[Closed] Newbie roadies - PLEASE RESPECT YOUR ELDERS

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The bloke who wrote that guardian article does he post on here? He comes across as a complete **** so should fit in well.

I reckon Al has just sat back, lit his pipe and admired his handiwork…

This post is the gift that keeps on giving; made my morning anyway 😆

I jumped three sets of red traffic lights (in sequence) yesterday morning entering Deansgate Manchester.

Does that make me bad?

BTW it was in a car.

Does that put me into the sameplace as Colonel Gadaffi with the Guardianista's

From Binners link:

2) Urban Cyclists generally laugh at people who wear brightly coloured Lycra, though they fail to find equal humour in their own colour-co-ordinated bicycles, boutique clothing, or the fact that riding for more than a few hours in jeans is liable to turn your crotch into a microcosm of the Everglades.

I jumped three sets of red traffic lights (in sequence) yesterday morning entering Deansgate Manchester.

Does that make me bad?

BTW it was in a car.

as long as you legitimise it by veering onto the path slightly to cross the lights it's fine.

cynic-al

'Please respect your elders'

Chip and shoulder

I'm surprised you didn't nudge him in front of a passing cab. How dare he take up a new healthy passtime and cycle near you of all people. I mean you've been riding since rims were made from stale bread. I say.

Well done, everyone, well done. I can't work out where the troll ends and the genuine outrage begins. This is a whole 'nother level of meta-trollery.

los - yup, I think that just about sums it up 🙂

[b]BORING!![/b] Blatent troll by cynic-al, surprised so many people have bitten.

You must be bored this morning Al.

I've just remembered why I love this site!

You forgot to mention the trailer full of kids.

don simon - Member

While I'm not going to flame someone for rljing, doing it while another cyclist has stopped is a bit off.

Why?

don simon - Member
While I'm not going to flame someone for rljing, doing it while another cyclist has stopped is a bit off.

Why?

why do you think?

they have just crashed?

A couple of months ago I was out on my cross bike in the lanes of Kent. Two roadies came up behind me and then went belting past me. I got on the rear wheel of one. After about half a mile he got dropped, so I got on to the wheel of the bloke at the front. After about another half a mile we got to a t-junction. The bloke at the front shouted back 'Ha ha, we dropped that fat f'. I enjoyed telling him that actually the fat f was still there, but that he had better wait for his mate. Hee hee hee. Nothing to do with respect or being the boss of the road - just very satisfying.

On a good day I'm faster or can keep up with a lot of roadies, I've got a fairly heavy mtb with road tyres, the amount of roadies that almost kill themselves in a desperate attempt to pass or loose me is ridiculous. A bit more respect all round is needed me thinks.

Damn……I cant trackstand either. What a numpty I am. *Googles "skills courses for numpties"*

Damn……I cant trackstand either. What a numpty I am. *Googles "skills courses for numpties"*

you are a danger to yourself and others. I feel unsafe just reading your post

You can't trackstand????

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Oh, you're the one pointing at me, Jaundiceface!! With your 4 fingers and massive overbite! And whats with that waistcoat, fatty?

THAT, is NOT a waistcoat. It's a Paul Smith-designed Rapha gillet.

I always think watching some lycra-clad nobber wobbling around like a Parkinsons sufferer at the lights, rather than simply putting their foot down, represents the ultimate expression of bell-endery.

If you were to wonder out load why some people think cyclists are ****s, this is Exhibit A your honour.

Trackstanders are try hard showoffs with crippling self esteem problems. Real men tracksit.

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some typical trackstanders

finmac

You appear to have somne serious issues - not least not "getting" the basic etiquette to which this thread relates.

If you're wobbling, you ain't doing it right.

I say! Steady on Binners.

Trackstanders are try hard showoffs with crippling self esteem problems.

Real men tracksit.

If you're wobbling, you ain't doing it right.

