Off Topic Bike waynekerrs

Road tax, nobody pays that - an I have fallen into that trap

 

Do you know the safe pass distance for overtaking someone on a bike.

 

I hear it’s car width?

which is Impossible on most roads btw

 

particularly since cars in keeping with the majority of the population keep getting wider .

 

You would wouldn't get that right on your driving test pal, 1.5m minimum. Have to question how many people understand this while driving and wonder why cyclists get upset/ride in a manner to protect themselves.

I have been isolating since march and have just recently started getting out again, think lockdown has made car drivers less patient towards cyclists

 

Think it is more to do with how impatient people are towards cyclists. You dont get this **** when cycling in Europe.

 

I passed in 98 driving test at 11.20am

man was cruising with his elbow outa window, one hand on steerin wheel in his mini Metro by 1pm

 

Sorry, dont think the 1.5m is law, maybe my error

 

C reg fiesta for me, in rust dappled silver

 

Spot the cyclists on here

 

Guilty, love it. Any change to wear Lycra when passing a school and not getting arrested. Plus overtaking cars down hills - love it.

 

Any distance that avoids killing them.

 

by the same token i think some cyclists are now showing a total disregard for their own safety on the road and that of others off road .

Last week i was stopped at a roundabout waiting to turn left with traffic behind me just as i was pulling off a cyclist flew past having come flat out with his head down .If i didn't have a 1.4 auto which accelerates slightly slower than your average snail they would have been splattered all over the road .

 

I agree, I have had the misfortune to ride with some cycling ****ers. Mainly the ones who commute. But your 40 plus fat men in lycra are usually wanting a safe ride for a coffee and cake and to show off the £5k carbon bike they ride for 3 months a year.

If I get into a bump because of my error, i can accept that. But getting clipped by someone who coudln't wait 15 seconds for a clear pass, they can go **** themselves.

 

Just think the empty roads changed peoples habits and they are taking time to get back to reality .

 

£5K for a bike is bonkers .
Get a good one for £1,000.

 

tbh £1k will probs only get you a decent entry bike these days. Depends whether it's a road bike or MTB but most of the quality stuff starts around the £1500+ mark.

Santa Cruz have just released an e-bike that costs £12k ffs

 

Expensive way to break your back.

 

Stupid price. I wouldn't even spend £12k on a car let alone a bike.

There will be some ****ers who have got more money than sense and buy one though.

 

Bike ****ers.