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This morning on Guilford Street (WC1), another nodder on a Boris bike stops in middle of road, male cyclist directly behind her pulls out to overtake, doesn't shoulder check, and completely wipes out another guy on a fixie in the middle of the road.
Thankfully I was about 10 metres back and could stop in time (just about, 3 inches from the guys' face and the mangled ball of humans and bikes!)...Thankfully no one seriously hurt, but totally avoidable if the lackadaisical nodder just stopped by side of road, and the idiot following her shoulder checked...
[Sigh]...
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Had an interesting one last night, was riding along Old St, just before going under the railway bridge to turn left onto Kingsland Rd, had gone through the lights/pinch point bit in primary (matching speed with the car a metre or two in front) and stayed in the right hand lane as there were three buses parked up in the left, as I'm following the road 'round to the right a minicab pulls level with me on the wrong side of the road and then pulls left, squeezing me in towards the parked buses.
Me and the cyclists behind/next to me shout 'what the fuck' and so forth, he winds his window down and asks me if I want the whole road, I say 'If I'm travelling at the same fucking speed as traffic and there's buses in the other lane then yeah, I want the whole lane'.
This seemed to enrage him and he swerved in towards me a little more whilst shouting obscenities at me out the window. I have no idea where he thought his pull in and try to squish me move would get him, as he's now sat there behind the car I was following, I call him a fucking prick and some other things, then filter between the cars and I'm away.
He was a fat, sweaty prick. Didn't get his reg or the cab company unfortunately.
With hindsight, I should've shouted 'You're ridiculous'. Don't know why, but I like that.
What time?
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Somebody should take the nodders to tusk.
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The size of the task is irrelephant
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What time?
5.45ish I guess...
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Had an interesting one last night, was riding along Old St, just before going under the railway bridge to turn left onto Kingsland Rd, had gone through the lights/pinch point bit in primary (matching speed with the car a metre or two in front) and stayed in the right hand lane as there were three buses parked up in the left, as I'm following the road 'round to the right a minicab pulls level with me on the wrong side of the road and then pulls left, squeezing me in towards the parked buses.
Me and the cyclists behind/next to me shout 'what the fuck' and so forth, he winds his window down and asks me if I want the whole road, I say 'If I'm travelling at the same fucking speed as traffic and there's buses in the other lane then yeah, I want the whole lane'.
This seemed to enrage him and he swerved in towards me a little more whilst shouting obscenities at me out the window. I have no idea where he thought his pull in and try to squish me move would get him, as he's now sat there behind the car I was following, I call him a fucking prick and some other things, then filter between the cars and I'm away.
He was a fat, sweaty prick. Didn't get his reg or the cab company unfortunately.
With hindsight, I should've shouted 'You're ridiculous'. Don't know why, but I like that.
Say Alright in a calm manner
Smack that Cab Up then Ride on take your first left and gone. -
Say Alright in a calm manner
Smack that Cab Up then Ride on take your first left and gone.Hmm, not such a fan of smacking cabs up, would prefer to stay the right side of the law rather than escalate to pugilism. First left was taken (heading that way anyway), half expected to him to follow me so was making ready with my weedy cyclist arms...
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Note to self: Never stick a finger up at a big man on a bicycle in Peckham, even if he has just pulled out from the inside and expected you to move in to the path of a fast moving bus on the outside and then sworn at you when you didn't.
I have never cycled home so fast.
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Had an interesting one last night, was riding along Old St, just before going under the railway bridge to turn left onto Kingsland Rd, had gone through the lights/pinch point bit in primary (matching speed with the car a metre or two in front) and stayed in the right hand lane as there were three buses parked up in the left, as I'm following the road 'round to the right a minicab pulls level with me on the wrong side of the road and then pulls left, squeezing me in towards the parked buses.
Me and the cyclists behind/next to me shout 'what the fuck' and so forth, he winds his window down and asks me if I want the whole road, I say 'If I'm travelling at the same fucking speed as traffic and there's buses in the other lane then yeah, I want the whole lane'.
This seemed to enrage him and he swerved in towards me a little more whilst shouting obscenities at me out the window. I have no idea where he thought his pull in and try to squish me move would get him, as he's now sat there behind the car I was following, I call him a fucking prick and some other things, then filter between the cars and I'm away.
He was a fat, sweaty prick. Didn't get his reg or the cab company unfortunately.
With hindsight, I should've shouted 'You're ridiculous'. Don't know why, but I like that.