my plebgate stories and other tales of jobsworths

You remember it tho

@I_am_Hingis what the fuck were you doing in a tanning salon??

Topping up

Actually I have found most places and people to be accommodating. The only minor incident I had was last year. I was on my Brompton in Piccadilly Circus stopped at the light. When a Policeman jumped in front off me insisting I was going the wrong way. I pointed out to him the road markings and told him its a bus contraflow. He stepped back on to the pavement and said something along the lines 'No problem, carry on.' - not really anything anti-cyclist more concerned for safety.

I do think things are generally improving in London than getting worse, there are always going to be people that outright hate cyclists. The issues we need to focus on are resolving the lorries in London issue. Either through training for drivers and cyclists or getting some kind of time restriction put in place.

More and more lorry drivers have now done the Safe Urban Driving CPC module, quite a few have sat that module more than once. I am noticing a change in HGV driver behaviour, both on the road and when participating on the training courses. Sadly this does not appear to be matched by cyclist behaviour.

There is also the corporate manslaughter by infrastructure due to the positioning of cycle lanes that filter cyclists straight into the least favourable position at junctions.

There is a lack of awareness on the behalf of cyclists of where to ride, especially at big junctions and around large vehicles. On Thursday I was sworn at by a twunt on an S Works road bike for suggesting he should not have ridden up the inside of a vehicle that was already turning (and had been indicating for quite some time).

That really agrivates me.

I am glad to hear that about the lorry drivers DJ. I did say the cyclists need training too.

I have stopped a few women from filtering up behind turning coaches around the Victoria area. You are right, those filtering markings on the roads are sometimes detrimental - so it does come down to training cyclists not to use them when there are large vehicles along side them.

got a blank on @ greggs Wimbledon as they would nae let me bring a bike in and prop it by the occasional type table near the door

On Thursday I was sworn at by a twunt on an S Works road bike for suggesting he should not have ridden up the inside of a vehicle that was already turning (and had been indicating for quite some time).

I caught a bod trying to squeeze by a van on inside at coin street waterloo roundabout, followed him round round about and said cyclists die like that , but he just said ok

Oh yeah, the Greggs on Putney High Street let me bring my bike in. My regular breakfast stop on the way into work.

there's a café up the hill in the village by the roundabout who are pretty bike friendly, let me do my thing last sunday in kit with bike, was disappointed to see that brew café is there though

tescos Orpington note worthy also, let me bring bike right in and up escalator half cut on a beer run quite late

Ferry to Scotland they let is park our bikes in hold at the back, and let us out before the cars. That was Belfast to Carnryan, no problems at all. Perhaps it varies per route? As personnel used bikes themselves.

As for Belfast hotels, most have no cycle racks. Don't know how they treat prams and other objects in rooms.

At least in lock up the spides won't steal it :p

Cycling south onTower Bridge my usual right turn into Q.Elizabeth II st was blocked by Operation Safeway policeman. Turning right just after the keep left sign is lawful and there is plenty of space to negotiate the blocked traffic and pedestrians coming the other way. The policeman said I had to get off or use the narrow gap at the lights where either the back or front of your bike is in the moving traffic stream as are pedestrians trying to cross at the same time.

Ive had my bike in premier inn room, must just be at the whim of the receptionist/concierge person.

The gatekeeper at Dulwich toll booth once thought that because I wasn't in the bike lane I was going to continue riding straight in to the barrier - so he pushed me off the bike. Broken bars, broken rear skewer, two ribs. He was an arsehole, Dulwich Estates were arseholes and the legal support team at BC were arseholes. Explaining that the useable width of the bike lane at that point was approximately one inch leading in to a dog leg got me no where. Oh, and several of the residents of Fountain Drive were arseholes too.

Just do, don't ask. If you ask, the default response is no.

@benborp christ. And the police - did they charge the gatekeeper with assault?

better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

#familycrest

I construe

You misconstrue this word, however.

the default response

My default response to hotel staff is that it's none of their fucking business what I do in the room that I have paid for, unless it is explicitly stated in the Ts & Cs of the contract that I have agreed to.

I may also use had towels to clean chains.

Oooh dirty, won't somebody think of the environment... :p

Dat shelf angle.

I can't have my bike in my own house. Which I think is unreasonable and irrational. Tried to convince myself otherwise but just can't do it.

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