Peds!

I can't comprehend how peoples can be so passive when someone sets out to injure you or cause you harm. If someone throws an egg at you or whips you, give them a fcuking good hiding! They are less likely to do it again once they've been caught and punished.

The kind of people that throw eggs and try to harm others are stupid dunces, they will not learn by the "quiet word", they need a few broken ribs and a missing ear so they don't forget what happens when they are horrible to others.

That's an AWESOME insult!!!

I'm stealing that.

You are most welcome!

It was a bloke in a white convertible who looked like he was either from... or wanted to be from Motley Crue or Ratt I could forgive him this (we all like girls girls girls)if he hadn't been on the phone and looking right while rapidly veering towards me

serios wtf... why is it some people see a bike and go fcking mental? after a post or two about ratcatchers i googled to find out more, read some fairly trite article from the indy, but the guy on a recumbent said outside london where they're less common he's even had sht thrown at him!

too many of these stories, where do they get off going insane.

MMM i think we need to address the issue another way!

how many times have you had constructive and good comments from people? when Fiddy got knocked down last week the driver of the vehicle could not have been nicer. a true fking grade A Gent!
i have more people appologise and smile than have attacked. these one offs are...ONE OFFS. sod it Londons famous has it's share of mentalists but is so small ignore it, if it gets near you kill it in the face

I was cycling home one night along Caledonian rd or "The Cally"as it's known to the locals.I got up to Pentonville prison when I noticed a gang of kids minding their own business whilst throwing stones at buses.One of them saw me riding towards them and started to cross over to my side of the road.I had a feeling he was up to something as his mates had stopped chucking stones and were looking at me coming along.When the little fucker came within arms reach I grabbed his face and pushed to his arse to the ground to the delight of his mates.I rode off calling him a wanker as he attempted to give chase.The cnut.

I reckon they were after your pension book uberdrive

@ OD That's my style bro, too many of us take the softly softly approach. In my time I have HAD TOO, Break rear windscreen, kick off wing mirror, beat someone with a roadcone. Usually to protect myself from someone who has just knocked me off/nearly taken me out that does not want to stop to give details/ insure I am ok and want's a fight. Too many people today are just cnuts and sometimes you can not just turn the other cheek. I could be involved in these situations everyday but I try to avoid/ defuse them when they accure but sometimes you just have to go SICK.

haven't had a brutal enough confrontation to wreck someone up, but i often rage to the point where i'll dangle my mini-d, contemplating unleashing my nerdly rage upon their faces, aka, i'm a skinny pussy.

haven't had a brutal enough confrontation to wreck someone up, but i often rage to the point where i'll dangle my mini-d, contemplating unleashing my nerdly rage upon their faces, aka, i'm a skinny pussy.

Watch the video that heads this thread. It's so brutal and non-righteous it might help you not lash out...

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread26098.html

It's about 50:50.

Actually being a beginner, I always take the back foot when I know I've done something wrong or badly, which diffuses the situation a great deal. To be honest, some encounters with drivers have been quite comic. I've had two occasions when drivers have followed me after I changed lanes very badly and I can see/feel hate in the eyes (justifiably so). Once they confront me, and I see "I'm just a girl (looking endearing in a helmet helps a great deal), the hate drains from their face and their stance goes from "WTF!!!!" to "Are you alright, love?"

Saying that, of course being competent on a bike is more important than getting the soft touch.

Win some, lose some.

The usual mockery or routine racism bothers me less (and I often retaliate to that) but this was the first form of physical violence I've encountered on a bike. Having not a great deal (nothing in fact) to "back it up" in some physical confrontation that involves me being out numbered, it seems the better solution to ride off, but that means dealing with the aftermath of the heightened frustration (as described by DFP).

Maybe I seriously need to consider taking some form of self defense too.
And moving out of Finsbury Park.
Good porn just isn't a good enough reason to stick around.

MMM i think we need to address the issue another way!

how many times have you had constructive and good comments from people? when Fiddy got knocked down last week the driver of the vehicle could not have been nicer. a true fking grade A Gent!
i have more people appologise and smile than have attacked. these one offs are...ONE OFFS. sod it Londons famous has it's share of mentalists but is so small ignore it, if it gets near you kill it in the face

If you want to come to good Yoga, let me know (PM me), I know all the good classes.

oooohhh a yoga class.

