OK then - the point is whether he was an actual cyclist or not is irrelevant surely? He was a person on a bike who may or may not have been a cyclist. Shoud have been written as 'Man on bike attacks and injures two people". It would be very easy to read that headline and assume it was some road rage incident related to the fact he was a 'true' cyclist...
To balance things out...
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Just think that reporter 'hack' went to uniNot exactly descriptive but then I guess all scots who wear a tracksuit are cut throat killers . The tracksuit could just as easily be ill fitting lycra , the scarf a buff and the hat a helmet .
Funny how people have come up with their own vision that seems to be better than the actual description . I bet you all have decided it's a snotty yoof too
There's no way "man on bike " would be used " cyclist " is much shorter and will get more people reading the article . As much as you don't like it cyclist is a general term for someone on a bike and the approach and getaway vehicle is a big part of the brief story .
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perry":3l8fx8vg said:
Not exactly descriptive but then I guess all scots who wear a tracksuit are cut throat killers . The tracksuit could just as easily be ill fitting lycra , the scarf a buff and the hat a helmet .
Funny how people have come up with their own vision that seems to be better than the actual description . I bet you all have decided it's a snotty yoof too
There's no way "man on bike " would be used " cyclist " is much shorter and will get more people reading the article . As much as you don't like it cyclist is a general term for someone on a bike and the approach and getaway vehicle is a big part of the brief story .
Or it could well be,
"when a man on a BSO"
I think your all missing the point , why assume hes a scally ? he could just as easily be riding 2k worth of bike . fact is guy on a bike is a cyclist , he just is .
You can't have it both ways by being disgruntled by the story making out that hes a " true " cyclist and then jump to the conclusion hes a smack head .
You can't have it both ways by being disgruntled by the story making out that hes a " true " cyclist and then jump to the conclusion hes a smack head .
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perry":ll1iwhni said:
I was just balancing the article.
Honestly though, i don't judge any article as fact and you're quite right, it could be a scally or a pro racer on his 10k bike. Any article has an inherit biased in it as it's written by a person for a media that needs to sell. I always ask questions to myself when presented with a news story and if i'm interested in it i'll find some more articles to try and piece together the actual facts.
I posted this article because we had a few recently where the "cyclists" was attacked by a "motorist" so found it amusing that the "cyclists" is the aggressor this time or maybe he wasn't.
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rosstheboss
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That article is about as vague as it gets, don't really see the point in speculating about it, hence my post of the two roadies having a handbags session.... This one's funnier though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwUIntJnBRI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwUIntJnBRI
