DOME group, poor form.

[Doc Savage]

Nobody is perfect, and from time to time people will perform, in the excitement of the moment, at less than ideal.

Perhaps we should all try to lift our game, and remember the advice about living in glass houses................................

True statements, but...See, the thing is, there is a reason why "..it's just like a riding a bike..." is such a pervasive phrase in the English language. It's not a hard activity to do correctly.

Blaming the conditions, someone's enthusiasm or the presence or not of a 'road captain' are just excuses for people who can't be bothered learning all the requisite skills to ride or race safely in bunches.

Hence, the Dome riders who choose to practise their sprint leadouts on the bike track at 7:30am on Wednesday mornings, and who choose to not slow down for walkers and other commuters (some with kids) lest it interfere with their strava file, should be publically castigated for behaving like utter morons.

[master6]

Hence, the Dome riders who choose to practise their sprint leadouts on the bike track at 7:30am on Wednesday mornings,

I am not aware of any "Dome " rides on Wednesday mornings.

What is a "Dome rider"? Am I a "Fluid" rider when wearing my plain red jersey from Anaconda, or a "Green" rider when wearing my green high vis shirt.

Any Joe can wear any shirt or kit of his choosing, and that is where it ends. I once saw a skinny teenage kid half my size wearing some kit that I had left at the municipal rubbish dump.

If the whingers and whimperers on this thread want to improve other peoples behaviour, have the guts to speak to the person seen infringing. Dont spray your crap near me because my shirt is of a certain type.

[BarryTas]

alright, time to call a truce as we are all in this together.

I have ridden with a lot of groups in and around Hobart and all of them try to be safe, but none are perfect.

[Doc Savage]

Hence, the Dome riders who choose to practise their sprint leadouts on the bike track at 7:30am on Wednesday mornings,

I am not aware of any "Dome " rides on Wednesday mornings.

Dont spray your crap near me because my shirt is of a certain type.

Yeah, I said riders.

You appear to to be defending riding too closely to pedestrians. Strange attitude, but each to their own.

[master6]

Hence, the Dome riders who choose to practise their sprint leadouts on the bike track at 7:30am on Wednesday mornings,

I am not aware of any "Dome " rides on Wednesday mornings.

Dont spray your crap near me because my shirt is of a certain type.

Yeah, I said riders.

You appear to to be defending riding too closely to pedestrians. Strange attitude, but each to their own.

Your statement was clear;

'Hence, the Dome riders '

I did not defend anything. On the contrary, I attacked whingers and whiners. Have a look in the mirror. Do you see Mr Perfect? Or is it too foggy?

[master6]

I have ridden with a lot of groups in and around Hobart and all of them try to be safe, but none are perfect.

Someone speaking sense here.

we are all in this together.

We are not all in this together Barry. Do you bag, for example, "BMC", riders because they have the same shirt as someone you consider to be infringing. I dont think so.

[iaintas]

sorry master6 would it have been better to say "the large group wearing the same jersey advertising the DOME cafe"

[master6]

:roll: sorry master6 would it have been better to say "the large group wearing the same jersey advertising the DOME cafe"

instead of what

[RobRollin]

I was told today that the Dome bunch were in the press recently about riding 4 abreast up Bonnet a couple of weeks ago? Anyone see the article?

[master6]

I was told today that the Dome bunch were in the press recently about riding 4 abreast up Bonnet a couple of weeks ago? Anyone see the article?

............Did the item include photos?

[RobRollin]

I dont know I checked online and nothing any thoughts Master6?

[master6]

I dont know I checked online and nothing any thoughts Master6?

My thoughts? A load of crap. We all live in glass houses at times>

[RobRollin]

Someone mentioned to me that it was emailed around the Dome group apparently? I see it both ways constructive critcism can benefit all. I have been known to pass on the wrong side of the road, undertake cars in the past. Just saying, wearing a jersey or kicks from any club or with branding you can come unde fire from doing the wrong thing. If one of the Boutqiue riders did the wrong thing and we received a complaint it would be adressed for the better of all. If then ignored and another complaint received I think it would be up to the senoir rider, buisness owner etc then to take the appropriate action.

And I wouldnt throw stones in glasses houses because the glass would break and then may puncture my tires

[BenevolantDictatorD]

I understand this is a chat site and that chat - by definition - is unstructured - but please - how about a bit of a reality check when things are thrown out there. Four Dome riders abreast riding up Bonnet Hill? Reality check - very highly unlikely. Like just about all of us when riding up hills the Dome bunch is strung out on any ride up the Bonnet like Mr Brown's cows - spread out from the bottom to the top.

And as we have chatted about earlier in this thread there is nothing wrong with four abreast if that is created by two riders two abreast overtaking two riders two abreast.

We have enough to deal with from outside the fraternity trying to harm the cycling brand - how about we be a bit more careful from within.

[master6]

.

[iaintas]

I understand this is a chat site and that chat - by definition - is unstructured - but please - how about a bit of a reality check when things are thrown out there. Four Dome riders abreast riding up Bonnet Hill? Reality check - very highly unlikely. Like just about all of us when riding up hills the Dome bunch is strung out on any ride up the Bonnet like Mr Brown's cows - spread out from the bottom to the top.

And as we have chatted about earlier in this thread there is nothing wrong with four abreast if that is created by two riders two abreast overtaking two riders two abreast.

We have enough to deal with from outside the fraternity trying to harm the cycling brand - how about we be a bit more careful from within.

I think that was my point to start with

[gorilla monsoon]

All I hear from this is the sound of feathers being ruffled.