM), speed up.
When you have someone that catches up with you in traffic, they are faster. Find a safe gap, move over and let them past. Don’t ride more erratically to keep them behind.
When the person behind flashes you they are really impressed with you 0-60-0 displays and gap hovering, but would now like to get home for tea, so please move over.
When the same person behind gets really bored of the rear of your (and I must say it is rather attractive) carbon fibre lid and finds a way around you, don’t floor it to try and close the gap on him making a much closer move than it had to be.
When he finally does get past you in one piece and you see that he was by some freakish miracle of tuning faster than you through traffic, just put it down to experience and stay at a pace you feel safe at, but be aware of other riders in future and let them past. Much the same as the 20+ other rider did beforehand with no issues.
To then hunt me down on the M11 when the traffic got lighter, roar past with no room or warning, then hit the brakes and square up in some cock-waving gesture was I’d say, a tad needless. Especially when you then roared off at silly speeds into the distance … to find me in your mirrors at the next bit of traffic, being held up by your fear of gaps again
You then proceed to ride clearly beyond your limits with the sole goal of keeping a quicker rider behind to retain some kind of credibility, which as you know, you failed to do.
Once off the motorway I was so angry that was planning to “have a chat”. But with the anger issues you obviously have I thought better of it, especially as I’m old, unfit and having an allergy to pain.
In hindsight, once I spotted what a twunt you were, I should have just let it go. I left my hindsight in the topbox though and didn’t.
I see you regularly and you normally move over. Next time, move over or I will move you.
I have enough idiots in cars to deal with, without worrying about a biker trying to send me to an early grave.
Rant over.
To the chap on the above bike who I had the misfortune of overtaking today; Sir you are a twunt!
As this is a public forum I will use my words carefully. Ride like that near me again and I will put you under a lorry!
If you do not like being overtaken on your super-duper ninja lean green racing machine (by an old Mk1 TDM), speed up.
When you have someone that catches up with you in traffic, they are faster. Find a safe gap, move over and let them past. Don’t ride more erratically to keep them behind.
When the person behind flashes you they are really impressed with you 0-60-0 displays and gap hovering, but would now like to get home for tea, so please move over.
When the same person behind gets really bored of the rear of your (and I must say it is rather attractive) carbon fibre lid and finds a way around you, don’t floor it to try and close the gap on him making a much closer move than it had to be.
When he finally does get past you in one piece and you see that he was by some freakish miracle of tuning faster than you through traffic, just put it down to experience and stay at a pace you feel safe at, but be aware of other riders in future and let them past. Much the same as the 20+ other rider did beforehand with no issues.
To then hunt me down on the M11 when the traffic got lighter, roar past with no room or warning, then hit the brakes and square up in some cock-waving gesture was I’d say, a tad needless. Especially when you then roared off at silly speeds into the distance … to find me in your mirrors at the next bit of traffic, being held up by your fear of gaps again
You then proceed to ride clearly beyond your limits with the sole goal of keeping a quicker rider behind to retain some kind of credibility, which as you know, you failed to do.
Once off the motorway I was so angry that was planning to “have a chat”. But with the anger issues you obviously have I thought better of it, especially as I’m old, unfit and having an allergy to pain.
In hindsight, once I spotted what a twunt you were, I should have just let it go. I left my hindsight in the topbox though and didn’t.
I see you regularly and you normally move over. Next time, move over or I will move you.
I have enough idiots in cars to deal with, without worrying about a biker trying to send me to an early grave.
Rant over.
hardboiledPhil said:
He does sound a prat but your desire to be past him at any cost hardly puts you in the best light either.
You're right Phil. I should have just sat back and let him get on with it.Alas I didn't as I didn't fancy getting stuck behind the half-wit for another few miles. I'll certainly think twice next time.
hardboiledPhil said:
Thankfully I have a relatively short commute and there are seldom bikes infront/following me but I can see how the competitive element can escalate quite easily.
To be honest, it's the first time it's ever happened to me.I pass bikes every day. As an ex-despatch rider with many city miles under my belt, I don't tend to hang around, but ride in a predictable manner and give warning of my intentions.
