Re: Poisoning O/T : Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:47 pm  

bren2k wrote:

You need to re-read the Highway Code mate - cyclists are perfectly entitled to ride two abreast (which they will often do to dissuade impatient idiots from overtaking them dangerously) and cycle lanes are by no means compulsory; I rarely use them myself, as they are too narrow, and force you to ride too near the kerb - which encourages the previously mentioned impatient idiot to overtake you when it's not safe to do so.

Cycling in an assertive lane position is a self-preservation tactic in many instances; I also like to do it *specifically* to pi$$ you off.

Well if you like to p%ss people off deliberately you shouldn't be too surprised if that is exactly what happens.

Re: Poisoning O/T : Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:49 pm  

bren2k wrote:

You need to re-read the Highway Code mate - cyclists are perfectly entitled to ride two abreast (which they will often do to dissuade impatient idiots from overtaking them dangerously) and cycle lanes are by no means compulsory; I rarely use them myself, as they are too narrow, and force you to ride too near the kerb - which encourages the previously mentioned impatient idiot to overtake you when it's not safe to do so.

Cycling in an assertive lane position is a self-preservation tactic in many instances; I also like to do it *specifically* to pi$$ you off.

Well if you like to p%ss people off deliberately you shouldn't be too surprised if that's exactly what happens.

Re: Poisoning O/T : Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:08 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

Them two kids parked up in the Subway car park, both in a jam sandwich looked absolutely burnt out for the 45 minutes I witnessed

They were probably on a steak-out !!!!!!



…I'll get my coat

Re: Poisoning O/T : Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:26 pm  

FIL wrote:

They were probably on a steak-out !!!!!!



…I'll get my coat

Re: Poisoning O/T : Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:30 pm  

Willzay wrote:

Nothing more annoying than a group of cyclists hogging the road. At least horse riders go single file or at least when you drive past them.

That’s if there’s 100 yards at the side of them to over take that some people need if not then a queue a mile long, bloody horses.

Re: Poisoning O/T : Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:26 pm  

And all the horse muck all over BLM.

Can't comment too much regarding cyclists, as I do a bit of cycling myself, though personally, prefer to do it in spring and summer, when it is light, and off road. Quite like the Wakefield wheel route, though not done the whole route in one go.

Re: Poisoning O/T : Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:04 am  

I wish cyclists would just ride on the path.

Re: Poisoning O/T : Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:47 pm  

I raced push bikes all over the country at a very high level for 20+ years, up to 100 mile races at a weekend and over 300 miles a week training during the season, which is more than some of the so called car drivers will do in a year and you wouldn’t believe some of the driving standards by the fools in cars. I also drive a car and cover many miles per year and just to rub it in, I ride a high powered motor bike and experience similar as I did all them years ago, might be the same morons who’ve got a bit older I don’t know, so please don’t tell me nothing about car drivers . This argument will never go away, I know, but if these lardies in cars had a go on today’s roads they might, just might have a little change in mindset. Like I say this thread will no doubt go on and on, little rant over

Re: Poisoning O/T : Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:53 pm  

Commendable BLM, but in those days didn't cars have to have someone walking in front of them waving a red flag ????

Re: Poisoning O/T : Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:57 pm  

FIL wrote:

Commendable BLM, but in those days didn't cars have to have someone walking in front of them waving a red flag ????

not long before FIL