Saw the worst cyclist I think I've ever seen on the ride in this morning.
had a big white reflective X sewn onto his rapha jacket (could tell it was because he had the reflective bum cape hanging out to ensure top visibility because it's important people can see you and not kill you when you ride like a complete and utter cunt) who was riding a bike laden with 2 panniers, a bikepacking front bag and possibly a frame bag.
in spite of his encumbered state he rode like he was trying to escape the blast radius of an explosion behind him in a lethal weapon movie (except he was clearly the lethal weapon in this instance).
he first crossed my path by literally crossing my path as he pulled out of a side street right in front of me forcing a near emergency stop somewhere in clapham.
he then did the wobbliest, creep forwardest fake-trackstand from the middle of a pack of people in the asl outside clapham north, nearly falling onto about 3 separate people until he was literally in the middle of the junction whereupon he put his footdown the second the lights turned green and everyone started moving.
at the next set of lights, a bus was blocked from zooming down the bus lane by a bit of a car in his way so we had to wait for a few seconds but not our intrepid hero, he shot past doing about 18mph on the standard width pavement which was littered with pedestrians.
as is the way those in the biggest hurry move the slowest on open roads the commuterton had caught up to him by oval just in time to see him once again riding at full tilt down the pavement literally outside the station exit scattering pedestrians, he then nearly crashed into a car still clearing the junction as the lights changed and was off into the distance.
Top rant, the guy sounds like a total dick. All those separate shit things piss me off and are a regular occurence, but to see one guy do all of them is incroyable.
Saw the worst cyclist I think I've ever seen on the ride in this morning.
had a big white reflective X sewn onto his rapha jacket (could tell it was because he had the reflective bum cape hanging out to ensure top visibility because it's important people can see you and not kill you when you ride like a complete and utter cunt) who was riding a bike laden with 2 panniers, a bikepacking front bag and possibly a frame bag.
in spite of his encumbered state he rode like he was trying to escape the blast radius of an explosion behind him in a lethal weapon movie (except he was clearly the lethal weapon in this instance).
he first crossed my path by literally crossing my path as he pulled out of a side street right in front of me forcing a near emergency stop somewhere in clapham.
he then did the wobbliest, creep forwardest fake-trackstand from the middle of a pack of people in the asl outside clapham north, nearly falling onto about 3 separate people until he was literally in the middle of the junction whereupon he put his footdown the second the lights turned green and everyone started moving.
at the next set of lights, a bus was blocked from zooming down the bus lane by a bit of a car in his way so we had to wait for a few seconds but not our intrepid hero, he shot past doing about 18mph on the standard width pavement which was littered with pedestrians.
as is the way those in the biggest hurry move the slowest on open roads the commuterton had caught up to him by oval just in time to see him once again riding at full tilt down the pavement literally outside the station exit scattering pedestrians, he then nearly crashed into a car still clearing the junction as the lights changed and was off into the distance.
I genuinely hope I never encounter him again.