Sometimes this can kick off some enthusiastic riding amongst other riders and we all give a smaile and a wave after a few keenly riden miles. Generally though people just move aside, as I do whwen quicker riders come up behind me.
This reaction was totally unexpected though. Looking at the temperament of many car drivers on the road though, it's not hard to see that this will be an ever increasing situation, so I should learn to be a smidge more "delicate" with such personalities.
AndyMX5 said:
Out of interest, is this bit of road 2 or 3 lanes?
Assuming it's a normal 3 lane bit of Motorway, why didn't you just go past him between lanes 1 and 2 and pull back into the gap between 2 and 3 next time you could?
It was 3 lanes and that's what I did. When he realised that I'd been so rude as to do this this though, he floored it to block my re-entry to the 2-3 filter.Assuming it's a normal 3 lane bit of Motorway, why didn't you just go past him between lanes 1 and 2 and pull back into the gap between 2 and 3 next time you could?
This is where I should have backed off and let him get on with it. Alas I didn't. I instead gave him the choice of steaming into me or winding his neck in and letting me through. He begrudgingly chose the latter and I dissapeared off into the sunset, or so I thought.
M3,
I think I've had the pleasure of being stuck behind this guy on the M11 as well and I've got past him as soon as possible as he looked like an accident waiting to happen. Also I think I've ridden with you a couple of times on this stretch of tarmac and we haven't been hanging about.......as an aside I do tend to ignore the idiots as they always want to have a go with someone on an R1
I think I've had the pleasure of being stuck behind this guy on the M11 as well and I've got past him as soon as possible as he looked like an accident waiting to happen. Also I think I've ridden with you a couple of times on this stretch of tarmac and we haven't been hanging about.......as an aside I do tend to ignore the idiots as they always want to have a go with someone on an R1
I know how you feel. I had cause to post about someone similarly thoughtless a while back. Slow as a baby thouugh the traffic but once it sped up a little his bike became very wide!
Hard in practice, but don't let gimps like this annoy you. The last place you need the red mist is on your commute.
Hard in practice, but don't let gimps like this annoy you. The last place you need the red mist is on your commute.
Andy OH said:
...I think I've had the pleasure of being stuck behind this guy on the M11 as well and I've got past him as soon as possible as he looked like an accident waiting to happen.
He does the M11/A12 route every day so see him quite a lot. He's previously been OK with me, but this time he really did press all the wrong buttons and wound me up. Once he picked up his speed though, he really did get dangerous, riding way beyond his ability
Andy OH said:
Also I think I've ridden with you a couple of times on this stretch of tarmac and we haven't been hanging about.......as an aside I do tend to ignore the idiots as they always want to have a go with someone on an R1
There are a couple of quick R1's on that route and a nutter on a big Bandit that often liven up an otherwise dull commute 
Used to have an early R1 myself and they do seem to attract idiots who want to race you all of the time.
rsv gone! said:
I know how you feel. I had cause to post about someone similarly thoughtless a while back. Slow as a baby thouugh the traffic but once it sped up a little his bike became very wide!
Hard in practice, but don't let gimps like this annoy you. The last place you need the red mist is on your commute.
Yep, you are right and I really should (and 99% of the time do) know better, but there's always one that beggars belief Hard in practice, but don't let gimps like this annoy you. The last place you need the red mist is on your commute.
m3psm said:
It was 3 lanes and that's what I did. When he realised that I'd been so rude as to do this this though, he floored it to block my re-entry to the 2-3 filter.
This is where I should have backed off and let him get on with it. Alas I didn't. I instead gave him the choice of steaming into me or winding his neck in and letting me through. He begrudgingly chose the latter and I dissapeared off into the sunset, or so I thought.
This is where I should have backed off and let him get on with it. Alas I didn't. I instead gave him the choice of steaming into me or winding his neck in and letting me through. He begrudgingly chose the latter and I dissapeared off into the sunset, or so I thought.
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