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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.
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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.