Nodder/Fixie Skidder

Wiganwill wrote "wobbling like a fat banker on a Brompton" one of the best posts here ever.

ach man, those fun days have gone. We now have an "investment" thread.

we do?
jesus. i need to get out of my self confined ghetto of the football thread.

ach man, those fun days have gone. We now have an "investment" thread.

Thanks for the heads up... Im gonna go and fuck it up.

Isn't like 50% of the chatter on here about peoples comutes.

Just saying.

Nodder.

Neiger according to google translate. :P

It would be "Nicker" in German (snigger, snigger). And, no, it wouldn't be understood what you're on about.

Noddy.

Roddy.

I can't stand the expression 'nodder'. As Corny says, if people still have to learn something from you, help them out. Try to remember when you started out yourself. Show consideration--you can afford to. Give them something to aspire to.

Don't be silly Ollie you nodder!

I have no consideration to give to anyone who cycles through a red light straight into my path completely oblivious to anything around them. If you are not aware of whats going on around you, then maybe you should minimise your accident likelihood by obeying the rules of the road.

Mike, 'nodder' is applied pretty indiscriminately by some people to most cyclists they see on the street. Call someone who rides like that all the names under the sun, but that sort of riding was obviously not what I was referring to.

What MikeC describes is my description of a nodder too.

Oui Oui

what's this thread about? i can't be arsed to read pages of moaning about how someone once saw someone marginally less experienced than them ride their bike slightly less well than them...

Don't be silly Ollie you nodder!
I have no consideration to give to anyone who cycles through a red light straight into my path completely oblivious to anything around them. If you are not aware of whats going on around you, then maybe you should minimise your accident likelihood by obeying the rules of the road.

oooh mikec don't do it.. rlj here, drunk cycle there.. you've been a very naughty boy

what's this thread about? i can't be arsed to read pages of moaning about how someone once saw someone marginally less experienced than them ride their bike slightly less well than them...

oooh someone is in a bad mood ;)

what's this thread about? i can't be arsed to read pages of moaning about how someone once saw someone marginally less experienced than them ride their bike slightly less well than them...

How are the knuckles anyway, Fred?

;)

to be completely honest in regards to cycle safety and training as much as we promote new cyclists, green environment blah blah blah it is never going to work without a decent road infrastructure with thought put towards cyclists and standardized cycle training unlike the joke that is cycle proficiency

I seem to have managed ok for the last 20 years with no cycle training whatsoever.

I am Fucking Awesome™ though so that may explain this.

you are australian. and i am led to believe this causes people to subconsciously keep their distance for fear of catching "AIDS"

are you actually australian? i am doubtful

oh he's about as Australian as an emu, and about as annoying as one..

No Hippy is from NZ.

Tommy.. I just burned your GPS cds.. DTM

you are an awesome Australian. and i am led to believe this causes people to subconsciously keep their distance for fear of catching "AWESOME"

Pretty much.

to be completely honest in regards to cycle safety and training as much as we promote new cyclists, green environment blah blah blah it is never going to work without a decent road infrastructure with thought put towards cyclists and standardized cycle training unlike the joke that is cycle proficiency

Cycle proficiency doesn't really exist anymore; training is pretty much standardised now to the National Standards and through the Bikeability scheme.
And Hippy, to a point I would agree with you; twenty years of cycling probably has made you a very competent cyclist; though that's not always the case with experienced riders as we can observe every day on the roads. But there are many people who are simply put off cycling by, largely unwarranted, fears and training can help them. And it certainly can't do any harm to give training to children who's entire experience of cycling will be on fairly busy roads in London. Then there are people who have never cycled at all, people who have problems with certain aspects of cycling and need specific help and encouragement etc etc. I'm pretty sure I have spent more hours, and done more miles, cycling in London than anyone else on here and I still got something out of training. You are never too old, experienced or fat to learn.

Yeah I was a keen cyclist so there was no chance I was going to stop riding just because some car/truck/waterway got in the way.

For someone who just wants to pootle around or is new or whatever but has 'the fear' then I definitely agree. I am too fat to learn though.

to be completely honest in regards to cycle safety and training as much as we promote new cyclists, green environment blah blah blah it is never going to work without a decent road infrastructure with thought put towards cyclists and standardized cycle training unlike the joke that is cycle proficiency

do yourself a favour, read a bit more starting here:-
http://www.lfgss.com/thread31307.html