Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

Gruppy shit box dropped a load of litter on my street the other day. I picked it up and asked him to put it in the bin 30 feet away. He went batshit at me. I can only assume he figured that this was a preferable response to admitting he was being a dirt monger and eating humble pie.

I know, I know... 'is it time to start calling out people who drop fruit salad containers' thread >>>

Pick it all up. Place it under the windscreen wiper of their motor. Point made. Job done.

Whenever I have sex, I shout my own name at the important moment.

Yeah but which one? Damo? Day-moe? Shocklee? Chaffinglee?

As long as you signal before that point....

^^ He was a walkenger. I should have shoved it down his keks.

Pick it up. Hold it in his face and say, "Let me put that in a bin for you" in the most sarcastic tone as you bin it.

I quite like "excuse me, you have dropped something. " and then hand it back to them.

I tend to let it go these days..since this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7326439.stm

I quite like "excuse me, you have dropped something. " and then hand it back to them.

They throw it out again, you pick it up and put it on top of the car..

"Sorry, I assumed this was the bin since rubbish keeps falling out of it"

A lot of people going south on Bishopsgate this week - weaving all over the place, no shoulder checking/indicating and constant under-taking.

I can't be arsed to move up to the ASL any more round there. Let them fight it out when / before the lights change. I reckon I'm safer with the busses and vans.

Fortunately most are riding on the pavement at the moment because of the road works.

Today I had an unlucky run and hit every red light along one stretch - about 5 in a row. At the first one, this guy rolls up on his town bike and squeezes past me so that he's sitting almost in front of me, across the pedestrian crossing. The lights change and he pulls away at tortoise speed, so I pass him within 10 seconds and carry on. Next light, same story - he filters through the tiny gap on my left and sits in front of me, then pulls away incredibly slowly forcing me to pass him. Third time he filters RIGHT of me, between myself and a large UPS van to take up the same positioning.

Really? What the fuck?

Fourth time I pull up alongside the same UPS van but position myself in such a way as to make it impossible for him to pass - at a slight angle and next to a large telegraph pole. He pulls up right behind me and starts making throat clearing noises (in Japanese this translates as "I am annoyed") to which I respond by stretching my arms to the side, blocking any further gap (coming back from a 35km ride, my arms were tired!).

Assuming he got the message - "STOP BEING A RAGING DICKHEAD" - I carry on and at the fifth set of lights he fucking does it again. He then proceeds to jump the red light without looking and nearly gets taken out by a taxi on the cross-street.

Diagnosis: moron.

if that's the one that begins in the car park by the station depot in morden I'll keep an eye out for you and give you a nice big DAS :D

If you don't hear from merton let us know. There are a few people here who would offer to help:D

Beward Drem, I might be assigned to train you.

Right, checked my emails for the first time in a week last night, and they had got back to me last week.

Training is this Saturday, at 11am.

Looking forward to a HatBeard DAS, and now fearing a Scobling...

and now fearing a Scobling...

Just make sure no onions are near by and it won't be too bad.

Will check with my local council.

red or white?

You've got shallots to be scared of.

I don't normally engage other cyclists, but so much stupid riding was going on on the way home last night and on the way in this morning that I just had to. Won't be doing that again. Cyclists are tossers Aggressive, arrogant tossers who are beyond help. Undertake, filter dangerously and overtake signalling cars all you want, I'm sure you'll learn your lessons eventually.

I called a cyclist a "self-righteous prick" yesterday for the first time ever.

He'd blasted through a ped crossing that was green for walkengers, dinging his little granny bell furiously, and almost ran over a chap who was walking across with his young daughter of about 4 or 5. When the dad pointed out "that's a red light" the bell-dinger responded with "oh shut up, you cunt". Charming. Unfortunately was a walkenger myself so was unable to catch him up to fully expand on my analysis of his behaviour beyond my initial observation.

I don't normally engage other cyclists, but so much stupid riding was going on on the way home last night and on the way in this morning that I just had to. Won't be doing that again. Cyclists are tossers Aggressive, arrogant tossers who are beyond help. Undertake, filter dangerously and overtake signalling cars all you want, I'm sure you'll learn your lessons eventually.

this seems to be the latest fad on CS7.

I rode like a dick today just to piss 6pt off.

And then informed me gleefully by text message.
Good for you!

I don't normally engage other cyclists, but so much stupid riding was going on on the way home last night and on the way in this morning that I just had to. Won't be doing that again. Cyclists are tossers Aggressive, arrogant tossers who are beyond help. Undertake, filter dangerously and overtake signalling cars all you want, I'm sure you'll learn your lessons eventually.

definitely agree with this.

i ride the CS3 every day and its actually becoming more dangerous than riding on the main highway! the amount of terrible, dangerous riding is really scary, you have to keep your wits about you!

as the cycle lane is so narrow everyone tries to overtake and everynight around 6pm there are constant near head on collisions from all the people trying to over take. i saw a good one the other night where a van was turning into a side road (cuts across the blue paint) and a woman (with big headphones, say no more) was approaching the side road and i thought 'i wonder whether she looks left', she obviously didn't and almost got creamed when the van turned in across her path as he was already committed to the turn. this is like a daily occurance now

(no helmet, narrow risers and a general air of know-nothing-scumbag-feeling-of-entitlement).

wow

(no helmet, narrow risers and a general air of know-nothing-scumbag-feeling-of-entitlement).

wow

I know, right? That could be anybody on here.

That's right, I said on here

Excuse me, don't judge the judges if you don't mind.

You're not taking that one last thing away from me. It's all I've got left as I can't go much faster than 20mph.

Self-righteous prick.

I don't wear a helmet either! AND I'm flipping you the bird right now!