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'Cough, please'
If Clarkson was a Premiership football manager he's get punished by the FA - he should be made to cycle through London as punishment !
he should be made to cycle through London as [s]punishment[/s] [b]education[/b]
FTFY.
Oh dear.
@akwGilroy:
@JeremyClarkson @danhinesuk Vulnerable? If they are not in the way, they won't get mowed down, if they are, they deserve to be mowed down!!
JC already cycles, he uses a boris bike and his own paid for bike.Cheaper than taxis he addmited.
Just perhaps peeps could realise his one tweet has rasised more awareness of cyclists and motorists in inner city areas than any publicity campaign could do.
Lots more like that Drac - just ignore them (or check out the quality of the rest of @akwGilroy's tweets to see what an idiot he is).
[i] I also think cyclists should sit in the cab of lorries at the same time. [/i]
I don't think it would be an eye opener for most. I suspect most people would sit in the cab, appreciate how hard it is to see cyclists and ask the driver why the hell they'd continue manouvering 30 tons of metal through tight streets in rush hour when they know they can't see properly.
Do these tw@s not realise that all this twitterstorm is on record and so if they ever do hit a cyclist it wont exactly do them favours in a court?
Oooh I have to be less dumber than that to get round the sweary filter. Irony accepted. 😕
check out the quality of the rest of @akwGilroy's tweets to see what an idiot he is
Nice individual isn't he.
cool story bro
Cool first post bro'
I see he was at it again last night:
It's weird to have so many angry cyclists following me here. In real life, it's usually the other way round.
Best ignoring him methinks
Do these ****s not realise that all this twitterstorm is on record and so if they ever do hit a cyclist it wont exactly do them favours in a court?
Thankfully no, it would seem. 😀
I wonder if Clarkson has found his way to this site yet?
It's weird to have so many angry cyclists following me here. In real life, it's usually the other way round.
Actually I thought that was rather funny.
He is a comedy genius.
Come on BBC - I am a license fee payer and for the next season of Top Gear I demand to see Clarkson, in an ill-fitting helmet, riding through Central London whilst members of the public drive increasingly bigger vehicles at increasingly smaller distances past the wobbling wheeze-sac.
It's a realistic test (tick) it has an element of danger (tick) and it would be really funny (tick)
I think we should all club together to get Piers Morgan some Kick-boxing lessons and a plane ticket for Clarkson to the US for another punch up.
ooOOoo
Id tune in for that episode!
I grew up in Central London and cycled for transport from my teens to my thirties before I emigrated. I always took the lane when appropriate and filtered, and I was generally far faster than most traffic when I was fit and young.
After many years experiencing the typical daily near misses and driver aggravation I distinctly remember thinking how much motorists improved in London when the congestion charge came in. Loads of people started cycling, so much so that a dozen or so cyclists filling up the ASL(?) zones was suddenly common. Did it all go rapidly downhill again?
Such motorist beliefs and behaviour aren't confined to London or the UK though. Some idiot passengers here in Perth seem to think leaning out and slapping cyclist arses as they go by at up to 60kph is funny. The thought might be, but it's bloody scary and dangerous to be shocked like that and avoid changing your line. I felt safer in London TBH and rarely ride my road bike here.
OT but I'd just like to share how annoying I find comments structured like they are on the Guardian website. It seems really common, but why the need for all the branches and having to load the remaining posts? Maybe it's some social media reason that's passed me by.
It's weird to have so many angry cyclists following me here. In real life, it's usually the other way round.
the Jeremy "irony impaired" Clarkson bullshit express rumbles on, his own program proved, by quite a margin, that the bike is faster across town than the car. the fat moronic goon even failed to beat the bike pissing away a gallon a minute in a speedboat!
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The pillock has written about this in today's Sunday Times.
Go on then CG, give us a precis.
Well Rusty, it was the usual diatribe with him referring to the poor cyclist bloke as 'being powered by some kind of vegetarian slop'.
This was a piece with two 'journalists' commenting, the other was Jeremy Vine who commutes to his job. No vitriol was within it.
Without getting worked up, JC should be exterminated. He may think he's clever and all blokey but unfortunately too many airheads not only listen to him but are influenced by his views.
It's high time he was dismissed by the BBC and Sunday Times for spouting bollox and being a danger to Society.
I like Jeremy Clarkson..... True story
Me too Boba Fett but the guy was a total arse on this.
It's high time he was dismissed by the BBC and Sunday Times for spouting bollox and being a danger to Society.
BBC do some great stuff though, I don't buy any newspapers.
Ta CG.
Aww ****, subscribers only. No way are they getting my £1.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/ingear/cars/article1363238.ece
[Teaser] As we know, Vine’s Radio 2 show is a soapbox for the weak and the stupid to moan and groan about those who have been more successful in life.[/Teaser]
I guess I should be grateful for not being given short shrift for buying the ST! Only on Sundays, for the wimminz content obviously. 🙂
Have only watched Top Gear once, it reminded me of some 60's TV prog with sad excuses for blokes thinking they were oh so cool.
