Myths and Rebuttals

[Number14]

Rebuttal: Worms don't come in cans.

They come in big cans.

 

[hackbike 6]

Not so much as a witty comeback but to the knob who was on his car phone in his big knob end (company) car drifting left into the cycle lane just as I was passing in heavy traffic,(coming off of Southwark Bridge onto that Lower/Upper Thames Street.)

My reaction was to shout "get off of your phone you effing twat".

What gets me is why the surprised reaction?

Didn't you realise your pile of crap was drifting into the cycle lane?

To the cab driver who I called a twat as I passed you this morning going towards Southwark Bridge (on the same stretch as the evening event...Apologies bit of an over-reaction from me even though you pulled straight into the pavement when some twat stuck his hand up in the air.I had that move covered so much that I could take my hand off of one brake to blare the double horn combo just as I passed you.

 

[Cooperman]

Myth : Roadies do not acknowledge MTBers.....and vv...

Happens to me a lot especially as ride road and MTB - leads to a split personality>

 

[mikeitup]

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Myth : Roadies do not acknowledge MTBers.....and vv...

Happens to me a lot especially as ride road and MTB - leads to a split personality>

I make a point of saying hi to every cyclist I see. Even if they do blank me.

 

[PBancroft]

I make a point of saying hi to every cyclist I see. Even if they do blank me.

Yup. I try to do the same. Sometimes they have a reason to blank me - such as climbing a steep hill for example. And more cyclists will stop and ask if everything is OK if I'm pfaffing about at the side of the road trying to get something out of my pannier than motorists.

 

[jimboalee]

"Hey, you're supposed to stop at a Pelican crossing!" ( when no-one is waiting ).
"Who for? The Invisible F*****g man!"

 

[jimboalee]

Never get out of your car to shout at or confront a cyclist.

He might be a Royal Marine on leave.

 

[jimboalee]

Its not a Frame-fit pump. Its a length of aluminium tube to defend myself against motorists.

 

[ufkacbln]

On Friday outside Portsmouth Uni with the Catrike....

"Student" - "Man, are you going to, like ride on that?"

Me - "Yes"

Student - "What, like on the road?"

Me - "Yes"

Student - "Like WOW - You're the coolest dude I have met in Portsmouth"


Well that's a myth I shan't dispel , although i suggest someone else will!

 

[TheDoctor]

This is Portsmouth we're talking about here though...

 

[ufkacbln]

This is Portsmouth we're talking about here though...

I like also have reservations like about the judgement of any student who talks with like the word "like" interspersed in every sentence like.

 

[TheDoctor]

Innit. Like.

 

[jimboalee]

Motorist to cyclist- "Why don't you just get a car?"
Cyclist to motorist- "I can't, I'm dyslexic and always fail the test on reading the number plate". "When I try to read your plate, all I read is W4NKR."

 

[Carwash]

Myth: the purpose of hazard lights on cars is to allow drivers to ignore certain parking restrictions (e.g. double yellow lines) as and when it suits them to do so.

 

[PBancroft]

Myth: the purpose of hazard lights on cars is to allow drivers to ignore certain parking restrictions (e.g. double yellow lines) as and when it suits them to do so.

I've started calling double yellows "phonelines" because that's where most people seem to stop when they get a call.