What grinds your gears out on the bike?
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Chessecake94
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Mines when you don't quite get your zip at the bottom of your leather in the right place, when your boots over the top. Having it dig into my leg when I'm riding drives me crazy.
LeedsRider93
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IRDUG said:
Could not agree more! That is really annoying. Last time I saw someone do that I put a sticky note on their window, reminding them of their 'error'. Probably hated me afterwards.
Chessecake94
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That one car that doesn't pull across and let you past when traffics at a standstill. When everyone else has moved to the left.
Chessecake94
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91brows said:
I mean when every car except one has moved to the left so you can get past.
ElliotReidMD
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Tailgaters. It seems that on almost every ride some idiot will be driving far too close to me.
And taxi drivers. I don't know if it's the same elsewhere, but in my home town they don't seem to have an acceptable standard of driving. That's as a bike rider/car driver and as a taxi customer.
And taxi drivers. I don't know if it's the same elsewhere, but in my home town they don't seem to have an acceptable standard of driving. That's as a bike rider/car driver and as a taxi customer.
senthx
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for me, it's mini cab drivers, they are far and above much worse than cab drivers.
50% of the ones that I see have a visible vehicle defect, they don't seem to obey the highway code at all
I think that the little green mini cab signs round here are actually just a warning that an idiot driver is coming
50% of the ones that I see have a visible vehicle defect, they don't seem to obey the highway code at all
I think that the little green mini cab signs round here are actually just a warning that an idiot driver is coming
AZZ3R
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ElliotReidMD said:
When this happens drop your speed by around 10mph or just stick bang on the speed limit. I had an unmarked police car behind me the other week, I must have been doing 35 in a 40 yet it being 2 lanes they choose to stick right behind me, seemed like they where trying to force me to break the speed or waiting for me to do something daft. I purposly choose a different route to what I normaly go, I also did a complete circle around a roundabout yet they still followed, coincidence? I think not! Hehe.
Some road users ey, What everone has mentioned above has witnessed it at least once the worst ones stick with you. Eventually you start to subconsciously aviod these or see them happen so far ahead your reactions you don't even know you've adjusted your riding to compensate for that pillock in the taxi.
BritishMotovlogger
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when someone in front drives way too slow and there is nowhere to overtake
when people don't use their indicators or mirrors
leaf blowers when they have just cut a hedge and blow the leaves off the path and onto the road. then it rains...
people who park on junctions
people who overtake on junctions
people who brake at every corner or when ever an oncoming car is approaching even though they are doing 30 in a 60 that has double white lines so no overtaking for can't 10 miles
the list goes on, and on, and on!
when people don't use their indicators or mirrors
leaf blowers when they have just cut a hedge and blow the leaves off the path and onto the road. then it rains...
people who park on junctions
people who overtake on junctions
people who brake at every corner or when ever an oncoming car is approaching even though they are doing 30 in a 60 that has double white lines so no overtaking for can't 10 miles
the list goes on, and on, and on!
Bloke
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The 60/30 brigade.
They'll be going along a country lane at 60mph, come to a corner or an approaching car and slow to 30
Then when back on the straight it'll be up to 60 once again.
I tend to overtake them on corners thank god but then you get tooted because they have shit observation skills and think I'm overtaking them on a blind bend.
I'll pull to the far left on a right corner, keep looking around the bend, drop two and the moment I can see its clear I'll pop past on the right. Only thing you have to be careful of is double apex bends.
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They'll be going along a country lane at 60mph, come to a corner or an approaching car and slow to 30
Then when back on the straight it'll be up to 60 once again.
I tend to overtake them on corners thank god but then you get tooted because they have shit observation skills and think I'm overtaking them on a blind bend.
I'll pull to the far left on a right corner, keep looking around the bend, drop two and the moment I can see its clear I'll pop past on the right. Only thing you have to be careful of is double apex bends.
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ElliotReidMD
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I think the answer to this thread is.....
People.
People.
ElliotReidMD
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Yep, every problem encountered when riding my bike is somehow related to a person.
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