CHAT-CYCLING-Weekly Comp 27/5 to 3/6/2018

[Hinfrance]

THIS IS THE CHAT THREAD

The ENTRIES  thread is HERE

This week's challenge is CYCLING. Anything related to pedalling a 2 or more wheeled machine.

No restrictions whatsoever on PP work.

Pictures to be taken between now and Sunday 3rd June2018, 23:59, but if you find yourself at a loss in this time period, please enter something from your personal archives.
Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23:59 Monday 4th June 2018.
Poll will be up Tuesday 5th June 2018.
Winner to be announced Saturday 9th June 2018

The Rules for the weekly competition are...

By entering you agree to take responsibility to

Post a topic on the Sunday (or sooner) following your declared win
Create an entries thread
Create a chat thread
Create a poll for that weeks comp and declare the winner on the Saturday
(if for any reason there is a problem and no subject is posted by the winner by Monday night admin will advise second place winner to post the topic asap, do the poll etc)

In case of a tie, the first entry posted wins.

[Oldboy]

I hate cyclists. They are the most obnoxious people on the planet! 

[Hinfrance]

I hate cyclists. They are the most obnoxious people on the planet! 

No comment.

[Reinardina]

I hate cyclists. They are the most obnoxious people on the planet! 

You just condemned nearly all of my fellow countrymen.

[Jediboy]

Cycling in the Netherlands seems the polar opposite of what it is here in the UK. Cycle paths everywhere meaning the roads stay clear, and the cyclists seem more considerate from my experience. A completely different approach.

[Reinardina]

No Lycra on Dutch roads, except in official races. Cycling is a cheap, easy, quick (especially in cities) and comfortable way to get from A to B, not a race.

It is also a form of transport used by all age groups, from toddlers to octogenarians.

Maybe OB meant to restrict his condemnation to British City cyclists?

[Hinfrance]

I'll chance my arm here and say that I reckon the original comment was based on UK cyclists - the aggressive commuters who jump red lights, ride up the inside of trucks making close turns, bang on car roofs, ride the wrong way down one way streets, ride in pedestrianised areas, the MAMILs who block roads at weekends riding in pelotons,  etc etc . .

Meanwhile I might get my bike out for a shot, if it ever stops bl**dy raining.

[Reinardina]

I'm sure OB meant those; I cannot for the world imagine, he was talking about Dutch pensioners on sit up and beg bikes.

[Hinfrance]

We had a few dry hours over the weekend, but not enough to get a fresh shot for the competition after getting started on, but not finishing mowing the 'lawn'. So I have edited a picture from last autumn, when it was also raining, but my Pentax DSLRs are weatherproof

So, Recycling:

[SimonW]

It so happened that a major cycle race event came through the village on Sunday.



I took lots of snaps but none that pleased me as much as the one I've entered in the competition, who just happened to be passing during the event.