On 07/08/2017 21:58, TMS320 wrote:

On 07/08/17 14:47, JNugent wrote:
On 06/08/2017 21:50, TMS320 wrote:
On 06/08/17 15:57, JNugent wrote:
On 05/08/2017 16:21, TMS320 wrote:
On 05/08/17 14:14, JNugent wrote:
On 05/08/2017 09:35, TMS320 wrote:
On 04/08/17 16:21, MrCheerful wrote:

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If they "came haring through" how come there was time to have a
conversation with them?

Perhaps the riders could have been more sensitive to the
situation but similarly there are many people that are over
obsessed with the idea there is some sort of difference between
walking and riding slowly.

Is there NO difference between walking and riding a bike, then?

Not when speed is similar.

So why not walk and show a bit of respect?

Do try to keep up.

That's your usual childish tactic - trying to pretend that the subject
was something different - on display again.

You seriously believe your posting habits are mature and intelligent?

I certainly do. I approach topics logically and argue consistently.

You, OTOH, do not. You frequently make unsupported and untrue assertions
to the effect that the topic is something other than what it actually
is. You've just done it again - in claiming that cyclists can't dismount
(and obey the law) because they are disabled in some way. And you go on
(below) to try to twist the topic away from the disgraceful behaviour of
cyclists.

We have no idea in this case but something you ought to ponder is that
some bicycle users have dodgy hips and knees. Getting off, pushing and
getting back on is actually difficult and painful.

Even in the odd unusual case where that might be true, would it mean
that it's alright to cycle through a space where people are conducting a
remembrance service in respect of those killed serving their country?

This is about boorish behaviour by cyclists.

Don't defend their yobbish behaviour.

What, compared to drivers passing through similar ceremonies elsewhere
and not getting out to push, perhaps?

No. Of course not.

Just "don't defend boorish behaviour by yob cyclists", pure and simple.

It has nothing to do with what other people might or might not do.
Nothing whatsoever.

Of course, under the rules of
uk.rec.cycling (dictated by non-cyclists), that doesn't count.

It certainly doesn't count when it doesn't happen and is therefore not
reported in the news story at the centre of the topic. That was all
about yob cyclists, wasn't it?