[Roastie]

The attitude of motorists towards cyclist here in sunny SA

http://www.thehubsa.co.za/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2678&PN=1

To give you guys some background on the event. The Highveld 94.7 has been going for 5 years now growing in numbers from 4500 in 2000 to 38000 now in 2005. More specific info can be found here http://www.highveld.co.za/cyclechallenge_2005/index.asp

Feel free to send your comments.

 

[biknben]

I'd say the cycling community is overreacting to what this guy wrote in that e-mail. It's just another example of keyboard courage. IMO, there are very few motorist crazy enough to intentionally do harm to a cyclist. I figure my chances of meeting them are pretty slim.

I'm much more concerned with the oblivious, inattentive motorists.

Ben (will happily add this guy's e-mail address to a few cycling related mailing lists)

 

[msheron]

Cyclist

I'd say the cycling community is overreacting to what this guy wrote in that e-mail. It's just another example of keyboard courage. IMO, there are very few motorist crazy enough to intentionally do harm to a cyclist. I figure my chances of meeting them are pretty slim.

I'm much more concerned with the oblivious, inattentive motorists.

Ben (will happily add this guy's e-mail address to a few cycling related mailing lists)

I agree with BiknBen.....................like most I encounter, they blow horns, yell out windows, but never get out to approach you. I just keep pedaling and smiling! Just carry a cell phone and if you get a tag report it to local police as a case of road rage which most parts of the country now have law regarding. Just be prepared to id the person and go to court. That is just one way to curb it................I choose to ignore and pedal unless they do something extreme.

 

[4bykn]

. It's just another example of keyboard courage.

Keyboard courage...I like that term. Perfect.

 

[Tom Kunich]

I'd say the cycling community is overreacting to what this guy wrote in that e-mail. It's just another example of keyboard courage. IMO, there are very few motorist crazy enough to intentionally do harm to a cyclist. I figure my chances of meeting them are pretty slim.

I'm much more concerned with the oblivious, inattentive motorists.

Ben (will happily add this guy's e-mail address to a few cycling related mailing lists)

I often see people that write stuff like that go out of their way to help cyclists at other times.

 

[ogre]

Someone has been catching up on their internet reading.

This new forum format sure does encourage dredging.

 

[Tom Kunich]

Someone has been catching up on their internet reading.

This new forum format sure does encourage dredging.

Being a Yachtsman as well, you and I have a totally different definition of "dredging". Perhaps you might want to explain what you think your definition of that word is?

 

[202cycle]

Being a Yachtsman as well, you and I have a totally different definition of "dredging". Perhaps you might want to explain what you think your definition of that word is?

Commenting on a post from 2005 that was basically dead when it started.

 

[Tom Kunich]

Commenting on a post from 2005 that was basically dead when it started.

I don't agree that talking about a posting is the same as removing mud. Those comments are as valid today and they were in 2005 and they were shown on my screen. Obviously Road Bike Review thought them relevant.

 

[No Time Toulouse]

202, don't bother engaging him. He periodically goes off his meds for a day and posts a bunch of nonsense here, then disappears for several weeks.

 

[Lombard]

Being a Yachtsman as well, you and I have a totally different definition of "dredging". Perhaps you might want to explain what you think your definition of that word is?

"Thread dredge" is a standard internet term used when someone posts on a thread that has been inactive for a long time.

FYI, it has nothing to do with mud or excavation.

 

[ogre]

I don't agree that talking about a posting is the same as removing mud. Those comments are as valid today and they were in 2005 and they were shown on my screen. Obviously Road Bike Review thought them relevant.