Ha Ha, at least you're honest about it.
Don't ride in groups or we will be stopped cycling completely.
- Thread starter ozboz
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'We' cyclists appear to complain quite a lot I've noticed over time. When the the roads are packed with motor vehicles we say they are all utter tossers, on bridleways it is the dog walkers and hikers that infuriate us, and now that the playing field is thinning out we are turning on fellow cyclists. It will be interesting how long our new 'roolz' last when life returns to normal(ish). Just saying, that's all
The odd thing is, a lot of cyclist own cars or drive, have dogs and maybe even go for walks.
vickster
Legendary Member
We can control keeping our distance...but what people are trying to control is others keeping their distance...which isn't something we can always control unless we are able to keep far away (not easy in a supermarket for example)
matticus
Guru
Simples - she just carries a 4m pole around!Stupid bint...how on earth did she maintain her 2m distance while measuring?
Personally, I would have told her to F off
vickster
Legendary Member
apparently a measuring tape...wtf
There are some extremely peculiar (being kind) people out there 
George, 68, from Edinburgh, told how he had stopped to speak to a friend - making sure they kept a "large" distance between them - after they happened to meet during his daily walk in The Meadows in Edinburgh.
He said: "Suddenly this woman came up to us shouting that we were too close and produced a measuring tape from her pocket.
"She then began measuring the distance between us."
He said his 6ft tall friend had even lain down on the ground to help demonstrate that they were even further apart than the recommended distance of two metres (almost 6.6ft).
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I have no front garden or yard so my front door opens straight out onto the pavement*** (think Coronation Street). People passing by don't seem to expect somebody to suddenly pop out in front of them. They used to just step around me but now they react with great alarm, some even leaping off the pavement onto the road!
If I am going out on my bike now I poke the front wheel out of the door and then pause to give any approaching pedestrians time to take more relaxed evasive action.
If I am leaving on foot, I put one foot out and make a show of fumbling with the door key while they swerve around me.
*** To our confused American friends... 'pavement' is what we call the sidewalk, NOT the road surface!
If I am going out on my bike now I poke the front wheel out of the door and then pause to give any approaching pedestrians time to take more relaxed evasive action.
If I am leaving on foot, I put one foot out and make a show of fumbling with the door key while they swerve around me.
*** To our confused American friends... 'pavement' is what we call the sidewalk, NOT the road surface!
anothersam
SMIDSMe
- Location
- Far East Sussex
Under different circumstances, it would all be quite funny, especially if they then leapt in front of a bus. Excuse the black humour. I would not in fact laugh if someone leapt in front of a bus; I myself have been run over. Suffice it to say my wife, who was holding my hand at the time as we were crossing a road, didn't die laughing.
That was on the quiz when I got my British citizenship.
It actually wasn't, but it could've been. Fortunately I slipped in before they started giving tests. Who knows if I'd make the grade now.
I did prepare this pub quiz (in two parts) whilst* still solely American.
* Americans seldom say "whilst".
I did prepare this pub quiz (in two parts) whilst* still solely American.
* Americans seldom say "whilst".
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
A Bass Triangle, nicked from the local orchestra?Stupid bint...how on earth did she maintain her 2m distance while measuring?
Personally, I would have told her to F off
The test isn't that hard provided you read the relevant chapters in the prep book. It's 24 questions, multiple choice, written for a 10 year old reading level. You have 45 minutes to complete it. I took less than 90 seconds.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Worth reading about social shaming
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/social-distance-shaming-necessary-coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/social-distance-shaming-necessary-coronavirus
Brooks
Senior Member
- Location
- S.E. London
There's a dual carriageway a few miles from me that has an excellent shared use path beside it that must be 6 to 8 feet wide, the girlfriend and I often use it when where doing a loop in that area. About 3 weeks ago there was 3 people ahead walking in our direction but they were spread out right across the shared path. I passed on my bike and the bloke in the group said sorry to me, but I heard an exchange between the girlfriend and the bloke. I asked her what had happened but she said it was nothing, further down the road we stopped for a drink and she told me he had a go at her for cycling on the path and being too close.
I wanted to go back and have a word but the girlfriend calmed me down thankfully. I really don't get some people.
I wanted to go back and have a word but the girlfriend calmed me down thankfully. I really don't get some people.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Last night I was out on my permitted exercise, riding along the Ridgeway ancient trail. The part I was using is very wide - a good 3m or so with no hedges so plenty of room to move sideways. Problem is there are some fairly deep ruts, now set solid. I ride this often and know which rut to select to avoid crank-strike or other rut related ramifications. Anyway, up ahead is a young woman walking right down the middle of the track. I give her 3 pings from a distance, then 3 more as I get nearer and then another 3 when I am fairly close behind. Nothing. I then have to traverse sideways across the ruts to the verge so I can pass her at a social distance whilst she continues her phone call from the middle of the track.
Now I'm not saying I have any more right than she to choose where to travel, but strictly speaking it is a byway, so she is walking down the middle of a road without any awareness of traffic. Most walkers are aware that they can more easily walk on rough terrain than me cycle on it and step aside and I make a point of giving plenty of warning with my bell so as not to startle anybody and offering clear thanks when they do so.
Now I'm not saying I have any more right than she to choose where to travel, but strictly speaking it is a byway, so she is walking down the middle of a road without any awareness of traffic. Most walkers are aware that they can more easily walk on rough terrain than me cycle on it and step aside and I make a point of giving plenty of warning with my bell so as not to startle anybody and offering clear thanks when they do so.
I get this all the time but its much more relevant at the moment.
Cycling along shared paths I come across a lot couples walking side by side, they see me approaching , so one steps to one side of the path and one to the other side, its as if they are testing my riding skills leaving the narrowest of gaps to pass them, move to the same side you dumb f***ers.
Cycling along shared paths I come across a lot couples walking side by side, they see me approaching , so one steps to one side of the path and one to the other side, its as if they are testing my riding skills leaving the narrowest of gaps to pass them, move to the same side you dumb f***ers.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Not really on topic - but distancing related - ages ago (not during virus times) I was labouring up steep narrow lane and something very unusual happened, I came up behind two people riding side by side who were actually slower than me. I called "on your right" and the outside rider proceeded to peel off further to the right, leaving only room in the middle. So I said "In your middle" as there was nowhere else to go, and stood on the pedals so I was through the gap as quick as I could. I received a load of tutting and "Oh FFS" from the two riders.
That has stayed with me with me ... wondering if I was actually in the wrong. By pulling to the right was the rider signalling "we don't think you should overtake right now" I wonder?
Of course afterwards I had the usual paranoia that I always have on the rare occasions I overtake anyone. "Do they think I'm a total dick just showing off by overtaking?" So the next 10 min was maximum effort to put a bit of space between me and them.
That has stayed with me with me ... wondering if I was actually in the wrong. By pulling to the right was the rider signalling "we don't think you should overtake right now" I wonder?
Of course afterwards I had the usual paranoia that I always have on the rare occasions I overtake anyone. "Do they think I'm a total dick just showing off by overtaking?" So the next 10 min was maximum effort to put a bit of space between me and them.
Most cyclists would understand that, but do you think she thought move to the right ?
