Comments on: Mountain Bikers beware Land Rover coming for you

By: andre

andre — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:41:05 +0000

Ag Vincent jy is nou regte poepol. Ek is so bly jy het jou leerbank veilig bereik. Dankie tog nou kan jy die res van jou verkakte lewe geniet.

By: vincenthofmann

vincenthofmann — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:06:02 +0000

Hey Mr Dee. Kay. Thanks for stopping by. So good of you to join the debate, we all really appreciate your contribution.

By: DeeKay

DeeKay — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:26:54 +0000

Mr. Vinvent Hoffman you have no backbone.

You are a wuss and you have no idea that you are. Get off your plush leather seat and go get a life.

By: John Cooper

John Cooper — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:28:10 +0000

s u b j e c t c l o s e d !

By: vincenthofmann

vincenthofmann — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:02:31 +0000

Hi Cat,I made it very clear that I do not favour one vehicle type over another.

Perhaps when the subject matter is so full of sarcasm etc. you don’t feel the need to really justify your interpretation of what I’ve written.

Nevertheless, let me remind you, I ask only one thing, that both cyclists and motorists stick to the same rules for their chosen paths – hence my ludicrous claim about my landy on a mtb track.

Remember, that should she injure herself by performing an odd turn on an open road, the guilty party would be the motorist who clearly couldn’t have given a shit. That’s my point, I don’t want to injure anyone on the road, it pisses me off that someone dare put my mental health in jeopardy whilst putting their own life in such grave danger.

The lesson: cyclists are traffic too, smaller traffic, more vulnerable traffic but traffic nonetheless.

By: John Cooper

John Cooper — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:55:13 +0000

ha ha – was that en route to or from the mountain biker coffee shop – Europa is always a fave… yet I digress. Cat, at first your comment prompted me to hark back to the 1978 Queen song – Fat Bottomed Girls – ‘they’ll be riding today…’

You’re right about cyclist being traffic too. Technically a bicycle is regarded as a vehicle and should adhere to all road rules pertaining to moving vehicles – that includes driving/riding within the yellow line or emergency lane; but, who is going to stop a cyclist when the cops can’t stop a taxi (here comes a can of worms) from transgressing even the slightest of rules. Anyway, back to our lady cyclist. I’m tempted to give her the benefit of the doubt and say she was probably late to join her group of fellow cyclists at Delta Park which is… technically off-road.

By: cat-i

cat-i — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:09:47 +0000

For instance, whilst en route home, a female cyclist with particularly large thighs, cycled merrily in front of cars tearing down 7th road in Parkhurst. She, bulging with the fascist hormone, brought on by her abundance of cycling gadgets, put her hand in the air and caused four vehicles to break sharply and stop mid drive so that she could pass.

if that female with the particularly fat butt happen to work in rosebank, she has to cross jan smuts in some way – possibly at 7th, and possibly then the first right she could find, to go via back streets to the dirt, where her bike belongs.
now, if a car turns right to get out of 7th, he’d put on his indicator and stops mid-traffic till there’s a gap in the oncoming traffic. the 4 cars behind would just have to wait.

cyclists are traffic too.

By: John Cooper

John Cooper — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:05:08 +0000

Dino’s right, but good for a bit of banter… and Vince, I still agree that Defenders rock – even if they are just boxes on wheels… and there’s that silly ‘club’ of guys who drive them that wave or hoot when they see each other or another on the road.

By: vincenthofmann

vincenthofmann — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:43:47 +0000

Hey Eugene, I’m afraid I drive an MG.

By: Dino

Dino — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:04:18 +0000

Read a number of stupid generalisations in the comments here. Ok in the article aswell, but it does form part of the humorous context.
No specific group is more greatly at fault on the roads, the sad reality is that in general we act like a bunch of tools, full of aggression and self righteous testosterone.
Being a runner, MTBer and driver with the occasional off road jaunt. I’ve come across idiots across the board, no-one takes the asshole crown, we all seem to share that one when it comes to consideration of others on the road.