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People who have a single roof mounted bike rack, with the bike facing backwards.
what can I say - helps to fluff up my bar tape
Really expensive cars with a really shit bike on the roof.
You can afford it, buy something nice.
Riders that wear helmets. Are you that cr@p a rider that you're going to fall off?
Why would you want your fork stanchions to be In the firing line from all the bits of grit and insects hitting then at 70mph?
Really expensive cars with a really shit bike on the roof.
You can afford it, buy something nice.
Unless they spent all of their money on an (irrationally) overpriced car 😉
(I thought this thread was going to be about those motorists who just have to hate cyclists)
Do road bikes have stanchions?
Vans with a bike rack..... you forgot something when working out what van you got
Time trailers out with all the expensive bikes, disc wheels, skin suits, aero helmets etc. but sat almost bolt upright. Get your position sorted first for crying out loud.
Badly set-up bikes; regardless of whether it's a Carrera or a carbon Santa Cruz, setting it up properly is free..
setting it up properly is free..
You know a shop that works for free?
Anyways:
Riding on my back wheel on a long descent in a 7 hour race but not wanting to get past.
Shorts in winter
Working on your bike with it upside down on the ground
Wheelsucking a stranger (me) a commute.
setting it up properly is free..
You know a shop that works for free?
You really need a shop to set your brake levers, shifters, bars and saddle at the correct position and angle..?
Some folk may do, OBVIOUSLY*
*applies to most. posts obvs!
Fast, skillful people. Two hats.
Working on your bike with it upside down on the ground
Like what I did today?
Those calf length socks (? Compression) worn by time triallers
oh and sperm helmets
Those calf length socks (? Compression) worn by time triallers
oh and sperm helmets
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could there be a logical reason? Like they want to stand on the pavement when lifting the bike up and the down tube clamp fouls the chainrings if it’s the other way round?
Why do triathletes always look like a cycling fashion disaster? Its like the cycling equivalent of the rusty nova with a badly fitted fiberglass body kit and chromed alloys. I mean whoever sponsors that guys skinsuit must know he dresses like that?
Not entirely irrational but I do hate some bike shops, I can't stand slam69 /smokestone mostly because his posts/fanbois took up most of the fatbike Facebook groups with photos of the same shit week after week. Which is irrational because I don't bear the same grudge against the similarly self publicising bikemonger and have bought stuff off him since he was just an eBay shop for ss bits and actually follow both his personal and shop Facebook pages!
You really need a shop to set your brake levers, shifters, bars and saddle at the correct position and angle..?
No you can read a hundred conflicting internet versions and one who tells you to leave everything undone as they crash a lot
Working on your bike with it upside down on the ground
How do you fix a puncture, broken chain, etc when you don't have your workstand with you?
Carbon framed road bike with a brooks saddle. Why?
Folk with full sussers and loads of Tyre pressure.
You really need a shop to set your brake levers, shifters, bars and saddle at the correct position and angle..?
You really need a shop to change your wiper blades, you really need a gardener to mow your lawn, your really need etc, etc,
Anyway, I hate cyclists who ride along in a group and keep pointing at things on the road and calling them out
<i>Anyway, I hate cyclists who ride along in a group and keep pointing at things on the road and calling them out</i>
what like potholes and road furniture? You mean you would rather hit all that at speed? It hurts....just ask Mark Cavendish.
Internet evangelists who preach that we should support our LBS every opportunity, even when they refuse to do the work we need/want doing.
^That picture CFH posted -looking at his ankles is he out on license from Fashion prison?
Always wary of cyclists with bags swinging from the handlebars.
I had that issue, until I quickly realised that you can just unbolt the clamp section and switch it to the inner side. (Thule 591)
Irrational cycling hates:
1. Mtb-ers wearing camelbaks. If your half a days ride from a shop to buy water - fair enough. If your at a trail centre/local ride it’s a 20min ride to refill.
2. Those new super wide mtb handlebars; in the 1970’s we called them cow horn bars, and they looked stupid then. Has nice tight twisty Singletrack disappeard?
3. Anyone in Rapha kit, or team Sky kit.
Rational cycling hatred:
1. Other cyclists telling me I should wear a helmet. If you not confident in your cycling ability then wear one by all means - But don’t assume I am as shit as you on a bike.
2. Cyclists who clear their nose whilst riding in a group. If your sat on back it’s fine - but if there’s riders behind it’s totally unacceptable.
Groups of MAMILs who bust a gut to overtake you happily riding at your own pace, then slow down en masse, forcing you to overtake them all to continue riding at your own pace...
1. Other cyclists telling me I should wear a helmet. If you not confident in your cycling ability then wear one by all means – But don’t assume I am as shit as you on a bike.
