Chris Froome rammed "on purpose" - bike destroyed - by hit and run driver in France

RGRHON wrote:

Hey, guys! We're all cyclists here. Please drop the vitriol and politics! The guy was just hit by a cager, let's show some sympathy. I hope the jerk that did it gets found. Ideally his wife would have to bail him out!

Err, you might want to reread the comments. There's a lot of sarcasm, not a lot of vitriol, and only one political dig, which was also sarcastic.

OldRidgeback wrote:

RGRHON wrote:

Hey, guys! We're all cyclists here. Please drop the vitriol and politics! The guy was just hit by a cager, let's show some sympathy. I hope the jerk that did it gets found. Ideally his wife would have to bail him out!

 

Err, you might want to reread the comments. There's a lot of sarcasm, not a lot of vitriol, and only one political dig, which was also sarcastic.

whilst I do get that I don't think its appropriate someone attempts GBH/murder using a car and no we are not shocked and dismayed, no we play along with the haters by using humour. Like the van driver earlier in the week this driver needs to be caught and incarcerated for a LONG time.

what is gong on in the world that anyone thinks it is acceptable to attack another human with a massive weapon just because it is also a bit of transport?

Hope French law is much tougher and effective than ours

frogg wrote:

Who's to blame eh ?

Brexit.

frogg wrote:

Who's to blame eh ?

Ronnie Pickering, that's who!

ChainedToTheWheel wrote:

For sale: Rare Pinarello Dogma, slightly used. Some restoration required to return it to its former glory.

You forgot to add "fully functional"

Mungecrundle wrote:

As we are missing all our trolls, I'll give it a stab:

There was plenty of space on that footpath for a bike to be overtaken by a car if only the cyclist wasn't trying to police the space by inconsiderately riding more than 10cm from the edge.

If I was the car driver in that situation I would of worried him like a terrier shaking a rat, plenty of horn followed up with a close pass to remind him to get off the pavement and onto the grass when a faster vehicle is clearly attempting to overtake.

Pavements are by extension a part of the road and I have paid for that with my car tax. I also own a bicycle, but only use it round the garden because I am a considerate cyclist.

 

You win Cyclist bashing bingo! congratulations - a full house

Mungecrundle wrote:

As we are missing all our trolls, I'll give it a stab:

There was plenty of space on that footpath for a bike to be overtaken by a car if only the cyclist wasn't trying to police the space by inconsiderately riding more than 10cm from the edge

Well done for adopting the position of a troll, you have succeeded. Why should any cyclist not use the road?

I am unfamiliar with French law, are cyclists allowed to cycle on footpaths?

Grahamd wrote:

I am unfamiliar with French law, are cyclists allowed to cycle on footpaths?

Unless your 8 years old and under, it'll cost you 90€

Mungecrundle wrote:

As we are missing all our trolls, I'll give it a stab:

There was plenty of space on that footpath for a bike to be overtaken by a car if only the cyclist wasn't trying to police the space by inconsiderately riding more than 10cm from the edge.

If I was the car driver in that situation I would of worried him like a terrier shaking a rat, plenty of horn followed up with a close pass to remind him to get off the pavement and onto the grass when a faster vehicle is clearly attempting to overtake.

Pavements are by extension a part of the road and I have paid for that with my car tax. I also own a bicycle, but only use it round the garden because I am a considerate cyclist.

 

Ride on the grass??  That be the domain of the lawnmower.  Ride in the air, that's where bicycles should be.

earth wrote:

Mungecrundle wrote:

As we are missing all our trolls, I'll give it a stab:

There was plenty of space on that footpath for a bike to be overtaken by a car if only the cyclist wasn't trying to police the space by inconsiderately riding more than 10cm from the edge.

If I was the car driver in that situation I would of worried him like a terrier shaking a rat, plenty of horn followed up with a close pass to remind him to get off the pavement and onto the grass when a faster vehicle is clearly attempting to overtake.

Pavements are by extension a part of the road and I have paid for that with my car tax. I also own a bicycle, but only use it round the garden because I am a considerate cyclist.

 

 

Ride on the grass??  That be the domain of the lawnmower.  Ride in the air, that's where bicycles should be.

Nope. I pay for the air with my drone tax.

Mungecrundle wrote:

As we are missing all our trolls, I'll give it a stab:

There was plenty of space on that footpath for a bike to be overtaken by a car if only the cyclist wasn't trying to police the space by inconsiderately riding more than 10cm from the edge.

If I was the car driver in that situation I would of worried him like a terrier shaking a rat, plenty of horn followed up with a close pass to remind him to get off the pavement and onto the grass when a faster vehicle is clearly attempting to overtake.

Pavements are by extension a part of the road and I have paid for that with my car tax. I also own a bicycle, but only use it round the garden because I am a considerate cyclist.

 

Well done! Made me laugh whilst having a mouthful of chiken tikka pastie (apologies to the west country for this fusion cuisine abomination). Managed to avoid spraying it all over my desk, but got blowback up my nostrils.  

Mungecrundle wrote:

As we are missing all our trolls, I'll give it a stab:

There was plenty of space on that footpath for a bike to be overtaken by a car if only the cyclist wasn't trying to police the space by inconsiderately riding more than 10cm from the edge.

If I was the car driver in that situation I would of worried him like a terrier shaking a rat, plenty of horn followed up with a close pass to remind him to get off the pavement and onto the grass when a faster vehicle is clearly attempting to overtake.

Pavements are by extension a part of the road and I have paid for that with my car tax. I also own a bicycle, but only use it round the garden because I am a considerate cyclist.

 

Hear hear.  The cyclist was obviously a middle-class, middle-aged man and not even wearing a helmet.  The car that rammed him could have been an ambulance trying to get to the scene of an emergency royal birth brought on by the stress of seeing foreigners throwing donkeys off towers.