The daily Close Call

I've often thought about mounting one of those little metal hammers like what they have in train carriages or passenger coaches on my handlebars. Little tap on the cunt's windscreen, wing mirror etc should see to it.

That reminded me of the time I was nearly hit buy a (white) van pulling our from a parking spot. After stopping I looked back and the driver was oblivious of what he'd done.

He didn't even see me walking up to him, so I smacked his windscreen with the flat of my hand, to get his attention... well, fuck me, the windscreen shattered into a million pieces.

I have the Hammer of Dawn attached to my risers. [/Geek- www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLarI7BGj_U
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that's it rip off my ideas... sell a guy a bike and your ideas are stolen..

today was low loader lorry with a raisable platform on it, overtaking me on a corner (was barely space for him let alone us too side by side, as the rear wheels passed me, i suddenly realised about the back l.h corner, mentally shat myself, then was kinda releieved when it missed me, by inches.

That reminded me of the time I was nearly hit buy a (white) van pulling our from a parking spot. After stopping I looked back and the driver was oblivious of what he'd done.

He didn't even see me walking up to him, so I smacked his windscreen with the flat of my hand, to get his attention... well, fuck me, the windscreen shattered into a million pieces.

incredible, what happened next?

And another one...

Heading along the A4 cycle path, east, this morning. Minding my own business when a squirrel darts straight across my path without even indicating. Could have been curtains for me. The government should fund an ad campaign alerting squirrels to this kind of dangerous behaviour - it's only a matter of time before a cyclist is seriously injured in this way.

YouTube - Tour de France 2007 - Burghardt hits a dog

Dog - 1
Wheel - 0

Radial is shit against Canine impact. Fact.

glad the dog was alright !

incredible, what happened next?

I took off, hearing the driver's swearing getting fainter... went to the local cop shop and gave them my version of the story, and my phone no. They phoned me about half an hour later and told me the guy made a complaint and wanted a new windscreen (he'd borrowed the van apparently). They told him that they would pull me in but he'd be charged with dangerous driving or driving without due care and attention... he walked out.

Haha I love the way the dog just doesn't give a shit in that video, strolls off with his tail wagging! Time and time again radial has proven to be shit.....when will they learn eh!

radical I think are useful in areodynamic with bladed spokes, like an arrospok without the arroweight.

gotta change my front wheel into a 3x, a bit annoying that the nipple sometime unscrew itself and hid themselve inside the rims.

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I don't know how true this is ... so don't flame me.

However stainless steel spokes and stainless steel nipples don't seem keep tightened on any of the wheels I have owned.

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I don't know how true this is ... so don't flame me.

However stainless steel spokes and stainless steel nipples don't seem keep tightened on any of the wheels I have owned.

Is your bike shed built on the site of an ancient indian burial ground?

Just a theory.

Could be.

Also Alloy Nipples are crap, They used to corrode with the road crap that was on Southampton's roads. Had wheels rebuilt to have brass nipples, no problems thereafter.

Black Cabs are 'run' by The Public Carraige Office. The PCO come down heavily on cab owners who fail to maintain the vehicle and its appearance but generally come across as a 'club for cabbies'

The PCO has been part of Transport for London for the last six years or so. The head of TfL reports to the mayor.

If the head of transport across London as a whole is deluged by complaints about cabbies behaviour, then there are all kinds of levels of "influence" that can be brought to bear on people who cannot operate and don't have a job without their licence from the PCO.

Cycling through Tesco car park today when a car pulled out from the petrol station to the right, alongside me, and then proceeded to turn left while I was still alongside them, without signalling and appearing totally oblivious to my presence. They had their window down, so I calmly put my hand on the door and politely greeted them and asked how they were on this fine day.

Their response wasn't quite so polite...

While I am one myself, I'm starting to hate car drivers more and more. I just can't understand how people can be so unconscionably stupid...

While I am one myself, I'm starting to hate car drivers more and more. I just can't understand how people can be so unconscionably stupid...

Because the negative consequences of their stupidity are borne by a third party. (That'd be you). Bruce Schneier has been writing about the distorting effects of risks pushed onto onto third parties for years, mostly in the contexts of information security (he's a cryptographer originally), privacy issues and counter-terrorism, but the idea applies pretty generally. Have a read of some of his stuff:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Awww.schneier.com+externality and if your brain works anything like mine, drivers' behaviour will suddenly become intelligible (if no less fucking maddening).

While I am one myself, I'm starting to hate car drivers more and more. I just can't understand how people can be so unconscionably stupid...

Don't hate yourself for a moment longer, follow my lead and sell your car! I sold my vehicle at the weekend and now have £600 to spend on my bike!! Wooo yeah!!!

friday night on my way back from work from chingford to brixton, i had a woman side-swipe me at bakers arms. pulled right in next to me as if to avoid another car, but there wasn't another car coming towards us. i flicked her off, she shouted and beeped her horn at me.mental bint

heading between shepherds bush and Hammersmith on saturday this prick in a white van shot past me on a narrow road leaving inches, then anchored the brakes on pulling across my line.
have to say my heart was in my mouth, having a summer haze on didn't help but i did manage to stop in time.. i got in front of him again and pulled up square in the middle of the road for a rest of the journey slowing the twat down. sadly he shot off left and i actually headed to the next route like a man possesed to find him and block him again! i was livid! if he had caught me after the utd Match i would have dragged him out and pasted him all over the road. lucky for us both really.

but next time the house keys are staying in the right pocket and not the bag

And another thing, what is it with young black women drivers! they are fucking awfull, racist i know but i have had more near misses with these mobile phone nattering heavily made up squeeeeeeeling pigs driving all over the road than previas/cabs and white vans put together. WHATEVA!

and sexist dude.

Anyway, a black woman would never ever shoot an elephant to death with a bow and arrow.

on Saturday, I got chased by a scriff on a mountain bike who I thought wanted to rob my Roberts - we filtered on to Old Street just before the roundabout, and I believe he shouted 'whats that bike' or something at me, and I ignored him and tried to put a bit of speed down...he was riding after me, he shouted at me to slow down, so I had to put the hammer down...was pretty sketch, I thought he was going to force me to a stop or push me off or something...so anyway, I just rinsed it right up to Holborn without looking back...

Bloody tiring trying to catch up on that crap MTB. I've still got your monogrammed silk handkerchief if you'd like it back.

Managed to almost ride into a tree today after deciding to take an off road short cut to an industrial estate that I haven't been down in about 8 years. Was bombing it round saw a branch across the path, swerved to avoid and then tree straight ahead..... a big oh fuck with plenty of breaking and a nice big fat skid, over some roots and back on the trail and cycled straight into the industrial estate.

Cycling down City Road this morning, which from Angel is quite a nice downhill, so I was going as fast as my little legs would carry me... pedestrian decides that me hurtling down the road at 22mph is no reason not to cross the road which is bad enough except... she was holding a tiny child by the hand (hers I presume) and pushing her bike!!!

Had to skip out into the middle of the road to avoid them (thankfully no vehicles coming up behind me) and moderate my language for the sake of the little one. Made me sweat I can tell you!