Hate to break this to you stinky, but I think Max is clipped inSir Stinkalot wrote: Do you want any position in Council Max??
...one of us, one of us, one of us...
Postby roadrash » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:52 am
Hate to break this to you stinky, but I think Max is clipped inSir Stinkalot wrote: Do you want any position in Council Max??
Postby rustychisel » Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:02 pm
Postby deekrockingbeat » Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:10 pm
Postby m@ » Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:29 pm
Maybe ask that WA councillor who wants to ban road bikes if he wants a running-mateSir Stinkalot wrote:On the weekend I was saying that when I become Mayor within a 3km radius of the city (that is how far the Mayor rides!) clip peddles would be banned due to the following reasons:
1. slow to take off when the light turns green;
2. they then can't figure out how to clip in;
3. they wobble all over the frigging intersection;
4. then you need to overtake them as you thought because they had clip in peddles that would be quicker than the flat bar commuter.
Do you want any position in Council Max??
Probably the same reason people driving on highways speed up when there's an overtaking lane then slow down when it ends... Come to that, they're probably the same people.DavidS wrote:I always try and get into a position which goes with my speed. The fast roadies in front of me, the slow plonkers behind me. If the slow ones try and filter through I'll try and block them or out accelerate them at the lights. It's just a fact of life that we ride at different speeds and I really cannot understand the slow cyclists who filter to the front at the lights, why do they do this? Must ask one of them one day.
DS
Postby westab » Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:23 pm
Like the idea - my problem is that it will lead to a cycle hazard when the lights change - the road will have the dead birds that were flying overhead after the ripper.trailgumby wrote:Assuming there is a reason you have chosen your handle that is grounded in experience or reputation, I think all you would have to do is let rip with a good one, wave your hand in front of your face and say "whew, sorry boys and girls! " ... and you'd clear the intersection.
Problem solved.
Postby im_no_pro » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:11 pm
master6 wrote: Moderators are like Club Handicappers; I often think they are wrong, but I dont want the job.
Postby Zynster » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:33 pm
Postby Max » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:56 pm
I know it's wrong of me, but every time I see one, I have to fight the urge to give them a shoulder charge. "What, think you're too good to unclip do you? Too pro for your foot to touch the ground, eh?" *whack* *thud*Zynster wrote:So far no one has mentioned the amateur track stander. Probably don't need to paint a picture for that one.
Postby roadrash » Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:05 am
Nor has anyone yet tried to defend the practice of shoaling (except perhaps cp123, who for sick and probably perverse reasons all of her/his own encourages others to shoal her/him – perhaps she/he scores dates that way).Zynster wrote:So far no one has mentioned the amateur track stander. Probably don't need to paint a picture for that one.
Postby eeksll » Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:41 pm
I notice this a fair bit actually and this is from experienced looking roadies. I assume its much harder to clip in with road cleats than spds.Max wrote:The ones that really annoy me, though, are the plonkers who get in front of the queue, then are slow to take off when the light turns green, and then can't figure out how to clip in. They wobble all over the frigging intersection, looking at their feet instead of the road, and the rest of us (not to mention motorists) have to wait behind them while they faff about.
Postby cp123 » Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:44 pm
Postby lethoso » Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:06 pm
Not really, but I still manage to miss about 5% of the time. Then once you've missed you end up all rattled and it takes bloody ages to get in and ugh. This also always happens on an uphill.eeksll wrote:I assume its much harder to clip in with road cleats than spds.
Postby Mustang » Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:36 pm
Ditto... on the flat it goes in every time!!!!!!lethoso wrote:Not really, but I still manage to miss about 5% of the time. Then once you've missed you end up all rattled and it takes bloody ages to get in and ugh. This also always happens on an uphill.eeksll wrote:I assume its much harder to clip in with road cleats than spds.
Postby zero » Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:13 pm
its a term bike snob uses to describe the riders who when they see someone stopped at a red light, will pass them and pull up in front of them. If you get 2 of those riders, the second will pull up even further over the stop line.cp123 wrote:I have no idea what a shoaler is. Dunno if that's a good or a bad thing anyway.
Postby martinjs » Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:35 pm
Postby Max » Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:37 am
Now, Oxford, if I told you that, you'd miss out on the surprise factor. We couldn't have that, could we!Oxford wrote:Max I need to know what you look like. We have a similar route and I'm now afraid of being slammed by you as I track stand at lights/intersections/railway crossings.Max wrote:I know it's wrong of me, but every time I see one, I have to fight the urge to give them a shoulder charge. "What, think you're too good to unclip do you? Too pro for your foot to touch the ground, eh?" *whack* *thud*Zynster wrote:So far no one has mentioned the amateur track stander. Probably don't need to paint a picture for that one.
Max
Postby Mugglechops » Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:04 pm
Postby Zynster » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:34 am
Postby jules21 » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:46 pm
Postby human909 » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:03 pm
roadrash wrote:complete with hasty unclipping dismount, which seemed to defy several laws of physics.
Whats wrong with doing those things?roadrash wrote: at one stage involved both feet being unclipped and furiously trying to pedal).
Postby Mugglechops » Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:15 pm
Zynster wrote:The operative was amateur track standers. If you've been doing it for 20 years, one assumes that your pretty good at it. Personally I'm always impressed when I see some dude perfectly poised and balanced.
Postby roadrash » Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:53 pm
human909 wrote: Whats wrong with doing those things?
Postby ALAN Roadie » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:03 pm
Postby DavidS » Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:08 pm
That ain't queue jumping, that's just common sense. I define queue jumping as those who go ahead of you at the red lights when you are either riding faster than them anyway or when you passed them about 200m back (even more irritating are the ones who get ahead of you by going through the red light so you have to find a way past a second or third time).ALAN Roadie wrote:I must admit ot being guilty of queue jumping every now and then, but only if I have been rolling behind someone pushing their legs off going up slight inclines at 15km/h. Where i ride is usually about a 3% incline and very tight with traffic so it can be hard to pass. Especially when the person or persons infront are riding on the outside edge of the bike lane, which is fine as it stops them being doored. Just makes it near inpossible to pass them for about 2km unless you queue jump. Saying that I normally wont see them again once the lights go green. And I also have to admit to being someone who struggles every now and then to clip in when stopped uphill, though have been much better lately.
Postby Livetoride » Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:33 pm
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