I hate cyclists ....

i was saying to wyrm and stu/frankie at the weekend ive got over my hatred for cyclists and directed it towards the absolute fucking morons who need to give them a 20 metre wide berth before they go anywhere near overtaking them

they're the ones holding people up

"arrrrrgggghhhhh its a cylist!!!! help!!!! theyre going to fall under my wheels - cos you always see them falling over at right angles dont you?"

however, i fully concur with the opinion on the clobber, fat men in full bradley wiggins outfits really does look exceptionally sad, but each to their own i suppose :?

they have a "full kit wanker" on twitter for pics of grown men in full football kits

exactly the same, if not worse

 

I live in a small town that's at the end of a 2.5 mile cul-de-sac, it's the only way in and out of the town, so the road can get very busy, the council put in a cycle way that was road grade & width, it's clean, separate from the road and cambered correctly so water drains off and keeps it clean. It was built not only as a cycle way, but also so that should a serious road accident occur the emergency vehicles could still move along the route albeit 3m away from the actual road behind a hedge. Do the cyclists use it? Well actually most do, MTB-ers do, families out for a ride do, those that commute on bicycles do, however the group that steadfastly refuse are the weekend wannabe Bradley Wiggins brigade.
There is a short steep hill on the way into the town, with a sharp 90 deg turn at the top, the clowns that won't use the cycle way are responsible for holding up the traffic unnecessarily on this climb on a regular basis. When driving or riding into town and suddenly for no apparent reason the traffic is doing emergency stops in a concertina fashion partway up this hill it is always a cycle at the front causing the problem. Selfishness I think is the word.

The roads are busy places, and tbh as a cyclist myself I cannot defend these idiots, and like jerks that give motorcyclists a bad name these guys are doing the cycling world no favours either. The comment about ego's too big for cycle ways was possibly closer than the poster intended.

 

'kin hipsters

where were they before "wiggo" won the tdf?

hopefully they'll piss off to the tennis courts next

 

It's cyclists running through red lights at intersections that irks me; and don't get me started on the weekend pelotons with four Eddy Merckx' wannabes riding abreast.

 

bet 99% of em dont even know who eddie merxx is

 

He plays darts don't he?

 

Errr....I ride alone, but thanks for the lucid response.

 

a pedestrian doesnt have 3 miles of tailbacks queuing up after him when he crosses the street :?

 

I have a question for those in the know….

I understand you don’t want to ride close to the kerb cos the drain hole covers aren’t great etc but why in gods name do you fit those weedy little tyres to your bike?

Please tell me its not cosmetic....

 

Lower rolling resistance = faster movement

 

Had a run in with a cyclist on the way home last Friday night. He was an angry bastard too. A few moments earlier I lane filtered in slow moving traffic and the car I passed decided to move left by a couple of feet towards but not over the cycle lane.

So we got to the next set of lights and he had a go so I pulled over, got off the bike and removed my helmet for a friendly chat.

I let him have his rant (whilst he recalled how many times he'd been in accidents...). After he'd finished he went pretty quiet when I mentioned that I'd spotted him jumping through a red light earlier. In the end I gave him a choice a) shake hands & move on or b) get slapped. He opted for a).

 

Oh shut the fuck up!!
We cyclists are hardcore mother*ckers, and we do the same turns as you, at more or less the same speeds....except usually we don't feel the need to dress up like Neil Armstrong in order to do so (we dress up like trapeze-artists instead!).
Yeah, now you feel me....try doing an 80mph descent in your underwear sometime and come back and talk about it.
Try building your own bike....lacing your own wheels, etc. and still coming up with an MTB that cost more than your car or bike.

Then, do it a few more times!!


I got the piss ripped out of me the other day when someone suggested doing a bike-ride and I said "100 miles sound about right??"....fecking pussies...so even we're not innocent...the guy was like "No, I thought we'd tour the local bars??"...more pussyness!!

What tire pressures are you running.....30psi or so on a contact patch the size of your hand?? Try running 110psi with a CP the size of your thumbprint.

 

You're having a laugh right?

 

What I don't understand is the Lycra.

Yes I know it's functional but chuck some shorts and a t shirt over the top, the same as I do when I'm mountain biking.

We all wince at the fat birds in see through leggings, cyclists in Lycra are no different.

Don't give me the aerodynamic debate as well.

If you train in baggy clothing when (if) you enter a race and swap to just the Lycra you will faster.

 

http://youtu.be/TEhySzO14ik

 

I agree. I'm training for the cape argus next year and wear baggy shorts on training runs. I'll wear lycra when I do the race as I'll need all the help I can get.

Just can't bring myself to wear it while commuting and training

 

There was a few miles of tailback coming out of epping this morning and lo and behold it was some fat tit on a bike decked out in Sky full kit wanker ensemble.

Slowed down as I passed and said “mate you seen the tailback behind you?”

I think he thought I was on his side or something cos he went something like “yeh funny isn’t it“…

His face when I told him what I thought of him was even funnier.

 

The hell I am...well, maybe to an extent...but cycling can be a serious business...hey, do some races then get back to me.

 

You might be fitter than me but you still look like a tit

 

I too seriously hate cyclists with a passion. You say do a few races fine well enter tour de france (that is some serious cycling talent) but most of the guys and gals on the road dont have a clue and cause problems for everything else faster than them. The ride side by side talking, have to over take over slow fat fucks. They dont need road tax, they dont need insurance they seem to think they have a right of way on the road. Its always down narrow roads too/. They wonder why so many are being killed in and around london with going through red lights coming out the cycle lane to over take. I will happily tell someone nicely to get the fuck out the way as far as im concerned they are nuisance.

I was out on the bike yesterday going to godleming when im stuck behind loads of car so i filter down and get to a bunch of 5/6 wannabe racers taking up the whole of one side of the road going about 10 mph all chatting, this really f*cked me off and as i have a nice loud AR exhaust i pulled the clutch in and redlined it and my word did some of them shit there pants. haha