Patronising twat

This morning a car pulled out on me, cue big skid to a halt and me shouting, "What the fuck do you think you are doing? You stupid cunt."

A nodder on a hybrid with one of those kiddie trailers then shouted to me, "There is no need to be rude."

FFS someone had come 2 inches from splatting me across the road. I restrained myself from verbally or physically engaging with him. I wonder how he would have reacted if his offspring had been in the trailer and the same had happened to him?

Am off to join C+ and Bikeradar now, though they are probably inhabited by similar nodders.

He has brakes so he probably didn't see the problem :p

You should have crashed into him

He has brakes so he probably didn't see the problem :p

Ha!

Cue horrible brake debate.

I thought this was going to be another P-M thread........though maybe that would have been called patronizing THE twat

i had a similar incident a few weeks back. green light for me, slow to stationary traffic in the lane next to me, me whizzing down the empty bus lane. cue a ped stepping out at a crossing on my left and a mother and kid (both wheeling bikes) pop out on the right.
I did get that fleeting glance of movement prior and eased off, but had to brake hard when they finally (and looking blanky and directly at me) began walking out. my gap was maybe 1m wide and went through shouting something like "FUCK NOOO!!! fucken cunts!" as i pass the mother, who now looks suprised at my not stopping, tuts loudly and gives me a "tut well, REALLY!?!" exhasberted remark. ffs.

did you swear in front of his/her children?

I thought this was going to be another P-M thread........

who do you think the nodder is?

My bike does have a front caliper brake and rear leg brake.

It was not a flash car so no point in crashing into him, though would have been a good excuse to be late for work!

There was no kid in the trailer.

My bike does have a front caliper brake and rear leg brake.

Well, there's your problem. Riding brakeless would have made you a better rider and you wouldn't have had this problem.

(come on brake debate! come on!)

is it a lambo rambo?

Anyone who rides brakeless is a mentalist.

How's that horatio?

debatette? like a little debate?

I thought this was going to be another P-M thread........though maybe that would have been called patronizing THE twat

Haha. I thought EXACTLY the same thing!

I had a big row with a driver on Sunday while out with my mates. We're going along a quite open country lane and were in single file because we knew this chap was behind us. Bloke tries to overtake us, then sees a car approaching from the other direction and has to brake quite hard and skids, trying to get back in behind us. When it was clear to pass he came by slowly with his nearside window down and gave us a lot of abuse. I was pretty cross and said, "Sure, it's our fault that you're an asshole." Cue more abuse. I called him something beginning with C and he did that slowing-down-I'm-going-to-stop-and-sort-this-out thing, then obviously thought better of it with about 12 of us following him. So he roared off, tooting his horn impotently.

I was pretty wound up and kept having angry flashbacks all the way home. Point is, if I'd kept my trap shut he'd still be an asshole, but probably wouldn't have gone off wanting to kill cyclists. And I would have had a more tranquil ride home.

So I'm with James's nodder on this, much as I detest them and those kiddie trailers particularly. I know it's all but impossible to keep your cool sometimes, and I HAVE booted the back lights out of one idiot's car that cut me up. But I don't think it helps us or them. Discuss!

Did the nodder have a brake on his trailer?
I think not,the careless cnut!

It was not a flash car so no point in crashing into him,

That is no excuse for not crashing into him!
I have crashed into many cars in similar situations. It was just more fun when it was a Lamborghini ;)

Anyone who rides brakeless is a mentalist.

How's that horatio?

Or crazy even.....

yay James! kill the nodder in the face aswell.

A nodder on a hybrid with one of those kiddie trailers then shouted to me, "There is no need to be rude you cunt!"

James - such a foul young man.

Wash your mouth out!

I hope Vee Vee sees this post.

A nodder on a hybrid with one of those kiddie trailers then shouted to me, "There is no need to be rude."

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Firstly, glad you're not hurt, secondly: unless someone actually intended to knock me off my bike, I'd never swear at them like that, no matter how close the call.* It's pointless. I'm pretty liberal with cunny word, but we all make mistakes and there are better ways of telling someone that they almost killed or hurt you than screaming like a maniac because you think you have the right to. Chances are, the driver would be more cautious after a near miss like yours.

Yes, you have the right to be angry, but I don't think it's helpful for cyclists more generally when you scream cunt. We're always at risk of horrible accidents, so if it's a near miss, deal with it in a way that the driver goes away shaken, but less likely to make that same mistake again or with a hatred for potty mouthed cyclists.

Likewise, I understand this nodder business, but aren't we just straying into snobbery now? We're all cyclists, and clearly some of us are more experienced and into bikes than others - but 90% of the people on this forum want to see cycling increase across London (i'm judging) - but when it does, it's 'nodder twat this' and 'nodder sploink that.'

Look; my mum, by definition, is a 'nodder', but it's taken so much to get her on to a bike and make her feel confident that I don't like using the term in anything but a jovial way. We all deal with the same risks and problems as cyclists, so why insist on setting up so many different tribes? It's bad enough as it is.

Lambaste away...

*if someone intentionally tried to knock me off my bike, or if they were stoned or drunk I'd kick the shit out of them/their car and yes, call them a cunt until my eyes exploded.

James - such a foul young man.

Wash your mouth out!

I hope Vee Vee sees this post.

heh, that remind me of a line in The IT Crowd;

"my ears are not a toliet!"

What is a nodder if not one of our cycling brethren...
If you overtake them, do they not chase you?
If you see them punctured, do you not stop to help?
If you shout "cunt!", do they not take offense at your pottymouth?

It's a stupid term.

i wonder if rapha make one of these?