Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

Called out a traditional muslim-dressed fellow on a folder going the wrong way down Brick Lane...

The appropriate response to "other way mate" is surely not "yah ah knoo"

he was Scottish?

Scottish people can be muslim too.

Slow hand clap to the guy going through a ped-green at Kennington Tube n/b this morning, and narrowly missing the people on the crossing at the 1mph he was traveling. You Sir, deserved every bit of the award of 'Tosser' that I shouted at you as you wobbled your way towards your inevitable conclusion.

he was Scottish?

Dunno, I'm not hot on accents but I thought it might have been a bit Brummie

Chap on a Cube roadie going down City Road last night about 8:30.

If you're going to wobble through every set of red lights, you might as well do it at pace mate...

Dunno, I'm not hot on accents but I thought it might have been a bit Brummie

I read it in Brummie. I think you're right.

The intensely stupid guy this morning who ducked under my left arm while I was signalling, just barely stopped before going into the side of the truck that was part way through turning ahead of me, then nearly took out my front wheel as he started again and tried to go round.

I was honestly considering changing course and pushing him off his bike but he's going to get knocked off by something soon anyway so I just called him a cunt.

Had to mutter something to full kit pro carbon pro disc wheel commute racer turbo bod this morning who undertook me going down hill round a bend when I was in primary position and moving in as cars were coming towards me. He took as it as a challenge to race me all the way to the West End and seemed frustrated at the outcome. Tip to pro commuter racers. The lights are your friends and won't change to green just because you are sprinting at them at 25mph+ Poor fucker. I don't think he had ever ridden in London before

The appropriate response to "other way mate" is surely not "yah ah knoo"

Dunno, I'm not hot on accents but I thought it might have been a bit Brummie

I read it in Brummie. I think you're right.

Yaih, Oi naow???

me bumping in to the back of someone as my brake cable broke last night, sorry.

#brakesaredeath

This is why you should maintain your bicycle.

ftfy

a potential organ donor was happily skirting left and right along the road, I saw 3 cars only just avoid him. At one set of lights where he actually stopped I suggested he stopped doing that as getting hit by a car really bloody hurts. Hope he took it on board

Saw an absolute knobend jumping all of the reds in Herne Hill this morning with a child on the back.

Haven't you heard? Having a kid means you get to disregard all the rules. Like those people with buggies who wander out into the road without looking. They've got a free pass.

I discovered a fresh ninja on the way back from work, also went over the white lines and turned right prematurely so no time to say to her "I'd like to see you a bit better as I don't like driving into anybody, it hurts people and so on".

The blood is hard to clean off and the dents cost a mint to fix is the obv. sarcastic response if you get nowhere ;)

Unusually they recommend a one-handed wheelie, giving the relevant lights the finger.

Verbatim.

Had to mutter something to full kit pro carbon pro disc wheel commute racer turbo bod this morning who undertook me going down hill round a bend when I was in primary position and moving in as cars were coming towards me. He took as it as a challenge to race me all the way to the West End and seemed frustrated at the outcome. Tip to pro commuter racers. The lights are your friends and won't change to green just because you are sprinting at them at 25mph+ Poor fucker. I don't think he had ever ridden in London before

MikeC schooling idiots since 2006

So this afternoon I was at the southern end of Bayliss Road, waiting for the lights to change so I could head down Kennington Road. This roadie on a very expensive frame, in full race kit, arrives at the junction from the west but stops at the corner, gets off his bike and carries it onto the pavement. Taps it, shakes it, puts it back onto the road just at the very corner and climbs back on it. He probably wants to turn right onto Kennington road, because he's not moving.

A bus passes him and indicates left, but only edges to the left because Mr High End Roadie would clearly be crushed. Mr Roadie just stares ahead. Bus driver edges round a bit more - no response. Toots horn - Mr Roadie stares at bus, turns to stare ahead. Bus driver edges further round until it should be clear that Roadie will be crushed, then stops. Still no movement. Only when I yell "Mate, move your silly bike!" - slightly indistinctly because I am also pissing myself laughing - does he click and retreat onto the pavement. Bus moves on, Roadie finally back on road but lights have changed to let me go. So he RLJs to turn right.

It was nearly the far end of Kennington Road before he caught me, clearly rather pissed off and trying to prove a point - which he couldn't sustain. All the gear, no fucking idea and very few functioning brain cells.

It was yellow, one of those Z-shaped frames called something like a Zeee or a Ceee. Woudn't know because I don't really care about that kind of bike. Presumably most of the owners are not that thick.

^ unfortunately I have to ride through Surrey to work on the weekends, with witnessing much hilarity from such roadies.

Is this guy doing cyclists any favours at all? I'm tempted to put him here on confrontational grounds:

Avondale Coaches - YouTube

he's making mountains out of molehills basically

It's not the worst or most life threatening thing I've seen, but it is a close pass and it is very worrying that the old lady and the professional driver honestly seem to believe that the right place for cyclists is a 30cm strip in the gutter and asking for any more is tantamount to road terrorism.

I probably wouldn't have stopped and had an argument but don't think he's in the wrong here..

^ I'm calling him out for the confrontation, not the incident.

Rogan, yes Mountains from Molehills. Realise I've seen some of his other videos, just watched a few more too. Same outcome each time = angry shouty man on a bike.