to ask why do 'some' appropriately dressed racing cyclists think it is okay to not obey the highway code

[OwlLady]

and I say 'some' because it is some, not all

but they are bloody annoying riding out on junctions without looking because they think they are faster than a car and then you have to slam your brakes on and look at their skinny little arses in overpriced cycling wear and equipment

or three astride trying to wave you past on overgrown country lanes
pah!

all very tongue in cheek you understand but sometimes living in rural bedfordshire is trying

I have to add at this point I drive sensibly, have no points on my license and give plenty of room when overtaking

I agree! And why are some of them so fucking aggressive??

I use our cyclepath most days and get shouted at most days by twats on racing bikes. (Ds1, 4.8 too slow, move over when we are already on the side etc)

One overtook me at a junction the other day and I swear you could almost see his arsehole through his super fitted shorts when he was bent over-eeew.

so they are just as bad with cyclists then? :o not just those of us in family sized vehicles

road.cc/content/news/64082-cyclist-pushed-passengers-passing-car-suffers-serious-injuries

God yes. Those 'fucking aggressive' cyclists ruining everything for car drivers.

Same reason as some drivers and pedestrians chose to ignore the Highway Code - they are twats. The Lycra and mode of transport are immaterial.

I haven't pushed over a cyclist though, I evened stopped my car to let a squirrel cross the road today

what is it with the squirrels though atm, they are running all over the place into the roads, acting confused

oh it might be the farmers i suppose with those big metal things

evened, oh dear

They are twats. If they weren't on bikes, they would still be twats.

I say that as a cyclist. Yokel, I understand what you're saying but I've been knocked off my bike by one of these guys coming out of a side road onto the road I was on and colliding with me, and he didn't stop to see if I was ok - unlike the car drivers who witnessed the incident. Some people have a lot of aggression inside them and whatever mode of transport they're using it tends to come out.

Yokel
"road.cc/content/news/64082-cyclist-pushed-passengers-passing-car-suffers-serious-injuries
God yes. Those 'fucking aggressive' cyclists ruining everything for car drivers."

Cos thats what all drivers are like

The OP did say some.

I'm not a twat, thank you very much Scrambled. I like to be slim and fit and enjoy the countryside, and not always stuck in my car.

However, could anyone explain to me (a) why some thick-as-pig-shit drivers think its a good idea to overtake a cyclist and then immediately turn left and (b) drive faster and closer to cyclists when its raining?

Threads like this really make me miss living in a civilised Northern European country.

I don't even cycle that much now I'm a runner, but I'm educated, as to taking exercise and being tolerant towards other road users.

I also have a friend of a friend whose husband's body was nearly severed in half by a vehicle and who died on the road, fortunately with a police officer beside him, when he was out cycling perfectly legitimately, and I have really low tolerance for this type of thread. Educate yourselves, instead of criticising others.

I mentioned this in another thread but it is really irritating when cycling groups cycle in a big 'peloton' when they are not actually in a road race. I have seen it happen a few times recently. I don't mind small groups at all but it's impossible to overtake a block group of 15/20 or whatever of cyclists safely and I don't appreciate being held up for miles on end.

The last time this happened they blocked the road or about five miles,I thought they were incredibly rude and selfish. They cycled fast but there were loads of cars backed up behind them. (....and yeah, they had all the gear )
I cycle a lot, I obey the rules (including traffic lights) and wouldn't dream of holding drivers up more than nessecery.

tbh i started this thread because I am often concerned that I might hurt someone more vulnerable than me because of their arrogance and stupidity

I live on a country lane and have walk up and down it on occasion to get to public footways and I do this often with my children and dogs, so i know very well what some motorists behave like fwiw

but I am sick of them pissing up my hedge as well when my teenage daughter is in the garden and yes, it's always the same sort of cyclists and not ALL of them as I have acknowledged. Are they some sort of splinter group?

I am going to have to remind myself not to get annoyed :o and I am slim and fit as well despite having a car, I feel this needs to be pointed out

god I sound old

am 34 fwiw

OwlLady

The thread however well intentioned was never going to end well as some cyclists can't get it through there heads that car drivers are not always to blame.

Yokel - I saw that incident once where a car passenger tried to push over a cyclist on the Snake Pass, M/c to Sheffield. Fortunately the tosser failed to reach, as he was potentially committing a manslaughter.

Unfortunately, threads like this always go bad, as the cycle-hating drivers leap on the opportunity to exercise some bikist-thrashing.

There's no head car drivers, there's nob head cyclists too.

The OP has decided to have a rant about the latter, as is her right.

If you want a moan about drivers then make your own thread instead of turning it into this on going argument we have I'd say... Weekly?

okay, will be well reminded in future. i don't hate cyclists, i just don't want to run one over in in all their fancy gear because of something they have done

I also want them to stop waving me past as well because I can make my own mind up but that's a separate issue as I ignore farmers who do that as well :o

fwiw, cyclist can ride two abreast on roads, where it's safe to do so.

Reading back, the OP seems to be fairly judgemental at what cyclists choose to wear. Which is frankly nothing to do with the actual complaint - just provides a note of when she claims to be so even-handed.

Like many threads, it has the hall mark of " Lets bash cyclists whilst appearing to be oh so reasonable".

unhombre and your point is....? She can say what she wants. And to be perfectly honest I question wseller pile buy 120 pound Assos gloves or Castelli bib tights....

Wseller pile? Wtf. I mean why people buy

GS - don't buy them then?

Yes she can say what she wants, of course.

and your point is??

I don't buy them I sell them.

Dont answer a question with another question...

My point is that if she wants to comment on cyclists and their what she thinks are stupidly overpriced clothing, then she can do whether it's nothing to do with the actual complaint or not. I think you'll find a lot of that here!

"Dont answer a question with another question..." whoooooooo!"

Yes mummy. It's wrong.

Glad I don't have to get the ruler out again

of course the corollary is "Why do so many appropriately-dressed drivers choose to not obey the Highway Code?" I suspect most people don't follow it when it doesn't suit them to at times.