Some people are just pure scum. (the people that hit you i mean... not people that have a yoga class!)

Watch the video that heads this thread. It's so brutal and non-righteous it might help you not lash out...

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread26098.html

saw that the other day... definitely sketchy shit!

Good porn just isn't a good enough reason to stick around.

Huh?

Good porn? Maybe I need to move?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, being slightly over six foot and not being skinny I've hardly had anyone do anything stupid like throw things at me while on a bike... all I'm going to say is that walking away is the correct thing to do, but it does leave you feeling powerless... d-lock justice on the other hand improves selfesteme no end... it shouldn't be like that. But it is.

Last time someone threw something at me (a brick) I threw it back at them (from about 12 inches away)... it's not the right thing to do, but it does make you feel good.

I always say if someone fucks with you, you fuck them up so bad that they wont even think about it next time. Harsh? Maybe. But this world is full of cunts and weekend warriors that need to be brought back to earth.

Answer to the riddle...

dont let it put you off mountgrove, did you stop off at sargent and co to ogle the amazing vintage porn on display?

Huh?
Good porn? Maybe I need to move?

Just wanted to say, thanks to all with their consideration and comments - all varied and all helpful. I feel very possibly (probably to early to really tell being a noob 'n' all to LFgSs) that maybe I'm finally getting the hang of things around here and completely understand why there is so much love for this forum.

Long live LFgSs!

If you want to come to good Yoga, let me know (PM me), I know all the good classes.

The problem is with Yoga you might start believing all the shit that comes along with the exercises. No thanks.

I've had two major rage incidents since I moved to manc (everyone knows everyone in harrogate so it's a wee bit safer to ride) - had a van driver knock me off, i was so fucking mad I ripped his number plate off (so I had his details!) and rode off (thankfully the bike was ok for a getaway - i hadnt checked that when i took the plate)

my other one was last week- two fucking mormons walking down the street - obviously bored of door-t-door preaching where literally jumping into the road to flag cars down - i was behind a people carrier that swerved (perhaps a tad over the top) - i managed to get round the side and rode the kength of the car leaning my shoulder against it until the wing mirror wiped me out... not the car drivers fault. I threw my fucking bike at the white-shirted-cheap-trousered wanker and asked him what the fuck he was doing - he said he felt his message was "far more vital than road safety, sir" and tried to give me a pamphlet - it's not often you get to chin a deeply religious man!

Remember, Confucius said:

"When in doubt, kill their face off. They probably deserved it anyway."

I prefer Lao Tzu's teachings - "the d-lock is the tool of the righteous..."

I can't comprehend how peoples can be so passive when someone sets out to injure you or cause you harm. If someone throws an egg at you or whips you, give them a fcuking good hiding! They are less likely to do it again once they've been caught and punished.

The kind of people that throw eggs and try to harm others are stupid dunces, they will not learn by the "quiet word", they need a few broken ribs and a missing ear so they don't forget what happens when they are horrible to others.

Take a deep breath and ask "really?"...

Broken ribs will make them cower into a corner and think about what they have done - and reform themselves, perhaps setting up a bicycle workshop co-op?

Or just remain the same ill-educated, antisocial, aggressive, social scum that they always are.

And, to be honest, even if you lay into them it doesn't ease your feeling of injustice or vengeance.

It is just adrenalin coursing through your veins. No more, no less.

Why is it that the general public cannot seem to see cyclist even though they are in bright gear??!!!!

One day I was cycling with this bright jacket on and I shouted out 'Excuse me' to this women who was walking on the cycling path(GRRR) and then she goes 'Aaahhh where did you come from!!!'

Is there some reason why the public walking on cycling paths are immune to bright jackets, bells and shouting??

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

No matter what you wear you will only be seen if the person looks. The problem is that peds/drivers don't actually look. I had a muppet pull out on me yesterday. I clearly saw him look in my direction, yet even with a bright orange top and a flashing high power LED he just pulled out. I stopped (just) and he looked at me in amazement "where did you come from?" was all he could say. He had 200m clear vision up the road. What do you say? What can you do?

Tell him to fuck off over to bikeradar where threads like this belong? :P

One day at band camp......