Kritzie Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Een van die gevaarlikste paaie is seker die pad tussen Delmas en die Bapsfontein kruising. Ek oppad terug van die gatkant van die wereld (Leandra Donderdag middag 16h30) het amper in n trok wat voor my gery het vasge!#@!# toe ek sien wat van voor af kom. n Fietsryer in Minolta klere (se nie dis n minolta ryer nie, het net die kit aangehad) wat pacing agter n voertuig doen met omtrent tien trokke wat agter hom/haar ry. Nou dis effen stupid, ek is nie snaaks nie maar ons almal sou ons speelgoed uit die kot uit gegooi het as hierdie fietsryer raakgery word, maar in hierdie tipe omstandighede is dit om soos met n stuk rou vleis tussen jou bene in n leeuhok rond te hardloop. Dit is hierdie tipe fietsryer wat ons naam met n plank slaan, ek voel nie eers veilig op hierdie pad in n hummer nie, en om die verkeer so op te hou is pleinweg stupid.
Sammajoor Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Krits ek is met jou oor hierdie een, f0kken stupid is nie die woord nie.....
madcyclist Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 What happens to road cyclists when they grow up and get some sense? They become mountain bikers!forum_images/post_button_smiley.gif
Kritzie Posted May 23, 2007 Author Posted May 23, 2007 What are you saying that all stupid roadcyclists become mountainbikers?(Tend to agree)
Kritzie Posted May 23, 2007 Author Posted May 23, 2007 Looked like one of those small suv's goldish colour! Didnt take much notice of the car.
Tumbleweed Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 tshepo, that's the second car you've tried to jack this morning. whatsa matter: too cold for you to be out on the roads casing your own targets?
scotty Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 What happens to road cyclists when they grow up and get some sense? They become mountain bikers!forum_images/post_button_smiley.gif [/quote']
RodTi Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 I'll be the first to say that I know very little about road racing and the ettiquette that goes with it - but did someone else notice this during the Team Barloworld(?) clip on Supercycling last night?: Don't even know if it was them - or where the clip was shown (might even have been during the clip advertising the new Suunto range or the new SA Pro-league), but the specific part involved a team of riders, in RED, ahead of a pace vehicle (one of those big Mercedes(?) mini-busses) along a very busy road without any shoulders... The riders were cruising along, but you could see a very long train of cars stuck behind the pace-van. The camera was in a car in front of the riders looking back at the whole bunch. The clip was only on for a couple of seconds, but during that time, you could clearly see a very impatient taxi veering out into the oncoming traffic in an attempt to pass, before having to shoot very smartly back behind the pace-van, probably because of oncoming traffic.... I know that roads etc are limited... But I'm with Kritzinger here, if I were trying to get home, or was late for an appointment, and was being held up behind 10 cars because of some team who chose their training route along a busy road with absolutely no possibility of over-taking - I would blow my top.... That kinda stuff really grinds my !@$% - because, no matter which way you spin it - it's simply being inconsiderate and selfish towards all the other users on the road... Thoughts?
Dirty_Harry Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 The way I feel is that the cyclist must not just expect people to watch out for them but the cyclists must first have respect for the motorists and maybe then will they get respect from the motorists. I myself get damn pissed off when there are riding 3 cyclists next to each other and shouting at motorists when they hoot.
dirtrider Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 And a lot of roads are not "cycle friendly" , stay of them !!!
The Saint Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Don't even know if it was them - or where the clip was shown (might even have been during the clip advertising the new Suunto range or the new SA Pro-league)' date=' but the specific part involved a team of riders, in RED, ahead of a pace vehicle (one of those big Mercedes(?) mini-busses) along a very busy road without any shoulders... Thoughts? [/quote'] Rod I did notice this, in principle you are right, only problem I had with this was the Taxi was attempting to pass the team vehicle on an incline with a SOLID white line.
Kritzie Posted May 23, 2007 Author Posted May 23, 2007 And a lot of roads are not "cycle friendly" ' date=' stay of them !!! [/quote'] My point exactly.
RodTi Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Don't even know if it was them - or where the clip was shown (might even have been during the clip advertising the new Suunto range or the new SA Pro-league)' date=' but the specific part involved a team of riders, in RED, ahead of a pace vehicle (one of those big Mercedes(?) mini-busses) along a very busy road without any shoulders... Thoughts? [/quote'] Rod I did notice this, in principle you are right, only problem I had with this was the Taxi was attempting to pass the team vehicle on an incline with a SOLID white line. I didn't notice that Mux! Agreed, driving like that is looking for trouble...However, whilst what I'm about to say is not suggesting for a moment that all cyclists bring out the worst in drivers (taxi-drivers do that all by themselves ), and I'm not in any way excusing someone who drives in that manner - but it's about time that cyclists take responsibility for their actions... If they are slowing up 10/15 cars, who might have been stuck behind them for the last 1/2/3/5 km's, crawling along [for a car that is] at 40km/h - is it any wonder that drivers might become SO frustrated that they start attempting overtaking on a solid white line, up a hill... I'm not saying that was the case in yesterday's clip - but road rage is a fact of life - and if [in yesterday's example] that taxi tried to go for the gap, and caused a head-on collision because of him trying it on a solid white line, up a hill - are the cyclists then completely innocent because the taxi (alone[?]) broke the law?? Sorry - if (IF!!) frustration at being caught behind a training group caused that accident, then forget all other considerations, but I feel that the cyclists are equally to blame... Comes back to being considerate to other users of the road!
slowpoke Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 as i keep saying... you can't expect to be treated as a road user if you behave like a road abuser.
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