Petty Cycling Hates

[Andrew_P]

New season bike launches, 9 months of resisting and researching ahead.

 

[byegad]

I hate drivers who, on a steep descent go hell for leather to pass me then ride their brakes down the twisting descent at 10-20mph less than I could be doing.

 

[Venod]

Getting a KOM on Strava on a nice wind assisted ride and the previous KOM seeing your result & immediately going out and reclaiming it before the wind drops.

 

[ianrauk]

Strava

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

There is a traffic light near me that I am sure is designed to annoy me. It is green, and as soon as you get within 20 metres, it changes to red. I have tried it at a steady pace, tried it slow, I tried everything ...

They are out to get YOU. Paranoid or not - they really are

 

[Paulus]

My pet hates are--Riders who wear helmets that are perched on the back of their head,and/or the straps not adjusted properly. I have seen some riders with the helmet on back to front.
Riders who have their saddles far too low so that their knees are almost knocking their chin.
Riders who are struggling along with the tyres almost flat. -----Rant over.

 

[Julia9054]

Strava

Me too. Loved it at first but now I'm just sick of it telling me how slow I am!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Cyclists with a dog on a leash, often nearly throttling the poor bugger if it's just a small one. It annoys me from a cruelty perspective as well as a road safety one.

GC

 

[fabregas485]

Sorry, but this is a given. People who go though red lights. And to make it worse, the ones that wait for a few seconds, get fed up, and cycle though the red.

 

[Milo]

Does going through red lights in rural areas at 3 am with empty road count? Would never dream of doing it at any other time.

 

[Born2die]

Does going through red lights in rural areas at 3 am with empty road count? Would never dream of doing it at any other time.

If its really clear and I'm sure I will break a red but it has to be a pedestrian crossing and it has to be clear

 

[Milo]

Found myself sat at one for 2 minutes once near Lacock on a Sunday morning at about 3am waiting for nothing once. Vowed never to do it again. Not really bank robbery or anything is it at the end of the day. Never in traffic though.

 

[surfdude]

weather forecasts that say its going to be sunny and dry , you then get to your furthest point away from home and it starts pi**ing down with rain and you have left your waterproofs at home .

hot chicks fitter than you in lycra you can not keep up with no matter how hard you try

 

[Hover Fly]

Lycra.

 

[Born2die]

Lycra.

Not really bitten the Lycra bug yet but my max milage is 30/40 I tend to ride in trackies or gym shorts