Armegatron
Active Member
A fellow cyclist warned me to be careful riding home, because of drunk drivers. Thankfully I went at the second half of the match to get back in time, so there wasnt a car on the roads.
Instead, I rode to a council organised ride for families about 6 miles from my home. The ride there was lovely, but seen quite a few coppers responding to a shout. Met up with the group and the mrs and enjoyed several miles of group riding and chatting, until we got to a very wide section of shared path by the riverside, which seems to be popular with the local scum.
30-40 of us in the group, mostly women and kids had to get through the group of trouble causers. I could see from the back that the front were struggling so I kept the mrs infront while we went through, was only then that I realised how aggressive this group was being, ie lunging towards people, shouting, trying to knock people off bikes etc. It was obvous the back of our group was going to struggle the most as the chavs were getting cocky, so several of us blokes went back around to persuade them to let the rest through. Thankfully the sight of several "large" blokes (including me!) starting to surround the trouble causers was enough for them to let the remainder of the group through, although not quietly. It was a shame really as there seemed to be some new cyclists there and I hope it hasnt put them off.
The ride back home was pleasent too, at 8:30pm there was still barely any traffic.
Was everyone else ok last night, or was there an unusual increase in poor driving / behaviour in other areas?
Instead, I rode to a council organised ride for families about 6 miles from my home. The ride there was lovely, but seen quite a few coppers responding to a shout. Met up with the group and the mrs and enjoyed several miles of group riding and chatting, until we got to a very wide section of shared path by the riverside, which seems to be popular with the local scum.
30-40 of us in the group, mostly women and kids had to get through the group of trouble causers. I could see from the back that the front were struggling so I kept the mrs infront while we went through, was only then that I realised how aggressive this group was being, ie lunging towards people, shouting, trying to knock people off bikes etc. It was obvous the back of our group was going to struggle the most as the chavs were getting cocky, so several of us blokes went back around to persuade them to let the rest through. Thankfully the sight of several "large" blokes (including me!) starting to surround the trouble causers was enough for them to let the remainder of the group through, although not quietly. It was a shame really as there seemed to be some new cyclists there and I hope it hasnt put them off.
The ride back home was pleasent too, at 8:30pm there was still barely any traffic.
Was everyone else ok last night, or was there an unusual increase in poor driving / behaviour in other areas?