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Can some one help me out, i'm still unsure what to do on rounderbouts(spell that right?)
Best to stick to this kind for now. Keep you feet clear of the gap between the platform and the ground, and don't step off until it has slowed down.
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Nowhere fast = Troll.
Maybe empty_cans.
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I think he is still very young- he has not learnt that he must take some responsibilty for his life.
All of his requests/questions show that he wants someone to do all the work for him- he wants Will to present him with a neat guide, in one simple paragraph, on how to cycle around every roundabout in the world.
When he grows up and learns that he has to stand on his own two feet he might get better.
Lets chill out on the "retard" for a while and see if he can grow up a little.
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Some people are just mental I guess. Same silly bastards that look at you dead in the face as you're coming up to a junction and start crossing your path, still looking you in the face O_o URGHH!
Not a cyclist, but a guy on a scooter decided to undertake me right after some roadworks yesterday, right as I was thinking of moving back into the left. I'm hard of hearing so I don't really notice the sound of traffic approaching me. Turned my head around for a check to the left just before moving in and the fucker zooms right past me giving me a little wobble in his slipstream for good measure. Sends a chill down mah spine just thinking about it. The more I think about it the more I come to believe that huge numbers of the people regularly going about their business on the roads of London are certifiably insane. Brrr.
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This morning I was pedalling along and stopped at a red light (I know the sequence at the crossroad) and nodder whizzed past. I overtake him only to stop at the next red light, again he whizzed past without observing, he looked shocked when a car that had the right of way beeped at him.
As I overtook him again I slowed down to say "if you were fitter and faster you would not have to dangerously jump red lights.". He swore, did the idiot pedal thrash to try to catch up with me and then faded into the distance.
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He swore, did the idiot pedal thrash to try to catch up with me and then faded into the distance.
Ha awesome.
I did a little experiment this morning as a taxi driver tried to kill me. He had to stop seconds later so I pulled up to his window and said something along the lines of "Hello, it's a little more dangerous to cycle in the rain, so could you try to give cyclist a bit more room please". And trust me, I said it in the most polite, non-condecending way possible.
He started shouting at me and went to get out of his car which I promptly closed and said a few less polite things to him before he drove off.
Result? Don't bother with politness it doesn't work. From now on I'm just going to ignore unless I'm put in a threatening position. You can't reason with most of these wankers.
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But i do look over my shoulder a lot, partly as a way of communicating to drivers that i want to do something other than keep going in the position I’m in.
This.
It does work in my experience. Whenever you have a motor on your wheel, it can be effective to swivel your head and give them a glance. No dirty looks like, just a scope. It obviously gives you a better idea of what is coming up on you, it also serves to remind the driver that look, it is a human in front not just an faceless obstacle. And that human might need to jib out round a pothole or move lanes.
And whenever I have to move out, round busses, across lanes etc., and a car slows down to give me space I always give a thumbs up or some thanks of some description. It's only polite.
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I fucking love riding my bike.
Though I do wonder if any of us take pleasure in our interactions with you.
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Wow, did you manage an entire post without a spelling mistake?
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Seriusly... do any of you enjoy riding bikes anymore?
shit hapens.
Wow, did you manage an entire post without a spelling mistake?
No, James, there are three. ;)
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No, James, there are three. ;)
Not counting lower case at the beginning of lines or sentences, of which I hear some forumengers are quite fond ...
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I fucking love riding my bike.
Though I do wonder if any of us take pleasure in our interactions with you.
Wow, did you manage an entire post without a spelling mistake?
Then again, apologies if you were talking to yourself. ;)
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I wish but my internal dialogue generally involves "cunt useless space waste idiot fuckup proportions monumental" jumbled around with a few conjunctives.
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It was the closest he has got to a properly spelled post.
Still think he's a troll as he can't be that much of a retard.
(could well still be talking to myself)
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he can't be that much of a retard
Again with the touching faith in humanity. It's prejudicial to your reputation as a sociopath, you know.
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haha thers so many things that arnt right that are fun, sex, porn, drinking many more... wait for my lil sister to wake up
Thank god he is not called empty balls.
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It's the ones who actually wait at the edge of zebra crossings and then only cross when you stop that bug me.
If I see them, I'll slow down - aiming to hit the crossing well behind them/after they've crossed, yet still they stand there gaping until I'm 2 feet from them, despite a friendly nod to cross.
Why do they do this? Because other cunting cyclists won't stop.
try a clear hand gesture. I did the nod thing recently and the woman said she thought I has a nervous tick :-
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Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?
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LOL, every thread on here turn to shit eventually :)
I remember someone on here mentioning people undertaking them at traffic lights. I had not witnessed this until today when I was at best 2 feet from the curb waiting at a traffic light on Roseberry Ave when a young girl (big bike, silly shoes, no helmet) came wizzing up the left hand side and scared the shit out of me as she proceeded to go through the uphill junction as cars were crossing! Don't know how she got passed me but that girls gonna end up dead!
That and as I slowed down to "let" a car turn left (as he was indicating) and signalled it was ok for him to go a dude came razzing past and nearly ended up under his front bonnet. No wonder cars hate being around cyclists.
Some people are just mental I guess. Same silly bastards that look at you dead in the face as you're coming up to a junction and start crossing your path, still looking you in the face O_o URGHH!