rebel without an engine

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 18:10, 1 reply)

I realise that sounds harsh.
But I am sick of cyclists threatening me with assault by riding at me on busy pavements and expecting me to get out of the way.
I make sure I do not impede the progress of vehicles on the road, but I do not expect te be charged at while I walk and expected to give way.
If I am threatened with bodily harm by being ridden into I will defend myself.
I realise this comes off badly for me -- but I don't see anything unreasonable about wanting to use a pavement on foot.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 18:20, closed)

i was just making a joke :)
i'm a cyclist myself, i ride on the road and obey traffic lights. i hate people riding on the pavements! kids i can forgive, it's not their fault their parents haven't taught them any better, but adults doing it need violating with a bicycle pump
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 18:23, closed)

I agree about the pump...
I've nothing against cyclists, I was one when I was younger and fit, I just get riled by the ones who think they own the road and pavement.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 18:44, closed)

Am I a cunt?
I'm also a cyclist and mostly use roads or designated cycle paths and try to obey all the the rules... There is a cycle path I use regularly with an access/exit point that is one of those high curbs that are about a foot high (don't know why someone decided to end a cycle track with a drop onto a busy road, can only assume they loathe cyclists).
The road that the path leads to is quite busy when I cycle to work, and instead of making a right turn across fast busy traffic to stop on the road to get off my bike and lift it onto the cycle track, I go left into an underpass and go along about 30m of normal path untill it meets the cycle path.
When I do this I go slow and give way to pedestrians, am I still a cunt for using normal paths?
(fearsome mumbler is shit at telling stories, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 19:15, closed)

You should
get off your bike and walk with it. It's only 30m FFS.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 19:32, closed)

quite possibly
walk the bike, then you won't risk hitting anyone in the underpass with it
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 19:35, closed)

As mentioned above...
...you should probably walk with it. But it's more important that you don't simply ride at people and expect them to move -- as a lot of cyclists appear to do.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 21:26, closed)