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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx02.iad.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed2.ip.tiscali.net!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!195.208.113.67.MISMATCH!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!cyclone01.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe25.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: spindthrift - magnatom antics Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:43:33 +0000 References:   	  	 	  	<68Yhl.6780$aJ3.722@newsfe23.ams2> <777496e0-8621-428f-b947-9fdc2bb54fe1@r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com> 	 <333176e5-16c3-474f-8545-9bcdd4257187@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com> 	  Lines: 73 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe25.ams2 1233672228 82.21.204.127 (Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:43:48 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:43:48 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 6062 X-Original-Bytes: 6019 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684879

Squashme wrote: > On 3 Feb, 14:25, _  wrote: >> Squashme wrote: >>> On 3 Feb, 14:19, _  wrote: >>>> Squashme wrote: >>>>> On 3 Feb, 14:02, _  wrote: >>>>>> Squashme wrote: >>>>>>> On 3 Feb, 13:15, _ <w...@prettyboy.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Squashme wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 3 Feb, 11:26, JNugent <J...@noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> JNugent wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> AndyC wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> "relevant" <m...@privacy.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is a letter I have sent - perhaps a few more on similar lines >>>>>>>>>>>> [big snip] >>>>>>>>>>>> I notice on this one: >>>>>>>>>>>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7drPCPfWCIQ >>>>>>>>>>>> He admits to his mistake of not using the whole lane to overtake, but >>>>>>>>>>>> he misses the fact that he overtook a car that was indicating to >>>>>>>>>>>> change lane. While that is commonly done by aggressive drivers, if you >>>>>>>>>>>> do that on two wheels it is suicidal. >>>>>>>>>>>> If you are going to overtake a car that is already indicating, whether >>>>>>>>>>>> stationary or not, you do so at your own peril. Rights of way are >>>>>>>>>>>> meaningless when you are dead. >>>>>>>>>>> In his video "Undertaking On A Roundabout", the same poster castigates a >>>>>>>>>>> car-driver who passes him on the nearside on a large roundabout. The >>>>>>>>>>> roundabout seems to be the one seen in the video referenced in the OP >>>>>>>>>>> and the cyclist is way over to the offside, hard up against the island >>>>>>>>>>> (incidentally passing over a distinctive hatched-off area). >>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps he thinks that it is unlawful to pass on the nearside on a >>>>>>>>>>> roundabout (it isn't). And if one really objects to being "undertaken", >>>>>>>>>>> perhaps it'd be btter not to hog the offside edge of the one-way stretch >>>>>>>>>>> of road which is the carriageway of a large roundabout. >>>>>>>>>> Another of his videos ("White van-driver teaches me a lesson") appears to be >>>>>>>>>> functionally identical to the one involving the private hire car - recorded >>>>>>>>>> over the same route, in the same sort of conditions and almost at the same spot. >>>>>>>>>> Different motor vehicle, different driver, same cyclist. >>>>>>>>>> Anyone spot a pattern here? >>>>>>>>> Yes, but let's not be too harsh. Not all motorists are like that. Many >>>>>>>>> are not aggressive and do respect other road-users. >>>>>>>> LOL. Get some help with your issues, before you end up under my wheels. >>>>>>> Do you bring your anger problem up at your regular reviews? >>>>>>> And thanks for the warning, I shall avoid cycling in Lincolnshire. >>>>>> Hey, why not complain? You're good at that! LOL >>>>>> But no, I dont, because you dont make me angry. You make me laugh. You >>>>>> seem to have real problems with blinkers, old son. And unless you can >>>>>> get that sack of spuds off your shoulder, you WILL have a serious >>>>>> incident. And since you're on 2 wheels and your inevitable opponent will >>>>>> have four, there's a good chance it'll cost you more than cash. Here's >>>>>> hoping, eh? >>>>> "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." >>>> Would you like the address? >>> No thanks it's not Relevant. >> As you wish. Now, wanna acknowledge the lawbreaking of Magna/you in the >> video, while you're feeling so magnanimous? > > To quote me earlier:- > > "Obviously the vast majority of us do not wish to ride > around with a head-mounted camera, whose last ever shot is likely to > be blue sky and the fading sound of "sorry mate I didn't s..."

Yeah, I read it the first time. I still cant see where you said that the cyclist had broken the law though. Why wont you admit it - its utterly clear that his verbal assault amounted to a S5 public order offence. Why will you ONLY spot offences by car drivers (and thats on the extremely debatable idea that there WAS any).

This Sunday I'll be doing a charity race in our gravity racer and I've got some questions about bearings and wheels on it. I daren't ask them here, because I dont want to be associated with a group which seems to REVEL in a reputation of being bitter, twisted, jealous 'cage haters'. Sad, that, innit?