Some cyclist giving cyclists bad name

duffman3833 · 05-10-2015 11:35am #1

I was driving into town yesterday and i see a cyclist who was basically been a nuisance on the road. I myself am a cyclist and obey the rules of the road and try not to annoy or get in the way of drivers, but when i seen this lad, he is the reason people hate cyclist. He was weaving in and out of traffic, and ran through several red lights. not a care in the world. There was one point where he was in the very left lane and swerved right across 2 lanes of traffic (All lanes stopped at red light) went through a red to turn right into town, where the traffic coming out of town was green so any car coming would have had to slam on if they seen him.

cjt156 · 05-10-2015 12:18pm

Alright lads, who was on 'being a nuisance' duty this weekend? I know its my turn next week.

Raam · 05-10-2015 12:45pm

Why would all people hate all cyclists cos of that lad? Surely we should all be judged by our own actions and not someone else's.

Eamonnator · 05-10-2015 1:01pm

"he is the reason people hate cyclist"

If we all concentrate, keep an eye out for this guy and get him off the road, all our problems will be solved.
If the O.P. can give us a few details, location, time and date and description of cyclist, it shouldn't be too difficult.

JBokeh · 05-10-2015 1:18pm

It happens no matter what you're interested in,be it cars, cycling, shooting, surfing,asylum seeking,model aircraft or whatever else, there is always at least one guy doing the dick on it, creating a misconception that everyone in the same pursuit is as big a tosser as that person. However the 99.99% of people going about whatever it is in a responsible manner get no attention paid to them, because they're not drawing attention to themselves by acting out of the ordinary.

Best just ignore it

lennymc · 05-10-2015 2:35pm

i hate everyone

Beasty · 05-10-2015 2:40pm

Just to add a bit of balance to this debate I would like to declare my love for lenny....

Beasty · 05-10-2015 2:44pm

Some motorists give motorists a bad name
Some pedestrians give pedestrians a bad name
Some kids give kids a bad name
Some politicians give politicians a bad name...
.

OP - why did you choose to pick on cyclists?

doozerie · 05-10-2015 2:50pm

lennymc wrote: »

i hate everyone

You should take a moment to let God into your life. Just take that hatred and the energy you expend on it and channel it into The Lord’s work instead.

So instead of hating everyone you can focus on just hating the Jews, the gays, people of colour, and woman. And lambs. Let the bible be your guiding light, amen.

lennymc · 05-10-2015 2:58pm

me neighbour has a lamb. I live in a housing estate. I f**kin hate the noisy little b*****d.

godtabh · 05-10-2015 3:00pm

i had the same experience this morning. One or two numpties will always be numpites. I wont brand all cyclist like that

cjt156 · 05-10-2015 3:06pm

Maybe if we brand the numpties it would give us all a good name?

But there's always a numpty-brander numpty giving the rest of us numpty-branders a bad name...

beauf · 05-10-2015 3:10pm

duffman3833 wrote: »

... ran through several red lights....

....hes giving runners a bad name too...

Trond · 05-10-2015 3:13pm

Can we all agree the cyclists that wear f*cking Beats Headphones are absolute ball bags?

Hunterbiker · 05-10-2015 3:16pm

Lazy video links...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ&sns=em

sconhome · 05-10-2015 3:16pm

duffman3833 wrote: »

I was driving into town yesterday and i see a cyclist who was basically been a nuisance on the road. I myself am a cyclist and obey the rules of the road and try not to annoy or get in the way of drivers, but when i seen this lad, he is the reason people hate cyclist. He was weaving in and out of traffic, and ran through several red lights. not a care in the world. There was one point where he was in the very left lane and swerved right across 2 lanes of traffic (All lanes stopped at red light) went through a red to turn right into town, where the traffic coming out of town was green so any car coming would have had to slam on if they seen him.

If he was weaving in and out of traffic breaking red lights all over the place how did you manage to keep up with him?

