Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

It's lala land to suggest any kind of direction change without so much as a cursory glance.

Even by your standards, that's a despicable thing to say.

am I taking fucking crazy pills or are we arguing about which is more imporant, looking or signalling?

like the lungs and the heart getting into a ruck about who the body needs more

Heart.

You can do without one lung no bother.

Lungs

I know a guy with only a quarter of his heart working, totally beats your half a lung...

Spleen.

No way man. Must have robo bits or sutin.

Calling out a bad cyclist I got into an argument with on the internet who seems to think that not only every cyclist should have mirrors, that those who don't are irresponsibly dangerous, but also that one should use the mirrors and not shoulder check and that I'm being dangerously irresponsible for suggesting one should shoulder check.

Cunt.

Ah, feel better now.

One week of nice weather in Manchester and all of the Mango bike riding, no foot retention, wobbly, terrified looking commuters are everywhere. I had to take evasive action twice this morning because they were travelling the wrong way down cycle lanes.

Where is this imbecile?

irresponsible for suggesting one should shoulder check.

This sounds like top quality popcorn. At which particular branch of Mensa did you find this chap?

I bet they are a total hi viz kerb nerd with their handlebars cluttered with cycling widgets. Odd are they also constantly demand segregation to keep them safe, as they can't manage their own riding to do this.

It was sadly in the cesspit of appalling discourse that is Reddit.

I really should fucking quit that shithole.

'kerb nerd'

Fucking markdown. I like your comment

Oh no he reply

Considering I find it difficult to travel in a straight path while looking behind me, I'll stick to primarily using my mirror. My anecdotal experience of having my life saved several times due to having a mirror trumps some random Internet person telling me that I'm doing it all wrong.

Ok I'm out.

White steel what looked to be an 'Interpro' frameset jollying his way thru red light after red light on Great Russell Street, New Oxford St-TCR junction and then obviously all the way to Oxford Circus.

STOP rlj'ing you douchebag.

These guys are getting pretty seriously called out by all of the media. They are now on the front "news" page of the BBC webpage (not just the sport). It's like the ultimate RLJ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/32284180

But we could all wade in, linky?

Morons.

Perhaps they've dreams of becoming dodgy Ragout...

But we could all wade in, linky?

That would count as 'brigading' and be justification for a site-wide ban. Sorry.

Ask him if he's the kind of cunt that never checks his blind spot when driving?

@snottyotter only by fitting extra mirrors.

If you have physical inability to look back what else do you do?

All the mirrors...

Thames Path along through Wandsworth is shared use pedestrians and cyclists, yet last night was full of blokes going way too fast. Take the road if you want to go full gas. Otherwise take it easy.