Cycling hates

wilmar13

Dead on! Also it is more economical as they can just throw them in the back of the pick-up and recycle them every couple of months when the bed is full.

wilmar13

Yes I am going to agree with Flyer on this one. While I hate people that do stupid stuff when you are riding in an organized paceline (like soft-pedal but not pull off, attack and try to drop you after you just pulled them for 2 miles, etc.) too many people are quick to incorrectly judge what another cyclist's intentions were when encountering them on the open road. Perhaps if you did not have a sensitive ego in this case, it would not be a big deal? Just food for thought.

basso97

[font=&quot]I too hate it when you have an organized rotating pace line going and the person in front of you makes you speed up to take the front of the line and it wears you out. [/font]

gelyk

Not sure where you got the idea that I wasn't friendly and coridal. I'm always friendly and coridal on the bike. I always give a wave to fellow cyclists and say hi or have a little chat.

I've got no problem with stronger riders, if so I'd have a problem with a hell of a lot of people.

We're all guilty of 'wheel sucking' at some point in time. I personally try not to do it to people I don't know. If I'm the stonger rider then I normally go straight past. And I prefer to complete my training rides knowing that I was going as hard as I could for the whole time, no rests or help given.

At the end of the day I dislike some wheel suckers, 'so what'?

NSM3

Quote: "We're all guilty of 'wheel sucking' at some point in time. I personally try not to do it to people I don't know. If I'm the stonger rider then I normally go straight past. And I prefer to complete my training rides knowing that I was going as hard as I could for the whole time, no rests or help given."

I always ride solo, so a couple of weeks ago I relished the opportunity to "tag on" to a group of 3 riders along my usual route. Unknowingly, I had accidentally ended up as the third wheel (I thought they were a pair and a solo rider, due to the spacing). I joined them with only about 6miles on my clock, so I was warmed up.

The first 2 miles were a breeze and I considered at one point pulling past them and riding off into the distance? The next 3 miles were great, with a decent pace a good 2 - 3mph faster than I can manage on my own being set by the guy at the front. It was at this point that I realised I had jumped in on a group of 3, apologised to the guy behind, who said "no problem mate" and came through to take my position. I then tucked in behind him.

However, the next 3 miles had 1 short steep climb followed by a longish, shallower climb and it was at the top of this that I blew up! I hit the brow of the hill about 2 bikes lengths back and from there they just blasted off into the distance, with me having to back off and recover.

The point is, I had obviously encountered them right at the start of their ride and the first 5 miles was their "warm up" period. They may well have been out for a 10-15 or 20 mile "blast" (judging by their eventual turn off point) whereas I was out for a 50 miler and should have been pacing myself better.

I have concluded that these guys were at a higher level of cycling fitness/experience than myself and I really enjoyed the chance to run with them for a while. BUT, imagine if I had of rode past during the first 5 miles!! What a knobhead I would have looked!

Anyway, I have subsequently cringed at my actions and hoped that they weren't annoyed with me for joining in uninvited - perhaps I should look to getting in a local club when my ability/confidence rises?

Dr Dunkenstein

I hate cars that adjust their driving to try to accomadate me.

What i mean by that is often when i'm turning at lights between on-coming traffic, the on-coming cars will slow down, causing me to miss the break. They need to realise that we see more on the roads than they do, and apart from giving us some more room when passing, not to adjust their driving.

Ruff_Ryder

Hates:

Wheel suckers who use you to get home quickly. I really really hate these people and try my best to ride them off my wheel (never works).

Cars who sit behind you for ages and gather a big procession of angry nutcases behind THEM, who then come past thinking YOU were doing something wrong.

Riders who 'attack' on tiny little inclines and think they're Virenque or somethin.

ahh.

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Tubbs

Spinners - Don't get me wrong... Spin classes are part of my winter training regimen... but just because you go to spin class 5 days a week does not make you a cyclist. Yes... believe me when I tell you to start the ride at the back of the group.

Newbies who like to stare at their computers - I'm sure you want to make sure you're in your target heart rate zone and cranking out the right amount of watts... but please keep your head up and pay attention so you don't lose control of your bike and take out half the club.

BMX - actually... it's not the bmx part i hate... it's the "scene" that comes along with it. I'm glad that BMX racing is going to be a full medal event at the next Olympics, but I hate the fact that we had to kill the Kilo for it. BMX racing is cool, but the rest of this "dicipline" needs... well... more dicipline.

hombredesubaru

1. Soccer moms in SUVs who are constantly on their cell phones and regard driving and being aware of what's around them (cyclists, other cars ) as secondary to their real main activity--chatting on the cell phone, and turning around to chide their mutant children who are locked in the car seats in the rear of the vehicle, eating McDonalds and playing video games screaming at each other.

2. Tinted windows in cars--you can never tell if the driver pulling up to an intersections or stop sign sees you or not.

3. broken glass all over the roads--yes, mostly beer bottles

4. sand not yet swept off the roads from the Dept of Transportation from all the snow storms last winter--collects in 1-3inch sandbars at the side of the road, causing me to have to pull out into the road a bit, and thereby eliciting more screams to get out of the road and being himked at by drivers who have no idea why I am out admittedly a little bit further than usual but still in no way blocking them

5. drivers on cell phones, did I already mention that?

6. rednecks who scream at you for no reason as they pass in their pickups or DUkes of Hazzerd GTO

7. Cell phones

8. riders who come out on fast group rides and ride unevenly, too fast then too slow, blow up, get dropped, then wait around mile 8 for the group to circle back on a fast 1 hour out and back, then expect to break into the group as the ride heats up for the final 2-3 miles-which is a practice race for taking flyers and sprints, then complain about the accelerations

HammerHead

No one has brought it up yet, so -


Squeaky chains!

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hombredesubaru

yes! and squeaky botton brackets.

also...people on bike paths who come straight at you, on your side of the bike path, hogging the entire road, whether on bikes or roller blades or walking or pushing a stroller, then get upset when you motion or ask them to ride on ther own F%#&ing side of the bike path!

artmichalek

I had one of those yesterday. When the guy saw me coming up behind him, he pulled over and coasted almost to a stop. Then about thirty seconds later I see his shadow coming up behind me. He stayed on my wheel for five miles ignoring repeated gestures to get off his lazy ass and take a pull. I dragged him over a couple of pot holes, but they weren't big enough to get the point across. Then we got up to a red light and he pulled up next to me in the turning lane. "Thanks for letting me draft.", he says. I would have beaned him with my water bottle if I wasn't so thirsty.

Eldron

What's with the wheel sucker hatred? Maybe the guy's knackered, maybe he just wants an easy ride.

Makes zero difference to your ride whether there is a guy on your tail or not. Dragging him through potholes is just poor form...