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Too many cycling twits!

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  • March 12, 2015 at 10:13 am #23473
    unclebadger

    Oh lordy-lord y’all what to do? On my daily commute back and forth into and out of the city of London I am encountering an unfeasibly large number of cycling twits and feel no love for them at all.

    Not you obviously, you’re alright mate, but you know who I mean right?

    Yeah you do. You’ve seen em, I’m talking about the posers. The people riding bikes that cost more than my car and its a pretty damn-nice car too! Clad in team Sky colours, posing with energy gels at traffic lights – cutting you up and riding around at night, with no lights wearing all black thinking that they are invincible Ninjas. You’re not f@ckin Ninjas OK!

    Worst of all seems to be the growing number of people that get into daily slanging matches with car and bus drivers.
    I’ve even seen and been on the recieveing end of arguments with fellow cyclists. Where’s the solidarity brothers and sisters?. How many people have to die before you are going to understand the simple rule: Biggest Wins!
    Dont fight cars you are going to lose. Surely deference is the key for all us road users to get along.

    It never used to be this way. Will it ever revert or has the lid to Pandora’s box fallen off its hinges?

    What do people think?
    Will the sea of cycling twittery eventually recede back and allow a return to good times?. Shoud I just get over it, grow a beard, drop a grand in Rapha and remortgage my house to buy a bike that I am too fat to ride properly?

    Someone said to me recently “Cycling is the new Golf”. The shock has worn off but the pain hasn’t gone away.

    Your answers on a postcard please.

    Big Love

    Uncle Badger (Trainee Old Git)

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  • March 13, 2015 at 11:54 am #836329
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    Judge dreadful

    notfastenough wrote:Who gives

    notfastenough wrote:
    Who gives a sh*t? I was wearing decent kit on the commute the other day – because I added an extra 25 miles to the ride home. Do I have to wear a sign proclaiming this fact in order to make it ok to wear my club jersey?

    As for judge dreddful playing ‘orbit the FPKW’ (catchy!) – you sir, are a large and rather grand turd. I hope you try it one day and find a pro rider letting you pass because he/she is strictly on a recovery ride – until they’ve had enough and show you what’s what.

    I actually like it when I get it wrong, and do it to an actual handy rider. I’ve picked up some subtle, but effective ‘tricks of the trade’ from these guys. Usually they know the game anyway, they do give some banter, but there’s a huge difference between a bit of tounge in cheek banter, and some lardy arsed prat in full pro kit, who takes a kick at your front wheel, for having the audacity to pass their gazillion pound super machine, on my “piece of shit Boardheap”. I don’t class people in club kit as FPKW’s. They are in fact, the antithesis of a FPKW. Club kit = good, full pro kit (that hasn’t been provided by a team ) = bad.

    March 13, 2015 at 11:48 am #836327
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    stenmeister

    Sometimes I wear pro kit.
    Sometimes I wear pro kit. Does that make me a wanker on those days? :/

    The biggest wankers are those who judge other people, based on their speed, ability, weight, choice of bike.

    Just enjoy the ride.

    March 13, 2015 at 11:44 am #836325
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    Judge dreadful

    daddyELVIS wrote:
    You are a

    daddyELVIS wrote:

    You are a prick!

    Have I orbited you lately?

    March 13, 2015 at 11:22 am #836323
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    notfastenough

    Who gives a sh*t? I was
    Who gives a sh*t? I was wearing decent kit on the commute the other day – because I added an extra 25 miles to the ride home. Do I have to wear a sign proclaiming this fact in order to make it ok to wear my club jersey?

    As for judge dreddful playing ‘orbit the FPKW’ (catchy!) – you sir, are a large and rather grand turd. I hope you try it one day and find a pro rider letting you pass because he/she is strictly on a recovery ride – until they’ve had enough and show you what’s what.

    March 13, 2015 at 10:34 am #836321
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    Anonymous

    Judge dreadful wrote:They’re

    Judge dreadful wrote:
    They’re known as ‘full pro kit wankers’. I play a game of ‘orbit the FPKW’ whenever I encounter them. It involves passing them, then usually getting some obnoxious comment as you pass them. Then slow down and let them pass ( usually another knob comment as they do). Then catch them, and pass really close. Then repeat until they bugger off / give up.

    I’m getting the word…Bellend.

    I think I’d likely un-clip and kick you off.

    March 13, 2015 at 10:01 am #836319
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    MKultra

    I am a leaf on the wind.
    I am a leaf on the wind.

