Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

Wow, the last one is really bad, 2 cyclists ending up in the road... you just need one car at the wrong time :(

Crazy talk, you must be new to discussions on the internetz. Protagonists are meant to stick to their position and become more entrenched and abusive to anyone whose opinion differs to theirs before someone accuses the other of being their least favourite Charlie Chaplin look alike.

I disagree.

Cock wangler.

I have to say I am getting fucking sick of cyclists pulling way, WAY ahead of the line of the junction of New Oxford Street and TCR, then wondering why the bus can't turn round the corner without them having to scatter.

I mean seriously, you guys must do this journey EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Have you not fucking worked it out yet?

FFS.

Sorry, you're quite right. Allow me to get back into mode.

IT'S A CYCLE PATH, NOT A CYCLE TWATH.

Sorted.

Do people not shoulder check anymore before over taking / pulling out? And do people not realise a bright yellow jacket does not replace lights?

I can just about put up with twats not indicating before turning if they actually do a shoulder check as it's kind of an indication (far from ideal, but at least I know to stay far away from them in case they make a move), but not shoulder checking, nothing? I don't read mind and I would quite like to get to where I need to get to in 1 piece and not swearing.

Do people not shoulder check anymore before over taking / pulling out?

When did the majority of people ever do this?

I saw a fabulous 'collision' this morning. Ahead of me were two cyclists. One was quite a large chap on a hybrid with the seat about 10 inches too low, riding with his heels at about 5mph. He didn't look steady, or confident. Let's call him 'The Wobbler'. Approaching him from behind was a woman, maybe a partner, although they looked separate. They were riding one behind another anyway, reasonably close. Let's call her 'The Woman'. We are all approaching a side road on the left. Cyclists often pop out here from another busier road. As we approach, a cool singlespeed guy - let's call him that - can be seen about to emerge from said side road. He looks to his right and sees The Wobbler, and maybe The Woman, and decides that he has time to join our road. I would have too - The Wobbler was going pretty slowly after all, and there was plenty of time. The Wobbler, however, gets spooked by the presence of Cool Singlespeed Guy in the side road and slams on the brakes. The Woman screams 'Stop!' (at whom?) and a low speed rear ending occurs, and the predictable sound of an entanglement of cheap bikes.

I'd seen The Wobbler and decided to give him a wide berth as I overtook - just before the side road. Cool Singlespeed Guy emerges from the side road anyway - The Wobbler and The Woman are at least 15m away in any case - wondering what the fuss was about.

Cool Singlespeed Guy (and me) ride on in serene smugness.

When did the majority of people ever do this?

This evening on my way home...

I saw one recently, a guy on some kind of tourer/commuter/racer, a real mix like a pig had had sex with a wardrobe, let's call him Aslan.

He sounds awesome.

It's exactly the same on my commute. Main route into/through the university here, you eventually learn to recognise the likely morons and give them a very wide berth

Great story telling, you would be good at writing books for children.

Best solution would be for TfL to recruit a crack squad of broke-kneed pedal heads, equip them with Keirin scooters and have them shuttle up and down CS routes at commuter speed. Anyone overtaking a Commuta-Keirin derny gets a fine and/or has to travel in to work on public transport the next day. C-K scooters pull off at start of wider sections to allow free for all sprint to next regulated section.

Each quarter a points winner determined by analysis of CCTV will be awarded a custom Nagasawa and all expenses paid trip to Japan to compete in F2 Keirin.

Yes sorry that was me.
Not sure what came over me. Won't let it happen again boss.

I've been on a zen tip for many months now, but motherfuckers are testing me not to clatter them on the backs of the heads for RLJing.

Why? Not as if everyone else does not do it.

Do you mean RLJing or head-clattering?

Out of interest why does it bother you if someone RLJs?

Because it displays a wilful abdication of personal accountability as you confer responsibility for your safety onto those around you?

Tl;dr it's a dick move.

But don't we all have a collective responsibilities as cyclists to obey teh laawz?

No that's crossing a road whilst reading your phone.

stop giving texans a bad name!

No that's crossing a road whilst reading your phone.

that too.

Because it displays a wilful abdication of personal accountability as you confer responsibility for your safety onto those around you?

Exactly this, plus it's (often) a selfish move by definition, whereby the jumper takes advantage of others' adherence to a code in order to break the code themself.

If nobody stuck to the code it would be chaos, but because most people do stick to it, it means that a few can disobey it. What makes you so important that you think you can be one of those few?