Downward
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What did he say ??
Armchair cyclists
- Thread starter Matthames
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Guru
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- Crowland, Lincolnshire, UK.
+1, couldn't hear his comment?
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Had one last night, complaining about me being in the middle of the road. At 30mph, in a 30 limit.
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Matthames
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- East Sussex
Downward said:
He said, "You have got to go faster than that mate"
Edit: I have annotated the video now with a speech bubble with what he said
jonny jeez
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- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Amazing what the camera does to the perspective, it looks like you are going DOWNHILL and I wondered what all the puffing was for.
sorry, that doesn't really help much does it
sorry, that doesn't really help much does it
JoysOfSight
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jonny jeez said:
You are a cruel man!
My favourite is when people tell me that they can't see me. I find it genuinely hard to know what to say!
Sheffield_Tiger
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JoysOfSight said:
"I can't hear you?"
Downward
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- West Midlands
Matthames said:
Oh right, No chance of standing up and going a bit quicker through that section or if there are cars behind just pull over and recover a bit.
Bayerd
Über Member
- Location
- Marsden, Huddersfield
Speaking of armchair cyclists, I was telling someone last week of my plans to do the Manchester to Blackpool ride next month. He rather flippantly said "I can't imagine that'll be too difficult for you, it's mostly flat isn't it?". I won't hold my breath waiting for him to log on to my just giving page.....
This from soneone that does no exercise bar raising glasses. He obviously has no comprehension of the effort that goes into cycling that distance, even as you are getting used to it.
This from soneone that does no exercise bar raising glasses. He obviously has no comprehension of the effort that goes into cycling that distance, even as you are getting used to it.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Hehe, I got my own bit of advice from an 'armchair cyclist' last night at a similar but narrower pinch point last night. I was out of the saddle honking up a 2-3% and with a strong wind behind me doing circa 19mph when a driver appears behind and start blurting his horn repeatedly and aggressively. As this is a straight road for several miles; I didn't want this pr@t behind me, so I slowed down and let him past when the road widened up again (so I held him up the whole of 10m, just over a second). As he past he slowed down and shouted 'keep straight'. Honking up the hill my tyres at most had moved alignment 2-3 inches and the body and bike had moved about a foot at most to either side.
So if I hadn't been honking and 'kept straight' you would of tried pushing through? I've got news for you even if I hadn't been honking and was somehow balancing on the kerb, there still wasn't room for that 2 seconds
So if I hadn't been honking and 'kept straight' you would of tried pushing through? I've got news for you even if I hadn't been honking and was somehow balancing on the kerb, there still wasn't room for that 2 seconds
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Putting physics to one side at the moment, if you had magically disappeared for a second that tool was going to left hook you the next second; sometimes you wonder what goes on in their tiny mind.
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Matthames
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- East Sussex
HLaB said:
That must be a really narrow pinch point. The pinch point I mentioned in the OP is only wide enough to let a bus through and is put there to try and deter joy riders from tearing around the estate. My camera probably distorts the proportions slightly.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
A bus would normally just get through this pinch point but it was blocked by parked cars and bus wouldn't have got through last night.Matthames said:
I found my camera (fish eye lens) would make thing in front seem closer but things to side look further away.