As much as believing that we're lucky to be allowed relatively free speech in this country, that right should be used in conjunction with personal responsibility, do no harm etc etc.
Would be great to see a very public backlash to his attitude, who's in?
I'm in CG but I'm intrigued, how do we create a backlash against him? Surely it would be feeding the fire if a bunch of people who happen to cycle start giving him grief, it just gives him more ammo. He won't change his attitude, he's too much of a bloke/cock to be wrong on anything, and other blokes/cocks will no doubt agree with him. The Top Gear fans won't care so the BBC won't either, he'll only lose his job if he does an Emma Way, and even then he'd probably worm his way back in. Sadly the only thing we can do is ignore him and try to educate people where possible about why we ride how we do on the roads, not to be divvys and hold people up, but to keep safe. JezzaC will hopefully get his comeuppance, i carry a bag of dog shite everywhere on the off chance i meet him, i'm in huddersfied though so not [i]too[/i] likely, but, fingers crossed!
Anyway of setting up a public challenge to him to commute in London for a week?
Well from the bit you can read it appears his argument is going to be that roads are for cars, not cyclists. I can't see any other way he's going to use that rugby pitch analogy.
Clarkson loves nothing better than preaching to his choir of petrolhead, TG loving, never-going-to-bike-commute, I-pay-road-tax, shit-book-buying lumpheads. He preaches and they read or listen, going nurr-hurr-hurr, lapping it up like a bunch of slavering psychophantic Richard Hammonds (he's not even a real hamster, y'know). I can't see him putting himself in a situation where he might have to eat a bit of humble pie, much as it would give me a massive (for me) erection to see it happen.
Sitting on the fence as usual DD? 🙄
I think it's fair to say I'm not his biggest fan druidh.
I have to admit I used to like JC, but have slowly gone off him, and this incident really caps it. Was getting a bit bored with TG anyway - don't think I'll be bothering with the next series.
Isn't JC narrowly behind Guy Martin on the STW bromance chart?
Love how the ST uses a 15 year old pic of him for that article.
Just e-mailed the ST to complain. 😈
What's the basis of your complaint, CG?
Isn't JC narrowly behind Guy Martin on the STW bromance chart?
I'd put him a long way behind to be fair. I know TG is popular here and I don't confuse that with a liking for JC. Hell, even I enjoy some stuff on TG while disliking JC quite a bit.
His whole persona and behaviour are very childish...
The good thing is though, that despite his anti-cycling stance, he and others like him are losing the argument, now more than ever, and they know it, hence the recent attempts at provocation.
Look at:
Growth in numbers riding - club, solo, commuting, sportifs
Growth in numbers coming to watch organised events - TdF, ToB, even the Prudential thing
Local government
Central Government
Boris
Even Jeremy Vine/Daily Mail (as odious as they are, they suss out public opinion and preach it like it was their own idea which is self-reinforcing)
It does feel like public opinion is tipping more towards cycling than away from it right now, lots more proper passing than close passing on a typical ride.
It helps that our love affair with the car is ending - driving in the UK is such a crap experience these days, and expensive. People are realising how much damage it does. The younger generation are less and less likely to want to drive and in 10/15 years time, they'll be the the adults who form public opinion.
So in time Jeremy Clarkson and his ilk will slink quietly away and sulk/tantrum about something else... he knows he's on the losing side and when he realises he'll lose popularity from preaching his 'anti' agenda he shut up about it - he's a smart player at the end of the day
That I'm sick of him persecuting cyclists and being a menace to Society.
Why not send one yourself?
I know I know, need to ride my bike but full of germs, boo. 🙁
Much as I agree with you, it needs to be rather more substantial than that for them to pay any attention at all - you might as well use green ink!
Full of germs here so have mucho sympathy, but more constructive things to waste your time on than writing letter which will be filed in the circular filing cabinet.
Sorry - I recently put a lot of effort (as in several full working weeks) into something, did a very good job and still failed, so feeling a bit cynical at the moment.
It would be nice to see a pro cyclist as the star in the reasonably priced car, Alex Dowsett is a petrolhead, he can't be the only one, be nice to build some bridges rather than burning them...
CG, instead of complaining to the times, just stop buying it. That way you don't give money to Murdoch as well.
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Tom Boonen's new wheels...
It would be nice to see a pro cyclist as the star in the reasonably priced car, Alex Dowsett is a petrolhead, he can't be the only one, be nice to build some bridges rather than burning them...
Most of the Team GB guys are pretty keen on cars - Ed Clancy is a handy driver, Cav owns several very nice cars, Chris Hoy has done a fair bit of car racing since he retired from track cycling.
