Ped hot spots...

YESSSS!!! You got to that one before me. I once saw an interview with Natas' mum who was saying she just liked the name and had no idea why people kept saying he'd been named with that in mind...maybe that was why he always had the cute kittens on his graphics?!

Maybe it was this graphic??

the ramp in Tate Modern is a pain in the arse, particularly when the coach loads of students just sit down willy nilly.

Although short, New Oxford street is a classic. Many a yell at pedestrians has occurred there.

coming from waterloo bridge crossing strand/aldwych up towards covent garden...where the cycle path goes over the pavement. twats on their crackberrys.

Oxford Circus - green light for road users, red light for pedestrians and the bloody lemmings love to jump in front of us.

Yep, West End is a nightmare. They don't look the wrong way, they just don't look! I had an entire Chinese ballroom dancing team pull some lemming action on me the other night. I just managed to weave through them while shouting 'CUNTS!' No idea why that was the first word to pop out my mouth.

The City is equally bad, they just don't give a fuck and to be honest I'd quite happily mow them down if I didn't think it would hurt me/damage bike!

coming from waterloo bridge crossing strand/aldwych up towards covent garden...where the cycle path goes over the pavement. twats on their crackberrys.

Too true. The other day, coming back the other way.. a massive peleton had formed, waiting for the little orange bike, and this guy strolls right into the middle of the lane on his mobile and just stands there. Facing the other way.
Lights change and storm cloud of un-forgiving cycles burn past him from all sides. I swear he shit himself.
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Oh and I thought this was a thread for foot fetishists.

West end is great. they seem to believe if one person crosses and they all walk tight to them looking down they will not get seen...

I took the squeeze out shopping last weekend and proved the theory. you have to try it! get one or two of you right at the front of the pack on the pavements edge (a few people apart so its not obvious you know each other) and whilst shoulder tight with those around you start walking with confidence... they all follow! it's fucking great!

Camden by the Worlds end is dicey and i have had a lot of people pushing kids in the road Notting hill area. but it's only if you hit it near the school run.

the back streets in soho are hellish, the street that connects Greek st to Charring Cross is the worst, peds blocking the whole street no one on the pavement at all. i run over toes and push my way through.

Too true. The other day, coming back the other way.. a massive peleton had formed, waiting for the little orange bike, and this guy strolls right into the middle of the lane on his mobile and just stands there. Facing the other way.
Lights change and storm cloud of un-forgiving cycles burn past him from all sides. I swear he shit himself.
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I had a chap do this on TCR, i got close and went to grab his mobile - the plan was to toss it under a bus as i rode off. but by complete fluke he leant back and i just missed him.. still when i looked over my shoulder he had moved back onto the pavement. another good deed gone without thanks!

I always get annoyed by pedestrians in the cycle lane & tend to do the old cycle up real close & slow & then say "excuse me" really loud & make them jump, but had a good giggle at a friends suggestion that it's best to ride past them really close & ruffle their hair as you pass... I would try this is I wasn't so sure I would fall off my bike like an idiot...

Old /New Kent Road. Crazy mothers teaching their kids the safest way to cross roads is to jaywalk down the middle of one of London's busiest feeder roads while a pedestrian crossing flashes helpfully just twenty yards away.

Camden Town
Oxford Street

Suburbia, particularly tooting, they don't expect bikes, so when the cars aren't moving they assume nothing else will be...

broke a car's wingmirror bouncing off a ped doing just that...

I will try the ruffling hair... although I will probably forget and end up doing my usually screaming of Aaaaarrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhh.

Every morning, as I used to come down Putney Hill. Hundreds of peds, stepping out completely blind from behind buses. Shout "LEMMINGS!!!!!" at the top of your voice, confuses them...

Greasyslag is right, its all about the head-down-and-walk-in-a-herd this season for freewalking and the 'freeie' scene on London's nattier pavements... aficionados have been known to freeie ''eyeless'' which means they actually close their eyes, using a more zen-like approach to their drivetrain.

Some of the coolest hotspots around town include:
High Holborn
Museum street
Rivington street
Exmouth street
Cowcross street at farringdon Station
anywhere west of hyde park.

High Street Ken in the mornings, Peds decide to cross through two lanes of stationary traffic while you are picking your way through, sometimes at speed. They just appear in front of you and for some reason are looking the way the traffic is moving (or not) as if they are scared someone might decide to reverse over them... Twat's of the Highest order.

Favorite shout is a simple yet patriotic "Oi!"

I like to sing as I ride and last week I was riding down Oxford St singing the fizzy pop song; you know the one "I want a bottle of pop, a bottle of fizzy pop". No? Well anyway there was a nice gaggle of pedestrians ignoring the lights and sauntering across infront of me so naturally I headed straight for them. Now, in truth, I can't sing a note but somehow just as i was cutting thru this group of in-breds I managed to hit a perfect, and loud, high C. The effect on one woman was so great that she screamed and threw her sandwich in to the air. It may, quite possibly, have been the greatest moment of my life.

it's now the greatest moment of my life too

its all about the head-down-and-walk-in-a-herd this season for freewalking and the 'freeie' scene on London's nattier pavements... aficionados have been known to freeie ''eyeless'' which means they actually close their eyes, using a more zen-like approach to their drivetrain.

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I always find the pavement a hot spot for ped's, they're all over the fucking thing, one even had the ordacity to tell me to 'use the road' the other day! Fucker!!

I once road thru someone's coat on Little Newport St. He had on a big flappy overcoat and as I deliberately skimmed him it blew out and I rode thru it. Riding between someone's body and the outer edge of their clothing is what fixed gear is all about.

I just nudge them as i zoom right past, they tend to get a bit pissed, but they shouldnt be there and cant catch me!!