Defensive Riding

If you're riding to the left of traffic, someone WILL turn left without indicating or drive through a gap into a side street.

If you're riding to the right of traffic, someone WILL turn right without indicating.

If you're riding behind something, leave room to stop and think of the weather conditions and how they may increase your stopping distance.

If you're riding on a wet drain cover, don't turn, don't brake.

Brake before turns, not in them, especially in the wet.

Cabbies really are there to kill you. So are white vans and trucks. BMWs also make the kill list.

If you're gonna rlj, at least slow up a bit and fucking look at what's coming.

Don't ride through peds.

Don't ride too close to car doors.. you'll win the prize.

Eat cheese.

I think riding on a playing field is very selfish. Will no one think of the children?

Oh and one more.
Never ever ride a fucking tall bike.

I know, grammer fail, but there always ends up the inevitable confusion of "Whats an HGVS?"

That's because you should type: 'HGVs' for the plural.

Be wary of cycle lanes.

Car doors. Van doors. Lorry doors.

U-Turns by our friends in the black cabs.

Manhole covers when turning left.

'HGVs' for the plural.

'HGVs' for the plural.

Android bug?

great posts! for me it's all about left turns - drivers making them as you're approaching them without indicating - in gridlock taxis turning into them from oncoming traffic when you're against the kerb and can't see what's happening. also in gridlock when yr bombing along the centre lines, peds stepping out behind buses in the middle of the street.

'HGVs' for the plural. (how many times?)

No need for the sarcasm. I presume that you made your original post with a view to helping people who wanted to find out more. Your typo (let's be generous) hampered that.
I put that right. What's your problem with that? I'd like to know.

No problem with that at all, except your choice to interpret my friendly banter as sarcasm.

For the record, Google generally deals with poor spellers. It is designed to cater for the lowest common denominator (unfortunately as this perpetuates poor standards), and as such still comes up with the goods.

Go to: www.google.co.uk

Enter: ballentine city cycling

Click: I'm feeling lucky

Get: http://www.citycycling.co.uk/issue26/issue26page6.html

The world keeps turning.

That's because you should type: 'HGVs' for the plural.

I wrote the post in full caps lock mode which negated that option but I think VB has sensibly put a caps filter on so we don't end up with a multitude of shouty shouty posts .

Oh aren't there?

OH, there aren't.

I want to shout

I want to say what goes without saying.

Oh aren't there?

OH, there aren't.

Thats quite funny.

That's quite nice of you to say so.

No problem with that at all, except your choice to interpret my friendly banter as sarcasm.

My apologies. I didn't realise that you were a friend of mine.
I thought you must be another of the chippy Brummy kids who joined last week.
Thanks for explaining search engines to me, BTW.

Back on topic - good call about manhole covers. Also the white and yellow lines when it's wet, as the thing that makes them reflective is glass. Not very grippy.

MINDSET: when yr riding hard (especially for us guys) your concentration level is hyped up and so are yr testosterone levels. in my experience that equals aggressive mindset. i think defensive riding is about a kind of relaxed awareness of all of the insights listed above and enjoy the experience y'all!! what happened to that pint...

I just noticed your avatar BlueQuinn.. nice.

Platini, i never said i was a friend of yours, just that my banter was friendly in nature. There is a difference.

All understood though. I'll make sure any future banter towards yourself is distinctly unfriendly until i get your permission to be friendly.

FFS.

MINDSET: when yr riding hard (especially for us guys) your concentration level is hyped up and so are yr testosterone levels. in my experience that equals aggressive mindset. i think defensive riding is about a kind of relaxed awareness of all of the insights listed above and enjoy the experience y'all!! what happened to that pint...

All aided by Mr. T.H.C.

All aided by Mr. T.H.C.

my god that was a loooong time ago - i'm getting the fear just thinking about that shit

i'm getting the fear just thinking about that shit

HTFU

My first one, I feel so proud