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@mattired
Loads of fun this weekend.
Most idiotic fall of my life. Sat up for maybe three seconds to stretch my back out a bit, no hands like the coolest 13 year old you've ever seen. Strong gust of wind takes front wheel and over we go. Earned me my first ever jeans with genuine knee tear rather than having to buy them with the knee already torn like I usually do so not all doom and gloom. This was crossing the bridge next to the swimming pool at Olympic park but early enough that nobody saw me. I then go to lock my bike up at westfields and obviously my lock has seized up and won't budge. myfacewhen.jpg
Just after this fall. Cycling down Victoria Park Lane, single lane, one way. I'm in the middle because there's no space to overtake and cars are not shy with their speed on that road. I hear a "Yo!" from behind me from some pro cyclist without a bell. He comes up next to me and goes "dya wanna pick a lane or what mate?" I managed to restrain my seethe and just raised an eyebrow and gave him the wankiest "Oh, you in a hurry maaaate?" I could manage. He puts on his jets and manages to stay 10 metres ahead of me before shooting through the very red light once we got to the junction at Mare street.
I exit a roundabout and start indicating right to move over then turn. I hear a massive rev as a bloke decides my indicating means this is the best time to overtake me, I shout "wtf are you doing?", he overtakes then gives me a flash of his right indicator.
These three happened within 30 mins of each other so perhaps I am the problem.
Innocent bystander in the final story. Crossing over Hackney road from Columbia road today (just the four hours spent at boxpark while the gf tries on everything in a 3x10M shipping crate) There's a crossing which has a ped crossing and a bike crossing next to it. A girl on her bike on the opposite side waiting for the green man. On my side (in the bike lane) is a couple with a dog. Anticipating the couple being in the way, the girl decides the best way to explain that they're in the bike lane is to shout at them from over the road "I'M COMING STRAIGHT THROUGH THERE". Couple look at each other with confused expressions, green man & bike come on, cyclist does as promised, they jump out of her way, bloke starts shouting at her and calls her a dumb bitch. She stops and is screaming "come back here, excuse me I am a cyclist" If I had to guess I would say she has a personality disorder of some degree. Doing wonders for cyclist PR.
Roll on Monday morning.