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'The cyclist."
It's a club-wide issue and certainly not limited to one or two. The club just seems to foster a bad attitude among its members and it's from the top down. It's genuinely unpleasant to meet them on the road and they're rude to cyclists, motorists, ramblers and anyone else that has the misfortune to come across them.
I've stopped to apologise to people for them on the behalf of cyclists on quite a few occasions and I've also been physically threatened and verbally abused to many times to mention and one kind chap bent my wing mirror in to get past in traffic.
Quite a few other people have mentioned it and I often hear grumblings at cafe stops from other clubs.
johnnyhotdog
@JWestland
People shouldn't be behaving in a manner that isn't good for the club. But if there's no video footage or photos it's one word against the other. A lot of such positions are for unpaid volunteers and the crap will land with the person dealing with the complaints. Then they have to deal with the to and fro and they yesbutno and the cyclists possibly giving off to them.
Which is no reason for them to reject complaints, or be aggressive, but it can explain some of the dismissive. Make it super easy for them if you can to pull the cyclist that's been a Very Naughty Boy/Girl.