Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

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http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/section/1/item/22000/brand/Comme_des_Garcons_Series_5:_Sherbet/Cinnamon.html

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Commes des Garçons made (make?) a cinnamon perfume:

http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/section/1/item/22000/brand/Comme_des_Garcons_Series_5:_Sherbet/Cinnamon.html

Reviews are.. Enlightening.

Heh...well, yes they are, if you know what perfume reviews mean.

I just found this, which I think is more what I'm looking for.
http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/section/1/item/21619/brand/Comme_des_Garcons/Original.html

Tonight's award must go to the hybrid-riding, urban mask-wearing guy in a purple shirt who wobbled past a collection of cyclists at a red light and straight across the path of crossing pedestrians. Not only that but he managed to wobble so much he stumbled and shoulder-barged a guy who was crossing. he then made his way into the very busy road and 'hamster-wheeled' in a low gear across trying to avoid cars flying past him.

A few seconds later the lights changed and all of the cyclists who'd waited had caught up with him anyway.

Not sure I've seen a better example of somebody that has absolutely no ability or road-sense at all!

Nothing to see here...

Keep moving

I feel a little bit ashamed of berating a lady so much that she chose to ride a different route home to avoid me, but she almost killed me and refused to believe she was in the wrong. I was filtering on the outside of traffic, she was on the inside. She decided to go between cars to go on the outside without looking. It was a choice between us two colliding and probably falling into some cars, or being hit by oncoming traffic by swerving around her. Luckily the oncoming car jinked left, anticipating my reaction so I managed to get out of the situation unscathed but my reaction when it happened was to scream and swear. Not to offend or be aggressive but it was just a reaction to what I thought was about to happen. I'd managed to slow to walking pace while swerving around her and I heard her shout out, "No need to shout at me!" I looked back and she was giving me a really dirty look. I was ready to just ride off, content in the knowledge I'd had a lucky escape, but her nonchalance at the fact she'd almost got me hit head on by a car really pissed me off. When I told her she had almost got me killed by an oncoming car, she told me it wasn't her problem and that it was my fault. When I asked if she'd considered looking before just wobbling out between cars she rolled her eyes and told me to leave because she didn't want to enter into a conversation with me. I again attempted to explain the error of her ways but that's when she exclaimed that she was going to ride a different way. Annoyed that she was so thick headed and self assured that it wasn't her fault at all, I told her to try and not kill anyone else on her other route home but don't worry if you get yourself killed, it won't be a big loss.

Don't feel ashamed. The woman clearly needs to learn a lesson, sure, maybe in the frame of mind that you were in you weren't in the best position to explain the niceties of road common sense to her. Hopefully when she calms down a bit she can reflect, as you obviously have and realise that she was behaving like a moron.

^ You can't argue with idiots, where was it?

So nothing happened, yet you swear at her and say "if you get yourself killed, it won't be a big loss".

A bit disproportionate, I would say.

not true that nothing happened. a near miss happened.

So nothing happened, yet you swear at her and say "if you get yourself killed, it won't be a big loss".

A bit disproportionate, I would say.

I think that last bit was a bit gratuitous, but the rest sounds like a fair altercation. I guess the thing to take away is that if you have noticed someone going along the inside who is likely to pull out,(and obviously they won't look first), then either nip ahead if time or slow down and wait for them to pull their dick move before continuing.

So nothing happened, yet you swear at her and say "if you get yourself killed, it won't be a big loss".

A bit disproportionate, I would say.

Nothing actually happened because a clever driver managed to make space at the last second. If it wasn't for that driver I'd either have taken her out completely or have been sprawled on a windscreen. Yeah, no-one was hurt this time, but if she carries on riding around with that laissez-faire attitude, eventually she is going to hurt someone. I didn't swear directly at her either.

I think that last bit was a bit gratuitous, but the rest sounds like a fair altercation. I guess the thing to take away is that if you have noticed someone going along the inside who is likely to pull out,(and obviously they won't look first), then either nip ahead if time or slow down and wait for them to pull their dick move before continuing.

She was hidden by an MPV and her lack of lights. Her rucksack stood vertical in her basket didn't help her visibility either, she was basically resting her chin on top of it...

@606: That was only after she'd refused to acknowledge she'd done anything wrong, arguments escalate that way.

It's impossible to win an argument on the roadside, if you start shouting at someone they will just get all defensive and swear black is white. I find it best to stay calm and say a few things that they might think about later. Come over all parental or teacherly.

^ You can't argue with idiots, where was it?

New North Road.

Don't worry about being aggressive and swearing at her, it's a legitimate response to someone threatening your life.

Although some people are dim enough to think that aggression after the event is an indication of responsibility during the event, so it's better, purely for your own sake, to try and keep a lid on it.

I find just confronting them and asking why they did it shits them up more than shouting your lungs out. I like to say to cabs on the rare occasion they drive dangerously "You should know better", that really winds them up.

She was hidden by an MPV and her lack of lights. Her rucksack stood vertical in her basket didn't help her visibility either, she was basically resting her chin on top of it...

The evidence for the prosecution piles up!
I did say "if" - obviously its not possible to always have a full lunatic scan!

Also, filtering is like running the gauntlet at the best of times, best not to risk if it's busy

omg today I was so stupid.
wont tell, but I need to get common sense.

I like to say to cabs on the rare occasion they drive dangerously

!?

^ +1 ?! rare my ass

There was a cab driver today who gave me (and other cyclists) loads of room, drove at a considerate pace when he was using the same lane as us, stopped in good time in front of all ASLs, and didn't cut anybody up or do anything at all to indicate that he was a fucking maniac.

I kind of wanted to go and knock on his window and thank him for being genuinely considerate but I didn't want him to think I was being sarcastic.

I went around the "laguna seca" section coming off Lambeth bridge going Sarf the other day, with a cab parallel to me, perfect road positioning from the cabblie allowed us both to go through the reverse S bend at speed.

I was tempted to thank him, but he buggered off.