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Good for you! Serves them right for not looking. I'm always appalled at how few other cyclists stop for peds at that mini zebra by the bus stop (I assume this is the one you mean).
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I've always wanted to witness someone face the inevitable consequences (with little physical harm of course) of running SS with just a front brake, especially immediately after riding like a tit.
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This. Had a conversation a while back with a gent who wasn't able to stop as quickly as me. His assertation was that I stopped too quickly for him to react. Pointing out that bikes had no brake lights and that it was his responsibility to know his braking distance didn't really have much effect.
I get really frustrated that the vast majority of other road users really don't know what they're doing or care what they're doing. People make up weird justifications for their own fuck ups based on their own ideas of what the rules of the road should be. -
Same just happened this morning.
Some lycra hero on a yellow tandem wearing a "STOW FIST" cycling top and with red Ortlieb pannier was screaming belligerently this morning when the guy he was drafting had to emergency stop due to a ped legally walking out on to the zebra crossing. It wasn't a suprise cos there were cyclists already slowing down to let the guy go (including myself)... According to his expertise we are to gently slow the flow of cyclists down and then stop when it's convenient for us; leaving the ped standing on the side of the road waiting to cross. How in his infinite wisdom he just couldn't think to anticipate the peds on that stretch and go a bit slower I don't know. The piece of shit was still going at it right up to the bridge at which point he went through the wrong side of your barrier and fucked off.
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Caused a comical multi bike pile up on the cycle path stretch between Southwark station and Blackfriars bridge for having the audacity to stop for a ped on the crossing. Guy behind that shunted into me was nice enough to apologise but the guy in Vigorelli who went over his handlebars and the others that clambered over him all had plenty of nice things to say to me. I'm pretty sure that at about 12mph a 15 metre stopping distance is enough when i have my hand out in the stop position and i've already looked over my shoulder to check rider behind distances and shout stop! at them or am i asking to be called a cunt? PS if you're going to ride a Vigorelli setup as a singlespeed like a pushy twat maybe put a back brake on.