Board title change - Cycling

[MSE Andrea]

Hi everyone

In response to quite a few requests for a cycling board, while we don't think there are enough threads on it for a full board, it made sense to add Cycling to Motoring and Public Transport.

If anyone has a burning question to ask or have suggestions on saving money on cycling, eg know of a good shop/website for bargain gears, chains, SPDs or has spotted a discount for a particular bike shop then please do start a thread on it on this board.

Andrea :)

[Hintza]

I was wondering if public transport and cycling should be sub boards on this one?

[Bowdyjan18]

Here is a money saver for cyclists....Stay off the !!!!!!! roads...:D

[maninthestreet]

How about re-cycling?

[terryya]

Anyone know the best way to clean cyclist of my front wing and bonnet? ;)

[Bowdyjan18]

Anyone know the best way to clean cyclist of my front wing and bonnet? ;)


lol good old pressure wash and T-cut :D

[BikerEd]

So what about us motorcyclists? Why not call the board "two wheels and four wheels"

[Bowling_4_Gold]

Here is a money saver for cyclists....Stay off the !!!!!!! roads...:D

We have as many rights as you car drivers do to be on the road.

[Quinny]

We have as many rights as you car drivers do to be on the road.

Then get yourself insured like we motorists have to.:mad:

Same goes for ruddy horseriders.:mad:

[misterthrifty]

Then get yourself insured like we motorists have to.:mad:

Same goes for ruddy horseriders.:mad:

You need to be insured because you clearly have no consideration for other road users. I can never understand the car morons who pick on cyclists, it's not the cyclists who cause the traffic delays, it's all of the other cars. More cyclists means less cars, I guess that's a bit tricky for the idiots to think through though.

[BikerEd]

You need to be insured because you clearly have no consideration for other road users. I can never understand the car morons who pick on cyclists, it's not the cyclists who cause the traffic delays, it's all of the other cars. More cyclists means less cars, I guess that's a bit tricky for the idiots to think through though.
Nicely said. Two-wheelers of the world unite against the cage-driving majority!

[bigoggy2007]

push bikes and horses should be banned from the road until the riders take tests and get insurance

[Keith]

push bikes and horses should be banned from the road until the riders take tests and get insurance

Agreed, and now the motoring forum is full of lyrca clad fools asking about pedal bikes. First the vent forum was removed and now this, I'm getting fed up of this site.

[nexuss]

push bikes and horses should be banned from the road until the riders take tests and get insurance

It is the idiots in their cars on their phones and eating at the wheel who cyclists and bikers need to watch out for.

[Fruity1]

suggestions on saving money on cycling, eg know of a good shop/website for bargain gears, chains, SPDs or has spotted a discount for a particular bike shop then please do start a thread on it on this board.

Andrea :)

I can fully recommemd mammothlifestyle.co.uk

I've always had great service and value for money there and if you look at their website you'll see it's run by a guy who really knows what he's doing.

[Bowdyjan18]

We have as many rights as you car drivers do to be on the road.

Not really as you pay naff all insurance and if you hit me whos going to pay ????? ME thats who :mad:

Then get yourself insured like we motorists have to.:mad:

Same goes for ruddy horseriders.:mad:

+1 pain in the !!! the lot of them tbh

I can fully recommemd mammothlifestyle.co.uk

I've always had great service and value for money there and if you look at their website you'll see it's run by a guy who really knows what he's doing.


Walk then ;)

or go hug a tree somewhere :D

[scotsman4th]

You cant class cyclists and bikers the same. There are groups of cyclists that campaign against motorbikes, they are uninsured, they dont pay for their own ambulance even when they cause the accident, they go straight through red lights and are generally one of the most antisocial road users around.

[misterthrifty]

There seems to be a mis-guided link between paying for the right to go on the road and being entitled to respect from other road users. If you actually read the Highway Code (don't worry car drivers, lots of pictures and no long words) it's clear that all road users are the same, if you choose to ignore that then you are wrong in law.

Car and motor-bike users are required to have insurance (though about 20% go without) because they cause the vast majority of serious accidents, and some of the opinions here suggest why that is.

There are some cyclists who take advantage but on the whole cyclists are trying to save their skin from the appalling drivers they come up against, commuting on a bike is enjoyable apart from the risk from drivers, frustrated from sitting in queues and looking for somebody to pick on.

[bigoggy2007]

i once had a lycra clad idiot on a racing bike go up the inside of me at traffic lights and smash off my wing mirror, when i shouted at him he replied "sorry mate i didn't see you".

when i got to the shop i was traveling to i failed to see his bike and promptly crushed it between my car and the wall, you should have seen his face, it cost me a new number plate but it was worth it.

the police never charged me for criminal damage, becouse as they pointed out to him, if he pressed charges against me i could also have him charged for the same offence for taking my mirror off:rotfl:

i pay insurance on my car and motorbike, they should pay as well, and have a number plate

[Bowdyjan18]

i once had a lycra clad idiot on a racing bike go up the inside of me at traffic lights and smash off my wing mirror, when i shouted at him he replied "sorry mate i didn't see you".

when i got to the shop i was traveling to i failed to see his bike and promptly crushed it between my car and the wall, you should have seen his face, it cost me a new number plate but it was worth it.

the police never charged me for criminal damage, becouse as they pointed out to him, if he pressed charges against me i could also have him charged for the same offence for taking my mirror off:rotfl:

i pay insurance on my car and motorbike, they should pay as well, and have a number plate
:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::T:T:T:T:T

[Billy-no-Money]

Unbelievable!!!!