Trojan · 05-10-2015 3:20pm

It's the carbon-riding ones that cause the trouble.

Aluminum Akbar!

duffman3833 · 05-10-2015 4:08pm

AKW wrote: »

If he was weaving in and out of traffic breaking red lights all over the place how did you manage to keep up with him?

the lights turned green not long after he wen through and i caught up to him.

duffman3833 · 05-10-2015 4:09pm

Beasty wrote: »

Some motorists give motorists a bad name
Some pedestrians give pedestrians a bad name
Some kids give kids a bad name
Some politicians give politicians a bad name...
.

OP - why did you choose to pick on cyclists?

Just this guy i seen i could go on a rang for years on motorists too

duffman3833 · 05-10-2015 4:11pm

godtabh wrote: »

i had the same experience this morning. One or two numpties will always be numpites. I wont brand all cyclist like that

not all people think cyclists are numpties but a lot of people do

duffman3833 · 05-10-2015 4:12pm

I'm surprised to get so many humorous comments for a Monday also

Wishbone Ash · 05-10-2015 4:35pm

lennymc wrote: »

me neighbour has a lamb...

Mary?

tomasrojo · 05-10-2015 4:41pm

Rum trip into town yesterday. Tailed by a motorist for several blocks. I tried weaving in and out of traffic, and even, against my usual practice, broke a few lights, but I couldn't shake him off. I resorted in the end to swinging across two lanes of traffic to perform a hard right against a red. Think I lost him at that stage.

Could it be the Bilderberg Group? I understand they had a similar low-speed chase pursuing Jon Ronson.

cjt156 · 05-10-2015 4:42pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Mary?

We know a song about that; don't we children?

Stevie!!!

Metroboulot · 05-10-2015 4:44pm

Cyclists are simply people who ride bicycles. I don't think you can imply that all cyclists are the same. They're not a community, they don't share anything in common other than a bike. They're not a culture, or a political party or a religious group.

So, one cyclist does not give all cyclists a bad name.

duffman3833 · 05-10-2015 4:49pm

Metroboulot wrote: »

Cyclists are simply people who ride bicycles. I don't think you can imply that all cyclists are the same. They're not a community, they don't share anything in common other than a bike. They're not a culture, or a political party or a religious group.

So, one cyclist does not give all cyclists a bad name.

Some cyclists, not all as i said. If you look through various post on boards you will see people complaining about cyclists and i now seen where they are getting their hatred from, people like the one i mentioned. I'm a cyclist myself so nothing against them but i would act like an ass on the road

Planet X · 05-10-2015 5:07pm

"Life's Rich Tapestry".
Can't live without it! 😉

OleRodrigo · 05-10-2015 5:38pm

It's always interesting when a motorist scoffs at a renegade cyclist for breaking a few reds and generally not giving a s**t, but when faced with a motorist or pedestrian doing the same thing....the reaction is always more muted. Why is that?

Why do some motorists take it upon themselves to ' teach cyclists a lesson ' ( such as when to take the cycle path ) but are never inclined to be so generous with their superior wisdom when it comes to other road users ?

Any idea, OP?

sconhome · 05-10-2015 5:45pm

cjt156 wrote: »

We know a song about that; don't we children?

Stevie!!!

See your Mary and raise you

petethedrummer · 05-10-2015 5:48pm

We need an "I saw someone do something stupid on a bike today and it annoyed me a bit..." megathread.

kenmc · 05-10-2015 6:23pm

which town?

RobFowl · 05-10-2015 6:50pm

lennymc wrote: »

i hate everyone

I'm with Lenny, burn them all (let God sort them out)

brownian · 05-10-2015 7:00pm

<grammarnazi>

Whatever about the cyclist, about which we can do little - would some spell-checking and grammar checking be out of the question? It gives me a headache - if your opinion is good enough to share with hundreds, thousands or millions (boards for ever!), surely you could take the trouble to spellcheck?

