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PostPosted: 01:41 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: cyclists beware! Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 01:43 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Silly biker. Rolling Eyes Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 02:00 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fook me that was close, bet the cyclist shat it! Laughing

Always give those fookers space incase they swerve out, unless the biker never seen him? Can happen.....
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PostPosted: 08:56 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats very dangerous. I'm a cyclist too, and in my club, thats our fear, to be driven over from behind! You see cyclist don't have leather jackets etc, just a helmet. A friend of mine, had to wear something on his back(don't know how its called) for 6 months because a car fell on him. Now he's the best weather predictor in the team...
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PostPosted: 09:28 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

plutonas wrote:
I'm a cyclist too, and in my club, thats our fear, to be driven over from behind!

i dont mean to be rude or anything here, im not anti push bikes but i personaly think that they should stay the hell off the roads unless they pay road tax, half the cyclists iv seen are a danger to anyone else on the road and if they want to ride like that they deserve to have a car right up their arse all the way to the hospital
for the record that wasent aimed directly at you as you probibly ride safe on the roads, just the little ***** around my area seem to think you should ride/walk out infront of a moving vehicle going down the road not get out the way Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 10:39 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got to add to the above comments, that IMHO while cyclists and Horses do not pay road Tax they should always give priority to Tax paying vehicles. What annoys me is when local cycle clubs think that if they stick up a couple of "cycle race" signs all of a sudden they have the right to ride 4-5 abreast and can ignore all the road rules, It also seems to give them the right to hurl abuse at any motorist who actually dares to use that road at the time.

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PostPosted: 11:50 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Retro-Man wrote:
Got to add to the above comments, that IMHO while cyclists and Horses do not pay road Tax they should always give priority to Tax paying vehicles.

So, following that logic, as the motorbike road tax is lower than a car one, perhaps motorbikes should always give priority to higher tax paying vehicles?

Generally speaking, the roads are wide enough for all of us, we just have to learn to be more considerate and observant.

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PostPosted: 11:56 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Not another anti cyclist thread.

Yes there are idiots on bikes (just as there are in cars, on horses and on motorcycles). Deal with these yes, but leave most alone.

If you are overtaking a bicycle give them space. If you are on a bicycle then do not block the road to faster traffic.

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PostPosted: 17:12 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of course I don't block the road to other vehicles. Mostly other vehicles block the road to me.
This has nothing to do with taxes.
When I take part in a race, of course we don't follow the traffic rules, but the race goes in appointment with the police, the roads get closed for some hours, the parked cars removed by the police(if the race is in a centre of a town), and the police cares that no other vehicles enter the race area. There is also a small announcment in the local newspaper that these roads will be closed from that time to that time.
I also fell more unsecure while on my bicycle than on my motorbike.
I think we schould all respect cyclists, as long as they don't do silly or dangerous things of course.
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PostPosted: 17:17 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Before I got my bike I didn't pay road tax. Crossing the road to the shop was something of a smuggling trip. Quite exciting really. Customs never caught me.
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PostPosted: 17:20 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

plutonas wrote:
When I take part in a race, of course we don't follow the traffic rules, but the race goes in appointment with the police, the roads get closed for some hours


Locally they just throw up a sign saying time trial in progress and then race down the A449 (NSL dual carraigeway) at the tail end of rush hour.

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PostPosted: 18:14 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe there are a few bikers who think cylcists are dangerous and shouldnt be allowed on the roads, but I bet there are for mroe motorists who think motorbikers are dangerous and shouldnt be allowed on the road.

If the government was faced with a choice of making bicycles illegal or motorbikes illegal, I doubt that they would be banning pushbikes.
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PostPosted: 18:22 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

mattfuzzy wrote:
i personaly think that they should stay the hell off the roads unless they pay road tax, half the cyclists iv seen are a danger to anyone else on the road and if they want to ride like that they deserve to have a car right up their arse all the way to the hospital


Just what car drivers think of bikers. Smile

I love cycling. I try to avoid the roads at all costs, just because most road users treat them like crap. Not fair really.
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PostPosted: 18:22 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

To be honest that guy going past wouldnt have bothered me much. You would/should of heard him coming along and you would be amazed at how close some cars get to you, also how much room some give you. If you got worked up/scared by it you wouldnt cycle on roads, simple as that.

