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I assume we’re clear on cause
I assume we’re clear on cause and effect, chicken and egg here: you get the flash car because you have the traits described in the article, not the other way round?
which is more dangerous – low empathy or low competence?
You sound like an Endurance
You sound like an Endurance bike candidate to me. If you keep the Argos, you’ve still got the option for a turn of speed on a dry day.
The hierarchy/ inferiority stuff I’m not so sure about, enjoyable though it is to think that when there’s a lane out that the 69 reg Vogue is as stuck as I am in my little 57 reg. I think in motoring there’s a “follow the car in front”/ we’re all in it together, sort of spirit reinforced in towns by specific traffic schemes – in short, the car and its progress is “normal”. Bikes disrupt that “order” in the ways people have described – physically and psychologically.I disagree entirely (but respectfully). It’s got even worse with our new throw away society, there’s very few bangers on the road anymore, fewer teenagers or working class people trying to make a 20 year old Ford survive. They are all in a living room with digital media, protected in a bubble of parking sensors and safety. They don’t follow the car in front, they look for the first opportunity to pass it, find a quicker lane at the lights, bully their way into a gap, pass a car in the opposite direction at 60mph each by milimetres. Must get in front is determined by their car, their right, their self importance. Everything is an inconvenience to them but cyclists are bottom of the pecking order and there to be bullied and attacked. I just wish a driver would treat a car with even half the caution they do a horse!
I suspect that they only really treat a horse with caution because they know that a horse is, like, THIS big! and they know that a horse can do a lot of damage to their Precious.
If cyclists were seen as likely to panic and damage cars then they’d be treated with more caution too.
I always wonder where Mr pony Hit and Run in the New Forest spirits away his boshed-in car….
I wonder which motorist is more dangerous to cyclists – the good, the bad or the indifferent? I agree about Mr Overtaky bargey bargey, must save those precious seconds, each reclaimed second means another £10 can be raised for the orphanage, but I credit them (unpleasant though they are) at least with exercising some judgment and interest in their driving – NMotD 350 is exactly the sort of switched-off idiot I mean.
muscle and wealth do win arguments and situations – the #metoo stuff now back in the news is an example of how attitudes can change, although I doubt every casting couch has yet been taken to the tip or dumped in a lay-by.
Another example I always cite is that of my 89 year old mother, in her electric wheelchair, one foot amputated. Cars slow down for her as she ambles about the edge of the town centre on some tricky junctions – for some it’s out of genuine grace and respect – for others, this is simply not an argument they’re going to win in the media/ social media. She needs a Go Pro on the headrest!
A good thread, one of the
A good thread, one of the best, I enjoyed reading it.
The hierarchy/ inferiority stuff I’m not so sure about, enjoyable though it is to think that when there’s a lane out that the 69 reg Vogue is as stuck as I am in my little 57 reg. I think in motoring there’s a “follow the car in front”/ we’re all in it together, sort of spirit reinforced in towns by specific traffic schemes – in short, the car and its progress is “normal”. Bikes disrupt that “order” in the ways people have described – physically and psychologically.
The car is all haste, an illusion of speed; it relies on its exclusivity to function, and it has lost this in recent years.
we’re in an odd social space with less frequently visited/ don’t know you all that well/ conversation is a bit scarce/ I’ll just go with the first thing that comes into my head/ relatives. It’s no more sophisticated than an immediate, 2D response to the thing that is in front of me now – that’s how many people are when it’s a situation that’s not particularly engaging or interesting to them. It’s how many of them drive.
i can’t remember if it’s The Simpson’s or Family Guy – Wife: do you actually pay any attention to the things you say? Husband: I tune in and out.
To a person who clearly has a particular attribute “aren’t people with [your particular attribute] terrible?” – what on Earth response are they expecting to get, in this case where [attribute] = cycling??
so, taking a page out of the sea lion’s book of persistence, and your sales manual (if the product/ service is anywhere in the customer’s conversation, treat that as interest”), smother them with charm, inclusiveness and as has been said, positivity – responses are : tell you what, come out cycling with me, have a go, which would you rather do sit in a traffic queue (that’s what you mainly do, right?) or feel the breath of the winter air on your face, you’ll feel a lot fitter, work some of that mass off (pat-pat), won’t cost you a penny, seriously I’ve got a garage full of bikes I can fix you up a loaner, no, I won’t take no for an answer, I insist, I really do, how about tomorrow morning, 9:30 suit you? You’re never too old, it’s never too late, it’s like falling off a log.
they will be squirming within a couple of minutes – keep it up for say 10.
How about this . A man pisses off a driver ,if the driver looks at the man and thinks the man can take care of himself then he won’t say a thing . If the man is a skinny road cyclist who weighs seven stone the driver will shout and give abuse , just like he would a woman ,because he knows when it comes to fisticuffs he’s going to win . It’s that fucking simple .It’s the actions of cowards . Simple as that .
