Aggressive cyclists

. Blogs have been written on this new 'aggressive male cyclist'

As long as it's not this woman in lycra I don't mind

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FWIW, while middle aged men in lycra get no sympathy from anyone, I have discovered that everyone loves to see a middle aged lady on a genteel bike making wanking hand signs at bad drivers.

Of course if you are talking about aggressive cyclists then it's hard not to talk about Skully. Big Skully, Slasher Skully, Skull Crusher Skully, The Skullinator, he has earned as many nicknames as he has broken hearts, bones and pub urinals. It's doubtful than anyone before has turned a gentle hobby such as cycling in to force for evil in the way Skully has. Even that well known amateur guitarist and professional racist Eric Clapton didn't do as much harm to cycling's reputation when he brought a Colnago as Skully has done over the years. How many people have a restraining order banning them from both Evans and Cycle Surgery? Or an ASBO specifically prohibiting them from owning a pump of more than 5 inches in length?
It was Skully that persuaded the Kray twins to buy a tandem. And it was Skully that caused the Inter City Firm to turn up late for three consecutive away matches in the eighties when he organised their 'two wheeled ride of terror'. Rumours persist of Skully spiriting away Lord Lucan on the back of his curly Hetchins.
And yet, even as, once again, his trademark lurid pink and chartreuse Dave Yates is spotted outside the carnage of another smash and grab, another bank job gone wrong, another filming of Strictly, it's hard not to feel a begrudging affection for the fixed gear hooligan with the gurning face of a Charlie Drake prototype. A man who has infamously used a puncture repair kit for such cruel and unnatural purposes on victim after victim might seem hard to love but this Chris Ackrigg of the criminal underworld is ultimately one of our own. In the end anyone on two wheels riding over the legs of a screaming pensioner is a friend. And I think that says all that needs to be said about this wonderful obsession of ours.

Ten hit-and-runs every day in London:

Jenny Jones has extended her sympathies and hopes for a full recovery to the officer in critical condition after being run over in a hit and run last night.

Over 68 people per week were injured in collisions involving “hit and run” drivers in London in 2011. Greater London Authority figures show an increase in these incidents, from 3090 collisions in 2009 to 3407 collisions in 2010 to 3535 collisions in 20 11

http://www.london.gov.uk/media/assembly-member-press-releases/green-party/2013/09/news-from-jenny-jones-am-68-hit-and-run-victims-per-week-in

Wasn't sure where to put that. Scary stuff. Jennie Jones says the people who drove at the copper should be charged with attempted murder.

As should anyone who drives at anyone.

except anyone who drives at cyclists, they're usually ok (if they feel bad afterwards or were making an important phone call)

that aside, i guess it seems that generally a lot of us are well within our rights to be totally pissed off but taking that rage into the greenwich foot tunnel is not the place for it. indignation has to go where it is due. but it's hard to properly channel your rage when you get knocked off by some twat pulling out too far & fast without looking and the support network for cyclists isn't as clear as it could be and if you're not insured there is a slightly stressful feeling to being on the road, especially in parts of london where wanker drivers tend to increase in density.

Had a lovely listen to some incredibly dull-sounding woman ion Radio 5 this morning complaining about cyclists on the Surrey roads post Olympics and it seems the recent one day race. This would seem to be the relevant newspaper report:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/recreational-cycling/10323653/War-declared-on-the-Lycra-louts-on-wheels.html

And found a link to this in the comments:

http://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/the-terrible-journalists-guide-to-writing-an-article-about-bicycles/

and a response in the Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/sep/22/cycling-daily-telegraph-lycra-louts

Hang on:

PC Andrew Duncan, 47, was on foot when he tried to stop a car in Sutton at 00:50 BST on Friday but the vehicle struck him.

The father-of-two died in hospital in the early hours, the Met said.

A 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury while dangerous driving has now been arrested on suspicion of murder.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24195404

http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm/volumeID_25-editionID_217-ArticleID_2136-getfile_getPDF/thepsychologist%5C0912walk.pdf

Very good read

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Cheers, t'was a good read indeed!

I get aggressive at other cyclists, I'm a much more aggressive pedestrian with motors.

If you consistently cut me up to RLJ and then look back to see where I am as you're crossing a junction with a car in the central you need shitting up.
So there I go, nonchalantly, cruising up behind you. I see you're desperately trying to get away on you're new S-Works from Edinburgh Co-Op carrying your whole house on your back with your elbows and knees out swerving all over the place. I'll cut you up, as close as I can get to you. I wanna hear you screech just so I know your brakes work, just so I know you have the cognitive skills to know how to use them.
Better me than some chorley in his VXR astra.
I shouldn't do this but as someone who holds cycling quite dear these chumps get me irate.
Also, riding home, rush hour, GTFOH FUUUUUUU.
getmeeeee?

Didn't you cycle into the back of a car recently?

^^Why?

Either you're a tediously mediocre troll, or you're a completly clueless fuckwit.

enough about lynchman, what about the other guy.

:P

http://www.lfgss.com/thread114068.html

Maybe learn how to use your own brakes, and how to service them. Fail

HatBeard Nerged!

I feel the rider who is cutting me up, and checking to make sure he got away, needs bringing down a peg or two.
He is clearly disregarding his own safety. I am reminding him of it.

And yeas, I did hit a car. Clearly I hit a car because I have my head up my arse, not because a driver caused an accident behind him and fled.

quick solution to stop that happening again is to take your head out of your arse

And service your brakes. And not to be aggressive to other cyclists.

unless they deserve it in a highly subjective way.

the irony of this thread....