Cyclists on Canal footpaths :|

As someone who has rode on canal paths, it's the guys fishing with their ridiculous fishing rods sat spanning the whole width of the path that rile me.
 
RossGReds said:
As someone who has rode on canal paths, it's the guys fishing with their ridiculous fishing rods sat spanning the whole width of the path that rile me.
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Cordless circular saw. Take one with you and just cut them to open the path back up :cry:
 
ColdAsIce said:
Lucky you :D Going for another walk shortly. I'll get some pics of the Lycra menaces <3
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Ah as you mention Lycra I'm seeing angry red faced non smiling cyclists moaning that you've cost them 1.346TH of a second and they will be the laughing stock of Strava tonight :cry:

As a mountain biker I'm always polite, wearing nice clothing, smiling at others on the trail and doing my best to get past the family that fill the whole trail, the family that have 5m long dog leads, the family that see me and just continue to let their dog/child whizz around like Billy at a Rave, those that think that image of a bike on the floor is human and that lane is for them and not forgetting OMFG Mary that panics and runs into you at the last moment :cry:

Have you considered owning a Glock ;)
 
PlacidCasual said:
Grandfather rights. Fishermen were using the canals long before the lycra fetish plague bedevilled the country.
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I'm going to kit myself out properly with lycra this week. It's long overdue. I will upgrade myself to the elite tier of irritant.

From then on, I hope to be able to physically feel the hatred as I'm passed by motorists and pedestrians.
 
gingergundog said:
Cant see myself ever wearing lycra, it all looks a bit too snug.
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So far, I've done all my cycling in regular clothing, that isn't designed for cycling. Tbh I'm just fed up of all the problems and lack of comfort. From thigh chafing to having an exposed back (and back pain the day after..)

It's not so much that it's lycra, as being designed to solve all the cycling specific problems. Like the shorts have copious arse padding, etc.

I'll probably look a bit grotesque, because I have a bit of a gut, and I apologise in advance to anyone who loses their lunch as I cycle past.
 
ColdAsIce said:
Nope, just a large amount of cyclists making it unpleasant for the rest of us ;)
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I see this "them vs us" rhetoric more and more, in lots of different places. It's not healthy, we're all just people in the world, our shared world. Media has taught us intolerance and division, it's time to start 'unlearning' that sh**.
 
Fubsy said:
Drop some tacks, Dick Dastardly style, next time ;). Then be all sympathetic when you see them further up the patch with the thing upside down either repairing it all calling their wife who is "out with the girls" to come and pick them up.

I don't go to these places at busy times. The pandemic was beautiful at times for these reasons.
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And then we get to comments like this, cloaked in humour. Sounds like you've created a whole narrative about who all cyclists are, which is weird. Then you joke about retribution for their mere existence, weird.

Jeez, we're all just people either trying to get somewhere or out enjoying the world in our own way.

People are strange man.
 
I have a simple rule. A git is a git and I don't care what transport they're using be it their feet or wheels.
 
Remember all the huffing puffing runners during Covid. The complaints about plumes of live virus exiting every pore.

Methinks this is in the same vein (excuse the pun). Gotta have lesser beings to moan about.
 
About a month ago a picture was doing the rounds on Facebook for Stoke people asking to find this women and report her to the RSPCA.
It was a picture of a woman on the towpath holding her dog by the collar, yes it did look nasty.
I followed the share back to the original where this absolute utter **** cyclist had a You Tube channel and watched the full 1 hour video he had captured.
It consisted of him non stop moaning about people on the towpath, shouting at them to move and then moaning into the camera about how useless they are.
he even goes past the Oatcake and Booze Narrowboats with a full football crowd for the Stoke match and how he forces is way through he was lucky not to get thrown in.
He eventually turns around and comes back going through the Stoke City fans and we eventually come to the scene where the woman is holding the dog by the collar.
He basically rides at them fast screaming at them, she panics and just picks her dog up for one second and he moves on.
I captured the full scene and posted it on everybody's timeline who had shared it naming and shaming him :)
 
FoxEye said:
So far, I've done all my cycling in regular clothing, that isn't designed for cycling. Tbh I'm just fed up of all the problems and lack of comfort. From thigh chafing to having an exposed back (and back pain the day after..)

It's not so much that it's lycra, as being designed to solve all the cycling specific problems. Like the shorts have copious arse padding, etc.

I'll probably look a bit grotesque, because I have a bit of a gut, and I apologise in advance to anyone who loses their lunch as I cycle past.
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I find regular shorts and some padded undershorts do the job but then I mostly ride off road on a mountain bike so wont go as far as you roadies. I can see why its practical though, more streamlined(gut aside) so better speed.
 
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