To the rider that hit me from behind at Theobalds Road...

Maybe I was being ironical ;-0

sarcasm, irony, cinism... I still have a broken spoke! ;)

I once rear-ended a guy on a scooter whilst trying to adjust to my ATACs AND avoid a bus. I seek redemption for my sin.

Some woman on a MTB rode into the back of my wheel on Pentonville Road when I was about to pull away from the lights today. Why do they do this? Luckily she wasn't going fast enough to break anything.

Its the new speed dating, was she fit?

Should carry a pair of pliers with you at all times. An eye for an eye...

yawn ! lucky it wasn't a dodgy skip lorry then you would have had something to complain about, its only a spoke dude shit happens

should have turned round and killed them in the head for riding like a prick.
if they complain about being killed in the head just tell them "shit happens"

should have turned round and killed them in the head for riding like a prick.
if they complain about being killed in the head just tell them "shit happens"

I like that ;)

This is london, my friend.

Spokes are 80p for a nice dt swiss double butted, in silver. HTFU.

I once had a woman in a Mercedes rear-end me on Upper Thames St. I turned round and yelled "what the fuck was that" but I found out it is so difficult to maintain righteous indignation when the perpetrator is so beautiful it makes angels think twice about leaving the house. I should have got her details for "insurance purposes"

Yeah yeah it's only a spoke. That's not really the fucking point. Try not to run into people please..

"It's only a dental bill"

Or 45p from Condor!

This is london, my friend.

Spokes are 80p for a nice dt swiss double butted, in silver. HTFU.

I've been riding in LONDON (oh so rough and tough) for years and never crashed into anyone else.

Or do you mean in London people ride noticeably worse than other places? ;)

Yes

I once had a woman in a Mercedes rear-end me on Upper Thames St. I turned round and yelled "what the fuck was that" but I found out it is so difficult to maintain righteous indignation when the perpetrator is so beautiful it makes angels think twice about leaving the house. I should have got her details for "insurance purposes"

yeah this wasn't quite the case, it was some hairy bastard

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  Originally Posted by **Fat Pants** [![](http://static.londonfgss.com/images/londonfgss/buttons_lite/viewpost.gif)](http://www.londonfgss.com/thread26092.html#post832019) 

*This is london, my friend.

Spokes are 80p for a nice dt swiss double butted, in silver. HTFU.*

I've been riding in LONDON (oh so rough and tough) for years and never crashed into anyone else.

Or do you mean in London people ride noticeably worse than other places? ;)[/quote]

I've not ridden in London, but is it that gangsta? I can't say it's all roses on the roads in Yorkshire. Why the big man attitude for London? - is it that bad?
To be fair I have just spent an hour reading accounts of you guys getting run off the road but it has happened elsewhere too I'm sure.

I've not ridden in London, but is it that gangsta? I can't say it's all roses on the roads in Yorkshire. Why the big man attitude for London? - is it that bad?
To be fair I have just spent an hour reading accounts of you guys getting run off the road but it has happened elsewhere too I'm sure.

I think that particular comment was because it says Madrid in my avatar...

I find London rough because of the amount of cabs, buses, cars and pedestrians... The sheer amount of them. I think Paris is worse though.

someone ran into you, snaps one of your spoks and rides away. did you get an apology? how about a description of the bike/rider and fully expose the guy

id be pretty pssd off as well. only a spoke but fck, how about the costs, inconvenience, time required to fix the wheel and likelihood of using public transport the next day or two?

I've not ridden in London, but is it that gangsta?

Its rather gangsta.

Oh I AM sorry sir. Maybe in the land of homo-erotic, fake-medieval, facscist psraphernalia-wearing fake-ass metal you all battle on your stallions and brake each other's 'spokes', but I'm just not used to people bumping into me like that.

So I go and vent my frustration on this forum so I can get funny replies that cheer me up ;)

suck ten dicks.

YOU BROKE A SPOKE IN MY BACK WHEEL YOU NUMPTY!!!

Those fixieskidderkiddies love doing ya from behind..

Spoke-back Mountain?

it was that kid from the other thread who finally managed to convince his parents that brakeless wasn't dangerous

see what happens when you don't listen to your parents kids !

dicki, thats, urm, a little too true.

I Have had a problem on clerkenwell road, it was one of those hipsters who insist on wearing those fucking raybans with no lenses on a unipack. flew into the back of me and then had the cheek to shout at me (on a red light with traffic coming accross) mumbles

Had this conversation on the way home last night. Almost all accidents come from behind.
Never ever stop. There really isn't much point in it

in my case stopping was the only thing unless i wanted to kiss the side of several cars.

Part of my hatred for rlj'ing comes from a fucker that hit my back wheel and completely taco'd it, mumbled an apology and then kept on going... it was 15 years ago, but if I were to see that son of a convict again (yes he was an aussie, no I wouldn't call most aussies convicts, this is one of two exceptions) I would d lock him in the face.

He has a goaty and was a bit tubby :-)

• that last bit may or may not be true