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Cassetteboy latest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLGG5UGEKw
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Good idea, I'll get an air raid siren for my bike, pedestrians could all blow whistles when they move, people on scooters could all just shout "look out!" at the top of their voices wherever they go, rollerbladers could blow vuvuzelas then finally we'd all be safe.
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Obnoxiously loud motorbikes. You're not impressing anyone. They tend to only be around in the summer so they're not for dyed in the wool motorbike til I die types but for fair weather bikers. You're just another look at me cunt but without even giving people the choice to ignore you. Fuck off!!
While I'm here, it's been touched on before but people who park beneath your window and idle, for 5, 10, 15, 20 fucking minutes. If you're not going anywhere, turn your fucking engine off! Even worse when they go 20 minutes early to school to wait for their kids and leave their engines on, 2 or 3 at a time poisoning themselves, their own and everyone else's kids in the process. It's as if what passes for their soul will be switched off if they have to turn the engine off for a few minutes.
People who use cycle lanes as quick stop parking. They are not there for parking you anii, not only do you negate the benefit of having a cycle lane there but you actually make it worse than if there were no lane there at all! To top it off, should you dare to say anything to cycle lane parkists and idlers they make you feel like you're some kind of fucking lunatic.
People on cycle paths who don't go into single file when people are coming the opposite way. Listen fuckers, me and my girlfriend/cycling buddy have done it, just do it out of basic politeness.
People who go to beautiful, remote places and leave their plastic bottles, cans sandwich wrappers behind. There is no word in the English language that adequately describes the sort of scum that think that that is acceptable.
Finally phones, a million +1's for the key pad noises, especially in a public place, bip bip bipping on the train for 2 hours, or people looking at their phones in cinemas or some other performance. If you can't live without your fucking phones for 2 hours don't go to the fucking cinema. If you're in a public place put your phone on silent!
No wait, one more: People that don't acknowledge you when you are polite. If you let someone through a tight gap (walking or cycling) or through a door or something, just a smile, even a friendly look if you can't spare the energy for a smile. I'm not letting you pass because you're special and I must defer to you but because I'm trying to be a little bit sociable. A small smile or even a thank you for the seconds of my life that I've given up and will never get back will be fine thanks.
And breathe.....................
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I also hate the increasing use of the term "road craft", it's implications and the sort of ball sack that uses it. As far as I can understand it, road craft if you're a driver means cheeky/illegal/dangerous/selfish things to get one over on other road users.If you're a cyclist, however, it means getting out of the way of whoever is using the expression so that they can get to the lights a bit quicker: Basically be considerate to anyone in a car whether or not the situation warrants it, regardless if the inconvenience to you will more than outstrip any advantage to the driver whether it's dangerous or even impossible or if there even is any advantage for the driver, just get out of their way.
I tend to try to troll the fuckers by asking if RLJ-ing is a form of road craft.
(apparently it's not)Sorry, result of what should have been a mellow Sunday morning ride ruined 5 minutes in by a cock polisher
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Sorry if this has been covered here before but I fucking, fucking hate it when people say "I'm a cyclist as well" when you reprimand them for driving too aggressively or too close or parking on a cycle lane or any of the other cocktardish behaviour drivers get up to. First of all if you genuinely were a cyclist, you'd know that it's not nice to have someone driving inches away from your rear wheel and you'd also know that it's impossible to know if someone is doing it because they are a cyclist and therefore is "acceptable" or because they are a psycho that is only just controlling their urges to send you flying into the gutter! Fuck! off!
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most round the houses bar set up?
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Here's a useful site to help you work out exactly what frame size you should go for based on your height and leg measurements http://www.ebicycles.com/bicycle-tools/frame-sizer/road-bike
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You want actual Campagnolo pads or ones that will fit? Kool Stop make, or at least made until recently, ones that will fit if you just want something to stop you......... http://www.koolstop.com/english/campireplacement.html (They come in black as well as that salmon colour)
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I was reading this borderline victim blaming piece http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/psychologists-suggest-simple-changes-to-daily-behaviour-can-make-cycling-on-londons-roads-saferav-10065194.html that was linked to in a rider down incident and was wondering (as I often do) about driver psychology. It prompted me to do a quick search for studies that might be out there related to driver psychology but I only found one half decent overview here:
http://www.drdriving.org/articles/principles.htm
And a few articles scattered around, which is a shame because I expected there to be a wealth of studies and research given that so many people spend so much time in their cars.Anyway for what it's worth the drdriving link is worth a quick scan, it explains some things that perhaps we never realize when we are behind the wheel or even on a bike and could potentially help avoid high stress situations.
It was a quick search so any other resources that you may know about out there, post here.
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^fucking harsh to read.
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Yes I agree most clearances will tolerate them, but the guy was after, I guess, specifically vintage 27" wheels for his build for authenticity..... Anyway it doesn't matter......... (it's a free bump ;) )
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Nice wheels, would have taken them if I was in London.
But 27" ≠ 700c
27" has a bead diameter of 630mm,
700c has a bead diameter of 622mmGLWS
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Us cops shoot homeless man https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1009126519115252
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Chance.
On a separate note, ^^^^^^^&^^^^^^^^ Not so much funny haha but funny fucking tragic
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make your own meme
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