Bloody cyclists

[Wolf]

Anyway, mandatory national ID cards don't do anything for anybody. You think criminals and terrrr-rists don't have IDs? Of course they do. Doesn't stop them. The 9/11 hijackers all had valid passports and credit cards and whatnot, some of them based on forged documents. A national ID card would have done nothing to prevent the events of that day.

I know it wouldn't have prevented 911. All a National ID does is give people who're good at faking things one more thing to fake and if the perception of it is that it's infallible, that's to their advantage because their fakes will be taken all the more seriously and trusted more.

A national ID card does not worry me, though - I'm well and truly identifiable as it is what with licences and whatnot so why should I worry about yet another ID?

A lot of European countries have had them for years with no major problems to the general public and have had the benefit that passengers in crashed vehicles have been identified by their ID cards even though they do not have vehicle licences of their own. But then, those countries aren't run by a bunch of paranoid control freaks intent on enslaving their own people...

[Alice]

One of my favourite passtimes this morning, chasing trucks, once yu catch them yu get a very nice ride on your pedally cruising at 50kph, came in on the road bike for a change instead of the commuting bike,.......that was fun.

[jrandom]

One of my favourite passtimes this morning, chasing trucks

Not really any trucks on my communting route; my favourite sport is dragging off scooters. I usually lose, but sometimes I'll manage to pull ahead of a particularly smoky old 50cc. Reminds me, I must get new cleats. Left foot shot out of the pedal at 40kph when I stood up to chase a scoot on Great North Rd the other day. Not pretty.

came in on the road bike for a change instead of the commuting bike,.......that was fun.

How long is your commute? I use my road bike as a matter of course; it'd be nice to have the advantage of the fat slicks and disc brakes on the hardtail, particularly in winter and heavy traffic, but I just can't stand the lower gearing for 25km each way.

[Alice]

I only have to travel 10km each way to and from work, so not far at all. I used to commute 22km each way but now I live in town. I'm not seriously into cycling anymore, after 15 years of being obsessed and doing the full on training thing, take the long way home etc I've had a bit of a change of focus after discovering the joys of motorcyling. Plus just need a change, will always be into it to some extent, and who knows after a bit of a break I might get back into it more. Did Le Race last March, kept training for about 4 more months then decided I needed a change.

The little GT is ideal for commuting, has SIDs with a lockout, Armadillo tyres, not as nice to ride on as fatboys by bullet proof puncture wise and you get amazing mileage outa them. One of the guys I used to train with had a pair on his road bike for training and got 10,000km out of a rear tyre which is pretty incredible. But yer, the MTBs are definetly slower, thats why the rd bike was such fun this morning, I had my race wheels on and there so smooth to ride on and just cut thru the air. Might need to go for a decant ride soon.

I've pulled my foot out with worn cleats, and your right, its not good. I was motoring down a hill and stood up to sprint up the other side, foot pops out, fires down hits the road, fires back up into the front chainrings, still got the scars, would have been funny to watch if yu got a warped scense of humour cause I ended up sitting on the toptube wobbling all over the road ( bloody inconsiderate to motorists - tongue in cheek ) how the hell I didn't crash I don't know.

I tryed drafting behind scooters to, but theres not much shelter and there screemy wee things, and they usually win which spoils the fun, the novelty wears of pretty quickly.

[bell]

http://www.woj.com.au/2007/03/28/mel...-clean-up-act/

If you can be bothered to follow the link and read the story then you might be tempted to stretch this wee thread out some more...

[Wolf]

http://www.woj.com.au/2007/03/28/mel...-clean-up-act/

If you can be bothered to follow the link and read the story then you might be tempted to stretch this wee thread out some more...

But treadlies are safe and couldn't possibly harm someone, unlike those nasty evil cars and motorcycles...

And don't forget, cyclists run red lights all over the world so that makes it OK...

Yeah, right.

Just waiting for Forkoil to explain that what they did was a valid racing manoeuvre and it was the silly pedestrian's fault for obeying the crossing lamp.

[Max Preload]

The other evening when I was on the bike turning left onto Wakefield Street from Queen Street, on the green arrow, in a dedicated left turn lane this silly bitch on a bicycle decides that despite being not only in the wrong place on the road to go straight ahead (the left side of the left lane which is clearly marked left turn only) that she will proceed against a red light and ride straight across in front of me after she'd already been stationary. I nearly collected her as I lawfully turned the corner allowing sufficient room for her as it was naturally assumed she too was turning. The barrage of profanities that exploded from my mouth when she tried to go straight would have made sailors blush. I don't know what she replied (earplugs) nor do I particularly care - my prime concern was not damaging myself or my passenger or my bike.



Between these lycra-clad fucktards and kamikaze pedestrians crossing anywhere, anytime without thought for anyone else (the crossing on Wellesley Street going left onto Mayoral Drive is a prime example - sit for 10 mins and watch the cunts streaming across there without waiting for the cross signal) and standing on the road in the gutters on tight corners (one I use regularly is Whitaker Place off Symonds Street) it's simply not safe to venture into the city centre on a bike. Cars pose a far less hazard these days compared to these assholes.

Isn't it about time for a crackdown on these dangerous twits?

[MSTRS:Me]

Isn't it about time for a crackdown on these dangerous twits?

Yeah - some of them need a crack, alright.
Mind you, there's a few on m/cs and cages that need a serve too....

[NordieBoy]

Isn't it about time for a crackdown on dangerous twits?

Fixed .

[firefighter]

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[firefighter]

Mods - by all means merge this with an old thread that I remember (but can't find)...
This photo in last night's paper illustrates perfectly one of the biggest bitches we have with these pricks (prickesses, in this case). Not a single mention in the article of the 2 abreast rule. Note the centre line. And as far as keeping as far to the left as practicable....
Pity they weren't being tested on their ability to obey the road rules - eh,failed!

I think you'll find they ride like that caus' di*kheads in cages intimidate them so much it's their own form of protest, no chance of a cage pushing you into the gutter or seeing how close they can get, remember on a bicycle you can only move over so-far......