Sometimes an ok cyclist (ie myself) will hog the road and look as though were about to crash to put people off making silly manouveres. The amount of people who cant judge the width of a traffic island properly is atrocious, big 4x4's are terrible, white vans are good. Also think about when a cyclist is going past a line of cars why we sit near the middle of the road? The same reason as when you ride a motorcycle surprisingly.
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PostPosted: 19:58 - 03 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cyclists annoy me when they are in groups of 30 deciding to block the entire lane with a car behind them making it impossible to pass them because they're on fun twisty roads. Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: 01:44 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Must admit I don't have many good things to say about cyclists.

My mate at work is mad in to cycling, but he also cycles when drunk, ie 5 or 6 pints, he always says its legal.

Only thing he could still swerve and cause a car to crash.

Personaly I think that cycles should be insured and licensed like in Sweden.
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PostPosted: 01:51 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had some nutter on a push bike the other day on the round about, think he was trying to race me Laughing just backed off let him go then over took, they scare me, never know what there gona do next.


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PostPosted: 02:20 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

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My mate at work is mad in to cycling, but he also cycles when drunk, ie 5 or 6 pints, he always says its legal.


Well he's talking bullshit. I'm unsure as to whether you can be given points on your licence but you can definately be fined. And you are able to aqquire points on your licence for over acts, such as red light jumping etc...

@ steveh, It may have seemed like he was trying to race you but at a guess he was trying to get out of your way and off the junction as quick as possible. And cyclists generally pedal harder off junctions before getting into their rhythym once on the straight road.
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PostPosted: 10:31 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry all you anti-bike/horse gits.

But pedestrians and horses were here 1st. Middle Finger


Why don't we ban all those dic*ks that ride cars/bikes too fast/close past pedestrians and horses? Laughing

They should pay tax..... Laughing
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PostPosted: 18:54 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

That rider was being dangerous, cyclists shouldnt be banned at all. Using them in the countryside is a little risky, as people often forget about them on b-roads, and a-roads for that matter. i'd recommend cyclists to use lights during the day, most motorcyclists do, and it doesn't do any harm.

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PostPosted: 19:40 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Walloper wrote:
Sorry all you anti-bike/horse gits.

But pedestrians and horses were here 1st. Middle Finger




yep your right of course but please do remember that roads as we know them only started being constructed when motorised vehicles starting becoming more common place.
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PostPosted: 19:44 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

I Ride mountain bikes alot (average about 70-100 miles a week, far higher if im off work, and this is on a downhill bike!) I personally NEVER ride on the road unless really forced to. Its bloody dangerous! Even if the car drivers are paying any attention they dont know what you are going to do, but 90% of car drivers just dont take any notice of us!

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My mate at work is mad in to cycling, but he also cycles when drunk, ie 5 or 6 pints, he always says its legal.


Your mates talking shite! It is definately illegal, and very stupid.

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Cyclists annoy me when they are in groups of 30 deciding to block the entire lane


Thats also stupid, and gets on my nerves 'cos it gives us all a bad name. Same theory as the sunday power rangers getting everyone with a motorbike a bad name.
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PostPosted: 21:35 - 04 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

that was a stupid bit of riding by that biker(nice kneedown all te same) but even though i think that was reckless, i also think, as others do, cyclists should fuck off to the cycle paths.
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PostPosted: 17:02 - 05 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

That vid sucks, and it looks like a set up.

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My mate at work is mad in to cycling, but he also cycles when drunk, ie 5 or 6 pints, he always says its legal.


And Highway code says:

53: You MUST NOT

carry a passenger unless your cycle has been built or adapted to carry one
hold on to a moving vehicle or trailer
ride in a dangerous, careless or inconsiderate manner
ride when under the influence of drink or drugs.
Law RTA 1988 sects 24, 26, 28, 29 & 30 as amended by RTA 1991
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PostPosted: 17:13 - 05 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Retro-Man wrote:
What annoys me is when local cycle clubs think that if they stick up a couple of "cycle race" signs all of a sudden they have the right to ride 4-5 abreast and can ignore all the road rules


they usually need council approval for race routes, so if it has been approved, and it is an offical race, then yes, they do have that right

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