Re: What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?

Terry Dymond said:
Cyclists are not the most popular people in the Adelaide Hills.
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They can get pretty nasty and snarly around these parts too.
I think it is drummed into them that ignoring the rules of the road is pretty okey dokey for them but 'motorists' must obey to the letter.

They do have a nickname as well - 'Cycle Nazis'
 
Charged Jota's battery, sun's out ye see but the roads are awash with top quality county council salt. Then remembered there are still two reworked wheels wi new tyres sitting in my hall, they need swapping over first then! Soooo I need the bloody S3 off the workbench then! Priorities, priorities!
 
I give cyclists a wide berth unless they've pinched all the bloody road riding en masse and if that occurs I just do whatever it takes to get past. Sometimes that means diving in to the gaps in the bunch. I haven't seen any shaking fists or anything yet though but I'm probably on video as a motorcycle hooligan in some cycling hall of shame.
I actually use the same roads when I'm out on my mountain bike too but I like to ride alone.
 
Vince said:
Made the mistake of attempting to pass The Peloton last year on a Sunday ride down the hill from The Pie in The Sky on The Old Rd.
There is a reasonably long down hill straight 2 corners into the descent. Out I go accelerating to maybe 100 expecting to get past the 15 or so riders. By the time I am past about half they have also accelerated to maybe 80k and we are fast approaching a blind 35k bend with me on the wrong side of the road.I have no time to do much except brake hard and pull into this tight bunch of pushbikes picking any gap I can find. There blokes basically had me hung out to dry, I had expected to breeze past easy in this straight. First and last time I will try doing that on a down hill. They ride harder than me.Racing for sheep stations on a training ride
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That's a pretty good story here Vince! I travelled just up the road when the 'Tour de Britain' cyclists went through. I positioned myself at a bend, figuring they would slow down and I could get a good shot with the camera.
Fuck me they flew around the bend like it wasn't there and whizzed into the horizon in milliseconds - they are VERY quick riders.
 
Got stuck behind a pair of cyclists on Tuesday while driving my car. They were riding side by side in the traffic lane on a main highway (100 kph speed limit). By the time they got out of the way there were maybe a dozen cars piled up behind me. The sealed verge was about a metre wide so they had heaps of room to ride safely in single file out of the traffic lane. Fuckwits.
 
Terry, that sucks mate, the bloody arse-oles.  [pm sent]

If you feel so inclined Blab AndyW and my self are meeting up at the leather shop in hahndorf around 9.15ish for a hoon, I mean ride, I hope to be home by mid day.

Got stuck behind one riding single file in the middle of the road in a down hill 80k zone. Didn't even know I was there until I passed him. But there are a couple in the 100k areas that get out of the way and ride on the sealed verge.
Be a good conversation when you're up there at the pearly gates explaining to St. pete that "but, but,  I had right of way, we got that 1.5 metre rule" oops guess you fucked up!
 
Thanks Ian, sorry can't make it, exhaust system is in bits, plus I wouldn't trust my reaction if we came across a peleton or two, maybe next weekend?
 
Yes Ian, I'll be in that, as long as we keep well away from the 'other' two wheeled mob ;)
 
So now we have a new law here in NSW, just what we need another law and that is that when passing a cyclist ( no not like the wind type passing though am sure Terry wishes he was with that guy ) you have to allow a meter between you and them or if its over 60K's a meter and a half, and just to make it even more bloody harder the Police have advised that you are not allowed to cross an unbroken line to get round them. So more bloody traffic jams

Next big thing on EBay ( invented by an Aussie but made it China and sent quicker from there than Aussie post could get it to you from the same state )  will be an automatic vehicle mounted speed sensative ruler off the side that sits at a meter when driving, extends out to 1.5 when over 60K's and fully retracks when the vehicle is stationary.. So that when you are sitting in traffic the F'ers on thier non motorised peices of carbon crap can pass by you at less than the meter and scratch the shit out of your car on the way past.

So my question why dont the F'ers have to play by the same rules and give a meter when they pass you. ( we get to sit in traffic a lot here in God's city ) oh and they can get away with riding without a helmet to boot !
 
So now we have a new law here in NSW, just what we need another law and that is that when passing a cyclist ( no not like the wind type passing though am sure Terry wishes he was with that guy ) you have to allow a meter between you and them or if its over 60K's a meter and a half, and just to make it even more bloody harder the Police have advised that you are not allowed to cross an unbroken line to get round them. So more bloody traffic jams
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That's what started the shitfight, when I reminded them in no certain terms that the 1.5 metre rule works both ways.
Fortunately we have footage of the incident from the fire truck, shows me having to jump out of the way and the then several riders approaching me in a threatening manner, wish it could be released to the media.
In South Aus, you are allowed to cross the unbroken line to pass the arseholes if safe to do so. Just waiting for a major head-on on our twisty roads.
 
Why is it they get special treatment when using the roads we [motorized vehicles] have paid for through license fees and taxes on fuel, tires, etc.?  I don't see any tags on the fuckers nor do they have to pay for insurance or even pass a competence test to determine if they can ride safely. I guess wearing spandex and being green is license enough to waste our time waiting to pass them [with enough clearance] so we can be on our way. Makes me want a big smoking two stroke sometimes.    OK rant over!
 
As a cyclist as well as a car driver and motorcyclist here in Sonoma and San Francisco I am amazed at how badly so many cyclists, well, cycle. I reckon 95% do not stop at 4 way intersections, whether they are faced with a massive " STOP " sign in the middle of the road and a signpost saying the same thing in front of them or not. Not that many who run through intersections look either. Frustratingly the police couldn't be bothered to do anything about it.
 
There has been a huge ramping up of fines and new scrutiny of cyclists in Sydney. They must carry ID, there cracking down on running red lights,they even were Lasering them and doing fines for excess speed in Centennial Park, 30k limit. And today there was a Highway Patrol car pulled over on The Old Rd with a Peliton reading them the riot act for riding 2 and 3 and 4 abreast and blocking the lane. There was a swarm of them at The Pie in The Sky,they seem to be breeding like flies.
 
Some years ago a retired guy here in St Petersburg (Florida) was so incensed at packs of pedalheads blowing straight through stop signs and red lights that he decided it was his civic duty to teach them a lesson. He drove his car into the back of the pack at fairly high speed. Nobody was actually killed outright but about 20 people were hauled off in ambulances, several broken necks/backs, many other broken bones, some people were in hospital for months.
The driver insisted he had done nothing wrong, just taught them a lesson they wouldn't forget. The jury did not agree.

Ken
 
Spent yesterday at Reds shed, new primary chain , Cush drive rubbers and clutch plates . Went for a run this morning and the SF is transformed. Nearly ready for thee trip to the Barry next week
 
Nothing to do that doesn't cost lots of money, so I'm concentrating on building up the alcohol stash.  Am about to start a Turbo Cider for Mrs 3CL.  Bottled 40 pints of Pale Ale yesterday and 30 or so bottles of Aussie Shiraz a couple of days ago so the fermenting bins are empty.  Ran up the lables for the cider today:

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Technically nothing, but finally had confirmation that the gold 750SF that Grant finished restoring a few weeks ago is officially on its way and should be with me in Sonoma early next week. Just have to figure out how to explain that both cars will have to live in the driveway for a while....

Loads of rain here ( not complaining after the recent drought ) so just started up the two Morinis. No intention of riding in this weather here.

Will post some nice Northern Californian photos of 750SF # 8155 when uncrated. Just have to come up with a name for the bike that will stick.
 
Carbon Jota running now.
Just a few small jobs and it's finished.

https://youtu.be/pn3ueS1i-gU
 
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