I agree. Bullies weigh up situations very carefully and pick their “battles” accordingly.
when we trundle out with my 85 year old mum in her electric wheelchair, we get immense courtesy from drivers when we cross the road. In this case it’s not fisticuffs, but that you would not win the argument if named (and shamed) on social media, or if it went to court if you knocked over the wheelchair lady. (She’s a great-grandma, an amputee and a widow too, for all you tabloid headline writers.)
Isn’t there something in some people’s “code of ethics” warped though this is, that it’s fine to take on an equal (whatever that is) but not a female, or someone elderly?
Rick_Rude wrote:
As a petrolhead sounds ok to me. Seeing as my local roads are going to be screwed by the world championships, cyclists shouldn’t be crying about this one in million event. Also if you don’t want to get hit by a rally car….don’t watch rally cars. It’s hardly going to be group b in Portugal with rs200s anyway.i’m sending Greta Thurnberg ‘round to speak to you and she may well be waving her plastic water bottle at you, since its presence on her boat completely demolishes all her arguments, global warming and all that tosh.
when I did my annual walk from Dunster to Minehead a couple years ago, the rally cars and all their attendant dangers were threatening to come to me – there isn’t always a choice, and I’m not sure the local wildlife will heed the warning signs.
Finally I hope you’re right about the one in a million, although the legal mechanism this is authorised under suggests it’s not going to be.
That area around Redmarley, Hartpury, Upleadon etc is beautiful riding country. In fact, I’ll be riding through Hartpury tomorrow.you shouldn’t – motor sport can be dangerous, we’ve warned you if you want to spectate, you could be a hospital case in the blink of an eye. Good clean fun, I say, why not?
I’m mainly a Deda and a Fizik
I’m mainly a Deda and a Fizik guy. Most expensive departures were Brooke’s to match a saddle, Fabric Hex for a particular blue I wanted and Tortec quite padded, the latter in white.
they’ve all lasted well, including being rewrapped, but how do you get the darned things clean??
Sriracha wrote:
. It’s bad enough chatting with passengers, but at least they are aware of the context of the demands of the road. External parties make no such accommodation and the distraction can be intense. This is obvious from experience, and also from research: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161213093104.htm Obviously holding the device can’t help, but it is at best half the problem.You haven’t met my mother in law have you?
But seriously I used to find it quite worrying that exec directors with a 50 minute drive to another site would book phone calls, probably quite difficult ones at times for this slot. I’d seriously consider having drivers.
Happy to be corrected by
Happy to be corrected by those in the know but isn’t it a regular feature in showbiz that planned shows get bumped, dropped, etc all the time? No-one would have gone hungry, they’d just move on to the next job.
Nice job, Mr Loophole.
again happy to be corrected, but Bond did fly into space, right? One of the nicest things my mum did for me, taking me to see that and TSWLM the year before.
M: now Bond, we’ve heard SPEUCTRE are threatening to hold back all the UK’s food and medical supplies – but we can’t give into their demands. Go to Calais and get to the bottom of it and quickly Bond. Q has arranged for you to be airlifted in, and Moneypenny has your blue passport…well, nearly.”
…and we’ve just heard that he’s checked-in and has ordered room service.
Stretched, used more
Stretched, used more creatively, and it was only 36 in a 30, after all, what’s 20%?
having said that, in allowing the shorter ban, I’d be prepared to accept a suitsbly worded public apology in this case, he’s a celeb, it would get noticed and reported.
But hard to think of any alleged exceptional hardship that you couldn’t counter with a “you should have thought of that first, Mr Speedy”.
New or newish chain and
New or newish chain and cassette?
Is the 6700 quite old? I had a front brifter die on me after 10 years.
If you’re able to mount them, friction down tube levers work perfectly well with 10 speed.
I hadn’t seen this story, so
I hadn’t seen this story, so thanks.
I thought the police guidance on this was clear – drivers, you shouldn’t be holding anything in your hands that isn’t part of the car (ideally the steering wheel 99% of the time and as necessary the, gear stick wiper switch, etc, preferably not the integrated sat nav) and looking at the road. You’re a distracted driver if you’ve got a sausage roll in your hand, aren’t you?
A while ago, someone driving a horse box stopped and asked me directions. She had a phone in one hand that she was using to navigate – I do not repent of the first thing that I said which was “don’t use a ‘phone at the wheel” – for anything.
Could it be that the procedure the Police used In this instance was the wrong one?
Wrong message sent here – surely public policy and the intention of Parliament is not to permit this.
This takes the tradition of rubber-necking to a new level!
Now built up, another
Now built up, another Breamore refurb. Starting to get adventurous with the masking tape and doing mid coats. Was a Swinnerton.
Next bike
Breamore (pronounced “bremmer”) Firefly – was a Condor – known as night fighter – dynohub and reflective guards. Monster colours pearl paint.
Letter Decals by Stickers Planet and Salisbury Art Care, representing the miz-maze.