LIGHTS

kona

Okay I REALLY need to get this off my chest, and start a internet speared war on the ****ers who are IGNORANT to lights.

Here we go:

1. Hi-Vis jackets ARE NOT LIGHTS
2. Yes Lighs are LAW, You MUST use them
3. NO, pound shop lights wont do, there is a MINIMUN STANDARD
4. Hi-Vis Jackets are not adequate
5. You MUST have Lights of a BS STANDARD
6. You need brighter lights in the city Than in the dark countryside, Your light HAS to be brightest out of 100s
7. You look like a ****ing DICK without lights in the dark
8. You give proper cyclists who dont skimp a bad name
9. I HATE you
10. BUY lights you cheap BASTARDS
11. Bikes come with reflectors, they are NOT lights, only MORONS think they are
12. No genius, a car cant see you.
13. You dont look like anything without lights in the dark, Nobaody can see your roadkill carcass until a ambulance drives by and, dental reconrds will be needed as your head now resembles a bowl of porridge
14. You must be a dumb blind bastard, Black is not a good colour to wear on the road with no lights ****wit.

CAPS LOCK MEANS I AM SHOUTING BECAUSE IM ROARING AT MY SCREEN AT 1 AM

any IF, BUTS, or MAYBES, will be met with a serious amount of vile abuse.

I know your a cheap bastard on your BSO e129.99 Dual Suspension sack of gick, But please keep your disregard for others to yourself. When its dark stay inside, your not going to get through life.


IDIOTS

****Rant over****

irishmotorist

I take it there was an incident that sparked this? Would it be anything to do with a post at 1am, a time when it's typically dark and unlit cyclists are invisible?

Thoie

kona wrote: »

7. You look like a ****ing DICK without lights in the dark

Can we edit that one to "You don't look like anything without lights in the dark, because no-one can see you until the ambulance brings spotlights" ?

kenmc

I think there's a lot of duplication there, you could defintely get that down to 5 or 6 succint points if you tried.
p.s., just so as you know, the screen is a 1-way mechanism. Shouting at it won't do any good, cos it can't hear.

ednwireland

Thoie wrote: »

Can we edit that one to "You don't look like anything without lights in the dark, because no-one can see you until the ambulance brings spotlights" ?

nobody notices the red splodge on the road until the following morning uless its raining then they find your body in the gutter

it annoys me too especially somewhere where you dont expect cyclists

blorg

Agree in general but there are actually plenty of very decent lights that are not British Standard approved, it's not a good measure. Indeed some of the best lights available are not BS approved.

kona

kenmc wrote: »

I think there's a lot of duplication there, you could defintely get that down to 5 or 6 succint points if you tried.
p.s., just so as you know, the screen is a 1-way mechanism. Shouting at it won't do any good, cos it can't hear.

Ah but dont you remember the duplicated posts the most;)
Those Hi-Vis bastards are the worst, pure ignorant ****ers, oooh a hi vis is as good as lights....IT ****ING IS NOT! its about as good as the Piece of **** bike your on.

SHOUTING DOES WORK!!!!!:pac::D:cool:

kona

blorg wrote: »

Agree in general but there are actually plenty of very decent lights that are not British Standard approved, it's not a good measure. Indeed some of the best lights available are not BS approved.

That is true but feckin BS standard dates back to horse and cart:D There are far more worse lights that good ones that dont meet BS standard.

The ISO or TUV would suffice too.

But You know the lights....barley brighter than a reflector, usually placedin the most invisible spot.

kona

irishmotorist wrote: »

I take it there was an incident that sparked this? Would it be anything to do with a post at 1am, a time when it's typically dark and unlit cyclists are invisible?

Well Im out training at night because, there are far less retards and gob****es about, much more peace and quiet, also when i need to cross a road Im not left standing like a sweaty sap waiting for a green man cooling down. I can just keep the flow.

