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Veteran
So what's in your saddle bag.a gun with silver bullets,A cross,a wooden steak and holy water in your drinks bottle
Commuting daily on a bike - what are you main problems / biggest bug bearers?
- Thread starter MidasMk1
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derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
self-gratification artists on bikes jumping red lights. they really p*** me off.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
And Klaus Barbie. Many a good ride ruined because that arse popped into my mind.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
The absolutely shocking state of most tarmac in London.
People wandering across pelicans when their light is on red. Once one goes, they all start crossing like lemmings.
People wandering across pelicans when their light is on red. Once one goes, they all start crossing like lemmings.
Turdus philomelos
Guru
- Location
- West Lothian
Recently drivers with trailers or driving work vehicles that are longer than their own.
Their thoughtlessness pulling in too early after passing me has gave me some heart stopping moments.
But what really frustrates me is that there are drivers who don't see me as another human being made of flesh and bone. I did think of having sublimation print done on the back of my jacket reading, 'Mavis, not effin cyclist', but My John said no because some idiot would knock me off my bike trying to read it.
Rant over, away to organise kit for my what looks like a very chilly commute in the morning. BBBRRRRR!!!!
Their thoughtlessness pulling in too early after passing me has gave me some heart stopping moments.
But what really frustrates me is that there are drivers who don't see me as another human being made of flesh and bone. I did think of having sublimation print done on the back of my jacket reading, 'Mavis, not effin cyclist', but My John said no because some idiot would knock me off my bike trying to read it.
Rant over, away to organise kit for my what looks like a very chilly commute in the morning. BBBRRRRR!!!!
- Location
- Glasgow
Rarely snows here in Glasgow, plenty of ice though.
Last winter was quite mild, so I didn't use my ice bike often, the year before was
it got used a lot.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Waking up early enough in the morning - maybe you could design a more effective alarm clock 
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
Pet hate number one is when drivers seem to assume you will be pootling along at 10-12mph and pull out on you accordingly...
Number two is cycle lanes being full of leaves/gravel/glass/etc and feeling (and being made to feel, often rather vocally) obliged to use them.
Number three is a lack of anywhere that feels properly safe to lock the bike up when in town.
Over bright car/bike lights are also a problem on unlit roads, as others have noted.
Still beats the hell out of driving in though
Number two is cycle lanes being full of leaves/gravel/glass/etc and feeling (and being made to feel, often rather vocally) obliged to use them.
Number three is a lack of anywhere that feels properly safe to lock the bike up when in town.
Over bright car/bike lights are also a problem on unlit roads, as others have noted.
Still beats the hell out of driving in though
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
I had an incident tonight that may have resulted because two drivers didn't realise how fast I was going. I was doing over 25 mph when the came passed one after the other. They were so keen to get around me that they caused a driver coming the other way to stop. All they had to do was wait a few seconds.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Having aircraft try and land on you when riding with flashing lights. Really bloody annoying!
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
my big bugbear is bad road design, My council are brilliant at it, pinch points that serve no purpose yards from a TL pedestrian crossing, huge concrete islands built up in the middle of the road that make in impossible for a large vehicle to pass you with even the minimum recommended distance. cycle lanes (that I ignore) at roundabouts that take you off the road and through half a dozen sets of crossing lights mixing it in with the pedestrians in quite limited and undifferentiated space rather than leaving you on the road to take the direct route and not making you make the choice of doing the right thing by others & getting off and walking or being a bike knob and bullying your way through the foot traffic.
+1 to @ianrauk's beef with the pillocks that seem to think the give way line from a side road is where their steering wheel should be in line with.
people on foot who do similar and seem to think that the appropriate place to stop and begin to look for traffic coming is 3 feet into the carriageway without having given a nanoseconds thought to looking right before blithely stepping off the kerb.
+1 to @ianrauk's beef with the pillocks that seem to think the give way line from a side road is where their steering wheel should be in line with.
people on foot who do similar and seem to think that the appropriate place to stop and begin to look for traffic coming is 3 feet into the carriageway without having given a nanoseconds thought to looking right before blithely stepping off the kerb.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
A load of pinch points were recently remove by Milton Keynes Borough Carncil cos they had caused the accident rate to rise.
Much a It's naughty I guess speeding in a straight line is safer than bringing opposing traffic streams head on into one another..
Much a It's naughty I guess speeding in a straight line is safer than bringing opposing traffic streams head on into one another..
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
At this time of year it is dark when I go to work and now it is getting cold.