You are reading a single comment by @DFP and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@DFP
I know, the speed seemed unnecessary for such a small roundabout. I always ride slow and cautiously at similar junctions, in my experience 50% of the time the car doesnt see me/want to stop. So I always make sure they have actually paused in situations like that before zipping past. If im on a freewheel road bike, then extra cautious as the braking is so bad compared to fixed.
Its the bigger ones where you really at the mercy of the drivers. You have to make a dash in the shortest break in traffic to get onto the roundabout and continue accelerating to stop them catching up from behind (they also would not have seen you), if there are any cars coming in from the left, its K.O time. Nothing you can do to brake fast enough, and its actually very likely that you are not seen. Ive had many near misses, mostly in good daylight.
My local annoying roundabouts look like this: