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I love the wobbly thing 
Its just fun. Saves the hassle of dismounting and mounitng again if you read the light soon enough. IF you drive an automatic car and complain about cyclists doing the wobbly thing, you effin hypocrite... I hate all you automatic drivers that think its their right to drive start stop through my commute, go get stuffed.
But then again, I ride a fixie. I ride up to the light and skid to a stop on the LINE. fyi, can't do the wobbly thing if skid stopped (locked rear wheel with pedal power), almost neccesiates a dismount cause of change in momentum.
The lycra brigade is annoying tho.... they always ride clipless shoes and hate getting out of them. Ol fashioned clip riders don't mind properly dismounting so much, but its so damn hard to find decent shoes that can be ridden with SS clips and have a stiff enough sole to give the power transmission equivalent of clipless pedal/shoe combos....
I think what car drivers actually hate is seeing the same cyclist draw up at every signal in dense city traffic when they are stuck in the traffic, and most likely, the cyclist gets out of the traffic quicker. Yes, I love breathing your stinkin exhaust at every signal too, maybe you could let someone else draw up at the head of the column so I can have some variety
One thing I notice with lycra clad crowd is the lack of signalling... wtf they thing they are!!!! I swear I've nearly run a few down on my pushie because they didn't signal they were gonna turn. I've never worn lycra (well, I lie.. my wetsuit is lycra), but I'm told its comfortable... sometimes I consider it.... But then...
PS: I suppose can't get booked for riding drunk either if you do it across everybody's front lawns
Its just fun. Saves the hassle of dismounting and mounitng again if you read the light soon enough. IF you drive an automatic car and complain about cyclists doing the wobbly thing, you effin hypocrite... I hate all you automatic drivers that think its their right to drive start stop through my commute, go get stuffed.But then again, I ride a fixie. I ride up to the light and skid to a stop on the LINE. fyi, can't do the wobbly thing if skid stopped (locked rear wheel with pedal power), almost neccesiates a dismount cause of change in momentum.
The lycra brigade is annoying tho.... they always ride clipless shoes and hate getting out of them. Ol fashioned clip riders don't mind properly dismounting so much, but its so damn hard to find decent shoes that can be ridden with SS clips and have a stiff enough sole to give the power transmission equivalent of clipless pedal/shoe combos....
I think what car drivers actually hate is seeing the same cyclist draw up at every signal in dense city traffic when they are stuck in the traffic, and most likely, the cyclist gets out of the traffic quicker. Yes, I love breathing your stinkin exhaust at every signal too, maybe you could let someone else draw up at the head of the column so I can have some variety
One thing I notice with lycra clad crowd is the lack of signalling... wtf they thing they are!!!! I swear I've nearly run a few down on my pushie because they didn't signal they were gonna turn. I've never worn lycra (well, I lie.. my wetsuit is lycra
), but I'm told its comfortable... sometimes I consider it.... But then...PS: I suppose can't get booked for riding drunk either if you do it across everybody's front lawns
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Too many fat lazy ignorant gits for this to happen in Aus
6 billion people should be entitled to a gas guzzler to get down to the local MacDonalds drive through right?
Lol, I petitioned my work to allow a flexible start to work (it's not shift work - office people) to look into the fact that unless you drive to work your commute time can vary a lot. No dice, fat lazy ignorant ***** are dead scared of change. They dragged up chamber of commerce and whatnot into it to finally say that adult workers should be able to work it out themselves :S so much for helping change some culture. Haha.
I remember when I worked in Germany, work had a flexible day - ~1/2 to 1 hour either way flexible and almost everybody either rode or walked to work. Even in winter some braved it. They didn't really have the sort of bike lanes in this video in that town either.
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^Flexitime for the win!
We have relitively flexitime in the office - provided you are in the office between 9:30 and 4:30 and make up your total hours your good to come in at what ever time and leave at what ever time before and after. Means some of our guys will come in early and leave late then the next day just caut it fine both ends etc.
Means if your running late to work (I try to be in the office at 9 - although my day starts @ 7 when my boys show up to site) its no stress and if you have something on in the evening you can shoot off a bit earlier than usual.
Our boys in the work shop are much the same but their hours at 7:30 - 4. but most of them get in at 6am and work till 5 meaning that they do 2 hours over time every day without really noticing it.
Same for them if they have a doctors appointment or something they can duck off early plus they asked to have a half day off every week rather than a full day RDO so they knock off at 12 on a friday each week meaning they can head away early for the weekend etc.
Sure its not overly flexible - there is still some contraints but it certainly gives a bit of flexibility.
Worst employer I had was a stickler for being to work bang on time. For me that ment I left home at 8am to be at the office by 8:50am if I left at 7:30 I'd be there by 8:35. 7am I'd be there by 8:20. its was **** house - the later I left the better run to work I would get so I just used to get in at 8:50 - but if there was a traffic jam for what ever reason I might be a few minutes late used to piss the boss off but I wasnt going to sit in a car longer than I have to just to get in to work a few minute early. I was doing 50+ hour weeks as an office junior as it was
We have relitively flexitime in the office - provided you are in the office between 9:30 and 4:30 and make up your total hours your good to come in at what ever time and leave at what ever time before and after. Means some of our guys will come in early and leave late then the next day just caut it fine both ends etc.
Means if your running late to work (I try to be in the office at 9 - although my day starts @ 7 when my boys show up to site) its no stress and if you have something on in the evening you can shoot off a bit earlier than usual.
Our boys in the work shop are much the same but their hours at 7:30 - 4. but most of them get in at 6am and work till 5 meaning that they do 2 hours over time every day without really noticing it.
Same for them if they have a doctors appointment or something they can duck off early plus they asked to have a half day off every week rather than a full day RDO so they knock off at 12 on a friday each week meaning they can head away early for the weekend etc.
Sure its not overly flexible - there is still some contraints but it certainly gives a bit of flexibility.
Worst employer I had was a stickler for being to work bang on time. For me that ment I left home at 8am to be at the office by 8:50am if I left at 7:30 I'd be there by 8:35. 7am I'd be there by 8:20. its was **** house - the later I left the better run to work I would get so I just used to get in at 8:50 - but if there was a traffic jam for what ever reason I might be a few minutes late used to piss the boss off but I wasnt going to sit in a car longer than I have to just to get in to work a few minute early. I was doing 50+ hour weeks as an office junior as it was
