Cycling vs walkers in country parks

Retrogamer

Altarf wrote: »

You can call them whatever you want but they are pavements.

Educate yourself please.
A pavement is a footway that runs alongside a road. I don't cycle on them, regardless of how often you imagine i do.

Altarf wrote: »

And just to remind people, pavements on which you stated you would ride into pedestrians who didn't get out of your way.

Again, I don't cycle on pavements :rotfl:
Keep trying to misrepresent what i've said though to try and make a point. It's hilarious :T
Also, it would be the pedestrians who would be walking into me if they're taking up 100% of the shared path. If they have 100% width occupied, there is no where else for me to go. But but your logic, that's me being selfish. Hence the hilarity.

TyreLever

Bit of a situation happened to me a few weeks back. Cycling along a canal path I came across a middle aged lady walking her dog. I slowed down and waited for an opportunity to pass. Anyway the lady turned around and moved over, to which I replied "cheers", as I usually do.
No sooner had I said this, she started chastising me for not making a noise. Clearly I made a noise because she turned around. Anyway I returned fire by going OTT "just shut up you fat old c***" and cycled off. Could hear the old bag ranting as I cycled off so I flicked a V sign over my shoulder aswell. I bet I ruined the rest of her day lol!

Yeah I can be a real assole if provoked.

andygb

Altarf wrote: »

I agree. Perhaps cycle shops ought to stop selling them bikes.

You are a typical short sighted person who generalises.
I am a cyclist, walker and car driver (used to be a motorcyclist as well), so I can see things from all sides.
It is quite obvious that you hate cyclists, so you are probably typical of the kind of person who the OP came up against.

Retrogamer

andygb wrote: »

You are a typical short sighted person who generalises.
I am a cyclist, walker and car driver (used to be a motorcyclist as well), so I can see things from all sides.
It is quite obvious that you hate cyclists, so you are probably typical of the kind of person who the OP came up against.

I'm the same. Walker, motorist, motorcyclist and cyclist. No bias from me as i see poor behavior from every group now and then

No point in trying to reason with him. He's either not capable of understanding, is on the wind up, or enjoys willful ignorance.

Altarf

Retrogamer wrote: »

I'm the same. Walker, motorist, motorcyclist and cyclist. No bias from me as i see poor behavior from every group now and then

Of course there is, unfortunately poor behaviour is more prevalent with cyclists, including of course those who chose to cycle on footpaths and deliberately ride into pedestrians.

RichardD1970

Altarf wrote: »

Of course there is, unfortunately poor behaviour is more prevalent with cyclists, including of course those who chose to cycle on footpaths and deliberately ride into pedestrians.

You're just making yourself look foolish now.

KeithP

Altarf wrote: »

...unfortunately poor behaviour is more prevalent with cyclists...

What rubbish.

Unless of course you can substantiate that ridiculous assertion.

Norman_Castle

Altarf wrote: »

unfortunately poor behaviour is more prevalent with cyclists,

In your prejudiced opinion.

I'm still keen to know where this perfect cycle path is.

I have mentioned before a wanabee organ donor I pass in the mornings who instead of riding down a perfectly designed £2.5 million cyclepath requested by Sustrans and designed by them, instead takes a longer route down a busy A road (and doesn't bother with high viz either).

Altarf

KeithP wrote: »

What rubbish.

Unless of course you can substantiate that ridiculous assertion.

Just what I see on the streets every day.

I know cyclists have poor vision with how they treat red lights, but I didn't realise it was that bad.

brat

Cyclists should be grateful for Altarf's goonery and muppetry on the cycling threads. He so obviously fails in every argument he starts and can't back up any assertion he makes.

His rancid vitriol embarrasses others who may have a tendency to be anti cyclist, allowing them to see the rational in the cyclists point of view, that they are just another person trying to take the line of least resistance through life, just like anyone else.

So thank you Altarf for your service to cyclists. I'd hate to be you, but people like you show to everyone just how brainless, prejudiced and ignorant the anti-cyclist is.

Before you reply, any chance of telling us where this 'golden' cycle path is that no-one uses?