🙂

I've got enough wobbling around as it is thanks.

I always think watching some lycra-clad nobber wobbling around like a Parkinsons sufferer at the lights, rather than simply putting their foot down, represents the ultimate expression of bell-endery.

If you were to wonder out load why some people think cyclists are ****s, this is Exhibit A your honour.

Ha Ha……I couldnt have worded that better……perfect and so true. Man this Cynic Al guys got us all hating each other……..wire jean wearing clown!!

EDIT
…….Lol……I'm the one with issues?…….OOOOOOOK!

On a good day I'm faster or can keep up with a lot of roadies, I've got a fairly heavy mtb with road tyres,

cynic-al - Member

finmac

You appear to have somne serious issues - not least not "getting" the basic etiquette to which this thread relates.

It's finmac that has made this thread worthwhile, and the use of the word bell-endery.

+1 for bell-endery

[i]It's finmac that has made this thread worthwhile[/i]

+1

a man for whom the word 'troll' has no meaning.

no you cant unless you have really slow roadies

maybe, or I'm really fast 😉

I seem to recall a [url= http://www.whytebikes.com/wp-whyte/?p=469 ]whyte bikes[/url] rider beat roadies on a mtb?

EDIT: linky

I think its been very clear for a long while that any type of road riding, especially commuting, is a race when you catch someone you dont know. Its just how it is.

Also, those who seem to think that 'real roadies' are ones who after 1/2 mile of sitting on their wheel seem to get dropped are in for a big shock when they meet proper road( or all fast cyclists) riders. These guys can quite happily let you sit on their wheel for 1,2,5,10,50 or whatever miles and know they could hammer it and lose you at the drop of a hat.
Just because a road rider ( in this case), where's all the gear, shaves his legs and has an expensive bike etc, doesn't mean he's gonna be a fast rider

I can't wait for TDF season to be over. Fat men in lycra...actually any men in lycra...suddenly appearing on my commute makes me want to wretch.
You are not competing. You are a grown man wearing tights in a public place.

I often ride at sub-threshold HR. That's when I get passed by other cyclists, usually blowing out of their arses and red-lining their tickers to get a 'scalp'.

Leave them to it, try and pass me on a 3 mile 20% climb after 80 miles at 20mph. Then we'll see how good you are. 😉

Track-stands are for idiots, unless you are clipped in. Being "good" at it isn't cool either.

LOL Shibboleth are you one of those guys I always pass on road rides who's "just finishing a century!"? 🙄

Dear dear, apparently so many "rules" for riding on the road. It's all so confusing, isn't it?

But at least I know that if I should ever have to venture onto a road on my mtb, I must not overtake Al so I don't hurt his feelings.

The OP's point was he was quicker than a man in lycra.

Cool..

Trollist..

He was in baggies actually...with a yellow jersey.

The incident could have spawned so many threads...

Just because a road rider ( in this case), where's all the gear, shaves his legs and has an expensive bike etc, doesn't mean he's gonna be a fast rider

Think you need to re-read the OP 🙄

al - more annoyance can be caused by clipping your jeans into one of [url= http://www.beseenonabike.co.uk/acatalog/info_906034.html ]these[/url] - I find it adds an extra frisson of delight to making the recent roady converts blow out of their arses.

jeans, t-shirt, flouro ankle band, i even put my visor back on my helmet to liven up the commute with a bit of a hustle - does this make me a bad person?

hahah what a shit thread - man pulls up to the junction in riding gear - man sits at the junction in jeans and tshirt - then expects respect from the guy in all the cycling gear?!!?!? 😆

i love the fact he wound you up just by being a normal everyday cyclist 😆 well done whom ever you, hats of to you may you be out there!

lets face it though - most road cyclists are cocks...

kaaaaabooooom!

Do you expect everyone to respect you cos you are old and you wear jeans. Is your speed so obvious when you are standing still. You must be awesome. Are you Francis Rossi?