    March 13, 2015 at 7:30 am #836317
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    musicalmarc

    I ride 10 miles into London
    I ride 10 miles into London everyday and I don’t see many cycling jerseys. I see far more flat bar commuter and converted mountain bikes. Towards summer I see a few more and the route out to Hertfordshire gets busier.
    My experience of lighting is also different. Too many super bright lights nowadays considering London’s roads have street lights.

    March 13, 2015 at 7:03 am #836315
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    daddyELVIS

    Judge dreadful wrote:They’re

    Judge dreadful wrote:
    They’re known as ‘full pro kit wankers’. I play a game of ‘orbit the FPKW’ whenever I encounter them. It involves passing them, then usually getting some obnoxious comment as you pass them. Then slow down and let them pass ( usually another knob comment as they do). Then catch them, and pass really close. Then repeat until they bugger off / give up.

    You are a prick!

    March 13, 2015 at 3:54 am #836313
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    nuclear coffee

    nuclear coffee wrote:

    Trolling.

    Wow, and it only took some 40 comments for someone to finally call the OP on that.

    That’s appalling. I’m appalled!

    March 13, 2015 at 12:48 am #836311
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    Quince

    Yeah, this has gotten a bit
    Yeah, this has gotten a bit nasty. Let’s go back to talking about carrots.

    March 12, 2015 at 11:24 pm #836309
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    bashthebox

    hsiaolc wrote:
    The only

    hsiaolc wrote:

    The only reason you feel that way because you are jealous. Not attacking you.

    Its applies to anything expensive really. Some buy it because it is status symbol some buy it because they really like it.

    I wear rapha stuff but I didn’t buy them from the beginning. I just really like it and not wearing it riding to win any races or trying to make anyone feel inferior. You buy what you like and what you can afford and live within your own ability.

    I have tried so many different brands from very cheap to the very expensive and I go for Rapha or Vulpine stuff all the time.

    Jealous? If you were to read between my lines you’d realise I own far too much overpriced bike clobber, and several too many expensive bikes. Not a brag, not trying to make anyone jealous – I’m a bike addict and I buy too much stuff I do not need. But I save the stuff I don’t need for when I do actually need it – that would be out on the open road, not commuting into town.
    This has turned into a weird willy waving contest.

    March 12, 2015 at 10:27 pm #836307
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    rggfddne

    Trolling.
    Trolling.

    March 12, 2015 at 9:52 pm #836305
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    brooksby

    Is it me or is “too many
    Is it me or is “too many cycling twits” a bit too close to “cyclists are their own worst enemy”? Someone can enjoy cycling more than anything and yet not be able to go over 10 mph, and enjoy eating carrots, and never wear lycra, and obey every traffic law. Equally, someone can wear lycra and ride a VERY expensive bike and break every rule under the sun while wearing headphones. We are all different. We are all individuals. We all ride for differing reasons, on different rides. We are not answerable for the actions of other people who ride a bike, nor do we need to set them right. No more than a man driving a white van is responsible for the actions of every white van man we’ve seen losing it on youtube, or every responsible bus driver for the actions of the irresponsible ones, or every motorist being expected to justify and apologise for every speeding or pave-parking motorist. /rant

    March 12, 2015 at 9:47 pm #836303
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    brooksby

    bikeboy76 wrote:I suppose I

    bikeboy76 wrote:
    I suppose I was also ‘tailgating’ a guy who kept coasting randomly in front of me, again where I could not overtake due to passing cars. I was forced to brake a number of times and when I finally did overtake him he was eating a carrot. I’d rather be following a Skyboy any day.

    But its the responsibility of the following vehicle (or cyclist) to manoeuvre and watch out for the one in front. The one in front has no obligations to look out for the person behind them. That seems to have always been the view of this forum, when we are talking about motorists coming up behind cyclists, so why would this be any different? He “kept coasting randomly in front of [you]”? So what? It might not have been random to him (perhaps it was a dam fine piece o’ carrot?) Well then you hold back until its safe to pass, or you go full on and pass him, or you decide now is a good time to pull over and pretend to check your phone until he’s a safe good long distance ahead.

    March 12, 2015 at 9:36 pm #836301
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    atgni

    Judge dreadful wrote:I play a

    Judge dreadful wrote:
    I play a game of …..Then catch them, and pass really close. Then repeat until they bugger off / give up.

    Are you a part time bus driver too?

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