</grammarnazi>

Pablo Rubio · 05-10-2015 7:54pm

brownian wrote: »

<grammarnazi>

Whatever about the cyclist, about which we can do little - would some spell-checking and grammar checking be out of the question? It gives me a headache - if your opinion is good enough to share with hundreds, thousands or millions (boards for ever!), surely you could take the trouble to spellcheck?

</grammarnazi>

Ye....if it's Dublin you say,
"I see'd a cyclist"
"I meself is a cyclist"

furiousox · 05-10-2015 8:17pm

Obligatory Canyon reference.

https://www.canyon.com/

doozerie · 05-10-2015 11:13pm

lennymc wrote: »

me neighbour has a lamb. I live in a housing estate. I f**kin hate the noisy little b*****d.

Sounds like a baaad neighbour.

doozerie · 05-10-2015 11:23pm

While it's certainly true that no one person on a bike is representative of all cyclists, it's also true that the bad impression/image sticks. Take shiny tracksuits, they used to be just an item of clothing of questionable taste until they became synonymous with a particular social group. Or the humble hoody, which used to be as cool boring as the cardigan and now the sight of one being worn strikes fear into the heart of many.

Mind you, you could drive a car through red lights daily, drive on footpaths, type an essay on your phone while driving, etc., and the result would likely not be that all drivers are labelled as arses. I'm not sure why.

brocbrocach · 06-10-2015 12:08am

brownian wrote: »

<grammarnazi>

Whatever about the cyclist, about which we can do little - would some spell-checking and grammar checking be out of the question? It gives me a headache - if your opinion is good enough to share with hundreds, thousands or millions (boards for ever!), surely you could take the trouble to spellcheck?

</grammarnazi>

You're giving the boards cycling forum a bad name with that carp.

Bloggsie · 06-10-2015 7:49am

Beasty wrote: »

Just to add a bit of balance to this debate I would like to declare my love for lenny....

get a room!

Bloggsie · 06-10-2015 7:54am

lennymc wrote: »

me neighbour has a lamb. I live in a housing estate. I f**kin hate the noisy little b*****d.

roasting tray, hot oven, some roast spuds & mint sauce.

noisy lamb sorted!

Xaracatz · 06-10-2015 8:04am

cjt156 wrote: »

We know a song about that; don't we children?

Stevie!!!

Damnit. Thought that would be a Family Guy clip.

liam24 · 06-10-2015 8:07am

What really annoys me is cycling along a long road with many traffic lights. You overtake someone and then you get to a red light and the idiot goes right through and gets 500m ahead of you. Then you overtake again etc. It's the cycling equivalent of tax evasion - you work harder and obey all the rules, and some idiot comes out ahead of you by breaking the law, with no consequences.

Qualitymark · 06-10-2015 8:10am

Pablo Rubio wrote: »

Ye....if it's Dublin you say,
"I see'd a cyclist"
"I meself is a cyclist"

That's completely incorrect. It's I seen a cyclist.

doozerie wrote: »

Mind you, you could drive a car through red lights daily, drive on footpaths, type an essay on your phone while driving, etc., and the result would likely not be that all drivers are labelled as arses. I'm not sure why.

I saw a piece about this recently - as far as I remember, it said that seeing one cyclist as equivalent to all cyclists, while not seeing one driver as representative of all drivers, was a thoughtframe typical of prejudice.

You do see it about specific groups of drivers - for instance, women - typically called something like "yummy mummies" by the contemptuous teller - driving four-wheel drives; and men driving white vans.

MarkAnthony · 06-10-2015 8:17am

Seeing as one of these is going on...

What's the story with lights lads (and lasses, actually more lasses I think). You'll wear a high vis but a €5 set of lights is out of the question?

I actually don't mind that so much but I saw (thankfully as I was driving) a guy in camouflage (FFS) with no lights on the dead of night about a week back - surely if he wanted to top himself something more pleasurable like smoking or heroin would be the answer?

