Cycling pet hates

[dyna-ti]

The preponderance of morons riding through London at night with no lights, no helmet, no idea, headphones on blithely spinning through red lights.

But hey, there's too many people anyway.

Or the ones that have lights but theres either the weakest battery on earth fitted or its encrusted in black road film :roll:
I do believe its illegal for a car driver not to check all his lights are fully functional before setting off.The same rules should apply to all cyclists with fines for those failing to take the proper safety precautions.
Accidents can easily envelope those not directly involved :?

 

[warpedboy2]

All of the above, plus-

Bike that are garage queens. The bike were designed to look nice, yes, but they were also designed to be f*****g ridden, not to be left inside so the owner can touch themselves as they dribble over it, and post pictures on internet sites for glory. (there, i've said it)

Also the use of the word DIALLED. I hate it!!! Always have. "Man, I have that gnarly singletrack with the rocky shute DIALLED!!!" "I have my forks DIALLED to perfection" No other sport/passtime uses dialled (to my knowledge). Can we stop it now please?

That is all.

 

[FluffyChicken]

The current fashion to use some odd word 'colourways'
eh ? you means colours ?

 

[Neil]

The current fashion to use some odd word 'colourways'
eh ? you means colours ?

Agreed, I have a somewhat mailgnant hatred for the word "colourways".

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

I'm going with two (three I suppose) The above colourways (colorways I'm guessing) is an afront to the language rather than bikes.

Dogs and their logs.

 

[TheGreenRabbit]

My pat hates riding any bike as her fur gets stuck in the chain

 

[rosstheboss]

Ramblers with sh*tty attitudes.

Clothing manufacturers who seem to have their measurement tools calibrated to an entirely different unit, unknown to the world outside of cycling. I think their tape measures may come from a world called Lilliput.

My bike's better than your bike crap.

29ers, they just look all wrong.

This is the new that.

 

[Tallpaul]

Rotund individuals who consider it appropriate to wear only Lycra.

 

[Barneyballbags]

People fannying about on a downhill section at a trail centre (so not overly difficult/technical) because they can't ride it properly, and instead of getting out of the way for people behind, they decide to hold on to their brakes for dear life and do the entire section at about 5mph.

Or people who turn up at an event, get their bike out of the back of their van, put in on a workstand, strip it down and rebuild it before even turning a pedal. Why?

Although, on this last point I have to say that I get a smug sense of satisfaction when said person is stopped halfway up the first hill because he's snapped his chain. Removing it/fitting it dozens of times probably didn't help fella :roll: :facepalm:

 

[TheGreenRabbit]

Rotund individuals who consider it appropriate to wear only Lycra.

That will be most of Retrobike then