Chavs doing "wheelies"

[Accy cyclist]

Is it just around here or do you also suffer from idiots on crappy old mountain bikes flying up and down roads with the front wheel high in the air? Tonight i had one of the dweebs cut right across my path,i was doing about 17mph the twonk missed me by about 12 feet! I hate to think what it would've been like if the idiot had hit me,as usual i looked up to the heavens and thanked anyone up there for keeping me safe!

 

[classic33]

Round these parts as well. Worst ones are those that do them on a pedestrian precinct.
Often feel like telling to learn to ride a bike!

 

[jack smith]

Lots round here and i mean LOTS we also suffer from a chav on bmx population who try to race you everywhere, infact everyone under the age of 20 on a bike round here tries to race you, had a guy pedal out the pub the othernight about 10pm on a clunker yelling "come on mate ill race ya 20 quid on it" i just smiled and agreed as we were both at a set of lights, fair to say he was left far behind but i was nice and didnt demand his 20 quid lol, its the kids on bmx's that shout abuse ect and try to ride along side that is a pita.
The same area also has a long cycle path alongside a footpath and groups of kids always walk along both sodes and wont move on purpose and yell abuse. they will put there arm out to try and knock you off as you go past, one of those got what he deserved the other week too when i recognised him as actually hitting me the previous time, i just kept pedalling and put my arm out too so when he was overly cocky showing off to his mates and didnt move out the way his arse met the pavement considering he is about 16-17 he should know better.

 

[classic33]

Sent one such rider over the handlebars just outside Bradford. I'd no-where to turn because of his mates. But he ended up on the road. They had problems catching up with this!

 

[BigAl68]

I had two both, smoking big jazz roll ups, race me in the summer. Well race is hardly the word as I was only doing 20mph and they both fell away after 100 yards. I was more concerned about getting away from the huge cloud of ganga smoke as I was already hungry lol

 

[raleighnut]

They all keep shouting "Cool Bike mate" and "sick"(I'm reliably informed this means they like it by one of Maz's Grandchildren) when I pass them on my Trike.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Wheelies are cool

 

[bpsmith]

@Accy cyclist I see your point about choosing the wrong place to wheelie. Your 'near miss' from "12 feet" made me chuckle though. Every car passing on the road, or the opposite side for that matter, would be chalked up as a near miss on that basis.

 

[sidevalve]

Now we know why so many people hate cyclists. Like car drivers one total dick stays in the mind long after a hundred good ones are forgotten.

 

[Adam4868]

Peter Sagan does wheelies and he's cool ! In fact its one of the few thinks I can do well that my kids are impressed with.

 

[bpsmith]

Now we know why so many people hate cyclists. Like car drivers one total dick stays in the mind long after a hundred good ones are forgotten.

That's the same for car drivers also. Motorcyclists too for that matter.

Around here, there are a lot of considerate drivers. Sometimes too considerate, if anything, when they hover with loads of room. I always wave to thank them. I wonder what proportion of cyclists do that, or just put it down to it being what a motorist simply should be doing?

 

[raleighnut]

That's the same for car drivers also. Motorcyclists too for that matter.

Around here, there are a lot of considerate drivers. Sometimes too considerate, if anything, when they hover with loads of room. I always wave to thank them. I wonder what proportion of cyclists do that, or just put it down to it being what a motorist simply should be doing?

I always wave a thankyou, manners innit.

 

[bpsmith]

I always wave a thankyou, manners innit.

Totally! It's a 2 way thing that builds the relationship.

Much like stopping to watch the guy do wheelies, showing an interest, and then carefully dropping into the conversation about watching out for other people. Instead of blasting past at "17 mph" when clearly the guy must have been in view doing wheelies. Surely we have to find a way to live and let live?

I wonder if he's out there on a different forum saying that he was enjoying his wheelie and some nut blasted past at 17 mph and narrowly missed him...by 12 feet.

 

[Mugshot]

Wish I could do a wheelie

 

[Accy cyclist]

Totally! It's a 2 way thing that builds the relationship.

Much like stopping to watch the guy do wheelies, showing an interest, and then carefully dropping into the conversation about watching out for other people. Instead of blasting past at "17 mph" when clearly the guy must have been in view doing wheelies. Surely we have to find a way to live and let live?

I wonder if he's out there on a different forum saying that he was enjoying his wheelie and some nut blasted past at 17 mph and narrowly missed him...by 12 feet.

He came out from a side road. He had no lights and was wearing the chav black or grey hard to see uniform. Similar to driving along a road and some dick in an unlit car flies out from a side road and nearly hits you. "Hey fellow motorist that was a really impressive move there,let me watch you do it again but may i point out that you could've taken me out"! Fellow motorist replies.."Get f..k.d i don't do lights or the highway code innit"!! Then i think to myself "oh what the heck,live and let live".