Not sure whether to swoon or laugh...
mtbers who run such low pressures their tyres are squirming and they think they are drifting
But don’t assume I am as shit as you on a bike
What if shit person runs into you?
How do you fix a puncture, broken chain, etc when you don’t have your workstand with you?
You can certainly fix a puncture or broken chain without turning your bike upside-down.
Carbon framed road bike with a brooks saddle. Why?
I've got a nice carbon road bike with a pretty tired looking Charge Spoon saddle on it because the OEM saddle broke and that was what I had in the shed, and I haven't had time to buy a nicer replacement. Go on, hate me.
"Other cyclists telling me I should wear a helmet. If you not confident in your cycling ability then wear one by all means – But don’t assume I am as shit as you on a bike."
Mate of mine on a recent MTB weekend is the best rider out of all of us, raced motorbikes and motor cross in his younger years then moved onto trials both on motor bike and bicycles, took a pretty small innocuous table top jump at a trail centre, the sort of thing you wouldn't necessarily think of, the sort of thing he's done millions of times before, but, very unusually, front tyre blew out on landing, he didn't stand a chance, went down like a ton of bricks, snapped his collar bone and hit his head on the not particularly smooth trail surface with pointy rocky corners. Almost cleaved his helmet in two. Was a bit dazed and confused for a few seconds, but far more concerned about his shoulder than his head. I can't imagine what the outcome would have been if he wasn't wearing a helmet, but it would have been alot more painful, bloody and potentially/probably life changing. As it happens he's back on a bike after 4 weeks, with a serious head injury it would have been months at best.
Moral of the story is that no matter how good you are, or most likely think you are on a bike (I'd happily bet a significant part of my body that my mate is a much better rider than you), the unexpected can happen at any time and that is what a helmet is there for. So absolutely nothing to do with how good or confident you are. Unless you pootle along at a steady pace on a canal towpath then you are at risk of coming off your bike at any time (and maybe you do, you might be the best canal track pootler in the world, but I suspect that is not what you mean). Some things are outside of your control.
Not telling you what to do, just a little anecdote to highlight the error in your view that falling off your bike is anything to do with your own skill...nobody falls off a bike on purpose, it's always because something unexpected happens.
‘Not telling you what to do, just a little anecdote to highlight the error in your view that falling off your bike is anything to do with your own skill…nobody falls off a bike on purpose, it’s always because something unexpected happens’
Maybe I should have emphasised I meant on road bike; I always wear helmet whilst riding off road.
of course the unexpected will always happen. Although seeing so many people riding (on roads) with so little skill of reading the road and bike handling skills .. but blissfully unaware, in their own little security bubble of thinking the helmet makes them safe and secure in any eventuality is quite alarming.
safer to use what’s in your head than rely on what’s on it.
swoon away newbs.
Oh well if you ride on the road... there’s no dangers there. Nothing ever fails on road bikes and cars are so advanced now they can’t hit you.
You crack on flower.
Anyone with a bike on their roof - you should have bought a van.
Vans with bike racks on the back - you bought the wrong van.
Singlespeed/no suspension/ similar weird crap - stop being an attention seeker.
Anyone in lycra - I dont think thats irrational though.
describing a ride as being off-piste.
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Theres plenty of dangers on the road, and experience will help you identify them - and hopefully avoid them. But until then - I suggest you keep wearing the helmet Newb.
Anyone with a bike on their roof – you should have bought a van.
That would be stupid. Most of the time I don't need that much space. You're saying I should spend cash on a van (+insurance, MOT, etc) for something I might only use one or two times a year?
Vans with bike racks on the back – you bought the wrong van.
Or maybe most of the time the smaller van would be fine, but you're now insisting I should buy a vehicle far larger than I need, and pollute the environment with even more diesel fumes than necessary? Basically you would rather kill children with PM10s than use a bike rack.
Singlespeed/no suspension/ similar weird crap – stop being an attention seeker.
Rigid/Single speed is perfect for riding in the Winter in Cambridgeshire. Unless you're made of money of course, in which case you can just buy a new bike after each ride. Sadly I'm not in that position. Well done you though that you have enough wealth that you can do that. Are you a Russian Oligarch?
Anyone in lycra – I dont think thats irrational though.
Lycra is comfortable, dries quickly, doesn't get too hot. Why do I have to make myself be hot and sweaty just to conform to some idea of fashion in your head?
[irony alert] People on a cycling forum attempting to rationalise other people's irrational cycling hatreds on a thread about irrational cycling hatreds. Is it rational to try and rationalise on a thread about irrational things something that someone finds irrational? [/irony alert]
Cyclists who clear their nose whilst riding in a group
What about while out in the woods on a group ride and we're all stopped, possibly some people eating chew bars, and using a stick to inspect it?
People who tell you your bike setup is wrong when it’s comfortable/works for you and you’ve just rinsed their best strava time.