What winds you up about cyclists you may see when driving

[nickyboy]

Four in two hours? Not a massive problem then.

I never said it was a massive problem, although, IMO, it is pretty rubbish. I was surprised by the blatant nature of it and the fact that I have never seen a RLJ before when I've been on a bike

 

[GilesM]

I feel sorry for those cyclists rather than irritated by them. They've obviously been conditioned by previous experience of aggressive motorists to feel that the gutter is where they need to be.

If I can see a cyclist lacks confidence (eg if they're riding in the gutter), I will hang even further back in the hope that it will help them feel less intimidated.

Perhaps they are just very confident cyclists who are happy in any position on the road, I usually ride where the surface looks best (on a road near me I regularly use, that means on the wee bit to the side of the white line at the edge of the road), but will always try to help if somebody is trying to overtake, especially big and/or slow vehicles, why wouldn't you.

 

[Mugshot]

Four in two hours? Not a massive problem then.

Maybe he only saw 4 other cyclists.

 

[Fonze]

People who wave with their right hand.
I am left handed so I wave to people with my left and feel cycling etiquette should be observed and a return wave should be with the left , it wrecks with my OCD .. I get all cuffuffled ..

 

[BrumJim]

When driving, I get wound up by cyclists on a sunny, but not too hot day, riding at a decent pace down a scenic country road, or across a Motorway bridge, kitted out correctly, and riding a good bike.








WHY ISN'T THAT ME!

(Yes, I do get a little jealous at times!)

 

[GrumpyGregry]

When "cyclists" in my town respond to local authority consultations regarding cycling provision/infrastructure by saying they think cycling in the town is very enjoyable, our long-distance cycle-routes don't need any of that new-fangled tarmac, that 8-year-olds have no business cycling anywhere unaccompanied, et cetera, et cetera.

Is it ok if that "winds me up"?

 

[Welsh wheels]

Cyclists who wear sleeveless jerseys. Please, I don't want to see your armpit hair.

 

[GilesM]

People who wave with their right hand.
I am left handed so I wave to people with my left and feel cycling etiquette should be observed and a return wave should be with the left , it wrecks with my OCD .. I get all cuffuffled ..

That is just your OCD telling you that being left handed is wrong.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Being told it is my riding style that is the problem. When I don't actually have a problem with riding around my town, just want to make riding around my town a little more appealing to people not as experienced at riding bikes in urban traffic as me.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Discovered on Friday that a colleague pavement rides, bedecked in h*lm*t and hi-vis, on the pavement, despite the cycle lane, part of which is separate to the road, all the way from the office to the roundabout near my house and only takes to the tarmac there for the really dangerous bit over the iron bridge!

 

[srw]

Discovered on Friday that a colleague pavement rides, bedecked in h*lm*t and hi-vis, on the pavement, despite the cycle lane, part of which is separate to the road, all the way from the office to the roundabout near my house and only takes to the tarmac there for the really dangerous bit over the iron bridge!

I take it this is typical of your employer's understanding of risk?

 

[petek]

Cyclists who adopt enormous fat tyres.
Why is that?
Surely the rolling resistance leads to unnecessary hard work.
All else is fine.
Cyclists are the salt of the earth, one and all.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I take it this is typical of your employer's understanding of risk?

I suspect that she, like me, simply wants it all to come to a swift end.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Cyclists who adopt enormous fat tyres.
Why is that?
Surely the rolling resistance leads to unnecessary hard work.
All else is fine.
Cyclists are the salt of the earth, one and all.

Cyclists who adopt really thin tyres.
Why is that?
Surely the rolling resistance leads to unnecessary hard work.
All else is fine.
Cyclists are the salt of the earth, one and all ,and thus should be dissolved in the sea or buried underground?

 

[Jason]

Cyclists who use the space between the yellow lines as a cycle lane. Cyclists who cycle to closed to parked cars.