http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: anti-cyclist stupidity en Mon, 18 May 2026 17:21:14 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-164304 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:46:46 +0000 recombodna 164304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha ha! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-164296 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:59:27 +0000 gkgk 164296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Better to think it's all made up. If not, though, you can be take solice in that he's probably not just an idiot toward cyclists. </p> <p>The fellow really knows his celeb cyclists, must say. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-164295 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:42:10 +0000 algo 164295@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm afraid it's autocorrect for transit on the vw forum - I think it's jealousy that your van starts and runs </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-164291 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:16:19 +0000 recombodna 164291@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Trashite?? I take offence at that statement!! ;-)</p> <p>Sadly there is a lot of this crud on the otherwise excellent transit van forum......... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-164289 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:45:52 +0000 slb 164289@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I lurk on a local forum and see this sort of silly attitude, though this person should probably not be crowing on forums and just be glad an injured cyclist didn't call the police.</p> <p>I have found that there are a group of people for whom if you are a cyclist, you are automatically wrong. If you are on a bike with drop bars and wearing lycra, doubly so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-164249 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:29:48 +0000 dougal 164249@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The greatest thing about the angry stereotypes which come out in these circumstances is that they don't even make sense! Like complaining about boy racers going 20mph under the limit on the motorway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-164244 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:44:46 +0000 algo 164244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>well - I probably stupidly got involved here. Actually not to react to this particular post, which I think everyone found disgraceful, but to object politely to the predictable "lycra lout, RLJ, no helmet, bla bla bla" rhetoric which started to prevail. I thought probably this story was indeed urban legend, but the original poster is sticking to his guns and insisting this is what happened…. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163926 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:11:50 +0000 Bruce 163926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds like a urban legend story </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163913 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:32:06 +0000 gibbo 163913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Summary: someone with zero idea of the rules of the road (or, indeed, the financing of roads) gets angry and deliberately causes an accident. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163885 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:34:13 +0000 algo 163885@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>indeed - it may be that this is entirely fictitious and he thought this story would be well received - needless to say it wasn't. I imagine if it is true then there will be some pretty vocal aggrieved cyclists on other forums, which was motivation to post this... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163884 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:22:53 +0000 ARobComp 163884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>**face palm** sure there would be a cracking witch hunt. I'd imagine there is some degree of hyperbole in his description. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163871 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:24:34 +0000 algo 163871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies - I thought that was publicly accessible. Here is the post in question (by user called bhpdub - probably this incident happened near Nottingham)</p> <p>===<br /> A few weeks ago, I was in my Transhite tipper at work.<br /> On a country lane, trying to get past a bunch of lycra clad 40 something's on their road bikes.<br /> (I blame that bloody Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy and that Pembleton woman, and the bloody Olympic games)<br /> Anyway, there were probably about 15-20 of them, completely taking up the road, and caring not one bit about traffic trying to pass them.<br /> I was always taught that cyclists were supposed to ride in single file? :roll:<br /> Anyway, this went on for the best part of a couple of miles or so, me sat in my truck, doing 15-20mph.<br /> They knew I was there but couldn't give a toss.<br /> Eventually, as I was passing them, I gave them a "toot" and shouted "single file" as I was alongside them.<br /> To a man, they all gave me the finger, and the (f)lankers wave :evil:<br /> Big mistake.<br /> When I was about 20 yeards in front, I stood my tranny on it's nose!<br /> The view through the rear view mirror, of the bunch of big time charlie hard men, hitting their brakes, and crashing in to each other was hilarious! :lol:<br /> No doubt a few grazed knee's, elbows and mangled road bikes! :rofl<br /> Fluff em, the bunch of...You know what's!</p> <p>They don't pay a penny in road tax, or insurance, etc .... Yet they think they own it.<br /> ==== </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163870 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:24:32 +0000 wingpig 163870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Requires login to read... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163869 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:22:26 +0000 dougal 163869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A summary? The link requires viewers to be logged in first... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163868 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:21:50 +0000 chdot 163868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Might be hard to find -</p> <p>"</p> <p>The board requires you to be registered and logged in to view this forum.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13374#post-163865 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:07:34 +0000 algo 163865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I also lurk on a vw camper forum as I occasionally enjoy spending my weekends underneath them nominally trying to get somewhere nice. Some people I think don't realise how their stories will propagate on the internet - there is one here</p> <p><a href="http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=135533#p8018949" rel="nofollow">http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=135533#p8018949</a></p> <p>I wonder how long it will be before one of the cyclists finds this post... </p>