The ignorant and self-righteous.

[Glow worm]

Just hope I never have to pass this lady who chucked dog poo at a passing cyclist!

There's an awful shared used path between here and the next village. It's less than 3 feet wide in places and usually covered in thorns and other crap. I never use it these days but a while back I was yelled at by pedestrians to get off it, and more recently by drivers to get on it .

 

[mustang1]

On occasions like this I would take the uneducated approach and tell the pedestrian to ensure he cleans his dog's 5h1t.

 

[sheffgirl]

I use the shared use path quite a bit, some of it is delineated but there is a section that isn't. The students at the college which I pass close to seem to be the worst for deliberately walking in the red bit and refusing to move. I don't know if its a teenage power trip thing or they just don't realise.
The dogs on leads are, I agree, an issue. The retractable leads are not as easy to see, so I can't tell until I'm close whether the dog is even on a lead.

 

[TheJDog]

Yeah, I had the same when out running once. I was just on my way back from a long run, running-up a hill towards my house, absolutely knackered (probably a bit delirious if the truth be told) and this group of teenage girls were 3 abreast across the pavement, could clearly see my running towards them and refused to move out of the way. I ended-up running in the road at the last minute and stupidly (because I was knackered and not quite with it) did so without looking behind me. Could've been nasty for me, but I was lucky... It seems most people think the order of priority goes; walking pedestrian, dog walking pedestrian, running pedestrian... Grrr! *RAGE*

There is often a gaggle of schoolgirls near my parents' house, and my mum and dad go for quite vigorous walks. My mother just walks through them like a steamroller.

 

[TheJDog]

now, what i would have done as a kid, would have been to not "look" at them and speed up..



wierdly, pretty much what I'd do now...

some kids do this to cars as well,, its like "do you really think we never this this as kids either?" I'm not going to be intimidated by a scrote walking in the street.. (and I'm not going to do what a friend did and steer away towards oncoming traffic.. sheesh)

That guy on his bike who was done for knocking a girl down and killing her was in this same situation. They were deliberately blocking his path and he rode through them

 

[jarlrmai]

The one with kids blocking the path It's a lose/lose situation there is literally no way to win and they know it.

Try and force your way through and you get laughed at, they know you can't hurt them. You end up getting off or having to leave the path and they have won again.

It's an eat shoot and die situation, very frustrating.

 

[Sturmey Archer]

There are some real nut-jobs out there giving the cycling fraternity a really bad name.
I was driving along Holland Park Avenue (I drive and cycle). This idiot on a bike was weaving along the inside lane as if going through a slalom. I tooted my horn just to let him know that I was there for his own safety, but all he did was shout abuse and gesticulate as if to say "WTF!".

I passed the idiot and when I got stopped at the lights at the roundabout at the top of Holland Road and West Cross Route this idiot ignored the red light and flew through without a care in the world. An articulated lorry almost had him under his front wheels and stood on his horn. The idiot had to take evasive action and almost ended up under the artic. What a maniac!

So he got away with it, this time.

On Shepherds Bush Green the "idiot" continued, but was joined by a Lycra clad speed freak who took umbrage to the way the "idiot" was performing. A race ensued with the "idiot" taking the Lycra clad speed freak's body language as a challenge to his masculinity.

What followed was surreal. Mr. Lycra passed the idiot and threw a few farks at him. Not one to be outdone, the idiot put some more peddle power down to try and catch up with Mr. Lycra, but to no avail. Mr. Lycra was too fast and he leaned back in his saddle and gave the idiot the finger. This made the idiot even more angry and all I could hear was a volley of abuse as he tried to catch up with Mr. Lycra.

Were these two on a day out from the funny farm? They were acting like demented psychopaths. The abusive language and dangerous riding had to be seen to be believed. No wonder there is a "them and us" attitude out there with nutters like this representing the cycle fraternity.

For Pete's sake.

 

[downfader]

There are some real nut-jobs out there giving the cycling fraternity a really bad name.
I was driving along Holland Park Avenue (I drive and cycle). This idiot on a bike was weaving along the inside lane as if going through a slalom. I tooted my horn just to let him know that I was there for his own safety, but all he did was shout abuse and gesticulate as if to say "WTF!".

I passed the idiot and when I got stopped at the lights at the roundabout at the top of Holland Road and West Cross Route this idiot ignored the red light and flew through without a care in the world. An articulated lorry almost had him under his front wheels and stood on his horn. The idiot had to take evasive action and almost ended up under the artic. What a maniac!

So he got away with it, this time.

On Shepherds Bush Green the "idiot" continued, but was joined by a Lycra clad speed freak who took umbrage to the way the "idiot" was performing. A race ensued with the "idiot" taking the Lycra clad speed freak's body language as a challenge to his masculinity.

What followed was surreal. Mr. Lycra passed the idiot and threw a few f***s at him. Not one to be outdone, the idiot put some more peddle power down to try and catch up with Mr. Lycra, but to no avail. Mr. Lycra was too fast and he leaned back in his saddle and gave the idiot the finger. This made the idiot even more angry and all I could hear was a volley of abuse as he tried to catch up with Mr. Lycra.

Were these two on a day out from the funny farm? They were acting like demented psychopaths. The abusive language and dangerous riding had to be seen to be believed. No wonder there is a "them and us" attitude out there with nutters like this representing the cycle fraternity.

For Pete's sake.

I also had an eventful ride in this morning.

Oh to be a chav with no lights darting out from behind a bleedin wall, then to blame the rider in the road who has followed the letter of the law and ACTUALLY avoided the damn crash. I would hazard a guess my front wheel would cost more than twice his total bit of tat and thats probably why he doesnt care about the dangers he puts in or him in....

I propose Ben Hur style weapons on bikes to tackle the idiots. End rant

 

[lukesdad]

I'm ignorant, not sure what self righteous is ?

 

[Cyclopathic]

Because when he see cyclists he walks accross so his lead covers the entire path

Simply cycle right up to the dog lead and stop. He then has to walk around you. I prefer to kill with kindness though. I'd say something like, "Yes, I thought it was just a footpath too and I was just about to dismount when I saw the sign that said it was a shared path an cycling was permitted. Such a relief isn't it, so you see you don't have to worry it's fine."

 

[Twelve Spokes]

I'm ignorant, not sure what self righteous is ?

Self-Righteous
A self-righteous person acts superior to his peers because he believes his moral standards are perfect. This "moral smugness" is condescending by nature and is usually found offensive by others.
Self-righteousness is a way unintelligent and nonathletic people can retain a sense of superiority. Various cults and religions promote self-righteousness in an attempt to convert the average person, who feels immoral by comparison.

Yeah,sounds like me.