Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:57 pm  

Have you seen a doctor about your cyclophobia?

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:08 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Have you seen a doctor about your cyclophobia?

He suggested that, as therapy, the next time such an incident occurs, I make sure I'm wearing my Docs, and kick the spokes into the middle of next week.

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:13 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Being thumped by one in London (across the belly, with his bike, causing bruising) for refusing to get out of his way on the pavement – and the road was bloody deserted at the time.

Being sworn at several times for challenging cyclists on the pavement.

Being threatened with physical violence – "I'm going to f**king run you down!" by a woman after being spat at by her, for having the temerity to point out that she was breaking the law by cycling on the pavement (racing past me and nearly sending me flying – but hey, it was my fault, apparently).

Several occasions of steeping out of a bus, onto one of those peculiar pavement thingies, only to find a cretin on a bike racing past, right in front of me – on the pavement. On more than one occasion, the aforementioned cretin was ringing their bell at me to get out of their way while they break the law.

Crossing the road, at a junction, with the lights in my favour (green pedestrian one); getting to the other side of the big dumper truck that was stopped where it should be, and then almost being sent flying as a cyclist sailed past and through the red light on the other side of the truck, right next to the pavement.

Getting out of a cab – onto a pavement, in other words – and being sworn at by a cyclist swerving around me, on the pavement.

Every Saturday, just while I'm around, several of them ride down a street that is closed to traffic for a market – and they don't go slowly, but fast. I know of shopkeepers who have acted against them (rather taking the law into their own hands) and one other who has a notice outside their shop asking whether their mummies won't let them ride on the road. In other words, it's not just me.

That's a flavour.

Just a couple of hours ago, someone showed me a tweet from a cyclist who was praising plans for a new pedestrianisation scheme somewhere – and asking if anyone knew of "any more" good schemes for cyclists.

I hate them.

Although I am told it's nowhere near as bad outside London. I've certainly never seen it as bad in very cycle-friendly places such as Amsterdam or in France or Berlin.

Never saw Sir Chris, Vicky or Cav behaving in this manner during the games.

Just think though, if Team GB Cycling set up a courier service it would be the quickest around

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:15 pm  

Mintball wrote:

He suggested that, as therapy, the next time such an incident occurs, I make sure I'm wearing my Docs, and kick the spokes into the middle of next week.

You'll scare the poop out of the fiercest of cyclists.



Especially if you marry this with the Docs.

Image removed. You know that's not going to pass the watershed test. Mintball

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:19 pm  

While Cameron and Hmaj are bending the rules to allow everyone who got a medal to also get an honour, why not extend the SPOTY awards as well?

Male Olympian of the year - Mo Farah
Female Olympian of the year - Jessica Ennis
Male Paralympian of the year - David Weir
Female Paralympian of the year - Ellie Simmods
Sports Personality of the year - Bradley Wiggins
Lifetime achievement award - Chris Hoy
Sportsman of the year - Andy Murray

Covers all the bases. It's impossible to pick one for the award. You can't argue that Wiggins' achievements top Murray's for example. Wiggins won the Tour de France and gold at the Olympics, unparallelled success for a British cyclist. Murray won the US Open, the first British major win in 70+ years and gold at the Olympics.

Expand, expand, EXPAND!

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:30 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

While Cameron and Hmaj are bending the rules to allow everyone who got a medal to also get an honour, why not extend the SPOTY awards as well?

Would make perfect sense.

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:35 pm  

Mintball wrote:

:lol:

Red mist descends these days, on this subject, I'm afraid.

Should add, actually, that a few weeks ago, when I walking up Broadway Market one weekday evening, a cyclist sped past me on the pavement. He was yelled at by a fellow cyclist, who was walking his own bike up the opposite pavement.

There really are just a hell of a lot of the dismal ones around.

Living in York, I feel your pain. Apparently red lights, road markings and just general common sense doesn't seem to apply to a lot of cyclists.

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:50 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

While Cameron and Hmaj are bending the rules to allow everyone who got a medal to also get an honour, why not extend the SPOTY awards as well?

Male Olympian of the year - Mo Farah
Female Olympian of the year - Jessica Ennis
Male Paralympian of the year - David Weir
Female Paralympian of the year - Ellie Simmods
Sports Personality of the year - Bradley Wiggins
Lifetime achievement award - Chris Hoy
Sportsman of the year - Andy Murray

Covers all the bases. It's impossible to pick one for the award. You can't argue that Wiggins' achievements top Murray's for example. Wiggins won the Tour de France and gold at the Olympics, unparallelled success for a British cyclist. Murray won the US Open, the first British major win in 70+ years and gold at the Olympics.

Expand, expand, EXPAND!

So, you're not expecting a winner from Rugby League this year then?

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:52 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Being thumped by one in London (across the belly, with his bike, causing bruising) for refusing to get out of his way on the pavement – and the road was bloody deserted at the time.

Being sworn at several times for challenging cyclists on the pavement.

Being threatened with physical violence – "I'm going to f**king run you down!" by a woman after being spat at by her, for having the temerity to point out that she was breaking the law by cycling on the pavement (racing past me and nearly sending me flying – but hey, it was my fault, apparently).

Just stiff arm them and knock them off (self-protection - they took you by surprise and you just stuck your arm out!). Works everytime.

Re: Houston, we have a problem - sports personality of the y : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:57 pm  

Mintball wrote:

:lol:

Red mist descends these days, on this subject, I'm afraid.

Should add, actually, that a few weeks ago, when I walking up Broadway Market one weekday evening, a cyclist sped past me on the pavement. He was yelled at by a fellow cyclist, who was walking his own bike up the opposite pavement.

There really are just a hell of a lot of the dismal ones around.

They also moan about the roads being unsafe when they undertake vehicles turning left at T- junctions! They are morons because the police had a bit of a purge on Clerkenwell Road a couple of months ago for a few days. It was so funnny to see so many of them go through red traffic lights and then get booked on the otherside! Even by the third day when most stopped at the lights the thicker ones were still getting caught.