You can stumble across all kinds of things while riding on a trail – bears and bees among them.
But a group of riders in Ireland found a couple who were more occupied with the birds and the bees, going at it hammer and tong by the side of the trail.
Cue a lot of giggling as the riders carry on – we thought one of them was going to have a seizure at one point.
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We also have a greater volume of traffic, including on residential roads which were once quiet. Spending billions on infrastructure such as protected cycle tracks and modal filters is the only thing that will lead to mass cycling. Look at London. Why is there mass cycling there? Infrastructure. The Netherlands? The same reason. And often the only way to achieve meaningful change is reallocating some space and priority from motor vehicles, which is why the government's 'don't scare the horses' attitude is concerning.
You think there might be a clue to that in the name "City Light Set"? Marking it down because it's no good for fast riding on unlit roads seems somewhat akin to buying a micro-hatchback and then complaining that it's rubbish at pulling a plough.
This is like something from a kids' activity book. "The editor has a bit of a hangover this morning. Can you help him match the headline to the correct story?"
@kinderje Are you aware that -ise endings are actually the newer form, having supplanted -ize (as used by Shakespeare, the King James Bible and Jane Austen, amongst many others) in the mid 19th century? Etymologically there is a far better argument for -ize endings for words with Greek and Latin roots than the -ise ending which arose from Victorian publishers imitating French verb endings. Both endings are now regarded as acceptable in British English, although the Oxford style guide recommends -ize. It is most certainly not incorrect.
@Backladder Given that the makers are selling it as being useable on any ride on open roads, it doesn't seem unreasonable to try to test it in those conditions.
'Leasting'? That's a whole 4 letters less.
Although usually the easiest thing of all would be for them just to stop for a few moments while you cycle past them (which requires a lot less space to do safely than them passing you), but most people seem allergic to stopping, even for the briefest time.
@Backladder Oh I think I can guess - the nearest indoor velodrome to road.cc HQ looks to be some distance away in Wales, whereas Odd Down Cycle Track (where this test was conducted) is just 2 miles away.
There are a number of causes of "the divide between motorists and cyclists". Only one is to do with the technology (of bicycles and cars) and that's the nature of the car, which is designed to induce the sort of dangerous and careless behaviours that providing humans with a lot of power and glamour fetches out of us. Other causes are much more insidious - A culture of hyper-individualism bordering on solipsism, with violently ultra-selfish and aggressive anti-heroes being promoted in every mass media channel as the ideal. A "news" media that overwhelmingly seeks, creates and offers pariahs and scapegoats to the rabid individualists, which pariahs and scapegoats includes all kinds of those perceived as less powerful and therefore easy victims, including cyclists. The near complete lack of any curb upon the dangerous antics of vast numbers of media-maddened motorists by the forces of law and order, many of whom are actually members themselves of the mass media maddened motorist ilk. ******** No amount of a more rational discourse about active travel or the means of making it safer will change these root causes of the vast numbers of deaths and maiming due to inept, incompetent and deliberately violent antics of vast numbers of motorists allowed their dangerous "weapons of choice". Yet many other highly damaging aspects of modern societies would be solved by a much more effective curbing of mass media mob-building and goading along with a serious attempt to prevent motorists and a whole range of other damagers from behaving as badly as so many do. It'll not happen, of course. Large and powerful elements of the modern world obtain far too much ultra-riches and power from current conditions for them to allow any significant change. And vast numbers of the population have long had their minds, attitudes and behaviours captured and directed by various oligarchical monsters and their mass media propaganda horns. About the only chance of safe active travel becoming extant is for the population at large to become mostly too poor to afford a car, ironically one other likely outcome of the machinations of those same power and money-mad monsters that have created the car-issue in the first place. Their need for zero-sum socio-economic arrangements degrades everything, including the wallet-contents of the masses.
@Astralstroll The hierarchy of road users does not mean priority of road users except in certain circumstances, e.g. stopping to let pedestrians cross junctions before turning. It doesn't mean that cyclists have priority over motor vehicles at all times any more than the pedestrians have priority over cyclists at all times. It certainly doesn't mean that you have priority in the circumstances you describe; personally, unless the driver is being a complete dick, on a narrow country lane I accept that it is easier for me to turn around and go back to the nearest passing place, which is never that far if you're on a bike, than for a tractor or other large vehicle to reverse back down the road for my benefit.
19 thoughts on “Video: Cyclists stumble across couple going at it hammer and tongs”
I stumbled upon a photo shoot
I stumbled upon a photo shoot once in Thetford. I must of been making a lot of noise – I didn’t see anything
fennesz wrote:
Wasn’t one of my photo shoots..!
I once nearly had to bunny
I once nearly had to bunny-hop 2 sets of legs across a very secluded bit of tow path near where I live – fortunately there was just enough path to get round.
Never seen anyone down what bit of path before or since – most people use the wider path the other side.
I also rather surprised a couple on an evening ride around Ladybower reservoir years ago.
So THIS is the lure of
So THIS is the lure of adventure bikes!
Scared the sh!t out of a
Scared the sh!t out of a young couple in a local car-park a few years ago by putting offroad lights in to strobe mode as we came out of the woods… 🙂
I understand cycling can make
I understand cycling can make you a bit “High” But, get a room, FFS. 🙂
A brief detour to a secluded
Could’ve been a new meaning for ‘helmet cam’.
A brief detour to a secluded beach on Mallorca meant I don’t remember much from the remainder of that (cycle) ride. It was also a photo shoot – they were using a lot of exposure.
When I’ve heard people talk
When I’ve heard people talk about ‘bonking’ and cycling, I’ve clearly completely misunderstood…..
group night ride a few years
group night ride a few years ago… car with steamed-up windows in layby. 12 sets of HIDs and LED helmet-mounted lights suddenly lighting it up at once…never seen anyone move so quickly.
Doesn’t even look a “comfy”
Doesn’t even look a “comfy” piece of grass they’re using . . . and the trail the guys are riding is clearly reasonably well used . . I guess they enjoy people wwatching.
It’s a different take on the
It’s a different take on the “Cyclist films moment when someone pulls out right in front of him” video.
rjfrussell wrote:
Am sure the police would take greater interest …
Gave me a semi.
Gave me a semi.
“Dropping in” [or insert
“Dropping in” [or insert other mtb vernacular]
LOL!
LOL!
Love the laughter too!
Made my day just hearing the rider laughing and losing it
Typical lazy Brits. If you
Typical lazy Brits. If you are going to have sex in the woods go into the woods – don’t flop down right next to the bike path.
WolfieSmith wrote:
Looks like he WAS into the wood, rather than flopping down!
I’m just thinking of that bit
I’m just thinking of that bit of bike path etiquette (when someone’s pulled over with a problem) asking, “have you got everything you need?”.
So long as someone didn’t mistake 2 cheeks for a bit of a ‘modern art’ bike rack!
needing protection for his
needing protection for his helmet, rather than a helmet for his protection, you mean?
There must be a bell-end gag in there somewhere too.