squeaky or clicky drivetrains

1: People with gigantic depth of drops in their drop bars
2: People who never use drop bars/ride in the drops
3: People who call out EVERYTHING on a group ride....SLOWING STOPPING RIGHT TURN SLOWING RAILROAD TRACKS SLOWING. I have eyes thank you.
4: Dicks who dont take pulls after you've been pulling for 2 miles at more than 25mph and you pull off and they pull off right behind you.
5: Reflectors
6: Slow people that try to take pulls.

Jeez, seems like we can't win.

Setting aside the homicidal drivers:

1. Drivers who are too timid to pass you, concerned that you might swerve out in front of them as they pass. They lurk just behind you for miles despite an open passing lane, annoying themselves and stressing you out.

2. Fellow riders who have no qualms about waiting in line at Starbucks in full kit, helmet and glasses on. You're killing me, guys.

3. Cycling in 32 degress where you can't quite tell if the sheen on the road is ice or just dampness.

4. My wife thinking that I can answer my phone or respond to texts mid ride

5. Flatting early in the AM in the dark, not getting a good seal using my inflator and only getting 60 psi in the tire.

6. Co-riders with ultra bright tailights on their helmets that are set to really irritating flash patterns.

7. LBS employees who know next to nothing about bikes.

8. Stretching top straps on shoes that cause you to eventually max-out the ratchet and require a new set of shoes, regardless of the fact that the rest of the shoe is absolutely fine.

9. Bees that unerringly fly straight into a helmet vent.

Don't get me started on Starbucks, its workers, or its customers.

Starbucks is overpriced, it's workers are overpaid, underworked hipsters, and its customers buy one coffee so they can sit there all day on their laptops taking up an entire table each, so real customers have to go drink their coffee in their cars?

That enough to get you started? :D

It has more to do with the fact that Starbucks is more about selling sweetened milk than coffee.

How about calling out "Car up!!!!" or "Car front!!!!"

I'm not blind. I can see a car coming at me on the other side of the road. If he skids out of control as he approaches me, there isn't a damn thing I can do about it. :lol:

I don't know. Ride in the middle of a big enough group and you'll have trouble seeing a car coming.

And if it's on the other side of the road, so what? Taking the lane to make a left turn, I can see calling out a car coming at the group. Riding along single file on the right? What's the point?

I think it might have evolved out of riding narrow lanes and roads that don't have a centreline. And in big groups, it's hard to know if a rider is out on the centre of an ordinary road not paying attention to what's going on up ahead of him/her. But I'd really only expect it for rides on low-trafficked roads when vehicles aren't expected.

You're right. If you always ride single file on a road with good sight lines, then yes, what's the point? This rarely occurs on the rides I usually do, so that's why I appreciate the call out.

Agreed, but what I hate even more is the driver who is passing you but too "scared" to cross the center line, even though there is no oncoming traffic....and in the process buzzes you. That is highly annoying. And dangerous.

I will never understand drivers who apparently have more regard for a Bott's Dot than a fellow human being.

Pretty much off of my group rides at the moment are AIDS LifeCycle training rides, and this is exactly what they want us to do.

Or the opposite. A driver gave me so much room, crossing over to the other side of the road, I thought they were going to hit the cyclist going the other way !

short winter days.

People who want to discuss or contradict others' pet peeves.

People who criticize the discussion or contradiction of others' pet peeves :D

People who ride with their brake quick releases open.

Go to know can dial it up to eleventy million watts and are better than everyone.

It took me only one pair of these stupid things to go back to tres velcro straps. Buckles went out with the Pilgrims. Also taught me not to go so tight as it actually hurt the tops of my feet. Tighter is not better, but there is a sweet spot in there that is close to tight.

Spelling and grammatical errors in books. I've noticed a huge increase over the past several years.

Apparently, book publishers have decided to pinch pennies by using spellcheck programs and no longer employ proofreaders. Baaaaad mistake. :(

Fo' sho'. There's such a thing as context. After making a detailed menu for a local sports bar, I spell checked it and was satisfied with the results. I then read over it word for word and discovered everywhere it was supposed to say French Fries, it said French Fires. Technically not spelled wrong, but certainly not right.

when all week the weather is good and then when the weekend comes you have to ride in the rain.