Now I'd love to say this is the minority of idiots giving cyclists a bad name but it's easily >50%. But maybe I just notice them more when I'm cycling.

laraghrider · 06-10-2015 8:33am

MarkAnthony wrote: »

I saw (thankfully as I was driving) a guy in camouflage (FFS)

Obviously wasn't very good camouflage!

cython · 06-10-2015 9:12am

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Seeing as one of these is going on...

What's the story with lights lads (and lasses, actually more lasses I think). You'll wear a high vis but a €5 set of lights is out of the question?

I'd suggest a lot of blame for that actually rests with the RSA and AGS. Just look back to the first PR campaign around the new fines when high-vis was basically given more prominence than the legally required lights. Their message always seems to be (incorrectly, of course) that high-vis trumps lights.

MarkAnthony wrote: »

I actually don't mind that so much but I saw (thankfully as I was driving) a guy in camouflage (FFS) with no lights on the dead of night about a week back - surely if he wanted to top himself something more pleasurable like smoking or heroin would be the answer?

Now I'd love to say this is the minority of idiots giving cyclists a bad name but it's easily >50%. But maybe I just notice them more when I'm cycling.

I'd say you may also notice them more as they stand out more/are more remarkable to you, as they differ from how you cycle. I'd even say myself that a I probably don't take note of the other cyclists around me who cycle predictably and within the laws unless I make a point of it, but the idiots stand out like sore thumbs, if just for the reaction they induce. The same goes while driving, I don't take note of/count the ok drivers, but the idiots are never as prevalent as they might seem.

Wishbone Ash · 06-10-2015 9:20am

cython wrote: »

I'd suggest a lot of blame for that actually rests with the RSA and AGS. Just look back to the first PR campaign around the new fines when high-vis was basically given more prominence than the legally required lights...

Indeed, a taxi driver referred to my lack of a 'vest' recently at traffic lights and (mis)informed me that I'm supposed to be wearing one. (I had lights).

Kaisr Sose · 06-10-2015 10:43am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Indeed, a taxi driver referred to my lack of a 'vest' recently at traffic lights and (mis)informed me that I'm supposed to be wearing one. (I had lights).

This seems to be standard fare for taxi drivers when a cyclist is not happy with their driving (eg passing and the just stopping for a fare or to let a fare out or worse....)

Given how frequent it's said, I have a hunch the taxi drivers federation or whatever has advised them to say it as a first line defence/disclaimer. The other one is "you were in my blind spot" when there should be no blind spot if you check properly. Again, both statements introduce doubt into what exactly happened and whether it was negligence or just 'unavoidable'

Wishbone Ash · 06-10-2015 6:45pm

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

This seems to be standard fare for taxi drivers when a cyclist is not happy with their driving (eg passing and the just stopping for a fare or to let a fare out or worse....)

Given how frequent it's said, I have a hunch the taxi drivers federation or whatever has advised them to say it as a first line defence/disclaimer. The other one is "you were in my blind spot" when there should be no blind spot if you check properly. Again, both statements introduce doubt into what exactly happened and whether it was negligence or just 'unavoidable'

There was no incident/altercation leading to the comment. He just pulled up alongside me at the lights and dropped the passenger window to enlighten me.

MarkAnthony · 06-10-2015 6:47pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

There was no incident/altercation leading to the comment. He just pulled up alongside me at the lights and dropped the passenger window to enlighten me.

Ah cabbies. I think there's one group of road users we can make sweeping generalisations about safe in the knowledge they're all true. :pac:

Kaisr Sose · 06-10-2015 9:28pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

There was no incident/altercation leading to the comment. He just pulled up alongside me at the lights and dropped the passenger window to enlighten me.

Now that is unusual!! GUBU even.

I was just referring to instances when I heard the words ' hi vis ' emanating from a taxi driver!

Some cyclist giving cyclists bad name

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