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Motherfucker. I abandoned my road bike for commuting last year and then more recently stopped wearing lycra in a bid to ward off the wheel huggers. Now i'm moving i'll hopefully not have to deal with that stretch anymore but getting piled into when stopping for a ped is a new low in shit cyclists have to worry about.
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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.