Calling cyclists

I cannot respect anyone's decision to be a cyclist (apart from jingl).

They just clutter up the streets and make it harder for us aggressive drivers to get to our destinations at breakneck speed!

Pests, that's what I call them

Get on yer bike annie

Plus all that tight lycra is distracting to us.

I like cycling ducks behind sofa but I'm not a stupid cyclist. I follow the highway code, have good, bright lights to make sure I can be seen and wherever possible stick to cycle tracks. I never cycle on pavements and I ABSOLUTELY NEVER wear lycra. My bum in lycra . Now that would be a distraction....and not in a nice way

I'm with you all the way vampire queen. I do like to feel the wind in my hair. My pet hate though is those cyclists who approach you silently from behind (hopefully on a shared path as opposed to a footpath) and then whizz by brushing your elbow and you gasp and think 'if I had just taken a step sideways...!'

I hate them too. It's only polite to ring your bell to warn a pedestrian that you are behind them and to thank someone if they step aside to let you through.

Why is the internet such a parallel universe?
Politics, religion, vegetarionism, cyclists, all discussed calmly in the lives of people I know.

Sense of humour bypass maybe, soontobe?

ooh

And talking of bypasses, I agree with anniezzz about the silent cyclists, but the silent mobility scooters are just as bad!

They should be obliged by law to honk a horn when they intend to overtake an innocent, unwary pedestrian.

Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells

(Apologies to Galen and any other mobility scooter users - only joking...)

Oh, so that was you was it Ana? I do remember knocking someone out of the way when riding my MS in Tonbridge Wells the other day. Sorry, but the horn isn't working.You'll just have to move out of the way a bit faster in future.

Im joking too [I am very careful when out driving it.]

And Galen has a good sense of humour.

One of the downsides of where I live are the summer holiday cyclists, they are downright dangerous. They cycle 2 and 3 abreast, have no mirrors and usually have ear phones in. They block the whole road so no one can get passed. Some have small children in buggies behind them, They seldom pull in to let other road users past

Where I live all cyclists seem to wear lycra and they are all so very THIN. They probably need it for the warmth factor.

Sometimes I cycle on pavements.

I would be bloody mad not to.

I cannot respect people who cycle on pavements.

Or wear lycra.

Despicable!

what's wrong with lycra?

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