road.cc live blog – US comedian’s anti-cyclist rant and more
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Aluminium can 22 minutes ago
That cyclist didn't design the road, he was just using it as designed. Your obvious writing skills would be better used by sending a letter to the authority responsible for the road suggesting improvements to the road design. Writing a complaint about one person solves nothing.
HoarseMann 2 hours ago
Alternatively, they could make that a "no left turn" for HGVs.
HoarseMann 2 hours ago
Last time I went to West Wittering I sailed from Bosham, landing on the quieter beach on the northern side of East Head spit. I surprised a few nudists in the dunes on the walk to the main beach for an ice cream. Did not get held up by any cyclists 👍😁. The Birdham-straight gets extremely busy in the summer. If the cyclist pulled over, they might struggle to rejoin the flow of traffic. It really gets that bad. A while back I cycled down the canal to the marina. I must have spent 10 mins waiting for a gap in traffic so I could cross the Birdham road.
Freddy56 2 hours ago
Pound for pound, Cube are the best value on the road.
Freddy56 2 hours ago
All LeCol are now made in China by the look of my last purchase, so I imagine the forever sale plus extra discount I got mine at 70% off, and they are still making a few bob.
mctrials23 2 hours ago
@chrisonabike well thats the flipside isn't it. If you behaviour is bad but completely normalised then despite people being part of that group, they massively minimise the danger of that behaviour. Partly through conditioning and partly because they almost certainly exhibit that behaviour themselves and don't want to admit that they are bad drivers or simply lucky not to be on the wrong side of the dock.
DaveSpokes 2 hours ago
Unfortunately its not bollocks, those very same people praise motorcyclists. The trouble is that as a group we get very touchy when anyone points the finger at our behaviour. As illustrated by every single reply to my comment. I stand by my point that if you read it properly simply says we aren't all angels and that some of our number give the Motorons ammunition. The hate towards us is completely out of order but we need to take it on the chin and start acting like responsible adults not children who get straight out of our prams when we get a bit of justified criticism.
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@perce Don't go mate, with our Nigel back on the scene we need our esteemed Binface more than ever!
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
Mrs H has a commute of exactly 12.5km to work, and when she rides I ride with her morning and evening for companionship, exercise and as a mobile soigneur/bodyguard/mechanic before riding back to work from home. When she was first contemplating commuting, during the pandemic, I went scoping out various routes. The one she rides now I did, early one Sunday morning, in a shade over 23 minutes at an average speed of 32.5 km/h (I didn't jump any lights either, though I must admit they were nearly all in my favour). When I ride at weekday rush hour I'm pleased if I make it in under 40 minutes for each leg. This is almost entirely due to car traffic, in which I'm constantly getting enmeshed, yet not once has a car pulled over to let me through or waited to let me out even though I'm quite plainly the faster vehicle and it won't cost them anything to let me go first. At least fifteen minutes lost four times a day every day because car drivers don't have the courtesy to recognise that they're holding me up and pull over, literally about eight full days a year wasted. Arseholes indeed.
chrisonabike 3 hours ago
@mctrials23 if it's missing a paragraph break before that line that would make more sense. Otherwise if that sentence followed the thought from the last (the stats) logic would imply the meaning was that jurors, magistrates etc - using their greater insight from being motorists themselves - are *correctly* identifying drivers who kill other motorists as taking the mick while those who merely kill cyclists being less blameworthy. Which may be how a fraction of the public does in fact think...
9 thoughts on “road.cc live blog – US comedian’s anti-cyclist rant and more”
Wow that was the least
Wow that was the least original rant ever. I thought as it was (apparently) a comedian then there would be some jokes at some point. But he did just come across as a loud shouty idiot. Maybe he’s a character actor and we’re meant to laugh at the character’s awfulness rather than with him. I doubt it, though, as nowhere else in the performance was there any thought or subtlety. Or maybe there was, and i’m just obtuse.
Bikebikebike wrote:
Haven’t watched the video yet, so I don’t know what he says or the context, but “angry rant” pretty much describes most of Bill Burr’s material and persona. Some of it’s funny, some of it’s not.
gcj wrote:
Wow that was the least original rant ever. I thought as it was (apparently) a comedian then there would be some jokes at some point. But he did just come across as a loud shouty idiot. Maybe he’s a character actor and we’re meant to laugh at the character’s awfulness rather than with him. I doubt it, though, as nowhere else in the performance was there any thought or subtlety. Or maybe there was, and i’m just obtuse.
— gcj Haven’t watched the video yet, so I don’t know what he says or the context, but “angry rant” pretty much describes most of Bill Burr’s material and persona. Some of it’s funny, some of it’s not.— Bikebikebike
So people don’t have to watch, it is essentially him driving round talking/shouting to a camera in the car. It’s pretty much anti-cycling bingo with swear words and a few Americanisms thrown in. There is no overall theme that comes through. It’s just a stream-of-consciousness rant that is not funny and adds nothing to the debate.
Bikebikebike wrote:
Thanks: shame that, as I like quite a lot of his stuff.
A lot of it seems to be him doing an impression of what he thinks his dad should be, though: particularly Frank in F is for Family. Difficult to see where he ends and parody starts.
Slow news day? Or saving your
Slow news day? Or saving your energy for the slew of cycling infrastructure announcements included in the budget later?
Perhaps it would be safer for
Perhaps it would be safer for all concerned, if this internet ranter spent more time concentrating on the road and in proper control of his vehicle, than trying to attract youtube hits.
I imagine the so called
I imagine the so called comedian may profit if I click on his video, so I will not, as I suspect his tirade will bring nothing new. The problem with the internet is that it gives ranty loons like him a voice. It was better when they were stuck drinking on their own in bars so we could edge away when they kicked off.
Comedian? I thought the
Comedian? I thought the point of being a comedian was that you were funny, or am I missing something? Perhaps he’s just trying to show the same level of funniness as Jeremy Clarkson but in American terms i.e. none. I blame Donald Trump.
I suppose that this guy posts his “comedy” on line because nobody with a sense of humour is going to pay to see him.
Loved the video of Viola
Loved the video of Viola Brand. Until she tipped her bicycle onto the saddle.