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I was just harmlessly mocking the abstinence thread whilst actually wanting to hear some actual feelings about choosing to cycle sensibly, being patient and stuff.
Ed kind of got it spot on, thats pretty much how Ive ended up. I always feel ashamed to RLJ - I try to get some respect of drivers. I wait patiently in ques of traffic at times instead of rushing past everyone then expecting a driver to be nice enough to give way.
Also, something that I find painful to watch. Is cyclists who ride as a mixture of car, bike and pedestrian following rules and ettiquette of none. Just barging past everthing, riding over zebra crossings, jumping onto pedestrian islands in the middle of negotiating a junction as traffic etc. and always expecting either pedestrians or drivers around them to get out fo the way or stop for them.
Dont have a superiority thing over them though, just find it utterly cringeful.