I've been cycling to work these last few weeks.
I normally ride a motorbike.
I sometimes drive a car.
I even use the bus on occasions.

Guess what? I pay road tax and insurance on the motorbike and car.
Guess what? I have just as much right to use the road on my pushbike.
Guess what? There are actually NORMAL people who CHOOSE to use the bus.
Guess what? I'm the same person whatever mode of transport I use.

I suppose I'm acceptable though because I'm not a 'lycra-clad idiot', I don't jump red lights, and I've fitted a mirror so at least I know in advance when a car driver's going to try to shove me off the road (and no, cycle paths are NOT an effective alternative when you're using a bike as a means of transport - fine for leisure rides I suppose).

GROW UP!!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[Bowling_4_Gold]

Then get yourself insured like we motorists have to.:mad:

Seems to me that this is the same view the majority of car drivers have against Cyclists; Because we don't pay to be on the road, we shouldn't be on the road. Well, sorry to bring you to reality, but times have changed now. If we cycle on the pavement, we have to swerve every 100 yds to avoid a pedestrian yet if we cycle on the road (as we have to by law) we get abuse hurled at us by ignorant car drivers who have obviously never invested £2.50 in the Highway Code book, and think they rule the roads. We do nothing wrong and everything right, except we are put down by those nincompoops who do everything wrong and not alot right. Get a grip on reality and start respecting us!!! :mad:

[rikbar]

Seems to me that this is the same view the majority of car drivers have against Cyclists; Because we don't pay to be on the road, we shouldn't be on the road. Well, sorry to bring you to reality, but times have changed now. If we cycle on the pavement, we have to swerve every 100 yds to avoid a pedestrian yet if we cycle on the road (as we have to by law) we get abuse hurled at us by ignorant car drivers who have obviously never invested £2.50 in the Highway Code book, and think they rule the roads. We do nothing wrong and everything right, except we are put down by those nincompoops who do everything wrong and not alot right. Get a grip on reality and start respecting us!!! :mad:


I can honestly say I do respect cyclists that respect the highway code, but that accounts for about 5% of them.

Living in Cambridge where there are high numbers of the lycra clad army, it is clearly evident that the majority fail to stop for traffic lights, pull out at roundabouts without even looking. Regularly filter alongside cars where there is clearly insufficient room and generally ignore all signage. If you are lucky in teh evenings and at night they might just have a front light so they can see where they are going, but don't expect a rear one to help you see them.

When cyclists insure themselves so that when they cause an accident they can be brought to book, just like motorists, and also register so that they can easily be prosecuted for poor or illegal riding, like motorists, then they might just get a little more respect.

Its not about paying to be on the road, its about having the same levels of responsibility for ones own actions rather than this whole, 'its always the car drivers fault' attitude.

[pogofish]

Unbelievable!!!!

I've been cycling to work these last few weeks.
I normally ride a motorbike.
I sometimes drive a car.
I even use the bus on occasions.

Guess what? I pay road tax and insurance on the motorbike and car.
Guess what? I have just as much right to use the road on my pushbike.
Guess what? There are actually NORMAL people who CHOOSE to use the bus.
Guess what? I'm the same person whatever mode of transport I use.

I suppose I'm acceptable though because I'm not a 'lycra-clad idiot', I don't jump red lights, and I've fitted a mirror so at least I know in advance when a car driver's going to try to shove me off the road (and no, cycle paths are NOT an effective alternative when you're using a bike as a means of transport - fine for leisure rides I suppose).

GROW UP!!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

This - in spades.

I don't have much time for bad road users whatever the mode of transport - We are all entitled to be there and need to get along. :)

[Bowling_4_Gold]

I can honestly say I do respect cyclists that respect the highway code, but that accounts for about 5% of them.


I must be in that 5% then. I ensure my bike is fully roadworthy, and if it is not, I do not dare ride it. I look to my immediate right at roundabouts and if there is a car coming, I stop. I have never jumped a red light, but always utilise the cycle 'boxes' the council so gratefully puts in at many traffic light controlled junctions (so long as the middle aged man in his nissan pick-up isn't in it!). I have never caused an accident, but have been a victim of my fair share.

Yet how do I get respected on the roads? The simple answer is, I don't. I have lost count of the number of times I have been overtaken by someone before they immediately turn left, I have been drenched numerous times by idiots drag-racing through fords, puddles etc, I am often knocked off balance by huge gaping pot holes in the road (see fillthathole.org.uk) and I have even had a fishing rod chucked at me!

I agree that some wallies spoil our reputation, but please show us 'professional' cyclists a little respect once in a while. :mad: