Bloody cyclists

**Jantar** · 6th March 2007, 14:15

Calm down Marty, and re-read what has been said. I think you'll find that the majority of cycle riders on here are also pissed off at the arrogance of the competitive cyclists. Its the old chestnut: The actions of a few give a bad name to the many.

**avgas** · 6th March 2007, 14:28

roadies suck.
tight pants suck.
MTB

or buy a mac and drink starbucks

**MSTRS:Me** · 6th March 2007, 14:58

FFS you nay-sayers....Most here don't put down cyclists and their chosen sport (I suspect I know why the one or two do, however). For the most part there is no problem out there on our roads, rather, it's only a few who seem to think the rules don't apply to them, or those racers on OPEN roads who do the sort of shit that irks motored travellers.

**yungatart** · 6th March 2007, 16:24

Settle down guys, why let pure emotion get in the way of a good intellectual discussion - oops, i forgot, this is KB - it always turns to name calling, off topic crap eventually

**Ixion** · 6th March 2007, 16:32

Enough already with the personal insult stuff. The infractionator is warming up. OK ?

**KLOWN** · 6th March 2007, 16:33

Originally Posted by marty

what REALLY fucks me off, is that a 3m wide tractor at 40km/h blocking the road for miles, doesn't engender the same aggression as a couple of cyclists. i know why though, cause you're fucking scared of it, and you know that YOU'LL get hurt if you fuck with it, so you whimper away.

A 3m wide tractor doing 40kph can't pull over becasue its 3m wide! a cyclist who is less than 1m wide can. 40kph is faster than alot of cyclists i encounter.

**marty** · 6th March 2007, 16:43

i'm calm. i'm a sea of fucking tranquility.

**KLOWN** · 6th March 2007, 17:00

Originally Posted by marty

i'm calm. i'm a sea of fucking tranquility.

you on the moon?

**Wolf** · 6th March 2007, 17:06

Originally Posted by marty

what REALLY fucks me off, is that a 3m wide tractor at 40km/h blocking the road for miles, doesn't engender the same aggression as a couple of cyclists. i know why though, cause you're fucking scared of it, and you know that YOU'LL get hurt if you fuck with it, so you whimper away.

Actually, most of the tractors I've encountered take pains to move out of the way of other traffic when it is practicable to do so (when there is a place to move a 3m-wide tractor into, safely). Last one we encountered was in the middle of the night and we couldn't tell what it was from behind at first - just a weird shape and an unusual pattern of lights. The moment the driver was able to lcate a safe place to pull over, he did and we went past. No doubt he'd waited until the middle of the night before moving this behemoth so as to inconvenience as few people as possible. Hadn't counted on our propensity for travelling at ungodly hours, though...

**Max Preload** · 6th March 2007, 17:12

Originally Posted by MisterD

If a motorcyclist or cager begrudges 30 seconds out of their life then my response is going to be "Fuck you".

That's exactly the attitude we're taking about - you think you have some god given right to block the road until you feel it's safe for other people. No wonder you cunts get run over - you fucking deserve it.

**KLOWN** · 6th March 2007, 17:28

Originally Posted by awful-truth

That's exactly the attitude we're taking about - you think you have some god given right to block the road until you feel it's safe for other people. No wonder you cunts get run over - you fucking deserve it.

the only people who deserve to be run over is animal abusers, kiddy fiddlers (pedophiles, not kids who play fiddles) and convicted murders.

**MSTRS:Me** · 6th March 2007, 17:36

...and greenies and labourites...

**Pixie** · 6th March 2007, 23:50

Originally Posted by Jantar

So are there any riders on this forum old enough to remember this situation? Its certainly long before I started riding. I had to do a written, oral and practical for both my motorcycle and heavy traffic licences.

You're lucky you didn't have do an oral in Rotorua in the early eighties