What annoys you?
- Thread starter ramses
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ramses
Active Member
- Location
- Bournemouth
Arriving home
Yeah I'd agree with that one.
1. I hate, detest and despise headwinds. I hate them for their duplicity; they behave like headwinds even when they are tailwinds. I loathe them. They are like riding uphill, but without the fun. I don't find them annoying; I despise them. If headwinds had throats I would tear them out, slowly.
2. I am mildly annoyed by people who want somehow to elect themselves a spokesperson for one means of transport to the exclusion of all other means: The motorcyclist who hates cars, trucks, bicycles.. the cyclist who looks down on the other three... and so on. As an average car driver who makes the occasional error, an average cyclist who does likewise and a former motorcyclist who for years treated speed limits as consumer guidelines rather than law, I am inclined to smile wryly at ghastly driving.
(I say that as someone who's been knocked off many times and who is still recovering - wrist and shoulder - from the last wallop by a driver who failed to see me when pulling out).
3. I wear a helmet reluctantly, but I feign loss of consciousness when someone goes on either about how we'd all be dead without them or how they are some sort of evil plot to kill us all through a false sense of security.
4. I think the proportion of uphill to downhill is wrong. The ratio seems to be about 1:1 where I live. I find that annoying. Uphill can be fun, but there should be about three times as much downhill. I disagree with geographers who give reasons why this cannot be. They are unhelpfully narrow-minded.
5. Components that wear out and tyres that puncture are also annoying.
6. People who eat noisily annoy me hugely, but this might be the wrong forum for that.
7. Radio presenters who battle in to work bravely despite having a blocked nose.... Very noble, but utterly horrid to listen to.
Aaaaah... that feels much better.
2. I am mildly annoyed by people who want somehow to elect themselves a spokesperson for one means of transport to the exclusion of all other means: The motorcyclist who hates cars, trucks, bicycles.. the cyclist who looks down on the other three... and so on. As an average car driver who makes the occasional error, an average cyclist who does likewise and a former motorcyclist who for years treated speed limits as consumer guidelines rather than law, I am inclined to smile wryly at ghastly driving.
(I say that as someone who's been knocked off many times and who is still recovering - wrist and shoulder - from the last wallop by a driver who failed to see me when pulling out).
3. I wear a helmet reluctantly, but I feign loss of consciousness when someone goes on either about how we'd all be dead without them or how they are some sort of evil plot to kill us all through a false sense of security.
4. I think the proportion of uphill to downhill is wrong. The ratio seems to be about 1:1 where I live. I find that annoying. Uphill can be fun, but there should be about three times as much downhill. I disagree with geographers who give reasons why this cannot be. They are unhelpfully narrow-minded.
5. Components that wear out and tyres that puncture are also annoying.
6. People who eat noisily annoy me hugely, but this might be the wrong forum for that.
7. Radio presenters who battle in to work bravely despite having a blocked nose.... Very noble, but utterly horrid to listen to.
Aaaaah... that feels much better.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Thelma
New Member
- Location
- Manchester
+1
I don't mind uphill too much when I'm doing it, but I really don't trust downhill. I know it's going to let me down. I know that for my moment of "wheeeeeee" I'm going to pay back at least 2 more uphills. I'm sure there are more ups than downs near me!
on the note of headwinds... double wammy when you cycle to work in a continual headwind for an hour thinking ah ell at least ill have a nice push back home later...only to find that the wind has totally changed direction and your in the headwind all the way home. fantastic workout but sooooo annoying
Fletch456
Guru
- Location
- North Hampshire
Not enough hours in the day or days in the week - especially at the moment.
Not having enough coffers in the bank to pay for cycling holiday in the med when its still winter here.
Pot holes. Poor road maintenance.
Cycle paths painted where the road is a good two car width road but not that plus a cycle path. Such an instant waste of money.
Not having enough coffers in the bank to pay for cycling holiday in the med when its still winter here.
Pot holes. Poor road maintenance.
Cycle paths painted where the road is a good two car width road but not that plus a cycle path. Such an instant waste of money.
Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
Thing thjat frustrates me the most is Not being able to go on a planned ride due to work, Illness ,family emergencies and all the other stuff that conspires to keep you off the bike.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
TdF wannabees who simply can't accept that an old fat bloke can be faster than them. 
Thelma
New Member
- Location
- Manchester
Snap. I'm desperate to get out but snowed under with work.
Glover Fan
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Almondsbury, Nr Bristol
Punctures and Mechanical failure. Sure fire way to ruin any ride.
Everything else I enjoy.
Everything else I enjoy.
Jakaan 1984
Active Member
- Location
- Liverpool
When cars get tight to the kerb, after they've over taken you in a line of traffic.
Glass on cycle paths, & just general manners on the road by all .
Glass on cycle paths, & just general manners on the road by all .
Fletch456
Guru
- Location
- North Hampshire
Snap...am determined to get out tomorrow...as finishing some work now means I am missing the last of the light.
