Cyclists really are in their own world

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Beezerk said:
They make climbing steep, rooty, techy hills a breeze. There's no way in a million years I could get up some of the climbs on a manual MTB ?
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that makes sense, will explain why i see little fat blokes up the top of Craig Phadrig using the trails, takes me almost half an hour to get up there on the forestry trail in my smallest gear;)
 
Beezerk said:
They make climbing steep, rooty, techy hills a breeze. There's no way in a million years I could get up some of the climbs on a manual MTB ?
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I get that point very easily, however I have always thought and felt that doing that hard knarly climb always made the other side so much more enjoyable as well as physically rewarding. Plus I have always gone along with the mantra of "up once, down once" and the only 2 times I have repeated a climb and decent resulted one time in a girl (rode for GB) breaking a collar bone and the other time me cutting a corner straight into a hidden stump which put me up and then down onto my hip bone on the hard mud/flint path. I say this because I could see the "repeat mode" being activated after a climb/descent with an eMTB.
Even doing the Red Bull 24hr one year getting cocky caused me to miss an entry point to a ditch one lap putting me face first into the hard pack, even less enjoyable as it was 11pm and limited visibility apart from my lights:)
How I laughed...........;)
 
drive4show said:
What about all your motorcyclists that ride around without helmets?

And you're right, if you've been to London then you've 'done' the UK ?
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Motorcycle laws vary on a state by state basis.
Riding without a helmet (where it is allowed) is simply an opportunity for natural selection to do its thing.
 
Campag is just really loud on free wheel. Prefer Shimano, but then I don't own a Bianchi. If it's an Italian frame, it has to have an Italian group set.
 
murphthemog said:
Campag is just really loud on free wheel. Prefer Shimano, but then I don't own a Bianchi. If it's an Italian frame, it has to have an Italian group set.
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Nah...mix it up. Suntour XC Pro (the original micro-drive), Pace rings, XT rear mechs,and poss hub or Mavic or Hope;), Royce for BB, Woodman headset....
Can you tell I'm not a Shimano lover;)
 
Went to my local bike shop today .
He had about 15 bikes left all over a grand .
The place had been emptied by the buying public.
I said “that’s great for business”
His answer was “ not really ,I can’t get any stock so might have to shut for a bit”
Never seen so many people on bikes as the last two weeks.
All we need now is to teach them not to use the pavements.!
 
clubchamp98 said:
Went to my local bike shop today .
He had about 15 bikes left all over a grand .
The place had been emptied by the buying public.
I said “that’s great for business”
His answer was “ not really ,I can’t get any stock so might have to shut for a bit”
Never seen so many people on bikes as the last two weeks.
All we need now is to teach them not to use the pavements.!
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I live very close to the tranpennine trail (2 minutes away). It’s a wonderful place to spend a Sunday morning stroll, woodpeckers, swans, Moore hens, squirrels and herons. Away from all the roads as well. Since lockdown this beautiful part of the world has been taken over by Lycra clad imbeciles. No bell, no warning and impossible to keep 2 metres from them. The trail is also busy with walkers, many elderley and when walking it is easy to keep the 2 metre distance without any anxiety.
My initial thought is that these selfish cyclists should be on the road, not a trail, but now on this forum I have read that people are cycling for 20 miles...during lockdown.
Throughout lockdown the message has been stay home, 1 hour exercise is a limit and not a target. If you need an hour for your own mental safety then take it but not every day and certainly don’t make it the norm and make other people think it is ok.
 
Diamond said:
Throughout lockdown the message has been stay home, 1 hour exercise is a limit and not a target. If you need an hour for your own mental safety then take it but not every day and certainly don’t make it the norm and make other people think it is ok.
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I haven’t been out cycling since the lockdown started. I use an indoor trainer but where has the 1hr exercise been out down in law?

It was a recommendation I think from one MP and everyone took it as law.

Unfortunately as everyone can’t travel the local walks & trails are going to get more congested. Where I walk my dog I hardly ever see a mountain biker. Yesterday there was tons and tons of cyclists, Did they get in my way?nope as I kept an eye out as we are all sharing the same paths so I just moved aside, everyone said thanks and we were all happy.

We are all in this together.
 
It was Gove flustering, and the people just repeating it hoping to brainwash everyone else not to exercise.

Probably the same people that confuse key workers message with the necessary travel to work message.
 
Diamond said:
I live very close to the tranpennine trail (2 minutes away). It’s a wonderful place to spend a Sunday morning stroll, woodpeckers, swans, Moore hens, squirrels and herons. Away from all the roads as well. Since lockdown this beautiful part of the world has been taken over by Lycra clad imbeciles. No bell, no warning and impossible to keep 2 metres from them. The trail is also busy with walkers, many elderley and when walking it is easy to keep the 2 metre distance without any anxiety.
My initial thought is that these selfish cyclists should be on the road, not a trail, but now on this forum I have read that people are cycling for 20 miles...during lockdown.
Throughout lockdown the message has been stay home, 1 hour exercise is a limit and not a target. If you need an hour for your own mental safety then take it but not every day and certainly don’t make it the norm and make other people think it is ok.
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OK we get that you don't like cyclists but those pathways and trails are not exclusively for your personal use.
 
Diamond said:
I live very close to the tranpennine trail (2 minutes away). It’s a wonderful place to spend a Sunday morning stroll, woodpeckers, swans, Moore hens, squirrels and herons. Away from all the roads as well. Since lockdown this beautiful part of the world has been taken over by Lycra clad imbeciles. No bell, no warning and impossible to keep 2 metres from them. The trail is also busy with walkers, many elderley and when walking it is easy to keep the 2 metre distance without any anxiety.
My initial thought is that these selfish cyclists should be on the road, not a trail, but now on this forum I have read that people are cycling for 20 miles...during lockdown.
Throughout lockdown the message has been stay home, 1 hour exercise is a limit and not a target. If you need an hour for your own mental safety then take it but not every day and certainly don’t make it the norm and make other people think it is ok.
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Another NIMBY?
 
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