When you pass by another cyclist and they take it as "wanna race?" and kick up the pace to stay with you or pass by you again. Dude, chill out! I just wanted to pass by your a**!
Cycling hates
- Thread starter gelyk
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Here's another one...
Cyclists that I've already passed that stop in front of me at red lights. Grrr....
Cyclists that I've already passed that stop in front of me at red lights. Grrr....
I've got one that nobody's mentioned: DOUBLEWIDES on the back of Semi's! Geez - I got scraped by one of these guys and shoved off the road - the sad part - I knew he was coming from the lead car and I was less than an inch to the side.
Even worse, after my spill I didn't get up in time to catch the guys licence plate. There's got to be some law of how wide those can be.
And for any of you with DoubleWides in the Oregon area, check the side of your house for a handlebar scrape and give me a call with the name of your shipping company.
Even worse, after my spill I didn't get up in time to catch the guys licence plate. There's got to be some law of how wide those can be.
And for any of you with DoubleWides in the Oregon area, check the side of your house for a handlebar scrape and give me a call with the name of your shipping company.
Stecman said:
Forgot about that - yeah. A guy with a trailer/boat wider than his car overtook me happy in the knowledge that there was at least 4mm between his car and me until his trailer hooked up my seat and deposited me on the verge (thankfully it was grass).
B@$t@rd!!!!!
Methinks I'll head down to the local fishing club and smack a hole in every boat just to make sure I get the right one...
gelyk said:
Well, my story is a positive one. Once, when i was in pretty good shape, I felt that a guy was behind. Looked around and there was an old man, turned out he was approaching 70. We had a bit of a chat and took turns. Told him how impressed I was by his form (were doing about 35 klicks average softly hilly terrain). After some time the old gentleman got out of his saddle, turned around and smiled: "I gotta go now, have to be home very soon." And accelerated. I tried to keep up with him. But in vain. He was taking of (and looking easy doing so) with more than 40 klicks....
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basso97 said:I hate when you are in a pace line and the person in front of you suddenly gets out of the saddle and in turn throws the bike back a few inches almost causing you to crash.
i did a Make-A-Wish foundation tri-century a few weekends ago. there's this girl that rides with the group of 20 guys i like to hook up with during that event. she's large but a very strong rider. HOWEVER, she SUCKS at riding in a group. she veers all over the place, doesn't ride close to the person in front of her (nullifying the advantage of being in a large group if you're behind her), speeds up when she's in the front, and stops pedalling and sits up to drink even when pulling the group!
she's nice enough but i've jumped around her on more than one occasion just to keep from getting ******.
As a newbie cyclist, (who started by spinning!)...I've never had the pleasure of riding a paceline. And because of my lack of confidence, and the fact my bike is a Electra Townie 7, I'd just as soon sit on the back!! I started riding multi-use trails, thinking they were safer than the road, and have discovered that two "youngsters" that are too cool to ride single file are more dangerous than a car. Cell phones scare me when I'm driving a car, let alone riding my bike. And I always look straight at a driver when I really want him to SEE me. Also, I've noticed that some drivers will have a mexican standoff with you when you wave them by, then they wave you by, I want your car out of the way! Please go around me or make your turn, I'm not moving until I feel safe. Sometimes I'm trying to catch my breath at a crossroads and get a drink, and some nice motorist insists that I cross in front of him, while cars start piling up behind! I no longer fall for this; I usually have a bad take-off and look like an idiot. I'm learning....this morning I was directing traffic, so I could safely cross the street, I think I'm starting to look like I mean it when I'm waving my arms and pointing (nicely...) Also, I still look fat to myself in lycra (but I'm not; I;m middle-aged!). But I prefer baggies, and the skort look...much more flattering on a female body that's not 20 years old!! That's my two cents!
I was on a ride a couple of weeks ago in my town. I was 20 miles in on a 50 mile ride. Comming down a hill at about 35 or 40 mph a white SUV pulled up next to me a threw a glass bottle in front of my tire and blew out both the tubes and shredded both tires. I was lucky i kept the bike upright and didn't bend the rims. The cops caught the guy a week later, he did the same thing to another cyclist who got a partial plate and with my description of the car they were able to get him. That really made me mad.
No, not yet, i am not too sure what happened to him. I am pretty friendly with all the cops so i am planning to find out as soon as the information is allowed to be released. Yea it was not fun at all.Stecman said:
hombredesubaru said:
I've had a squeaky bb for ages - which has bugged social riders and racers alike. Greased it and finally replaced it but to no avail. A closer look recently showed a hairline crack. Couldn't believe my luck. One new frame coming right up!
And what do I hate? I hate cars that overtake 50 metres before turning left - impatient bastards.
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