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Do not feed the troll. The squogly is an obvious ****. Ignore him all please.
YoKaiser, YES I read the initial post, my first thought was if they bought drinks WHY didn't they put them in the bottle, my second thought was WHY couldn't they fill them up themselves?
It's not unrealistic to think that on a Sunday lunch it's more important to get hot food out than pander to the whims of some bike riders who have bought some nuts and a Britvic 55, and yes all customers should be treated the same but the bloke at the pub prob thought fill them yourself, and yes it's the law that a land lord should supply water but either they were thirsty or they went there hell bent on creating a scene.
[quote=squoglybob ]YoKaiser, YES I read the initial post
How about the linked article? It might help you to read it again, as it provides answers to all your questions.
I'm still trying to work out whether you are trolling, or just plain daft.
So Thisisnotaspoon, forget your camelbak and your defibrillator,
You leave the house to nip off 60 miles,
You have 750ml of water in 1 bottle, 35 miles in your struggling and have downed the water, what would you do?
Take the 2nd one, you were moaning earlier about unpreparedness?You have 750ml of water in 1 bottle, 35 miles in your struggling and have downed the water, what would you do?
It's when you get to 100+ it becomes a challenge. I can usually get to 80 even in summer without a top-up if I stop at a cafe half way for a coke.
These guys on the other hand were on a multi day tour..........
So again, how do you carry enough water for several day? I've never found anyone unwilling to serve a pint of tap water.
So Thisisnotaspoon, forget your camelbak and your defibrillator,
That could be dangerous, you sound stressed
They didn't ask for a pint of tap water did they, they asked for their bottles to be filled,
I've never been refused a pint of water either but I'm wholly capable of decanting one into the other, BUT just to drive the point home the idle get had some one else sneak round the kitchen to get some one else to fill them up after already being told NO we aren't here to fill up your water bottles, despite being from a prestigious cycling club,
Oh right well let's just ring the Police then.
This is for squogly, it's a lifetime achievement award, well done
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I suspect I might know the answer to this already, but have any of the 'it's my legal right....' Brigade ever worked behind the bar of a busy pub?
So it's the weekend... You're busiest time of the week... maybe the Rugby is on... the kitchens open serving meals.... So your staff are all pretty bloody busy, and it's all a bit stressful.
Then some Lycra clad cockwomble clip clops up to bar, orders a packet of crisps, then hands you four water bottles " if you could just take care of those for me my good man..... I'd do it myself, but.... Why should I when its your legal duty to avail me of this service...."
Where would you prioritise his request on the list of things you presently need to do?
Thisisnotaspoon, so your refused beverage and you become a casualty, same question who's fault is it? Yours for not carrying enough or the landlords for saying NO twice?
Clearly if you're on a 7 day tour and not pulling a bowser of water behind you it's all your own fault.
A racer, how many times have you pulled a bowser behind you,
Never, and I've never taken a defibrillator either - clearly I'm one of those people who needs somebody else to do up my buttons
Bizarre series of posts 😯
My read of it was that the police were called because of the verbally abusive (threatening) behaviour towards a female rider...
Regarding "asking" for bottles to be filled, I'd assume that would be plain good manners. I'd be pretty p!ssed off if someone just walked in and started filling up water bottles without the decency to ask first!
And as for rider preparedness, I've never done a mtb or road enduro / sportive without bottle filling points. It's just not feasible to carry your own (and camelbaks are pretty uncomfortable to wear on a stretched road bike type riding position)
Who's Squoglybob then? Clearly someone's pet troll account.
I'm putting money on GW, but that's just an inspired guess.
I still can't cant get my head around anyone expecting someone else to fill your water bottle up for you.
Unless you're some world class pro rider.
Oh....
Squoglybob is either a troll or we're witnessing someone in the midst of some kind of breakdown.
I'll turn the question around, legality aside, would anyone here refuse to give someone water if they asked?
Binners is trying a bit hard too. It's not GW.
squoglynobblybob, what's funny is that I asked you in a polite manor what you would suggest.. your response speaks volumes 😆
I'm wondering what happens if I want to do a 2 week tour. Would it be reasonable to ask the landlord to fill my bowser up?
