I watched/heard two pillocks doing this on one of the main arterial roads into Carlisle,and thought to myself now then,quite why is it that some people see cyclists as egotistical ,weird and a b****y nuisance?
Oft-heard cycling phrases that get on your nerves
- Thread starter Hip Priest
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John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Mucus missile?
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Not a lot of point with only 2, on a main road - after all what do you expect, but in the lanes with a large group especially when riding two abreast it can be helpful to warn riders ahead/behind, so that the group might single up or split if necessary.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
A friend of mine (a keen runner/skier) asked me what I'd been doing at the weekend. "I did a cycling event" I said (it was an Audax). My friend, who knows nothing of cycling said "Oh, was it a race?". I began to prepare to try to explain the subtle differences, then glanced around guiltily to check if there were any cycling pedants lurking within earshot, did a cursory check of the room for bugs and said "Yes, it was a race".
I'm a bad person, I know.
I'm a bad person, I know.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I ride on the edge of the fens. We do know winds here too, although I think not as bad recently. If I was getting blown into traffic, I'd be reconsidering my riding position and possibly the bike! (I did once have a wind-inspired "little lie down" on a bank, but that was off-carriageway and snow-assisted
)Oh it really is... but then again, I like riding at night since I got good lights, so we might like different things
Racing roadkill
Guru
"I've just pulled the trigger on a new bike". Really? In what way have you "pulled the trigger"? Have you shot your new bike? Or maybe you've just covered it in hot melt glue. 
I ride on the edge of the fens. We do know winds here too, although I think not as bad recently. If I was getting blown into traffic, I'd be reconsidering my riding position and possibly the bike! (I did once have a wind-inspired "little lie down" on a bank, but that was off-carriageway and snow-assisted
Oh it really is... but then again, I like riding at night since I got good lights, so we might like different things
It's possibly something to do with me being 6 foot 5 and a bigger target for the wind? I dunno.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I'm 6 foot but I think it's more to do with whether you leave any gaps for the wind to pass through!
jay clock
Massive member
- Location
- Hampshire UK
How about the oft heard phrase "I was cycling to work when a motorist carved me up. I lucky videod the whole thing and will now write a four page essay explaining blow by blow what happened which can be summarised by 'phew that was close'"
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Drive Side and Non Drive side (ostentatiously abbreviated as NDS). What is wrong with left and right?
Jody
Stubborn git
Depends on which end you view the bike.
Racing roadkill
Guru
Use 'chain / drive side, and non-chain / drive side' and it removes the ambiguity.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
No it doesn't. Your right hand drive car remains a right hand drive car no matter which way you turn and look at it. You can even look at it in a mirror if you like.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
There is no ambiguity. Right is right and left is left. The use of NDS is like saying "my car is a non-automatic. A negative shouldn't be used to indicate the norm.
I think DS and NDS is BS and pompous.
