Bloody Cyclists!
#1
Posted 07 August 2016 - 08:02 AM
#2
Posted 07 August 2016 - 08:25 AM
If it was me, I would have let you head off first and make your turn. For every douchebag of a cyclist there's a poor driver.
Sounds like he was angry you were ruining his strava segment, what a dick!
#3
Posted 07 August 2016 - 08:28 AM
Fcuking lycra clad bellends.
#4
Posted 07 August 2016 - 09:50 AM
on a cycle forum somewhere , a righteous person with anger issues will be venting about the gross injustice of being cut up by a sports car with a blindspot
#5
Posted 07 August 2016 - 11:15 AM
Fcuking lycra clad bellends.
I've been called worse
#6
Posted 07 August 2016 - 01:26 PM
#7
Posted 07 August 2016 - 02:00 PM
what's the worst that's going to happen to the driver....
He gets his car damaged through no fault of his own by some idiotic self righteous cock on a bike who will just try to ride off without taking responsibility.
I live near Richmond Park so have to encounter cyclists more than the average person and it isnt a minority. In general the ones dressed up like a Sky team member are lairy and aggressive usually to people they think they can bully. The attitude some car drivers have to cyclists is the fault of these fools but they're too up their own arses to realise it.
#8
Posted 07 August 2016 - 02:03 PM
.and then the poor dears post a video of you driving after them to discuss why they thought it right to damage your car.He gets his car damaged through no fault of his own by some idiotic self righteous cock on a bike who will just try to ride off without taking responsibility. I live near Richmond Park so have to encounter cyclists more than the average person and it isnt a minority. In general the ones dressed up like a Sky team member are lairy and aggressive usually to people they think they can bully. The attitude some car drivers have to cyclists is the fault of these fools but they're too up their own arses to realise it.what's the worst that's going to happen to the driver....
#9
Posted 07 August 2016 - 06:47 PM
Anyone in full team gear or sporting a helmet cam are super duper prize bellends.
#10
Posted 07 August 2016 - 07:16 PM
#11
Posted 07 August 2016 - 11:14 PM
#12
Posted 07 August 2016 - 11:18 PM
#13
Posted 08 August 2016 - 05:32 AM
At the risk of being boring, many people are bloody awful on the roads some times, fewer people are awful most of the time and some people are awful all the time. This lot can ride bikes, motorbikes, drive cars, busses or trucks. Some pedestrians are stupid too. People are stupid, loads of people are pretty thick. It's best to let go of the anger and focus on something else.
That's dead true, just too many stupid thoughtless unaware people on this planet. The education system should put more emphasis on making kids (and thence adults) more self aware and reliant. Far too many people leave school with 0 ability to integrate adequately with the rest of the population.
#14
Posted 08 August 2016 - 07:12 AM
I ride and I drive and have to agree here. Equal number of dicks on bikes and behind the wheel.
I try to ride to respect motorists and try to drive to respect cyclists/other road users, but unfortunately there are many individuals that don't share this ethos.
#15
Posted 08 August 2016 - 07:44 AM
As a keen cyclist I have to say that cyclists are there own worst enemy. I live in an area where the London Olympic route is and the Tour of Britain used. I find cyclists very inconsiderate, riding 2 abreast, sometimes more, thinking they own the road. Yesterday around my area the was a cycle race (they call it a cycle event) which makes driving in the area a right pain.
On the other hand I've been out cycling and built up a good speed only for the car in front to slam on his brakes to let someone out of their drive, wasting all the speed i had, really yanks my chain
#16
Posted 08 August 2016 - 09:23 AM
Agree with the above. I'm a keen cyclist also see a huge amount of inconsiderate riding by cyclists.
I do however see, and have experienced, inconsiderate driving by motorists.
As ayresyy said, equal number of dicks on bikes as there are behind the wheel.
#17
Posted 08 August 2016 - 10:23 AM
Driving around Edinburgh I see them too.
My favourite hate other than the one in the OP of them flying down the left hand side of you turning left is shoulder checking.
Cyclists on the whole don't do a shoulder check. I seen a girl on some rusty old thing with a basket wiped out by a taxi last week on lothian road. she didn't look at all let alone have a gander over her shoulder before she swerved in front of the taxi. Wandering over the road carelessly seems to be a sport for them.
There needs to be basic level of training for people who wish to cycle on the public highway. The roads are too busy now and it needs to change.
A motorcyclist would fail his/her test for missing a shoulder check.
#18
Posted 08 August 2016 - 10:34 AM
probably wearing headphones / in ear phones as well.
#19
Posted 08 August 2016 - 11:47 AM
Driving around Edinburgh I see them too.
My favourite hate other than the one in the OP of them flying down the left hand side of you turning left is shoulder checking.
Cyclists on the whole don't do a shoulder check. I seen a girl on some rusty old thing with a basket wiped out by a taxi last week on lothian road. she didn't look at all let alone have a gander over her shoulder before she swerved in front of the taxi. Wandering over the road carelessly seems to be a sport for them.
There needs to be basic level of training for people who wish to cycle on the public highway. The roads are too busy now and it needs to change.
A motorcyclist would fail his/her test for missing a shoulder check.
Even with me being a MAMIL I totally agree on this, some sort of formal training/licencing for cyclists would help to prevent a lot of discord and aggravation between drivers and cyclists but most importantly, it would save lives.
#20
Posted 08 August 2016 - 11:53 AM
As a keen cyclist and a keen driver, I can say that they're both as bad as each other. Car forums are full of people quick to attack cyclists and vise-versa. Only the guys who do both can see both sides.
However until you become a cyclist, you'll never understand how vulnerable and frightening being on our roads can be, especially when you get clipped by someone doing 40mph playing chicken with your life.
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