The Dumb Cyclists and Pedestrians thread...
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Postby trailgumby » Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:07 pm
Went to point to a group of sticks out to the guys behind me who wereparticipating in the Bobbin Head Classic, and almost wobbled into them myself
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Postby Mulger bill » Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:02 pm
If you move your gripping hand onto the tops, as close to the stem as possible it should redce the chance of this recurring.trailgumby wrote:Went to point to a group of sticks out to the guys behind me who wereparticipating in the Bobbin Head Classic, and almost wobbled into them myself
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Postby biker jk » Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:06 pm
The shoulder on that pinch is very narrow and there is fast moving traffic so I would suggest you leave both hands on the bars and just call "stick left/right".trailgumby wrote:Me, this morning. Mona Vale Road westbound, coming to the end of that short pinch before the road returns to suburbia.
Went to point to a group of sticks out to the guys behind me who wereparticipating in the Bobbin Head Classic, and almost wobbled into them myself
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Postby jasonc » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:25 am
ownedbiker jk wrote:Cyclist on Oxford St, Sydney this morning rides through red light, oblivious to the motorcycle policeman in the right hand lane who promptly pulls her over.
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Postby Mulger bill » Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:12 pm
More please Mr Plod. Help shut up the "Nurrr, rego" dills.biker jk wrote:Cyclist on Oxford St, Sydney this morning rides through red light, oblivious to the motorcycle policeman in the right hand lane who promptly pulls her over.
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Postby duncanm » Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:17 pm
Again .. it depends on the situation.zero wrote: I don't know how anyone thinks its reasonable to perform a right turn by left passing everyone and then planting yourself in front of the right lane queue. Even if the lights do stay red whilst you do that, it is not a reasonable thing to do, and if bike boxes are encouraging that then they are no good.
One of my regular commute routes has a two-lane rat run, right turn from right lane only, into a 3-lane highway/major road. The opposing traffic is more often than not 0-1 cars. The light sequence is long, since its a minor road into a major one.
I left-pass the (usually long) queue and park myself in front of the right lane. When the light goes green, I pull all the way into the intersection, and turn into the leftmost lane after the turn. The car behind is held up for no more than 1-2s at most, as they can overtake me basically in the turn if there's no oncoming traffic, and have to wait for any oncoming cars otherwise.
There's often motorbikes who do exactly the same thing, and I don't see the difference in this situation, nor the problem.
edited: unless I've misquoted/understood you, and you're only commenting on the right turn in front of traffic which was going to go straight. In which case, ignore the above.
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Postby CXCommuter » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:30 pm
After he ran one of the set of lights a passenger in a car next to me was pointing the guy out and caught my attention- we both shook our head at this guys idiocy. I hope this one person realises that other cyclists also dislike the behaviour.
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Postby alexander » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:17 am
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Postby g-boaf » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:32 am
Was she on a trendy bike, and not wearing a helmet?biker jk wrote:Cyclist on Oxford St, Sydney this morning rides through red light, oblivious to the motorcycle policeman in the right hand lane who promptly pulls her over.
I'll nominate the dumb cyclist as the one near Wallgrove Road last night who nearly collected me head on (he was in the wrong lane). Fortunately I was going slowly - but the incident scared the heck out of me.
And second lot, the Police on a cycleway the other week riding two-abreast. The one coming head-on towards me in my lane turned to talk to his colleague and wobbled all over the place. With flat-bars, they ought to be keeping single-file - especially when a bike is coming towards them. Fortunately he realised when I shouted out "bike ahead".
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Postby jasonc » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:47 am
need to air zound those MOFOsg-boaf wrote:And second lot, the Police on a cycleway the other week riding two-abreast. The one coming head-on towards me in my lane turned to talk to his colleague and wobbled all over the place. With flat-bars, they ought to be keeping single-file - especially when a bike is coming towards them. Fortunately he realised when I shouted out "bike ahead".
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Postby elantra » Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:26 am
Four-legs gets to the middle of the road and suddenly stops and does a big dump.
Meanwhile 2 cars come around the corner and have to pull up and wait for the job to finish.
Dog completes the road crossing as if nothing had happened.
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Postby find_bruce » Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:51 am
Must be blitz day - 1 motorbike cop & 3 bicycle cops at the corner of College St & Park St, with another 2 bicycle cops riding haphazardly to the north along College St.biker jk wrote:The two dumb cyclists who ran the red light at the corner of Oxford St and Glenmore Rd Paddington this morning. I was turning right from Glenmore Rd into Oxford St and given the regularity of red light runners here I always check left to see what's coming down the hill. Funnily enough when I yelled "red light" at the cyclists running the red they pretended not to hear anything. Mind you, since they're often wired for sound, that could be the reason. Morons.
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Postby biker jk » Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:06 pm
Was it a shih tzu?elantra wrote:Pedestrian thinks it is a good idea to walk across the road with his four-legged friend.
Four-legs gets to the middle of the road and suddenly stops and does a big dump.
Meanwhile 2 cars come around the corner and have to pull up and wait for the job to finish.
Dog completes the road crossing as if nothing had happened.
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Postby warthog1 » Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:34 pm
Did the owner pick it up? Gives the rest of us a bad name when irresponsible, inconsiderate dog owners leave their dog' s turds everywherebiker jk wrote:Was it a shih tzu?elantra wrote:Pedestrian thinks it is a good idea to walk across the road with his four-legged friend.
Four-legs gets to the middle of the road and suddenly stops and does a big dump.
Meanwhile 2 cars come around the corner and have to pull up and wait for the job to finish.
Dog completes the road crossing as if nothing had happened.
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Postby Dragster1 » Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:37 pm
Or maybe a POO dlebiker jk wrote:Was it a shih tzu?elantra wrote:Pedestrian thinks it is a good idea to walk across the road with his four-legged friend.
Four-legs gets to the middle of the road and suddenly stops and does a big dump.
Meanwhile 2 cars come around the corner and have to pull up and wait for the job to finish.
Dog completes the road crossing as if nothing had happened.
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Postby tekapo » Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:44 pm
I was slowing down as I head into a red light. The cyclist in front looked back, and glanced to the left. As I stopped he ran the red at a snails pace. When the light went green, I over took him in about 30 seconds. But alas, as I stopped for the next set of red lights, he over took me and turned off to the right........biker jk wrote:The two dumb cyclists who ran the red light at the corner of Oxford St and Glenmore Rd Paddington this morning. I was turning right from Glenmore Rd into Oxford St and given the regularity of red light runners here I always check left to see what's coming down the hill. Funnily enough when I yelled "red light" at the cyclists running the red they pretended not to hear anything. Mind you, since they're often wired for sound, that could be the reason. Morons.
Don't get the mind set of some of they cyclists, its certainly not about the speed or the need to get some where fast......
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Postby jasonc » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:58 am
best thing was, it wasn't raining.
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Postby Tomca74 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:48 am
Turning into a right a $$ hole but I swear I only do it when warranted.
Further along the path 2 mums were dealing with pram issues and apologised for blocking the path, even though they weren't blocking it at all. I stopped and helped fix the pram.
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Postby bychosis » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:47 am
Fortunately they aren't all dumb, arrogant etc.
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