Official Closest pass video

[tdr1nka]

Never got round to it mate. TBH it's mostly more of the same, except for some bits where Lee couldn't keep up.

Those will be the downhill sections then?

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I thought this would have been obvious, but it might not have been. We were coming off a roundabout (fairly tight) so he would be accelerating away from it. To stay behind me he would only have to stop accelerating, not to slow down as such. I reckon when he passed me I would have been doing about 18mph. Not amazingly fast, but not too slow either. the speed limit is 30mph for reference.

That's kind of my point - if he desperately wanted to overtake he had the space (it's a wide road) and the time before the pinch point... why *wait* until you're at the pinch point before attempting it? If he had only just got to the point of being able to overtake you there then clearly you weren't holding him up at all and he was just a tosser. If he'd been able to overtake sooner on the wider bit then why not do it there... oh yeah, he's a tosser.

 

[magnatom]

That's kind of my point - if he desperately wanted to overtake he had the space (it's a wide road) and the time before the pinch point... why *wait* until you're at the pinch point before attempting it? If he had only just got to the point of being able to overtake you there then clearly you weren't holding him up at all and he was just a tosser. If he'd been able to overtake sooner on the wider bit then why not do it there... oh yeah, he's a tosser.

I hadn't thought of that. Very true. Yes he only manages to catch me as I approach the pinch, so no matter what road position I had, he would have squeezed me. Good point. Oh well, what was the last 18 pages for then? Oh, magnatom bashing, the new sport!

 

[magnatom]

The magnatom bashing game (my real name is Dave/David).

http://www.tredz.co.uk/game.asp

 

[tdr1nka]

I hadn't thought of that. Very true. Yes he only manages to catch me as I approach the pinch, so no matter what road position I had, he would have squeezed me.Oh, m Good point. Oh well, what was the last 18 pages for then?

I said all this in post 103 btw!
Keep up!

 

[magnatom]

I said all this in post 103 btw!
Keep up!

Oh no you didn't! Ok, maybe you did, but not in language I could understand!

 

[tdr1nka]

Had he taken a secondary position it would've been likely the cab might just as easily made the same move as Mag entered the pinch point.

Ok, so I'm missing a 'have' between the 'easily' and 'made'.

Tsk!

 

[magnatom]

Stop your video at 59 seconds (The car is stopped), your wrist is slightly bent but there is no way in that position that you could touch the window with your full palm. From the poison of your arm when you touched the car, for your palm to be in contact with the window then your wrist would have to bent almost double and all fingers would be visible. Can you show me where your wrist is bent back?
Stop the video at 1:27; now compare the length of your fingers at 59 seconds where your wrist is bent

Do you know what. I just went back and re-read this post. Mr hippo, I am suggesting that my palm hits the car as it drives past me (47-48 seconds), not when we were stopped having a chat! Ooops!

 

[magnatom]

Ok, that is my letter sent. I'll let you know what comes of it.

 

[goo_mason]

I thinks that's a bit harsh. I'm merely saying that I came on that ride for me and no-one else.

Which is why I responded the way I did - the way you phrase / write things can give many people completely the wrong impression. What you wrote there could be taken as you having a huffy dig at BM. If someone said something like that to me, it would sound like they were having a strop (and many people on these forums must have had arguments with someone of the opposite sex at some point in their lives when they would have had the phrase, "I didn't do it for you, I did it for ME !!!", hurled back at them )

If you interpreted what I wrote was harsh, then maybe you can now see how some people can interpret your responses sometimes ? I'm not trying to have a go - merely trying to let you know how the way you come across sometimes can really get people's backs up.


Now. Onto to the subject of pic the new boy posted... *** shiver *** ... I've now gone right off the thought of eating my dinner

 

[hackbike 666]

Are you referring to Bqangkok Traffic Part ! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=99XaRuD7Y1U)? I also posted the uncut version -
View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiJhk-lG58

Have you ever cycled in Bangkok? Are you familiar with traffic patterns here?
Those lights (Lat Phrao Road/Chok Chai IV) have a countdown timer and I had enough time to get to the ASL before the lights changed.

Wohoo been there and it's just like that.

True what he says about the countdown on the lights.

 

[col]

P.S

Are those that are suggesting that I held him up seriously suggesting that the 10 seconds that it took me to leave the roundabout and get to the pinch point, or the 16 seconds that it takes me from leaving the roundabout to get to a point in the road where a safe overtake could occur where excessive?

If you do then you must suffer from significant stress when driving with all the hold ups on the road. Might I suggest beta blockers...

Try a dose of common sense,we all know the time of the holdup isnt really the issue,the issue is that we all know how drivers react even if its a couple of seconds,but you continue to cycle this way,even though its obviously caused danger to you and oncoming traffic.
And i see your still calling people names when they have an opinion,thats more trollish than anyone else here.

 

[mr_hippo]

Do you know what. I just went back and re-read this post. Mr hippo, I am suggesting that my palm hits the car as it drives past me (47-48 seconds), not when we were stopped having a chat! Ooops!

How is "My palm made full contact with the car window." a suggestion?
When the car was stopped, your wrist was bent and in that position there is no way that your palm could make full contact with the car window. When you allegedly made contact with the car, your wrist was not bent so where was the full contact?

 

[magnatom]

How is "My palm made full contact with the car window." a suggestion?
When the car was stopped, your wrist was bent and in that position there is no way that your palm could make full contact with the car window. When you allegedly made contact with the car, your wrist was not bent so where was the full contact?

Mr Hippo you've got completely confused. I am not claiming that when the car was stopped that my hand made contact. It didn't. I was just gesticualting. I made contact at approximately 47-48 seconds into the video when the car was driving past me. That's where the drama is!

 

[magnatom]

Try a dose of common sense,we all know the time of the holdup isnt really the issue,the issue is that we all know how drivers react even if its a couple of seconds,but you continue to cycle this way,even though its obviously caused danger to you and oncoming traffic.
And i see your still calling people names when they have an opinion,thats more trollish than anyone else here.

I won't call you a name. I'll just draw a wee portrait of you...