Ive seen plenty in the last week, oe that annoyed me was one gob****e, in the middle of the road, all over the place, dressed like he ran through Topman with glue on his body.Probably trying to find punchestown:rolleyes:

kenmc

What I love is the lads who realise that it's both a legal requirement and pretty handy to have a light on the bike, and have actually taken the trouble to go to the bike shop to get a light - but only put one on the front, and it's either red, or a POS dim green blinky LED one. I'd love to know the thought process that is bouncing around the bit where their brains should normally reside.

petethedrummer

Sure once you have lights let others do what they want. People do lots of different risky things. Some legal, some not.

Chips Lovell

petethedrummer wrote: »

Sure once you have lights let others do what they want. People do lots of different risky things. Some legal, some not.

It can make it hard to spot the guy cycling towards you on the wrong side of the road.

kenmc

Worse still a car may swerve at the last second to avoid a Ninja, and unfortunately end up taking you out, despite all your lights

kona

kenmc wrote: »

What I love is the lads who realise that it's both a legal requirement and pretty handy to have a light on the bike, and have actually taken the trouble to go to the bike shop to get a light - but only put one on the front, and it's either red, or a POS dim green blinky LED one. I'd love to know the thought process that is bouncing around the bit where their brains should normally reside.

There is no hope for them, they are just cheap bastards, but cheap bastards that waste their money just to feel better.

Trying to talk, yes talk sombody into getting lights on their bikes is unreal, even when informed its illegal etc, "ah sure I wont be out in the dark:rolleyes:"....ya right. Do they not realise lights are cheapest in summer when you dont need them, then expensive in winter when the demand goes up?

Retards(no offense to people who have a mental/physical disablilty)

DirkVoodoo

el tonto wrote: »

It can make it hard to spot the guy cycling towards you on the wrong side of the road.

I remember cycling up the sliproad to UCD around winter time, and I kept seeing this shape behind me, but it was too dark. Anyway, I nearly had a spill because I was looking around so much, but it was some tit in all black, no lights just clinging onto my wheel.

Should have told him where to go.

kona

petethedrummer wrote: »

Sure once you have lights let others do what they want. People do lots of different risky things. Some legal, some not.

If I hit some **** in my car, that i only saw too late, cycling on the wrong side of the road with no lights on, its me that has to fix the car, its me that has to pay, and its me going to jail in the joy. (I wouldnt do jail well).

****ing retards, there are far too many of them.

kona

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I remember cycling up the sliproad to UCD around winter time, and I kept seeing this shape behind me, but it was too dark. Anyway, I nearly had a spill because I was looking around so much, but it was some tit in all black, no lights just clinging onto my wheel.

Should have told him where to go.

Oh thanks, forgot to mentian, the gob****es always wear black....sure thats bright Do these people do senior infants?

petethedrummer

Fair enough, I've never encountered the above scenarios. I do have good eyesight though.

monument

el tonto wrote: »

It can make it hard to spot the guy cycling towards you on the wrong side of the road.

I'm getting to really hate this... is it just me or are more and more people doing it?

lukester

monument wrote: »

I'm getting to really hate this... is it just me or are more and more people doing it?

It's not just you- it's the new suicidal-fred pastime.

Gavin

Seeing as this is a moan thread. I dislike cyclists on the wrong side of the cycle lanes in the Phoenix Park that actually give me a foul look, as though I'm the one in the wrong ! Fackers !

It's not rocket science, the little bicycle are facing the direction of travel!

oflahero

Gavin wrote: »

Seeing as this is a moan thread. I dislike cyclists on the wrong side of the cycle lanes in the Phoenix Park that actually give me a foul look, as though I'm the one in the wrong ! Fackers !

It's not rocket science, the little bicycle are facing the direction of travel!

'Bike salmon', as BikeSnobNYC marvellously puts it.

kenmc

oflahero wrote: »

'Bike salmon', as BikeSnobNYC marvellously puts it.

