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Is it compulsory NOT to have lights on a bike now? What are parents thinking of nowadays? Ok, your teenage son wants to be out with his mates making a twat of himself but for Christ’s sake buy him a light & back reflector for his bike so we can see him making a twat of himself. Some daft sod is going to die soon and some poor motorist through no fault of his own is going to be pilloried by the idiot brigade.
I’m not anti cyclist, I use a bike myself occasionally, and it’s only when you’re on a bike that you fully appreciate how many complete arse holes there are in cars. Angry, red faced, aggressive, selfish lunatics, and that’s just the women.
But you’re so right about the cyclists. Not using lights in the dark, kids doing wheelies four abreast up the middle of a busy road, grown men cycling on the pavement, expecting pedestrians to move out of thier way, even expecting vehicles to stop at zebra crossings for them. But I’d say unlike car drivers it’s the tiny minority that give the rest a bad name.
You’re right. However, I wouldn’t even call teenage wheely twats “cyclists”, they are just kids who use bikes badly and are just too lazy to walk. In fact , they are the same people who as soon as they turn seventeen will be nobend drivers.Originally Posted by Barry Shitpeas
Almost everyone that rides a bike as a regular form of transport is very responsible and understand that it’s actually in their benefit to ride properly.
Cars definitely bring out the worst in people.
While we're on the subject of Car Drivers, What is it about people who drive BMW's ? Closely followed by Audi Drivers-Not all, But plenty of aggressive drivers.
I’m not sure but suspect it’s a status thing, i.e. Powerful/high-end car = powerful/high-end person = inflated sense of privilege/entitlement.
Whatever it is, I live in th EU and it’s the same here...Audi/BMW drivers are numbskulls on the road.
I'm not an anti cyclist per se but I just cannot stand their crass stupidity and selfishness. Packs of them on weekends think they own the roads. They cycle round with a death wish half the time (well more than half the time). Why do they think they can cycle through red lights, cross lanes without looking, ride on pavements, ignore basic common sense and portray a complete indifference to their own safety plus those in cars.
Moreover the majority just look stupid in their kit thinking they are Hugh Porter.
That's a whoosh here - even if I did cycle frequently thru Pattingham and wave to Anita.....Moreover the majority just look stupid in their kit thinking they are Hugh Porter.
Do you know how dangerous it is cycling through a red light?I'm not an anti cyclist per se but I just cannot stand their crass stupidity and selfishness. Packs of them on weekends think they own the roads. They cycle round with a death wish half the time (well more than half the time). Why do they think they can cycle through red lights, cross lanes without looking, ride on pavements, ignore basic common sense and portray a complete indifference to their own safety plus those in cars.
Moreover the majority just look stupid in their kit thinking they are Hugh Porter.
I went through a red light (on my bike) (in lycra)(I did have a bell though)by allied carpets on Newport road and guessed the sequence of lights incorrectly . You cyclist haters would have chuckled as I was caught in the middle of the road with two lanes speeding towards me...
I was thinking about getting a bike to ride to work but you have just scared me
Great exercise Mrs R .I dont think its compulsory to shoot red lights on yer bike.I was thinking about getting a bike to ride to work but you have just scared me
JtheJock: "I went through a red light (on my bike) (in lycra)...."
I was thinking about getting a bike to ride to work but you have just scared me
The odds of meeting James while cycling must be astronomically high...
No problem with responsible cyclists, riding single file, lights, hi viz etc, there’s loads of them and fair play to them but it’s these idiots who are more less playing chicken or Russian roulette with their lives, don’t they realise that a person who takes his eye off the ball in a couple of ton of metal on wheels is going to do them a lot of damage?
If the car driver "takes his eye of the ball", then helmets, hi-vis and lights won't help the cyclists. You shouldn't blame cyclists for bad drivers. Try educating drivers.
A lot of the irresponsible cyclists these days are those carrying a huge thermal box on their back. Time is money for them so theyll often ignore the rules of the road just to deliver their food as quickly as they can.
Badly paid, dangerous and if the food gets there cold they’ll probably get sacked.
Ironically they are probably delivering food to the same lazies who can’t be bothered to cook and who drive everywhere and complain about cyclists.
Fancy moaning about anything else lads ? Don't like music the music the kids listen too ?
The next cyclist that zooms past me from behind on the pavement on Newport Road, missing me by half an inch, when I'm walking into work is going to get a punch in the face. FFS, slow down, ring a bell so I know you're there, no problem then.
He must read this board, no sign of him today.
How are you going to do that then?
Throw my ruck sack at him, and when he stops to shout at me, punch him in the face. Simple really.
As a teenager I rode a bike regularly and it gave me a real sense of freedom. I used to go youth hostelling in the school holidays with a couple of friends and we cycled all over the south of the UK and Ireland. Hence I have some empathy with cyclists. However the Lycra clad crowd that I witness these days with their aggressive riding is different and quite antagonistic. The thing that gets me the most is the fact that here in rural west Wales we have miles and miles of expensively built, dedicated cycle tracks (I mean separate tracks, not just a dotted white line along the edge of the roads) which I would have loved to use as a kid, yet I regularly see cyclists cycling on the narrow main roads holding up lines of traffic and ignoring the cycle tracks which are just inches away! What is that all about?
My take on this is how easy is it to ride these cycle tracks at speed? I ride the Taff Trail. At one point (approaching the Radyr roundabout from Taffs Well) there is pavement for pedestrians and cyclists. I elect to use the wide road here because of the speed I am cycling and the hazard of passing oncoming people/cyclists. Once a bus driver took me to task about not using the cycle path and I retorted, 'When I see buses use the bus lanes on Manor Way and North Road (Mynachdy), I'll use the cycle path'. And that is the point. Buses do not use the dedicated bus lanes for a reason. I think of myself as a responsible cyclist. I obey traffic lights, use hand signals and rarely ride on pavements but given a choice, I'll use the way that is easiest and safest to ride.
What a strange argument - you won't use a cycle lane because buses don't use a bus lane! I can tell you the cycle paths here are "deluxe" - the tarmac is in better condition than that on the roads and the number of people walking on them is minimal so very little chance of being slowed down by a pedestrian. Anyway what's so terrible about slowing down?
I used to commute by bike in London
I have to say that many of the cyclists I see around Cardiff wouldn't last 5 minutes up there!
If you watch the BBC 6 o'clock news, whenever they're broadcasting from Parliament square take a look at the rush hour traffic in the background.I used to commute by bike in London
I have to say that many of the cyclists I see around Cardiff wouldn't last 5 minutes up there!
There's more bikes than cars and it's like the first lap of a formula 1 race watching the cyclists racing past.
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