"Oh Shit" moments...

i was waiting at a red light on a pedestrian crossing (because I'm a good road user, not a law-breaking jackass giving nodders a bad example).

ftfy.

I hope you've washed your underpants by now...

It was a hairy ride....

Went for a nice 60ks this morning with the Misses before work (a nice 6am start). We were heading down a pretty busy double lane road in East Auckland when this prick cut me REALLY close to the curb nearly taking me out (and I was doing about 35kph on the road bike). The second lane was clear so he had miles of room but decided to teach me a lesson. He stopped up the road at the next set of lights so I road past him and into the green bike box. The fucker has another go (nearly taking my misses out at well) when he came past. He then pulled into a petrol station and called us cunts out of the window (at wich point I reolized he was hammered at 6.30am) as we went past then sped out of the petrol station to try and get us again. Fuck you Auckland drivers. Fuck you. (this dosent even cover the punture from the millions of smashed beer bottles at the side of the road, well, it is LEGAL to drink a beer while driving in NZ, and what is one to do with the emptys?)

We did see 4 miniture horses later on in the ride though so it wasnt all bad.

get the plate and report him.
gonna be a wet one tonight mr PGM...

Bottom bracket was creaking all the way home yesterday...

Need to try find out what that was.

Bottom bracket possibly?

^ yes. but why.
just installed it. think it may just need a bit of tightening up.

How would I know I was trying to be funny.

Saying that mine was clicking every so often the other so I thought I'd take the cranks off to have a look. I stripped the nds crank threads so that fucker is staying put but tightening the crank bolt seems to have done the job.

Heading towards Chancery Lane this morning, just past LMNH and I'm behind a lady on a SS and we're both behind a skip lorry, as it gets closer to the junction and it's in the left lane, I move into primary directly behind it. It starts indicating left and is still moving closer to the junction and SS lady goes up the left of it, oblivious to the squishy death that awaits her.

I start shouting 'Stop', no response from her, she's up the left of it now and it's almost at the junction. I shout 'cyclist lady', 'lady on bike', bike lady' 'fucking stop now' and so forth as loud as I can and then it starts to turn left.

Only once it's swung in right across her path does she seem to realise that she's moments from death and comes to a dead stop, looking confused and still far up the left of it, with it blocking the entirety of the road ahead of her and next to her. It then has to straighten its wheels, go forward a bit, then make the left, as she sort of sideways drags her bike onto the pavement.

I say 'fucking hell, what were you playing at? That's how cyclists die' and she removes the fucking headphones from her ears and says 'what's the problem?'. I explained that it was indicating before she went up the left of it. Why not just sit behind it and let it turn? She says 'I did stop' then gives me a look like I just shat in her handbag and starts to RLJ. I say 'Un-fucking-believable, you almost died and now you're jumping the red?!' and she stopped and just sat there looking ahead 'til the lights go green.

Honestly thought I was about to watch her die, proper shit me up.

you're kind to do that

but can you really save someone

from

THEMSELVES?????

I think

you might be able

to

SOMETIMES!!!!!

I don't get it. Forum in-joke or am I a dimwit for trying to get her to remain 3D?

no you did the right thing

if you see some one about to be pancake

shout

STOP!!!!!!

...in haiku

Thought they were haiku

but saw the form is all wrong

maybe simpletons?

yes. i got it wrong
i missed the Haiku layout
simpleton of course

but you did the right thing, sometimes if im behind a big tipper lorry etc ill stop at a slight angle so you cant filter up inside and in to the danger zone ( q kenny loggings) but if your behind and see it unfolding of course try to help.

... your behind and see it unfolding ...

Normally I'm quite good at restisting your/you're pedantry, but this one is pushing the envelope.

pushing the envelope.

Euph?

^^^^^Rep and double rep :')

Heading towards Chancery Lane this morning, just past LMNH and I'm behind a lady on a SS and we're both behind a skip lorry, as it gets closer to the junction

stop

no response from her,

LADY, STOP!

STAHP!!!

she sort of sideways drags her bike onto the pavement.

I say '

WAT R U DOIN?!?'

and she removes the fucking headphones from her ears and says '

Problem?'.

ftfy, this needed more meme.

ftfy, this needed more meme.

Emyr pls. Still not enough meme.

Emyr pls. Still not enough meme.

No one tell this guy about the Dolan thread in bikes and bits.

No one tell this guy about the Dolan thread in bikes and bits.

Christ, I can imagine. OK, enough memes.