Feeling road rage

[Pat "5mph"]

Not mine, others towards me as a cyclist.
Tonight, 3 colleagues ganged up on me, 2 drivers, one pedestrian. The usual, red light jumping, road tax, not using the cycle lane.
Reason? We were working at a concert, I casually observed that if the manager did not close our bar soon I would be stuck between drunken concert goers on the cycle path or mad taxi drivers doing the venue to town run on the road.
All hell broke loose: I'm not supposed to use the road if there's a path available, all cyclist jump red lights, they hold traffic up, why do they go in front of buses, road tax, cycling license ... the usual s***e
Now, I'm very conscious of being slow, so I use mostly paths when available, especially if I'm riding the heavy single speed, but tonight I felt like taking up a full lane at 5mph!
I didn't, of course, managed to leave before the concert finished, used the path like a good girl
Then the women's cycle forum on FB shares how not to die on a bike in London ... even me here in the sticks know this is pure rubbish, so I feel more peeved!
Thank heaven for cycle chat, a wee rant, I'm already in a better mood

 

[classic33]

Get them to join you on a typical bike ride. See what they think then.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Get them to join you on a typical bike ride. See what they think then.

Alas, non of them ride.

 

[User6179]

Not mine, others towards me as a cyclist.
Tonight, 3 colleagues ganged up on me, 2 drivers, one pedestrian. The usual, red light jumping, road tax, not using the cycle lane.
Reason? We were working at a concert, I casually observed that if the manager did not close our bar soon I would be stuck between drunken concert goers on the cycle path or mad taxi drivers doing the venue to town run on the road.
All hell broke loose: I'm not supposed to use the road if there's a path available, all cyclist jump red lights, they hold traffic up, why do they go in front of buses, road tax, cycling license ... the usual s***e
Now, I'm very conscious of being slow, so I use mostly paths when available, especially if I'm riding the heavy single speed, but tonight I felt like taking up a full lane at 5mph!
I didn't, of course, managed to leave before the concert finished, used the path like a good girl
Then the women's cycle forum on FB shares how not to die on a bike in London ... even me here in the sticks know this is pure rubbish, so I feel more peeved!
Thank heaven for cycle chat, a wee rant, I'm already in a better mood

I would delete the link , seems how attention seekers troll for readers , What was the concert btw and can you get cheap tickets ?

 

[Roadrider48]

What is it with these peanuts and the road tax thing?

 

[Roadrider48]

I didn't write peanuts!

 

[User6179]

I didn't write peanuts!

Did you write eskimos or daffodil ?

 

[User6179]

daffodils

 

[Pat "5mph"]

The author of the blog is a journalist of the New Statesman, I believe.
The concert was Chris Rea, while across the car park whatshisname (I like him but forgot his name ) from Guns and Roses was playing too.
Sadly, I don't get to see any of them, no tickets either

 

[mcshroom]

Alas, non of them ride.

I'd never have guessed!

 

[User6179]

Nope cant replicate peanuts

 

[Roadrider48]

Did you write eskimos or daffodil ?

Something similar....

 

[User6179]

The author of the blog is a journalist of the New Statesman, I believe.
The concert was Chris Rea, while across the car park whatshisname (I like him but forgot his name ) from Guns and Roses was playing too.
Sadly, I don't get to see any of them, no tickets either

Guns n roses were not playing or I would of been there , was it slash n co ?

 

[Roadrider48]

Guns n roses were not playing or I would of been there , was it slash n co ?

Me too!
Appetite for destruction was a great album, and still is.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Guns n roses were not playing or I would of been there , was it slash n co ?

Yes, 'attsit, Slash at the Hydro, but I was working for Chris Rea at the Armadillo.
When there are concerts on, it is very difficult to cycle out of the SECC compound towards town: take the road, the multitude of black cabs speeding in and out of the venue try to run you over, while the adjacent riverside shared cycle path is full of drunken pedestrians.