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All the drivers moaning about cyclists: try spending three months riding through a city centre at rush hour every day before complaining. After that, feel free.
( MatJ LOOK, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 2:10, 21 replies)

does this mean
I have to fiddle with kids before moaning about Paedos? I wasn't aware that it was a requirement to indulge in a socially unacceptable activity before voicing distaste.
(SausageWarrior destination Zululand, come on boys jump in the van, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 6:27, closed)

Cyclists are equatable to pedophiles now?
Really? I mean REALLY?
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 8:38, closed)

In a lot of ways worse
Paedos don't have the terriblen fashion sense or sweaty smell, unless they're also cyclists I suppose.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sat 24 Sep 2011, 11:32, closed)

You actually do think people who are getting a little exercise on the way to work wearing clothing which draws sweat away from the body are as socially unacceptable as people who sexually abuse children leading to a lifetime of mental scarring?

Of course you don't. That would be at the very least naive, if not raising the question of your own morality.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 14:53, closed)

What you say is true.
Of course it is... but comedy website... and... er... that's it.
(Troutbiscuits, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 18:43, closed)

Not "as", WORSE. They're worse.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sat 24 Sep 2011, 19:37, closed)

There are two users on this site with your name...
RingOfFire and Ring_of_fire. One of them is vaguely amusing sometimes, and the other is a cu*t who cluttlers up the board with his nonsense.

Thank you for reminding me which is which.
( jagwap, Sun 25 Sep 2011, 7:07, closed)

Oh. I don't have an opinion about you.
But the other ring of fire isn't a cunt, so it must be me.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sun 25 Sep 2011, 10:46, closed)

yeah why not

(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 16:46, closed)

Pretty much been there and done that.
It was about 18 years ago, but I know the score.
I still think most cyclists behave like cocks.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 10:19, closed)

Yep........

(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 12:31, closed)

Likewise...
... been there, done that. I can manage to ride my bike through busy streets without running through red lights, cycling on the pavement and running over pedestrians, and generally placing myself and other road users in danger.

If I behaved like most cyclists seem to do in my van, I'd be jailed.
(gordonjcp, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 10:54, closed)

'Most' cyclists?
Really? Or just the ones you notice?
(Monchberter Can't go wrong with Doom, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 13:16, closed)

I notice all the cyclists
That's how I manage to avoid squashing them when they do something suicidally stupid.
(gordonjcp, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 16:22, closed)

I agree
I don't do any of those things either. But some of the people complaining about cyclists in cities seems to have no idea how drivers tend to behave.
( MatJ LOOK, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 18:10, closed)

This is B3TA
and not the CTC forums?
(manwiddicombe is thinking of something witty to add here, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 15:03, closed)

Why the fuck should I?
All you cyclists deserve to be crippled. Cunts the lot of you.
/Pedestrian
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 24 Sep 2011, 19:21, closed)

Cyclists that:

go through red lights

ride on the pavements

have no lights

do not wear reflective gear

go down one way streets the wrong way

ignore cycle lanes for "motorised vehicle lanes"

etc are all cunts!
( Vambo, Sun 25 Sep 2011, 23:58, closed)

Again
YES. I AGREE. But you can't appreciate how hard it is to be a cyclist and have to dodge all the manic car driver/suddenly braking buses/wilfully idiotic pedestrians until you've done at least a bit of it yourself.
( MatJ LOOK, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 1:29, closed)

buy a car
a motorbike or take a bus. End of problem. No more whining cyclists
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 16:48, closed)

I think the probelm...
is that a lot of cyclists think that rolling one leg of their skinny jeans up whilst they ride their fixie somehow acts as both a suit of armour to protect them from drivers that *can't* see them as they squeeze up the inside of lorries that are turning left and that it means they are somehow elevated above the law and common courtesy by dint of spending more on their bike than I did on my first car.

Not *all* cyclists are twats, but a significant percentage in city centres are, as they feel they can piss on everyone else from their moral high ground and then bitch about getting flak when they plough through zebra crossings because they took the brakes off their bike because it's trendy to do so.

I rode a bike every day as a kid and obeyed the highway code and the lessons of my cycling proficiency as I a) am not a cunt and b) wanted to live past the end of the week.

The level of arrogance seen displayed by most (and again, I am not saying *all) commuter cyclists in London is mind-boggling - from cuttin up pedestrians, riding the wrong way up the road, not using signals, riding whilst wearing headphones, riding a bike with no brakes (technically a fixie is not fit for road use and the Police could have a go at you unless you have the skill of Chris Hoy), dodging between cars at busy junctions and creeping up the inside of buses, etc, at junctions. The latter I don't mind to much, as only an idiot doesn't realise that a driver 6 foot off the ground won't see them and that lorries and buses will swing to the right *before* they swing left, in order to make their way round a tight left-hand corner. Generally, I consider most deaths of cyclists in London a case of Darwinian evolution for these reasons.

I love my bikes and I have ridden considerately for something like 27 years and will continue to do so. A twat is a twat, regardless of mode of transport - give one of those fixie-riding idiots a motorcycle and they'll just do the same, but at 90MPH.
(Chad, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 17:33, closed)