The water table is never that far down in the UK. You should be towing a drilling rig
I don't get why because some one doesn't share your utopian views that they have to be a Troll? Can't people have their own opinions, I've never ever had my bottle filled on a sportive, I've never ever had my camelbak re filled for me,
Is this the point where I should comply, tow the party line and buy myself a water bottle to do what everyone else does, will that make you think I'm not a Troll. Hell I might start voting Labour so as not to upset the die Hards.
I'm drawing the line at Lycra though as that is just plain wrong,
So you don't think that asking the staff of a busy pub to fill your water bottles for you, because you can't be arsed walking to the big and turning a tap on, displays a monsterous sense of entitlement? Seriously?
Maybe they could give your bike a quick clean, then deliver your freshly filled bottles back to you on a velvet cushion so you could be on your way?
Cokie, what did you want me to put, yes go out into the big wide world, it's full off people just like you who will obey your every wish and do what every your heart desires, if you don't know what to do in France when you run out of fluid then stay at home, or was I supposed to reply in a manner that made you superior because if that's what you want I can re post something?
Alternatively, ask a stupid question get a stupid answer, it really is basic, fill them up yourself a
[quote=squoglybob ]I don't get why because some one doesn't share your utopian views that they have to be a Troll?
I agree. I gave another alternative to troll.
Ha ha. The bell ends on this thread are hilarious.
binners - apparently the staff working in this busy pub had sufficient spare time to spend emptying already filled bottles, so maybe they weren't as busy as you think.
Aracer, And everything in your life is rose tinted and has everything you want, how idyllic
So long as my butler remembers to bring me the right glasses it is. He gets a right ticking off if he forgets, let me tell you.
Seeing as all I've got to do is sit and have a pint while eating crisps, I don't think I can be bothered filling my own water bottle. I'll get someone busy, on minimum wage, to do it for me, then I can admire my thousands of pounds worth of carbon fibre, and contemplate how awesome I am
Stay classy!
Squagglyknob is clearly a camel.
No not a camel, I just don't lord it over other people expecting them to fetch and carry my own kit, I mean cycling is one of those sports which doesn't require much of an uptake in fluid right, you know like golf and tiddlywinks, it's not like you sweat or have to replace vital fluid.
So why not just walk out the door with an empty bottle and just pass it to some one beneath you to top up.
That's the trouble, on the 19th Hole they probably do blow smoke up your Arse, giving it the "I,m considerably richer than yaw" over the bar. Pork scratchings and a pint of mild in my personalised tankard please tender, oh wait is Le Tour on, best get down to the pub in my Lycra and have one of those working class folk fill my bottle while I talk really loud about KOM,s, Grand Designs and bike carriers for Audi cabriolets.
Oh how the other half live
****ing hell. You're actually insane.
Yes I know, don't worry though I'll be purchasing a bottle and pissing people off soon though just like the rest of you,
It's funny how everyone thinks it's acceptable,
Wow someone really has a chip on their shoulder, haven't read such senseless rants since the days of the mad bearing man
Mods. Can we end this thread, there's no fun watching someone with a mental illness implode 🙁
That's a good idea, in fact re brand the whole site while your at it, don't just stop at closing threads, call for a change of name from Singletrack to singleminded, that'll trump a thread closer, imagine how good you would look in front of the wannabes,
It's not like there's anything on here relating to Singletrack topics, just landed gentry and their carbon road bikes and narrow minded views on the lower classes tending to their needs. It's come to something when a rider can't conduct the most basic of tasks himself.
Oi Binners!
I (vaguely) remember all the taps being turned off in the Hacienda bogs to encourage the pilled up punters to buy an overpriced drink from the surly barstaff.
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Time to let it go man....
I vaguely remember all the taps being turned off in the Hacienda bogs
You'd be reet upset if you'd been for a poo and your finger had gone through the paper...
I couldn't possibly comment. I was off my tits the whole time, and only drank triple brandy and cokes I wasn't paying for 😉
Had someone approached the bar to get their water bottle filled and called the police when refused, they'd never have found the body
You are Bez and I claim my £5.
I went to Bowlers. They didn't turn off the taps or owt 😀
there's no fun watching someone with a mental illness implode
I respectfully disagree
And I resent the 'surly' accusation. You try being surly after that much MDMA 😀
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4 litres in a 100miles, blimey are you not weeing constantly? 😯