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Grown men doing wheelies

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Slowlyslowlysurely · 21/09/2025 11:49

AIBU to think that the 40+ year old man who has just whizzed past my house on the pavement doing a wheelie looks absolutely ridiculous?

a) why on earth is he on the pavement of a quiet residential street?
b) what would make him think “hey you know what would be really cool, if I just yanked one wheel off the floor and balanced precariously as I fly past people’s front doors!”

this is a frequent occurrence round here….does anyone else have a city of man children wheelying about like 10 year olds?

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FuzzyWolf · 21/09/2025 11:59

Do you not have driveways? If you mean you open your front door straight onto the pavement where he is doing wheelies then I think it’s dangerous and risky but I wouldn’t describe it as ridiculous.

DriveVerySlowlyPastNumber23IWantThemToSeeMyHat · 21/09/2025 11:58

beAsensible1 · 21/09/2025 11:56

No. seeing someone do a wheely doesn’t upset me, it barely registers frankly

After seeing it on a daily basis and having a few near misses, it's bloody dangerous and about time these clowns were taken off the road/path!

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Slowlyslowlysurely · 21/09/2025 11:57

@beAsensible1 I didn’t mention having fun. My AIBU asked if I was unreasonable to think they look ridiculous!

also I don’t think it’s very safe to be riding a mountain bike at high speed directly outside people’s front doors.

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beAsensible1 · 21/09/2025 11:56

No. seeing someone do a wheely doesn’t upset me, it barely registers frankly

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Slowlyslowlysurely · 21/09/2025 11:54

I feel your pain, those noisy scrambler bikes!

The men round here are on mountain bikes!

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DriveVerySlowlyPastNumber23IWantThemToSeeMyHat · 21/09/2025 11:54

beAsensible1 · 21/09/2025 11:53

well doing a wheely on a main road would be stupid. Why can’t a grown man have a bit of fun? They’re not hurting anyone.

Are you being sarcastic?

beAsensible1 · 21/09/2025 11:53

well doing a wheely on a main road would be stupid. Why can’t a grown man have a bit of fun? They’re not hurting anyone.

DriveVerySlowlyPastNumber23IWantThemToSeeMyHat · 21/09/2025 11:52

No but we have hoards of teenagers, early 20 year old who think this is acceptable.

All balaclava'd up, dressed in black with the obligatory JD plastic bag. We had 2 who crashed into a wall and their mates held a vigil, riding around a park on stolen bikes.