Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

I get that occassionally, usually from kids who do the fake jump out in front of me. I've started to be less annoyed by it as I've just consoled myself with the fact that myself and my bike are over 100kg and if I hit them at 15mph, they'll fuck themselves up.

Yea for sure, was mostly a tongue-in-cheek post. Idiots everywhere. Immediately after, a rat about the size of two fists jumped across my path. Was a bit dark in colour, if you catch my drift...

"string back gives a little bit of extra purchase"

Don't rub your fanny on me

I remember some kid trying to grab my tyre with his hand. Judging from the yelp of pain he regretted that pretty quickly.

I remember a road raging elderly gent grabbing my saddle while i was accelerating away from the spot where he deliberatlely crashed into my rear wheel (advanced stop box).
He then had a "happy birthday to the ground"-moment, so i think he regretted that pretty quickly too.

Two boy racers having a proper engine-revving drag race swerving in and out of traffic on Streatham High Road this morning. Properly dangerous.

#2fast2furious4me

They had a black and white isis flag, didn't they?

Start playing bike polo or ice hockey. Steer into the check.

I've got over 20 years of rugby behind me, I'm well versed in dropping the shoulder.

Unless it's a bus, that didn't work for me.

Dropped shoulders, revenge and buses?? Oh hai @Ramsaye

Checking doesn't work with vehicles, guyz...

even VW polos?

A Mercedes tried to bodycheck me once but i was clever enough to fly over the bonnet (midflight shitting on it)* and avoid the windshield.

*this part might not be true

I bewildered a number of vehicle drivers today by giving way when I didn't have to. Didn't stop the odd asshole, but felt that I needed yet more karmic realignment after the oldboy who tried to push me off my bike yesterday.

Must get out of dodge.

Got rammed by a scooter rider on my way home. Stayed upright and no damage beyond knocking my back wheel out of alignment, but it was a clear attempt to knock me off my bike. I got footage of the berk's licence plate and the whole altercation and have reported the twat through Roadsafe.

What is wrong with people, eh?

Holy shit, that's horrendous, if it was intentional surely that must be seriously pursued, glad you're alright.

I just came very close to a punch up with a driver for the first time tonight. Cycling along the two lane cycle lane on Cable street between Shadwell and Tower Bridge I was cruising along when ahead I saw a car which was approaching the cycle lane at a junction from the left, planning to turn right. Even though myself and other riders were getting close he pulled out, but failed to see a driver coming from his left who wanted to turn across the lane and down the junction he was coming from.

Anyway, the driver from the left stopped then pulled away, so I continued riding as it was my right of way being on the lane and expected the second driver to wait for the cycle traffic to pass before turning, but instead he didn't look, went on, meaning I had to take evasive action.

At this point I looked back and shouted "what are you doing" or possibly what are you fucking doing" (the distinction matters later), while he stopped, rolled down his window and started shouting abuse. I was about to cycle on, but he then jumped out of his motor and strode up towards me aggressively. By now I'd got off my steed and had it between the guy and me as he kept shouting, thinking he might swing I swung my bike around and lent it against a nearby signpost, took of my sunnies. The was guy his twenties, clearly a loud mouth, but then got right up in my face.

Now here is when I thought do I lamp him, anyone who's met me knows I'm a lover not a fighter, but with 25 years of kungfu and 10 years of ju jitsu under my belt I can handle myself and suppose in that split second I judged he was wanting to make a scene rather than actually kick off. This guy was right in my face, not just squaring up, in my face, which partly made me think he was clueless, and also by this time other cyclists had stopped. He knew he was in the wrong, but argued "I had eyes as well" and that supposedly because I thought he was a mug I thought it was ok to swear at him.

The whole time he'd been shouting his head off in my face I was saying to him it was clearly our right of way, and that's why I shouted at him, but he was just fired up. Anyway when confronted with other cyclists trying to calm him down I reckon he realised he'd been a dick, backed off and drove away.

It really saddens me, he was clearly a young Muslim guy, maybe he feels persecuted, but given the state of the world I'd have hoped he would've had the grace to back off or just apologise, instead of jumping out his car and screaming in my face. When I tried to speak he kept shouting "what you gonna do about it", and sort of trying to push into me. I'm glad I didn't react, but as a cyclist or in any other walk of life when someone threatens you like that doesn't it warrant acting first, thoughts? Peace, Kev.

Don't suppose he was driving a silver Merc was he?

Nah mate, blue Ford Focus, already been hit by one Merc this year, that's my quota for the decade.

I was just curious since I was knocked off on cable street a couple years ago. The driver will be getting a letter any day now to let him know he's got to make out a £25k cheque. Wouldn't surprise me if he was a little angry at cyclists.
Luckily doesn't sound like the same guy then. Unless he's had to sell his Merc!

Wow, glad that worked out in your favour Phil, was this relating to the accident you told me about when we met in Soho recently? Think I'd be unable to cycle without a gumshield if I'd experienced that....

Sorry, Kev

It really saddens me, he was clearly a young Muslim guy, maybe he feels persecuted, but given the state of the world I'd have hoped he would've had the grace to back off or just apologise

Wut?!