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byron27
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flyingdutch wrote:
> I realise this is slightly off topic, but the subject of GM brought this
> top mind...
> imho FM riders are (and I readily admit to broadwiping stereotypes here,
> so to those 'good' FM riders, my apologies) a bloody nuisance. Along
> beach road they pass, elbow, brake, dont signal potholes, and basically
> dont give a stuff about anyone else. way too much thinking with one part
> of the anatomy, and not the other... I realise that there are quite a
> few really top-notch riders amongst these guys (the first guy i saw come
> dwon off falls during the alpine classic a few weeks back was a GM
> rider) but that doesnt give them an exemption from courtesy to other
> riders or traffic lights, etc
> If FM are going to let morons like this ride around wearing their
> jerseys perhaps they might consider having a 'chat' to their regular
> ride group members that what they do reflects on their business and also
> makes them identifiable. I was discussing the vagueries(?) with a rello
> who's a cop in Prahran and apparently they have recieved approx 50
> complaints over the last 6 months (that's a record in the entire Oz
> police force he said, seconded only by the HELL group) and are going to
> be shortly submitting a legal 'request' for FM to either cease
> organising/encuraging such behaviour or if worst comes to worst simply
> take out a class-action against them (including the other rider that 4
> gutless GM riders assaulted on B Rd last year putting him in
> hospital!!!)
who are FM riders?
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> I realise this is slightly off topic, but the subject of GM brought this
> top mind...
> imho FM riders are (and I readily admit to broadwiping stereotypes here,
> so to those 'good' FM riders, my apologies) a bloody nuisance. Along
> beach road they pass, elbow, brake, dont signal potholes, and basically
> dont give a stuff about anyone else. way too much thinking with one part
> of the anatomy, and not the other... I realise that there are quite a
> few really top-notch riders amongst these guys (the first guy i saw come
> dwon off falls during the alpine classic a few weeks back was a GM
> rider) but that doesnt give them an exemption from courtesy to other
> riders or traffic lights, etc
> If FM are going to let morons like this ride around wearing their
> jerseys perhaps they might consider having a 'chat' to their regular
> ride group members that what they do reflects on their business and also
> makes them identifiable. I was discussing the vagueries(?) with a rello
> who's a cop in Prahran and apparently they have recieved approx 50
> complaints over the last 6 months (that's a record in the entire Oz
> police force he said, seconded only by the HELL group) and are going to
> be shortly submitting a legal 'request' for FM to either cease
> organising/encuraging such behaviour or if worst comes to worst simply
> take out a class-action against them (including the other rider that 4
> gutless GM riders assaulted on B Rd last year putting him in
> hospital!!!)
who are FM riders?
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