The Dumb Cyclists and Pedestrians thread...
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Postby Creakyknees » Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:57 pm
A group of 5 or so riders in matching Anaconda (the camping store) kit who, while turning left, blasted though a give way sign onto Labouchere Rd in South Perth and turned wide into the far right lane, where they then moved back to the left lane at speed. This is a crazy busy road during the day, full of tourists on the way to South Perth foreshore and the Perth Zoo.
Not to one of them slowed down to check if there were any cars coming (there were, and one had to throw out the anchors very quickly). This could have ended very badly...for once it was the drivers who were on the ball.
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A statistic waiting to happen.herzog wrote:http://youtu.be/yzelH943JYA
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Postby phineas » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:59 am
New England Highway, peak hour.
Two lanes, ok shoulder on the left, guy riding his bike on the far right of the right lane!
No turn he could've need to make for quite awhile, so can't understand why on earth he would wedge himself in between trucks with nowhere to go, and a built-up median strip.
A car slowly coming up behind him gave a few warning beeps with the horn - less of a "get out of my way" beep and more of a "what are you doing - you're going to get yourself killed" sort of beep.
He stops, gets onto the median strip, car slowly passes him, and he starts screaming at the car "get back here!!!"
It was all quite scary!
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Postby Big_Red » Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:46 pm
me: Not a terrribly bright place to stand in the middle of the road, so you're not worried about being run over?
ped: Why don't you just look where you are going
me: It's only because i do look where i'm going and i have lights, that i'm able to barely miss you standing in the middle of the road.
ped: why don't you knasd;flgnsdklnhf'klszdnhdjf'kl;sghdkfnghdf...
I'm so going to just grab their phone and smash the crap out of it next time i see stuff like this. Some people don't deserve nice things.
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Postby wexford » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:47 am
Eastbound on the PSP approaching Windan Bridge (Perth) came along a bloke riding two bikes with one hand between them. His left hand was holding a phone to his head, and his right hand was somehow steering TWO bikes, the one he was riding and another alongside.
I wish I had skills like that - I'm bad enough using two hands! The only reason I label him as a Dumb Cyclist is that he was doing all of this without a helmet.
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Postby human909 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:22 am
wexford wrote:Eastbound on the PSP approaching Windan Bridge (Perth) came along a bloke riding two bikes with one hand between them. His left hand was holding a phone to his head, and his right hand was somehow steering TWO bikes, the one he was riding and another alongside.
I wish I had skills like that - I'm bad enough using two hands! The only reason I label him as a Dumb Cyclist is that he was doing all of this without a helmet.
I wish I had skills like that. I consider myself pretty good and have done the two bike thing on half a dozen occasions. However to be on the phone at the same time! Wow! Meh, to riding without a helmet but a quite reckless to be doing all that on a PSP with other people around. When I've ridden with two bikes it is on full lanes on the back streets with little traffic.
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Postby WarbyD » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:37 am
It was still daylight and the light was on low, so certainly not going to cause any major issues, but hey - If that was you, and that was the problem - Sorry about that! If that wasn't the problem then... *shrugs*
On another note.. If trying to complain at a cyclist travelling in the opposite direction to yourself, I would strongly suggest you keep your complaint very succinct... Or stop before you reach the person you intend on complaining to and ask that they do the same, so you can actually pass on the full message?
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Postby li2099 » Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:51 am
geez we have those types in my riding group.Gordonhooker wrote:The moron on the mountain bike wearing the red t'shirt - straight through a red light on Ann Street crossing Kemp Place Brisbane at 6:48 AM this morning. The moron then wonders why a car turning left into Ann Street off Kemp Place nearly cleans him up.....
They run a red then stops on the other side of the traffic, turns around and wonders why the rest of the group is still waiting for the lights.
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Postby g-boaf » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:23 am
Wow, I thought I saw a topic here yesterday from a MTB rider accusing road-bike riders of this. Never knew MTB riders did it too. If I used my camera I'd get lots of videos of people running red lights.Gordonhooker wrote:The moron on the mountain bike wearing the red t'shirt - straight through a red light on Ann Street crossing Kemp Place Brisbane at 6:48 AM this morning. The moron then wonders why a car turning left into Ann Street off Kemp Place nearly cleans him up.....
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Postby Gordonhooker » Wed Apr 09, 2014 2:09 pm
It was probably the clown the ran the red light this morningg-boaf wrote:Wow, I thought I saw a topic here yesterday from a MTB rider accusing road-bike riders of this. Never knew MTB riders did it too. If I used my camera I'd get lots of videos of people running red lights.Gordonhooker wrote:The moron on the mountain bike wearing the red t'shirt - straight through a red light on Ann Street crossing Kemp Place Brisbane at 6:48 AM this morning. The moron then wonders why a car turning left into Ann Street off Kemp Place nearly cleans him up.....
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Postby uglybob » Wed Apr 09, 2014 2:50 pm
did he have a moustache / big piercings in his ears?wexford wrote:I encountered a classic on the commute home from work yesterday.
Eastbound on the PSP approaching Windan Bridge (Perth) came along a bloke riding two bikes with one hand between them. His left hand was holding a phone to his head, and his right hand was somehow steering TWO bikes, the one he was riding and another alongside.
I wish I had skills like that - I'm bad enough using two hands! The only reason I label him as a Dumb Cyclist is that he was doing all of this without a helmet.
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were you even born?Lukeyboy wrote:"And there's Senna. Senna spinning. Spin spin spin. Round round round he goes" - Murray Walker, Adelaide Grand Prix 1989. Dat 900 degree spin into the final corner at the Adelaide GP. Damnnnn that was 24 year ago now
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