People who *HAVE* to get past ...

[XmisterIS]

Today I was riding downhill at the end of my ride, with the mother of all tailwinds (see my previous thread today about the mother of all headwinds - my route goes west, north and then east!)

Anway, I was booting down the hill in a 40 zone at 45mph, car is waiting to turn left out of a side road, as soon as I pass he emerges - then floors it to get round me, then slows down to 40, whereupon I am tailing him all the way down the hill, having to lose a little speed to avoid catching him up!

They automatically assume that because you're on a bicycle you must be going slower than the speed limit. They then overtake you without looking to see how fast you're *actually* going!

 

[BentMikey]

I could have sworn this was gonna be about another cyclist, but yeah, typical driver.

 

[XmisterIS]

What irritates me more, is that when I am in the car and I see a chap up ahead on a bike, looking like he is going like a bat out of hell, I check the speedo to see if I actually need to overtake him!

 

[Ben M]

He was following the prime directive. Which we all know is?...

 

[Matty]

I thought you were going to say he 'had' to get past so that he could join the stationary queue first.

 

[gaz]

is it just me or is it cyclists as well? i get a few wannabe's on hardtails who think there bike is the tits and they are lance armstrong, and they consistently overtake me. just for them to slow down and as soon as i overtake them, bam they are out of the saddle huffing and puffing trying to keep up.

 

[hackbike 666]

Yeah that happens to me and they stop peddling.Im as fast as a frigging snail now anyway.

 

[BentMikey]

OTOH I was riding with a Brazilian on Thurs, he was on a hardtail and flying. Quite impressed with his speed. Turns out his commute is 30miles, no wonder he was fairly quick.

 

[PBancroft]

He was following the prime directive. Which we all know is?...

Nothing shall authorize the United Federation of Planets to intervene in matters which are essentially the domestic jurisdiction of any planetary social system?

 

[Twanger]

Nothing shall authorize the United Federation of Planets to intervene in matters which are essentially the domestic jurisdiction of any planetary social system?

That's the one!

 

[Suerdusty]

OTOH I was riding with a Brazilian on Thurs

Isn't this taking leg shaveing too far?

 

[palinurus]

is it just me or is it cyclists as well? i get a few wannabe's on hardtails who think there bike is the tits and they are lance armstrong, and they consistently overtake me. just for them to slow down and as soon as i overtake them, bam they are out of the saddle huffing and puffing trying to keep up.

Got to learn somehow. I reckon I must've done this a couple of times early on, I was under the impression that if you made more effort than the guy you were overtaking then that was all there was to it. No comprehension that the effort had to be in any way sustainable.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Do people who 'scalp' other riders become 'prime directive' cyclists?

 

[Ben M]

Nothing shall authorize the United Federation of Planets to intervene in matters which are essentially the domestic jurisdiction of any planetary social system?

Close, I meant the driving prime directive, not the Trekkie one though.

"Thou shalt pass a cyclist as soon as possible, as quickly as possible, and as closely to them as possible."

 

[garrilla]

I just went out to do some errands on the bike. I was ambling along to a set of lights with two lanes, straight/left and right, and because of parked cars theres not a great deal of space to get into the S/L lane. I'm in the right lane as I'm turning right, but there is a car or two behind me. The lights are red and I'm freewhelling slowly down the lane towards the waiting traffic.

The guy behind me starts beeping his hooter. I look around and and he mouths "get a move on" so I point to the red light but continue to go slowly. Eventually there is enough space for him to cut inside me to the S/L lane and he accelerates at high speed over 15 yards or so and joins the queue. I'm laughing my head off and he winds down the window and shouts "you don't ****ing own the roads you know." I just shake my head in disbelief.

To cap it all the lights turn green I set off but the car in front of him stalls. I laughed some more.