semislickstick
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- Cambridgeshire
Suerdusty said:
Ho ho ho!
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Ho ho ho!
Twenty Inch
Guru
- Location
- Behind a desk
Motorist "You should be on the cyclepath!"
Cyclist "You should be on the bus!"
From my own modest repertoire.
Cyclist "You should be on the bus!"
From my own modest repertoire.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Twenty Inch said:
More accurately, "You should be on the motorway". That one's been around for many years.
hackbike 666
Guest
You should be on in the scrapyard more like.
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
Goldfang said:
Further down the road she prolly though "..really..? Thanks!"
Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
Yesterday evening...
"It's illegal to have a light that bright"
I couldn't think of a suitable reply in time but should have said "must be just right - you actually noticed it."
Makes a change from "You know thase flashing lights are illegal don't you" and similar.
(and I only had one of the two 0.5w Smarts going at the time.)
"It's illegal to have a light that bright"
I couldn't think of a suitable reply in time
but should have said "must be just right - you actually noticed it."Makes a change from "You know thase flashing lights are illegal don't you" and similar.
(and I only had one of the two 0.5w Smarts going at the time.)
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
Davidc said:Yesterday evening...
"It's illegal to have a light that bright"
I couldn't think of a suitable reply in time
Makes a change from "You know thase flashing lights are illegal don't you" and similar.
(and I only had one of the two 0.5w Smarts going at the time.)
People have said similar to me.. For example on filtering.. my response is usually a straight-faced "quote the relevant legislation or name the section of law, then?"
They never can.
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
So a mate of mine is bimbling along he says and this car appears behind him revving away. No space to overtake so driver has to wait... which annoys Mr Driver... so Mr Driver does what Mr Driver knows will solve this little connundrum - he presses his magic button and sounds his horn.
My mate said he turned around and shouted "Whats your problem, son!" and carried on riding. Mr Driver wasnt having any of that, now was he, so he drives past my mate with an inch to spare at the earliest opportunity only to get stuck at a red light with an ASL.
My mate said he rode around the car and sat in front of Mr Driver, who then winds down his window and makes some kind of threat of violence. Strangely, when offered a chance to actually take up this little challenge, he wont get out of the car (my mate is well into his 60s, Mr Driver in his 30s) which leads to the classic put down:
"So why are you in such a f***ing rush anyway, baby need a poo?! Do you want to get home quick and use the toilet?"
I so wish I had been there. I doubt very much if he would have had the guts to threaten violence to me if he is willing to pick on an old man. I was laughing about that put down all the way home yesterday and the day before.
My mate said he turned around and shouted "Whats your problem, son!" and carried on riding. Mr Driver wasnt having any of that, now was he, so he drives past my mate with an inch to spare at the earliest opportunity only to get stuck at a red light with an ASL.
My mate said he rode around the car and sat in front of Mr Driver, who then winds down his window and makes some kind of threat of violence. Strangely, when offered a chance to actually take up this little challenge, he wont get out of the car (my mate is well into his 60s, Mr Driver in his 30s) which leads to the classic put down:
"So why are you in such a f***ing rush anyway, baby need a poo?! Do you want to get home quick and use the toilet?"
I so wish I had been there. I doubt very much if he would have had the guts to threaten violence to me if he is willing to pick on an old man. I was laughing about that put down all the way home yesterday and the day before.
thomas
the tank engine
- Location
- Woking/Norwich
driver: "haven't you read the highway code...."
Me: "Yeah, I probably know it better than you!"
Driver "...It says cyclists have to cycle 2 feet from the kerb...try fking reading it"
me: "You read the highway code mate, I assure you you're wrong"
blah blah blah..
me: "I think 25mph with these [my legs] is pretty impressive"
him: "I couldn't give a fk about your legs'
me: "At least I'm not a balding little "twit" "
Me: "Yeah, I probably know it better than you!"
Driver "...It says cyclists have to cycle 2 feet from the kerb...try fking reading it"
me: "You read the highway code mate, I assure you you're wrong"
blah blah blah..
me: "I think 25mph with these [my legs] is pretty impressive"
him: "I couldn't give a fk about your legs'
me: "At least I'm not a balding little "twit" "
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
thomas said:driver: "haven't you read the highway code...."
Me: "Yeah, I probably know it better than you!"
Driver "...It says cyclists have to cycle 2 feet from the kerb...try fking reading it"
me: "You read the highway code mate, I assure you you're wrong"
blah blah blah..
me: "I think 25mph with these [my legs] is pretty impressive"
him: "I couldn't give a fk about your legs'
me: "At least I'm not a balding little "twit" "
Did you get it on camera? Driver fail! As the kiddies say
I think any distance is defined as a guide, and only in cyclecraft. I can find no real info in the actual HC about this tbh. I thought there had been as I remember being told 2 feet in my old cycle prof many years back.
thomas
the tank engine
- Location
- Woking/Norwich
downfader said:Did you get it on camera? Driver fail! As the kiddies say
I think any distance is defined as a guide, and only in cyclecraft. I can find no real info in the actual HC about this tbh. I thought there had been as I remember being told 2 feet in my old cycle prof many years back.
Yep:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMobtFE0W54
When I did my cycling prof' we were told to be 1 foot from the kerb, about where the drain covers would end. There's no legal distance...otherwise I would be between a rock and a hard place when I wanted to turn right
PBancroft
Senior Member
- Location
- Winchester
thomas said:Yep:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMobtFE0W54
When I did my cycling prof' we were told to be 1 foot from the kerb, about where the drain covers would end. There's no legal distance...otherwise I would be between a rock and a hard place when I wanted to turn right
The manual which came with my Giant advised riders to cycle as far to the edge of the road as possible.
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