I suddenly believe in karma...

[Trumpettom001]

So riding along a cycle track, in the middle of nowhere, and the owner of two dogs seems surprised to see me on a bike.... nevertheless, he tries to call his dogs under control as they are heading for me - no wait theyre next to me getting muddy pawprints all over my slightly muddy trousers... bit annoying as I HATE SODDING STUPID DOGS...

soo one dog turns around to jump and prace in that way that only dogs do, then bounds towards me again, I then move out the way, and the dog runs full pelt into the owners 'nads.... (Shaking with silent laughter by now)

wish i'd have had some wort of witty line for that moment - will have to think of one for if it ever happens again..





so later, ride past two chavs, who I can tell are "upto" somthing.... turns out all they wanted to do was shout BANG!!! as loud as possible when I rode past... I yelled a suitable profanity back, and am now happyily sitting typing here whilst theyre drinking chemicals at a childrens play park...


rant over

 

[downfader]

There is a lady who walks a wolf hound (I think the breed is) and everytime a cyclist approaches on the common she tells the dog "sit!" And he does. Awesome, better than the owners who just go "heal" and the blimmin thing darts under your wheels, lol!

I've gotten pretty good at riding around dogs there. I went out wide on a path last week to avoid a little white yorky with arthritis. For some reason he trotted out infront of me again and just sat there looking up at me

 

[addictfreak]

So riding along a cycle track, in the middle of nowhere, and the owner of two dogs seems surprised to see me on a bike.... nevertheless, he tries to call his dogs under control as they are heading for me - no wait theyre next to me getting muddy pawprints all over my slightly muddy trousers... bit annoying as I HATE SODDING STUPID DOGS...

soo one dog turns around to jump and prace in that way that only dogs do, then bounds towards me again, I then move out the way, and the dog runs full pelt into the owners 'nads.... (Shaking with silent laughter by now)

wish i'd have had some wort of witty line for that moment - will have to think of one for if it ever happens again..





so later, ride past two chavs, who I can tell are "upto" somthing.... turns out all they wanted to do was shout BANG!!! as loud as possible when I rode past... I yelled a suitable profanity back, and am now happyily sitting typing here whilst theyre drinking chemicals at a childrens play park...


rant over

Had a strange experience yesterday while riding back through County Durham.
A recovery vehicle with car in tow, approaches me (from opposite direction) blarring his horn and the driver hanging out of the window yelling something totally incomprehensible.

Why? Well I can only assume the village I had just passed through had lost its Idiot!

 

[weevil]

I went out wide on a path last week to avoid a little white yorky with arthritis. For some reason he trotted out infront of me again and just sat there looking up at me

As a Yorkie's only little, why not bunny hop it?

 

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As a Yorkie's only little, why not bunny hop it?

He was old, he might die of a heart attack.

 

[Arch]

I've gotten pretty good at riding around dogs there. I went out wide on a path last week to avoid a little white yorky with arthritis. For some reason he trotted out infront of me again and just sat there looking up at me

I was once riding down the York/Selby bike path and a couple were walking some way ahead with one dog, and their other was lagging a bit behind, trotting down the middle of the path. I slowed, in no particular hurry, and the dog looked behind itself and moved slightly to one side. So I went to overtake on the other. It looked back again, and moved across to my side. I moved over. It looked, moved again. This went on for a while.

At this point the owners looked back and saw me zigzagging and grinning, and called the dog to them - as I passed, the chaps said "I'm sorry, that's so embarassing...."

It was for all the world as if that dog was playing with my head....

 

[Bman]

I had a good Karma experiance today too.....

A driver waited patiently at a traffic calming chicane where he/she could have "safely" nipped past. I gave a friendly wave of thanks for their patience.

Returning along the same road, I had to wait as priority was with the oncoming traffic. I waited patiently and recieved the same thankyou gesture from the driver

See we can get along!

 

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I had a good Karma experiance today too.....

A driver waited patiently at a traffic calming chicane where he/she could have "safely" nipped past. I gave a friendly wave of thanks for their patience.

Returning along the same road, I had to wait as priority was with the oncoming traffic. I waited patiently and recieved the same thankyou gesture from the driver

See we can get along!

Only once do I remember being thanked for stopping and letting someone out, a van driver this summer. I always get blanked, even when I make it quite clear I'm stopping to let someone through.

At best I seem to get a look of "scumbag"

 

[Bman]

heres the vid


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDktA8ppzJc

 

[GrasB]

Karma is a good thing & it's surprising if you pull into a lay-by, drive way etc. & look behind, to check when you can move off again, how many drivers will put there hand up with thanks. Sometimes you can even see a drivers attitude change when you've taken primary through a section of road you feel more vulnerable to then pull in when you can see the traffic clearly & have space.

Something thing I like about riding at night on country roads is that drivers often have to wind down a window & say thanks when they passed. No misunderstood communication there.

