Trevrev said:
Anyone over forty years of age.......!!!! Forty isn't old FFS!!!
You might have guessed, i'm in my 40's !!!..hahahahahaha!!!
I still think you're an ageist T**T !!!!
Well ... ahem ahem ... I've just turned sixty. So I have to take that side of things too, plus 50%!
NigC said:
But clearly you're all just interested in bitching about how you've been wronged by motons. That's fine by me, have a safe journey in your own little personal worlds
Can't see that we have. Indeed, can't answer for everyone of course, but I make a point, in the few threads I do post on here, in
not bitching too much about 'motons' (your choice of word). If you look at the thread which I started, yesterday, you'll see that the party with most reason to feel aggrieved after the accident I described, was
a motorist. And, although I did sense a little bit of anti-cyclist hostility at the scene, you will also see that I didn't think it was an issue. I posted my experience because it was an
exceptional experience and for that reason I felt it had to be written up.
dondare said:
Britain's biggest killer is heart disease, which regular, moderate exercise protects you from. This far outweighs the dangers of cycling on the road.
Don't I know it! Cue Mayer Hillman and his data on 'life years' (twenty life-years gained for every one lost). Everyone should read his writings. NigC too!
NigC said:
Like I said, I'm a backseat driver.
I thought you said, in an earlier post, that you were an experienced driver of 24 years standing.
NigC said:
Sorry, I'm a little grouchy today and comments like "we're all dooooomed" really haven't helped my mood
Maybe tomorrow will be better
Come come now, that was a joke!
Myself, OK I'm an 'experienced' cyclist I reckon, with 50 years of cycling behind me I suppose I have to be. But my attitudes to cycling have hardly changed in all those 50 years. And the 'incidents' I've been involved in, like yesterday's little affair, have been very much the exception, not the rule.
I think the main objective for aspiring cyclists is, they've got to really enjoy cycling. To
love it in fact. Once they've achieved that, they're sold on cycling for the rest of their lives, come what may. My sense of this is, Nigc, you haven't quite reached that point yet. You haven't given it enough of a chance. Please persevere. Please try to see if you can really
love the bike. I don't really want to criticise your thread but it has come across very negative.