Licenced Rider Number 18

[Slave]

Rode the Tour de Soweto yesterday. My SO was reluctant for me to use the car to drive to the race and park it there unattended. Compromised by having her drop me at Soutgate and she went home.

I rode into Soweto to get to the start. A nice warm-up ride. Came accross a bunch of cyclists and decided to follow then to the start since they seemed to know where they were headed.

 

Dressed in their white Kit, they looked pretty snazzy. Licence number 18 opened something and dropped his wrapper.

 

You, young man are a porcue bi-pedus. Translates to two legged pig, or in some circles a litterbug.

 

You and your team were very quick to pick up your water bittler when they were dislodged from their cages by some bumps in the road, but is is acceptable to throw your wrappers in the road.

 

I think not.

 

Have no idea who you are and I hope you read this. Get some class to go along with that spiffy white virginal outfit of yours.

[NC_lurker]

Slave, did you point out your disagreement with said individual when it happened?

[mikkelz]

I hope you stopped to pick up the litter. 

[splat]

Its another mud slinging Monday!

 

Roadies vs mounties vs cars vs everyone vs litter bugs...

[Slave]

Nope I did not take issue with him at the time. I was battling to breathe having done some 12 km to get to the start.

 

He is big and ugly enough to know that littering is not cool. Maybe not all that bright mind you but old enough to know.

 

Now we all know about him. Objective achieved.

 

*Get's off soapbox and makes diving roll for the exit, sans hat and coat.*

[NC_lurker]

Nope I did not take issue with him at the time. I was battling to breathe having done some 12 km to get to the start.

 

He is big and ugly enough to know that littering is not cool. Maybe not all that bright mind you but old enough to know.

 

Now we all know about him. Objective achieved.

 

*Get's off soapbox and makes diving roll for the exit' date=' sans hat and coat.*

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Pity, probably would've been more effect to tell him directly.

Oh well, good on you for pointing it out,

but if possible next time perhaps try take it up with the source/litterbug..

 

[Jules]

Nope I did not take issue with him at the time. I was battling to breathe having done some 12 km to get to the start.

 

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He is?big and ugly enough to know that littering is not cool. Maybe not all that bright mind you but old enough to know.

 

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Now we all know about him. Objective achieved.

 

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*Get's off soapbox and makes diving roll for the exit' date=' sans hat and coat.*

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Pity, probably would've been more effect to tell him directly.

 

Oh well, good on you for pointing it out,

 

but if possible next time perhaps try take it up with the source/litterbug..

 

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It's my experience that exposing litterbugs on the hub is much more effective than taking them to task at the scene of the crime. There is also much less risk of verbal/physical abuse. Most of the people I've accosted have merely shrugged and replied "so what?"

 

 

[NC_lurker]

It's my experience that exposing litterbugs on the hub is much more effective than taking them to task at the scene of the crime. There is also much less risk of verbal/physical abuse. Most of the people I've accosted have merely shrugged and replied "so what?"

 

I hear you.

But I still feel that you've gotta make people aware that what they've done is wrong, when they do it.

So far I'm still in one piece, but maybe people are more chilled in CT

 

[Andyr249]

It's my experience that exposing litterbugs on the hub is much more effective than taking them to task at the scene of the crime. There is also much less risk of verbal/physical abuse. Most of the people I've accosted have merely shrugged and replied "so what?"

 

I hear you.

But I still feel that you've gotta make people aware that what they've done is wrong' date=' when they do it.

So far I'm still in one piece, but maybe people are more chilled in CT

 

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And it was Soweto afterall!

[NotSoBigBen]

It's my experience that exposing litterbugs on the hub is much more effective than taking them to task at the scene of the crime. There is also much less risk of verbal/physical abuse. Most of the people I've accosted have merely shrugged and replied "so what?"

 

I must agree with Jules here but having said that unless you can identify the person and somehow he/she finds out what is being said (assuming he/she is not a hubber) even the ranting here has no effect ....... makes the ranter feel better, provides some hub excitement for 5 or 6 pages and then goes nowhere.

 

Now if you had a photo of the accused thats way different of course!

 

My Zim $ for today

[clivem]

Sometimes confronting these doods is wrong even if done in a nice way, as everyone's a bit nervy pre race. And you dont want to be beaten up now 10 mins before your group leaves.

I politely asked a motorist at the robot last week why he nearly killed us when he drove passed us and was subject to some real abuse.  Apparently riding single file is outlawed. I now adopt a Laissez-faire approach.  Anyway hope your race was good Slave.

[Slave]

Hey CliveM, long time.

 

Yeah, had a good race. By the time I got started I had forgotten about rider number 18. Now if we had got verbal and physical, I would have been all bent outa hape and probably had a bad ride.

 

Like BB says. I got it off my chest. So what if he never sees this. Maybe someone will tell him and it may have an effect. Who knows?

 

So, I ranted, named and shamed, got it off my chest and had a good ride.

 

We all won in the end since we all stayed out of Hospital.

 

Andy. Soweto was much cleaner than I expected. A lot cleaner than someof the streets of Joburg and Alberton. In some areas it was less than clean, but still cleaner than a lot of places I have seen. 

 

Rant done. Name and shame done. Did he see it, who cares. We all had a bit of a wind up reading it and hopefully his buds will read this and tell him not to be a piggy wiggy next time. Then they can all brawl it out.

 

Hat, coat, I know where the door is. Going back to my usual haunts and freds.

 

See, only two pages this time.

[clivem]

Good on you Slave! Ok case closed.  Do you still do the cycling clothing? If so what u got ito men's bibs? ta

[Slave]

I can get bibs for you. Been so busy at work lately have had very little time to do much of anything else.

 

What size? Colour?

[clivem]

Mens Large Black. Are there different qualities?  What they cost these days on special, from you?

[Gasping]

Slave, you sell Cycling kit? Tell me some more ...........