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  1. i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north
    wales,its part of the national cycle network.lon eifion.im a cyclist
    myself but was shocked today by the behaviour of a cyclist.he was
    cycling very fast and shouting at people to get out of his way,he
    swore at 2 persons,get out of my f.....g way!!!!!!.horrified.he was
    dressed imaculately lkike the pictures in cycling
    magazines,sunglasses,small rucksack,water carrier.if id had my bike id
    have chased him and clobbered him.id like to see him being nasty on a
    main road,and get his come upance.he should have known that you have
    to give way to pedrestians,unless he didnt bother checking the
    information and the law.im glad i met other cyclists who cycled slower
    and shouted hello while passing and saying thank you when i moved to
    let them pass.im a road cyclist myself.pity i didnt have my racing
    bike to catch him,his bike would never match mine for speed,but that
    would have meant that i would have had to ride dangerously.i hope this
    is a rare occurence.nasy people are bad enough off bikes.never in 40
    years of cycling have i experienced this.if he is like that on the
    road,unless hes too chicken to ride on the road.people ride bikes to
    enjoy themselves.very sad.id reccommend banning him from cycle
    tracks.a real b......d.
    gareth

  2. "gary2006uk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north

    Another troll I suspect.

  3. OG said:


    "gary2006uk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north

    Another troll I suspect.

    I couldn't tell... What he wrote looks like English, but not any kind
    of English used on this planet... :-/
    --

    Fr. Jack

    The ex(un)civil servant

  4. gary2006uk said the following on 13/05/2008 22:02:

    Quoted message said:

    i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north
    wales,its part of the national cycle network.lon eifion.im a cyclist
    myself but was shocked today by the behaviour of a cyclist.he was
    cycling very fast and shouting at people to get out of his way

    I know that path, and there is no way anyone should be using it to ride
    fast along - too many peds and too many twisty bits. That type of
    behaviour gives all cyclists a bad name, and from your description he
    sounds like one of those "all the gear but no idea" cyclists, and will
    be too scared to ride the perfectly good roads nearby. A stick in the
    spokes may have slowed his progress somewhat ;-)

    --
    Paul Boyd
    http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

  5. OG writtificated

    Quoted message said:

    Another troll I suspect.

    Just a chap with a dodgy space bar and a broken shift key.

    Always surprised that someone can be that rude on a bicycle. Still,
    someone that impatient will no doubt undertake a left turning bus before
    too long.

  6. "Paul Boyd" <usenet.is.worse@plusnet> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    gary2006uk said the following on 13/05/2008 22:02:

    Quoted message said:

    i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north
    wales,its part of the national cycle network.lon eifion.im a cyclist
    myself but was shocked today by the behaviour of a cyclist.he was
    cycling very fast and shouting at people to get out of his way

    I know that path, and there is no way anyone should be using it to ride
    fast along - too many peds and too many twisty bits. That type of
    behaviour gives all cyclists a bad name, and from your description he
    sounds like one of those "all the gear but no idea" cyclists, and will be
    too scared to ride the perfectly good roads nearby. A stick in the spokes
    may have slowed his progress somewhat ;-)

    --
    Paul Boyd
    http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

    Maybe his brakes had failed??? ;-)

    Barb

  7. Paul Boyd usenet.is.worse@plusnet said:

    gary2006uk said the following on 13/05/2008 22:02:

    Quoted message said:

    i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north
    wales,its part of the national cycle network.

    I know that path, and there is no way anyone should be using it to ride
    fast along - too many peds and too many twisty bits.

    Quoted message said:

    from your description he sounds too scared to ride the perfectly good roads nearby.

    Clearly a hooligan.

    However all this demonstrates the absurdity of routes which are
    clearly inferior to the normal roads for cycling (apart from slow
    leisure pottering) being called a 'National Cycle Network'.

  8. gary2006uk <[email hidden]> wrote in news:692ba06e-0f5e-43d4-
    [email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north
    wales


    snip

    There are ignorant cyclists
    There are ignorant pedestrians
    There are ignorant car drivers
    There are ignorant bus drivers
    There are ignorant pilots
    There are ignorant mule-train drivers
    There are ignorant welshmen
    There are ignorant englishmen
    There are ignorant scotswomen
    There are ignorant belgians
    There are ignorant south-sea islanders (probably)

    There are ignorant people - get used to the idea!

  9. Fr Jack said:
    OG said:

    "gary2006uk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    i was walking along my local cycle track outside caernarfon north

    Quoted message said:

    Another troll I suspect.

    I couldn't tell... What he wrote looks like English, but not any kind
    of English used on this planet... :-/
    --

    Fr. Jack

    The ex(un)civil servant

    oxford english,but typing with a mixture of scottish and welsh
    accent.hope you can read this.
    gareth

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