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First time I've watched the footage. He's not even trying to slow down!

Where was the whipskidz????

Yeah it looks more like he's just rolling to a stop.

First time I've seen that too. Makes me realise how much rear wheel braking effectiveness would rely on the ability of the rider. Clearly someone who's never ridden fixed before is going to stop slower than someone who has. would the test have been fairer if they'd simulated it by just using a rear rim brake?

Doesn't the defence get presented with this prosecution evidence including the video before the trial begins and it's just they never thought to debunk it.. or get their own expert.

I'm sure that's how it worked when i watched this life

I was about to point that out too. I recently tried fixed (I have front and rear brakes on it) and was utterly humbled by the experience. Even after practicing in the park before heading to the road, the whole concept of not using my brakes took quite a while and takes a lot of skill, which I do not have! I think I still would use the brakes, because, why not? It makes my life easier etc. Saying that, the distance that "test" took was ridiculous, he wasn't doing an emergency stop probably because he didn't have someone jump in front of him and a large slice of confirmation bias.

This doesn't help . . . http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/24/cyclist-behind-mothers-death-hid-skull-tattoo-from-jury-6875236/

Bit of a news buzz.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/family-discover-gigantic-bee-hive-after-honey-oozes-through-ceiling-a3619546.html?amp

Of course it's contrived, like elements of his defence would have been.

For me the real sticking point was a lack of a brake. I think it's fair to expect a persons bike is legal.

Well LFGSS made it into a national this morning in an article that was the usual inflammatory bollocks. Couple of posters quoted by name too.

I think a lot of people in his position might have done exactly the same thing - swerve to avoid rather than slam the brakes on. Pretty sure I would have, but then I have a front brake on my track bike so would hope to have avoided lack thereof being my legal undoing.

Also I'm shit at skids so with no front brake I would have been about as quick to stop as that copper on the stopping test.

I've not seen the video of the accident. Not sure if it's available? So can't comment beyond the simple fact he should have had a brake.

I never want to end up in court though as it seems somewhat of a lottery.

Yep - if he'd had a brake (even if unused) I think he'd be in a different position right now. Sadly, I'm not 100% convinced she would be but I guess that's the contentious issue here.

Absolutely right to

expect a persons bike is legal

we also need to expect cyclists ride cautiously and do everything possible to avoid crashes. I don't think that the cyclist who killed Nick Bancroft was prosecuted (2007). Nick stepped out onto the road then stepped back as the cyclist tried to go behind. The cyclist's bike was 'legal' but his lack of skill/care/luck led to the same outcome.

Link?

Linky?

Hey Metro, go fuck your self.

It's in the Times as well

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/cyclists-on-london-fixed-gear-and-single-speed-forum-complain-of-witch-hunt-against-cyclists-after-a3619741.html

Another cyclist described suffering abuse from a driver at a petrol
station near Heathrow Airport.

Jesus.

A news story about internet comments on a news story.

The papers really are a ruminant bovine breed. This one has already returned from the second stomach for a going over.

Interesting that there's no news story on the comments from drivers, expressing often murderous views towards cyclists, on their own shitrags pages...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/cy­clists-on-london-fixed-gear-and-single-s­peed-forum-complain-of-witch-hunt-agains­t-cyclists-after-a3619741.html

Hey Fiona, why don't you sign up and post? You've literally just stripped comments out of here and turned them into an article. Which lesson on journalism was that, 76? Or was it 112? Or was it lesson 1 at how to be a cunt school?

Keep fighting the good fight you waste of space.

Getting seriously caught up in replying to comments on the metro.
NEVER READ THE COMMENTS

I daresay that'll be the first time spindrift has been called 'Fiona'. :)

Interestingly the E---ing St-nd-rd (apologies for offensive language) article linked above isn't allowing comments, unlike their articles on, say, cyclist deaths. Cunts.