Bloody cyclists

[Lofthouse Lower]

Sauntering through a red light this morning as I drove in to Manchester (Shitchester yeah ) nearly caused me to smash into him as I went through on green on the other side. Wearing a stupid little camera on his hat too. Don't know who he thought he was.

AND they like to cycle side-by-side. Gets right on my nerves, that. Wankers.

I'm sure there are some nice and thoughtful and law-abiding cyclists out there, but I've never seen any.

[Prufrock]

Side by side does my head in. Furthest one out should be fair game. Set of cnuts, almost all of them.

[2399]

I just got a bike, Last Sunday
and it's a bloody cycling bike!

(which means it can be only used on the road)

I rode it to Clayton the other day for something.

Wanted to go to a friends tonight but wasn't allowed as there was Thunderstorms in the day and rain / Low visability


I want to buy a non-road bike though so I can ride it on the footpath.

I now got my old Motorbike helmet and I am going to use it.
Plus my old Camelback converted to a 'backpack' which can store so much, like a 1.25lt Coke or two dvds and a CD

I plan to possibly ride to my friends Saturday night, watch the soccer until it ends; around 5:30AM (the Championship Late Match), then wait a bit and ride to the Market at 6AM

My friend wants to buy the bike off me but I'll keep it I reckon even when I get a new non-road bike
The bike is about 5 sizes too small for me so for him it would be at least 7-8 too small I reckon

[Lord Kangana]

Side by side does my head in. Furthest one out should be fair game. Set of cnuts, almost all of them.

Add to that when you go through the countryside theres a gaggle of 4 million of them, about 17 abreast. I'm positive the Highway Code says you should keep single file.

[thebish]

Side by side does my head in. Furthest one out should be fair game. Set of cnuts, almost all of them.

Add to that when you go through the countryside theres a gaggle of 4 million of them, about 17 abreast. I'm positive the Highway Code says you should keep single file.

it does indeed - but (as you point out) it is in the category of "should not" rather than "must not" - so has no force in law under the Highways Act

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You should

keep both hands on the handlebars except when signalling or changing gear
keep both feet on the pedals
never ride more than two abreast, and ride in single file on narrow or busy roads and when riding round bends
not ride close behind another vehicle
not carry anything which will affect your balance or may get tangled up with your wheels or chain
be considerate of other road users, particularly blind and partially sighted pedestrians. Let them know you are there when necessary, for example, by ringing your bell if you have one. It is recommended that a bell be fitted

whereas:

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You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement.

[Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & R(S)A 1984, sect 129]

[Lord Kangana]

I hate that too. Along with the "you're in my way" look.

You're on the bloody pavement f*cksticks, grow a set and get on the road.

[Athers]

When I was a kid in the last year at primary school they did a week of cycling proficiency after school... Except they did it every other year so half the kids, including me, didn't do it

Pavement is a joke, they really hurt folk when they go into them.

[Wandering Willy]

A stick in the spokes works every time.

[Gail Platz]

They piss me off. If they're going to use the roads, they should abide by the laws that come with them. They think they have some divine right to go through a red light just because they're not in/on a motor. The only thing that annoys me more than cyclists on the road are horses. Why do they go in the road? It's not like I go and ride my giraffe down the A6.

[Bruce Rioja]

And at to that, some nice person dressed like Chris Armstrong in his lycra shorts get's in front of the car going up a hill and then gets out of the saddle. So, not only am I being impeded but there's a blokes arse in front of my face. Makes me heave!!!!

[officer_dibble]

walked across a pedestrian crossing recently and one of these cnuts nearly hit me, when i shouted 'Oi you cnut' he gave me a mouthful back...YOU WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT....DICKHEAD!!!

fecking can't stand the bastards.

One for the angry thread this!! I don't spend enough time in there!!

[thebish]

They piss me off. If they're going to use the roads, they should abide by the laws that come with them.

to be fair - this too could be said of car drivers! rarely do i see a car obeying the law (30MPH speed limit) past my house. the only ones that do are the funeral corteges on the way to the crem, the hearses speed on the way back though...

[CrazyHorse]

Screw being fair! Cyclists are scum of the earth.

[thebish]

They piss me off. If they're going to use the roads, they should abide by the laws that come with them. They think they have some divine right to go through a red light just because they're not in/on a motor. The only thing that annoys me more than cyclists on the road are horses. Why do they go in the road? It's not like I go and ride my giraffe down the A6.

met a pair of horse-riders down a lane the other week - i was on the motorbike - I was being kind and going slowly - they flagged me down and asked me to actually stop until they had gone another 50yds - one of the horses was fine - but reared up when motorbikes went past. I said that in that case - the horse was not safe to be ON THE FECKING ROAD!!!

[thebish]

They piss me off. If they're going to use the roads, they should abide by the laws that come with them. They think they have some divine right to go through a red light just because they're not in/on a motor. The only thing that annoys me more than cyclists on the road are horses. Why do they go in the road? It's not like I go and ride my giraffe down the A6.

you could though - I don't think the road traffic act prohibits that..

[2399]

I spose I used to get angry whenever I'd see a cyclist, Like I'd yell or grumble swear words.

The other day I was angry and Jealous; because of seeing so many bike riders on the footpaths!
I want in on that action!

It's raining again today so I won't be allowed out

[boltonboris]

I spose I used to get angry whenever I'd see a cyclist, Like I'd yell or grumble swear words.

The other day I was angry and Jealous; because of seeing so many bike riders on the footpaths!
I want in on that action!

It's raining again today so I won't be allowed out

[Raven]

Get an electric car and sneak up on the bastards and scare them to death!

[thebish]

we have a few cyclists on this forum don't we? where are they???

a quick gander at the Mountain Bike thread suggests...

boltonboris
ebby
gravedigger
seanworth
CAPS
General
enfield
aldridge pryor
bruce (or at least a wannabbee!)
annoyed grunt
randy watson
abdoulaye's twin


name and shame!!!

[General Mannerheim]

not a cyclist, mountain bike rider. very sparingly take it on the roads.

i have the same opinion of cyclists as most