Peta Todd (Cav's wife) has been on the show a couple of times and she's apparently good friends with JC - in fact she posted some pretty funny rebuttals via Twitter to him when all this kicked off.
It did the job for him - got him thousands of retweets, loads of new followers, I'm still pretty sure it's all a calculated act. What does bug me though is the mouthbreathers who hang on his every word and will use it as an excuse to treat all cyclists like shit, having failed to see the irony in any of it. If he did it the other way round, Clarkson could actually be one of the best forces for good in cycling but he chooses the more controversial/publicity generating route every time.
And +1 for everything that brooess said ^^
He's a prick in the same way Jim Davidson was a prick in the 70s and 80s.
Boring reactionary old man.
uselesshippy, I'm starting a campaign right now, to get Steve Peat as the "Star in a reasonably priced car". So can I urge you and any other followers of this thread, to get on facebook and twitter right now, so we can see a true star driving and not some of the non-entities they get on.
In the st today clarkson said he wasn't anti cyclist which raised an eyebrow, but also described the circumstances leading up to his tweet which seemed to be the cyclist getting in a huff about being overtaken.
He's a self-proven prick, so whay should we give any credence to his self justificating waffle in the ST?
How about, we have clarkson as the star, under a reasonably priced car.
described the circumstances leading up to his tweet which seemed to be the cyclist getting in a huff about being overtaken.
From the Horse's mouth.
http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/jeremy-clarkson-continues-to-be-a-moron/page/3#post-5671412
Inrat
When's the new series of Top Gear on?
Just spent a very enjoyable afternoon watching Top Gear Live in Glasgow. They had a guy on a bike doing some trials stuff and said that cycling was fashionable these days.
Yes, it's easy to be cynical but unless he's challenged then he'll carry on being an arrogant pillock.
My son lives in London and commutes to work in London by bike. He's not long taken delivery of a nice plastic racer for weekend use.
Why should he feel 'vulnerable' on the road due to a middle-aged idiot (who's old enough to know better) spouting bile at the adoring dumb ar$es?
Will let you know if a reply is forthcoming. 😉
When's the new series of Top Gear on?
Soon according to the teaser.
Why should he feel 'vulnerable' on the road due to a middle-aged idiot (who's old enough to know better) spouting bile at the adoring dumb ar$es?
STW Members?
😆
*Youtubes teaser*
has Hello all, me again.
After seeing what the Range Rover driver has written in the Sunday Times I'm feeling a bit cheesed off again as I feel he's totally missed the point of what happened, and has made me out to be a bit of a sandal wearing veggie hippy who bimbles along at about 5mph (anyone who knows me would laugh at that, I love meat, and am in the top 25% of most Strava sections that I ride!).
Mrs itsme reckons that I should email the Sunday Times and ask to put my side of the incident (which you've all seen on page 3 of this thread). Now I have reservations about this as I don't want to end up looking like a knob, but I've had others say that I should say something, especially as Jeremy Vine is having his two bob's worth as well.
what do you lot think, is it worth it?
Do it! Make sure you mention how awesome you are on Strava. 😉
I'm deffo not 'awesome', but I don't do bad for an old fat bloke 😀
They'll make you look a knob.
Please do!
He's very influential and as such his anti-cyling stance is dangerous to cyclists as it legitimises attacks on cycling.
Can you push the point he was using a mobile phone whilst driving, too please, it's terrible that he seems to be getting away with that
Contact Kaya Burgess, he does loads of (pro) cycling stuff for The Times...
https://twitter.com/kayaburgess
5thElefant, that's my big worry.
For those who want to read what Clarkson wrote without even having to click on the ST, let alone subscribe to it
(from a tweet by Carlton Reid)
...in summary, as I surmised from the first paragraph, roads are for cars, out of my way little people.
Only thing that makes me suspicious about this, is why police aren't interested in pursuing a blatant use of mobile offence.
Something not right about that; if Mr C is implicitly admitting the offence, why not publicly enforce the law?
Seems to be complaining cyclists go too slowly and he can't get past, then complains cyclists go too quickly and they can't get past him!
Then says he overtook itsme, and then took a pic (from behind).
I fear a rational argument will be lost on him.
is why police aren't interested in pursuing a blatant use of mobile offence.
well he is a rich, white, middle class celebrity, who hangs around with politicians.......just who do you think the met work for?
Jesus Clarkson really doesn't help himself. The scary thing is alot of idiots will think 'he knows about driving/roads so must be right'.
I overtook someone in a Focus ST dawdling/allover the road texting someone on his phone. He then made it his life mission to catch up and overtake. Further down the road he did the Topgear 'loser' symbol on his head.
I remember thinking pillock. I imagine that bloke also hangs on Clarksons every word.