Peds!

The Peds are out in force, had a few today.

But I did have a satisfying moment this morning.
Guy crossing the road from Mornington Crescent to Black Cat Building, looked over shoulder while stepping off, looked right through me and carried on. He was far enough across as I came to him that I could go inside him, I (somewhat cruelly) rang my bell as I approached, he flicked his head around and proceeded to flinch, grimace and shat his pants simultaneously.

I chuckled as I rolled on past. He might not do that tomorrow.

Bit of a cuntish thing to do.

Bit of a cuntish thing to do.

Aye, i didn't set out to shit him up though.
Had he not blundered across the road oblivious to all around him, I would have not needed to ring my bell and his pants would be unsoiled.

I think my only other option would have been to skid to halt and maybe not stop before I barrelled into him.

Riding home this evening through Camberwell (home of the mentals, FACT), I spotted up ahead one of those pavement drifters. You know the sort, wandering about all over the pavement like they're in a slow motion pinball machine. I was slowing down for lights and the guy just stepped out - backwards - into the road. I did the only two things I could: brake really fucking hard and give him a Cav-style shoulder barge, so hard he ended up back on the pavement. He turned, slowly, towards me and gave me a look that was made up of seven shades of mental. Then he spat on me and walked off.

I turned to the small crowd of cyclists backed up behind me. "Are you okay?" asked one. "WAC!" said another.

Verdict: cyclists are great, peds can fuck off. Spitting on people is absolutely vile and I hope the next thing that guy steps out in front of is bigger than me.

You should have swiped him with your Claw, leaving him with a permanent Zorro-style scar.

:(

Bit of a cuntish thing to do.

Stepping out without looking? Yeah. I don't think ringing a bell to indicate to someone that the road was actually being used by someone at the time counts as such. If he looks next time it'll save 2 people grief (him and whoever hits him...).

You should have swiped him with your Claw, leaving him with a permanent Zorro-style scar.

:(

My claw is aesthetic only, it has no (awesome) functional use :(

Stepping out without looking? Yeah. I don't think ringing a bell to indicate to someone that the road was actually being used by someone at the time counts as such. If he looks next time it'll save 2 people grief (him and whoever hits him...).

No, doing that manoverve to shit him up, no matter what mistake he have done.

I (somewhat cruelly) rang my bell as I approached, he flicked his head around and proceeded to flinch, grimace and shat his pants simultaneously.

I chuckled as I rolled on past. He might not do that tomorrow.

Would've been more cuntish if you'd been equally careless with your conduct and run him down. He got off lightly.

encountered a fuck ton of potential doorings today, luckily the traffic was lighter than usual so i had space to wade out.
is a dooring moron a ped or a motorist though?

you should not be riding in the car door zone

I suggest you cycle with at least a doors worth of space between you and the cars to the left of you in that case, even if means riding in primary the whole way home.

DJ beat me to it...

The whole of Uxbridge road was car ducking door zone tonight. Mental.

I suggest you cycle with at least a doors worth of space between you and the cars to the left of you in that case, even if means riding in primary the whole way home.

Until the 'cuntish' police...

through a sizeable segment stretch of my commute passing through fulham/chelsea, the entire cycle lane IS the door zone. it's pretty thin.
same thing with nearly all the CS routes which people can park in bits of.

the other day a guy was crossing the road at some random place, hovered in the centre to wait for a car to go past then looked at me right behind it, looked me directly in the eyes, and swaggered in front of me his whole body language saying "fuck you" and daring me to get in some conflict with him

I gave him a palm in the chest and he fell on his arse, it was hilarious

through a sizeable segment stretch of my commute passing through fulham/chelsea, the entire cycle lane IS the door zone. it's pretty thin.
same thing with nearly all the CS routes which people can park in bits of.

Then don't ride on the cycle lane.

Just because it's there doesn't mean it's the safest and best position to be in, usually it's recommended to overtake the traffic rather than undertake to put less risk on yourself.

Even the highway code stated that you don't have to ride on the cycle lane if you don't feel comfortable on it.

through a sizeable segment stretch of my commute passing through fulham/chelsea, the entire cycle lane IS the door zone. it's pretty thin.
same thing with nearly all the CS routes which people can park in bits of.

In that case, don't ride in the bike lane. Nobody said you have to cycle in them, if its dangerous for you to ride in it, then don't ride in it :-)

FFS why is everyone beating me to it in this thread :'(((((((((((

You need to stretch more.

Says you, tiny top tube T. rex.

Then don't ride on the cycle lane.

Just because it's there doesn't mean it's the safest and best position to be in, usually it's recommended to overtake the traffic rather than undertake to put less risk on yourself.

Even the highway code stated that you don't have to ride on the cycle lane if you don't feel comfortable on it.

I agree with this, it kind of pisses me off that they even put them there, especially the really shit ones.

i'm aware of this but thanks for the reminder, all i'm saying is that on some roads there is no way to avoid the door zone (apart from riding primary, but who does that really?) - especially fulham/king's road, which also has the most pathetic of painted-on cycle lanes.

i ride down there a few times a week, and never rarely in the door zone of cars (only if i have slowed down to about 5mph)

a cycle training session may help you with developing your riding strategies