 

[yashicamat]

I had an encounter when cycling this morning with 4 dogs that bolted out of an open field. I decided rather than to do what comes naturally, i.e., flee, I followed some advice I'd seen elsewhere and stopped the bike, got off and firmly told the dog to go away. As soon as I had stopped, 3 of the 4 dogs ran off and when I stood my ground to the 4th, that one too retreated, albeit with a fair bit of barking.

Took a bit of nerve, but it looks like it works as I could see the dogs harassing a runner who panicked when I was about 200 yards or so away (meant I was also primed for the dogs as I knew they were there).

 

[BentMikey]

Karma is a good thing & it's surprising if you pull into a lay-by, drive way etc. & look behind, to check when you can move off again, how many drivers will put there hand up with thanks. Sometimes you can even see a drivers attitude change when you've taken primary through a section of road you feel more vulnerable to then pull in when you can see the traffic clearly & have space.

Something thing I like about riding at night on country roads is that drivers often have to wind down a window & say thanks when they passed. No misunderstood communication there.

It's great, isn't it!

OTOH I had a bunch of oncoming drivers on Thursday night overtake a bus at a stop, and force me to stop. I got bloody minded and blocked them in. VIP inna very big and expensive merc got to enjoy a Maxx-D on full power straight in the face from 5 meters awah. Why can't they look before overtaking?

 

[Norm]

Karma is a good thing & it's surprising if you pull into a lay-by, drive way etc. & look behind, to check when you can move off again, how many drivers will put there hand up with thanks. Sometimes you can even see a drivers attitude change when you've taken primary through a section of road you feel more vulnerable to then pull in when you can see the traffic clearly & have space.

Something thing I like about riding at night on country roads is that drivers often have to wind down a window & say thanks when they passed. No misunderstood communication there.

I had quite a bit of this today on some country lanes. One guy was following me for about 1/2 mile through Bisham, sitting about 30 feet back. I pulled in as soon as we got past the parked cars and got a big smile and thumbs-up from the driver as he went through.

I also had to cross the Cookham Bridge, which is single file and traffic-light controlled. The lights changed to red as I got to them so I had to wait for them to cycle back to green, by which time there were three cars behind me. Rather than hold them up across the bridge and through the village, I waved them all through and followed them across. When I got over, the first car had pulled into the Odney Club but the guy had stopped near the entrance to shout thanks to me as I passed.

 

[Crankarm]

Well on my ride today, on the return stretch, going down hill at a nonchalant 22-23 mph through Alconbury, I rounded a bend only to be confronted with one of those long extendable dog leads across the road and two dogs on either end. In the middle of the road (quietish B road) was a white handbag scotty dog in the middle of the road, the sort of feckin' dog you see on birthday cards, but wearing a tartan jacket, that old people like to send to each other. Incidentally it was also the exact same type of mutt that badly bit me when I was a kid. On the other end of the lead was it's owner, a stupid blue rinse middle aged lardy cow. The lead was one of those extending jobs. So I shouted frantically while braking trying to avoid being catapulted over the bars "Pull that bloody dog off the road NOW!" Well the return spring on that lead must have been pretty strong and powerful as the feckin' mutt was suddenly ranked off the road and back onto the pavement. It would have been quite comical had I not been scared of being unceremoniously unseated by the lead or dog itself. Then followed a loud tirade of expletives from the old stupid old cow. But I was gone.

WTF did she think she was doing? Letting her mutt on an extendable lead stray onto the middle of the road, she on the pavement and the mutt trotting down the centre white line with the lead joining them both ? A total bloody clueless air head woman .

 

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Well on my ride today, on the return stretch, going down hill at a nonchalant 22-23 mph through Alconbury, I rounded a bend only to be confronted with one of those long extendable dog leads across the road and two dogs on either end. In the middle of the road (quietish B road) was a white handbag scotty dog in the middle of the road, the sort of feckin' dog you see on birthday cards, but wearing a tartan jacket, that old people like to send to each other. Incidentally it was also the exact same type of mutt that badly bit me when I was a kid. On the other end of the lead was it's owner, a stupid blue rinse middle aged lardy cow. The lead was one of those extending jobs. So I shouted frantically while braking trying to avoid being catapulted over the bars "Pull that bloody dog off the road NOW!" Well the return spring on that lead must have been pretty strong and powerful as the feckin' mutt was suddenly ranked off the road and back onto the pavement. It would have been quite comical had I not been scared of being unceremoniously unseated by the lead or dog itself. Then followed a loud tirade of expletives from the old stupid old cow. But I was gone.

WTF did she think she was doing? Letting her mutt on an extendable lead stray onto the middle of the road, she on the pavement and the mutt trotting down the centre white line with the lead joining them both ? A total bloody clueless air head woman .

Have seen that behaviour a few times here. Dogs have been hit by cars and the owner I'd imagine is fraught. That should be considered animal abuse imo. Some around here in the streets dont even put them on the leash