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not everyone's a cnut

I have two questions:

1. How the fuck is it possible not to notice you have no lights on your car? In the last week, i've had to tell 11 people to turn their lights on.

2. If you see someone cycling along and their choice of outfit on the bottom half is almost completely see-through, should you tell them that their frilly knickers are visible to the whole world or should you let them work it out for themselves one day?

His colleagues will probably have a word.

I believe your second question has been considered before. I gather general consensus would be to use your discretion and that, generally, gender has a part to play in how vocal one may be in commenting on see-through cycling attire. I think.

It's a tricky one.
The lady who i spotted yesterday would almost certainly have been intimidated or just plain weirded out by me appearing next to her, on my motorbike, to tell her i could see her pants but then does the fact that she's showing the hundreds of people outweigh that initial barrier?

frilly knickers

Dude, shirley?

Nah. For dudes, it's usually sheer lycra over a barely concealed hairy crack.

Do. Not. Want.

does the fact that she's showing the hundreds of people outweigh that initial barrier?

I think if you're wearing a crash helmet it's a big NO. You're really hard to understand when you're wearing it, remember ...

A conundrum indeed. I'd potentially be inclined to leave well alone and hope someone else politely pointed out the situation. Classic passing of the buck. It may, however, save the agony of being considered less than appropriate. What would be the lesser of two evils in that instance?

Ha. I'm sure that's just your hearing that needs checking.

Last night on my commute home :

Got soaked 3/10

Was minding my own business through burgess Park. Heard an engine, looked left and saw a scooter with no lights being ninja-ridden through the park, I'm guessing as a short cut. 3.5/10

Lastly, was cycling behind a guy coming up to E&C death filter/bus lane on London Road. He had a package sticking at an angle about a foot out of the top of his rucksack. He chose to try to filter between a stationary ambulance and a bus. Needless to say the package hit the back of the ambulance. He wobbled a couple of feet up its side, then lost control and foot downed. Much amusement for me as he tried to get back on bike whilst wedged against ambulance. Lols /10

Combo score 5/10

No one can understand people shouting through helmets over their own engine noise. It's a muffled shouty noise that always sounds like anger, even though 99/100 it probably never is. Hard to stop that visceral reaction.

Plus all scooter riders are cunts.

Had some dickhead on a motorbike stop by me in peckham mumbling something, i gave a dirty look and kept walking. only for me to realise it was digger moments later when he pushed his visor up.

This type of interaction is what I'm referring to above, done the same with @Soul on the OKR...

@veLLo did it to me once on Vauxhall Bridge. I think he enjoyed my surprise.

It's really hard to notice other drivers revving engines when inside a HGV cab.

The see-through leggings thing is so bad. Even some stuff that looks like it's fitness wear just loses opacity when you are on a bike.

he made the same filthy look in my direction on kennington park road a few weeks back!

fuck digger!

and laner, obvs.

I've seen the scooters in the park fairly regularly just near the salvage yard. Got annoyed at first, but I don't think they're actually doing anything wrong (unless no lights) as that bit is almost certainly still legally a road that happens to have two gates at either end of it.

Course, I don't know where abouts your ninja was in the park.

Plus all scooter riders are cunts.

Due to recent democratic votes I am really avoiding broad generalisations lest I get caught by that same net.

If I'm in the right hand lane, it's cos I'm turning right NOT going straight on. I fail to see why you think it's a licence to overtake me whilst shouting a warning AS I'M ACTUALLY TURNING RIGHT
Public Service Announcement to the various two wheel riders behaving like fuckers/fuckwits/arseholes yesterday morning and this morning
Tomorrow I'll be mixing it with tube travellers cos sports massage in the evening. Oh the joys.

Likewise - poor @Soul picked up a poor reaction from me a while back. Outcome: every time a ptw rider has a real hissy fit at me I greet them cheerily with some inane comment about Chinese crabon cross bikes.

No lights and motoring across the footbridge over the lake. I'm guessing that's not legal. I'm hoping he was just taking a short cut, not cruising for someone to mug.

Hail/10 - would Gabba again.