Doubling Up On Road

[John the Monkey]

I've liked a lot of her work, but I can't recall the Hobbit stuff, I'll check it out though.

Here you are;

http://www.zepe.de/tjillu/hobbit/

I love the Smaug in this one;
http://www.zepe.de/tjillu/hobbit/s/title.htm

 

[Bicycle]

Blimey, can anyone sum this thread up in a few words so I don't have to read the 66 pages ta ?

Yes.

I said some things which were right. Most others said things which were not.

Some people think it's OK to double up. Their views have remained constant.

Some people think otherwise. Their views have also remained constant.

Some people think it depends on the circumstances. Their views have remained constant.

If this thread were a car, it would be a 1981 Talbot Tagora 2.2 GLS in Minicab Beige.

Interesting, but no-one is really sure why.

 

[4F]

A: We shouldn't be allowed to ride side by side, it's annoying to drivers

B: YEAH!

C: F*** right off!

D: Can we not just pull over, or let them go round us if it's a wide no?

B: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

C: But surely it depends on the circumstances?

B: No. Never. What if (Insert long, complex question here)

(Insert 7 pages of people saying "How long is a piece of string?")

B: Why is everyone an cycle millitant?

J: You're a dumbass

B: No you're a dumbass. (Insert same long, complex question here)

(Insert 40 pages of the last 6 lines)

Y: Cars!

Z: Mugs!


Thank-you

Quality thanks, I think I shall retreat to the safe haven of helmet debates

 

[John the Monkey]

I mentioned it as I saw you were in Crewe.

I dont live too far from you.

And there's me thinking their empire might span our great nation!

I think Crewe's a bit of an outlier, cycling wise, at times. For instance, we seem to have more e-bikes per head than anywhere else in the country. Especially those ones that look like slightly crap mopeds.

 

[John the Monkey]

I would have thought that cycling was a pastime fairly evenly distributed across the social spectrum.

I genuinely would not have thought it was more popular within the higher social groups.

Again, I offer the caution that it's a self selected sample who identify as cyclsits. But also, that I can see how it would arise. I daresay that in more civilised countries (for utility cycling), the distribution is more even.

If this post was a car, it would be a blue one. (Well, everyone else is doing it).

 

[briantrumpet]

If you're in the South Hams, they sell them in Totnes, top of the hill on the left.

Ah, I avoid going to Totnes, as the only way to escape is to eat lentils and wear dungarees.

 

[freecyclist]

I am only being abrasive because you are an idiot. Normally I'd give you the benefit of doubt, but you have proven your mettle over 60 odd pages

I am, however, very glad that YOU are inclined to ALLOW sportives. Please attend a sportive near you, I am sure the participants will be only too keen to hear your ADVICE.

Do you actually know what a bicycle looks like? I have doubts.

Chapeau on your abililty to stick five adjectives in a row ahead of a verb though. That adds a wicked visual image of drooling spittle over your keyboard as you type.

I fully realise that you can accept no responsibility for your aggresive behaviour and that i must be to blame. Like your previously suggesting i had autism
Wicked visual image of bitter angry mid 40s male taking his sexual inadequacy out on other innocent forumers.

 

[400bhp]

Bicycle's posts

 

[Origamist]

Are there any other options other than troll or sock puppet for forumers who voice a different opinion ?

Contrarian, iconoclast, dissenter, free thinker etc. However, the root problem here is not that you hold a minority opinion, it's more that your arguments are neither rarely cogent or apposite and you have failed to persuade the majority of contributors to this thread that your views on group riding and motorist interaction are credible. The more you repeat these poorly thought out contentions, the more people think you're a wind-up merchant.

 

[VamP]

You forgot:

X: But what about Sportives?

A: We shouldn't be allowed to ride side by side, it's annoying to drivers

B: YEAH!

C: F*** right off!

D: Can we not just pull over, or let them go round us if it's a wide no?

B: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

C: But surely it depends on the circumstances?

B: No. Never. What if (Insert long, complex question here)

(Insert 7 pages of people saying "How long is a piece of string?")

B: Why is everyone an cycle millitant?

J: You're a dumbass

B: No you're a dumbass. (Insert same long, complex question here)

(Insert 40 pages of the last 6 lines)

Y: Cars!

Z: Mugs!




Thank-you

 

[theclaud]

Contrarian, iconoclast, dissenter etc. However, the root problem here is not that you hold a minority opinion, it's a because your arguments are neither rarely cogent or apposite and you have failed to persuade the majority of contributors to this thread that your views on group riding and motorist interaction are credible. The more you repeat these poorly thought out contentions, the more people think you're a wind-up merchant.

Quite. Add to the fact that it's only really a minority opinion on here, which is perhaps what attracts FC to the place. It makes it look more interesting than the bog-standard, f**kwitted, half-arsed commonplace it actually is. There are freecyclists propping up every bar in the country.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

You forgot:

X: But what about Sportives?

I didn't want over complicate it!

 

[freecyclist]

Contrarian, iconoclast, dissenter etc. However, the root problem here is not that you hold a minority opinion, it's a because your arguments are neither rarely cogent or apposite and you have failed to persuade the majority of contributors to this thread that your views on group riding and motorist interaction are credible. The more you repeat these poorly thought out contentions, the more people think you're a wind-up merchant.

On this topic i admittedly have an opinion that does not conform to the prevailing very pro cycling view but
why does that make you come to the conclusion that FC is not a troll, but a sock puppet.
Why ?

 

[benb]

I fully realise that you can accept no responsibility for your aggresive behaviour and that i must be to blame. Like your previously suggesting i had autism
Wicked visual image of bitter angry mid 40s male taking his sexual inadequacy out on other innocent forumers.

Hypocrite much?

 

[benb]

On this topic i admittedly have an opinion that does not conform to the prevailing very pro cycling view but
why does that make you come to the conclusion that FC is not a troll, but a sock puppet.
Why ?

If it makes you feel any better, I don't think you're a sockpuppet.