It's really our duty to prevent them getting upstream and spawning then.

lukester

kenmc wrote: »

It's really our duty to prevent them getting upstream and spawning then.

Yay, a cull!

**Timbuk2**

My bike is about 12 years old - it's a Peugeot Road bike and it still has the Dynamo lights on it that are generated by cycling (you can activate it on/off so it is easier to cycle when you don't need them). It still works, even after 12 years! Things were manufactured better in the past imo

petethedrummer

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

My bike is about 12 years old - it's a Peugeot Road bike and it still has the Dynamo lights on it that are generated by cycling (you can activate it on/off so it is easier to cycle when you don't need them). It still works, even after 12 years! Things were manufactured better in the past imo

I have a 50 year old rally with a dynamo hub and it still works!!

Ooooh, thread of the day. Perhaps this could be the ground for the weekly Friday afternoon troll.

kona

Dónal wrote: »

Ooooh, thread of the day. Perhaps this could be the ground for the weekly Friday afternoon troll.

It was posted thursday, but dont worry,Ive plenty more to moan about:D I am just pacing myself.:p

kenmc

how does it get thread of the day'd?

Raam

kenmc wrote: »

how does it get thread of the day'd?

I've been picking them for the last few days

kenmc

kenmc wrote: »

how does it get thread of the day'd?

/ignores Raam

Just a random selection on threads that started the day before. The posts of the day are those with the most thanks.

kona

Dónal wrote: »

/ignores Raam

Just a random selection on threads that started the day before. The posts of the day are those with the most thanks.

HA Thread of the day, I think this is my peak:pac:

Stark

How do people know these invisible cyclists are out there if they can't be seen? It seems gone are the days when the sound of chains in the night was explained by ghoulish spirits dragging their earthly shackles around.

jcbh

It is bad enough in the City where there are street lights but in the "Sticks" it is impossible to see these idiots! Lock em up I say.

Gaspode

Good rant OP, and I agree with 99% of what you say, but whats the cost of the bike got to do with it?
A crap bike can still be fitted with decent lights, and I've seen plenty of cyclists on their superdyduper bikes without a single light (or hi-vis vert for that matter! ) bombing around the place in the late evenings.

kona

Gaspode wrote: »

Good rant OP, and I agree with 99% of what you say, but whats the cost of the bike got to do with it?
A crap bike can still be fitted with decent lights, and I've seen plenty of cyclists on their superdyduper bikes without a single light (or hi-vis vert for that matter! ) bombing around the place in the late evenings.

Because im a bike snob:D

1. Only a Moron would think a e150 bike will run perfect every day for a commute
2. Following #1 As the cyclist is a moron who doesnt have a clue about bikes, it follows they dont have a clue about the rules
3. yes a crap bike can be fitted with good lights, but again only a total moron would fit e75 lights to a cheap bike
4. If offered a e75 light, the response is : "oi cud buy a car for dat"
5. yup you could buy a car, but youd but a veyron with the surgery required to rearrange your spine after the car hits you

But I do agree, whats the point in spending over 500 on a bike and skimping on the lights, its pure stupidity.

However most clowns are on cheap bikes...or indeed unicycles.

Poor Uncle Tom

Gaspode wrote: »

Good rant OP, and I agree with 99% of what you say, but whats the cost of the bike got to do with it?
A crap bike can still be fitted with decent lights, and I've seen plenty of cyclists on their superdyduper bikes without a single light (or hi-vis vert for that matter! ) bombing around the place in the late evenings.

The Hi-Ace was never going to be enough, was it?

Gaspode

kona wrote: »

Because im a bike snob:D



But I do agree, whats the point in spending over 500 on a bike and skimping on the lights, its pure stupidity.

However most clowns are on cheap bikes...or indeed unicycles.

Aw crap, my bike was €499.

kona

Gaspode wrote: »

Aw crap, my bike was €499.

oh so close:p

If you put some fancy valve caps on it will be over e500 and happy days:pac::D;)