Once upon a time..

clap clinic?

They're next door to each other.. so it'd be hard to tell.. :)

Mmmm, symbiotic relationships.

I find pedestrians to be responsible for most of my woes!!!
Tuesday night heading home, some ropey looking school bike type decided to test my nerve by casually walking into the road, grinning.
Fortunately for her, the meat head she was with grabbed her by the arm and pulled her out the way, as it was obvious at that point
she was gonna take a hit of some speed. I hate obnoxious youth... Hit a few on my bike, stops em grinning mind, unfortunately it
puts another scar onto me!!!

tomiskinky I find pedestrians to be responsible for most of my woes!!!

Same here.

tomiskinky I find pedestrians to be responsible for most of my woes!!!
Tuesday night heading home, some ropey looking school bike type decided to test my nerve by casually walking into the road, grinning.
Fortunately for her, the meat head she was with grabbed her by the arm and pulled her out the way, as it was obvious at that point
she was gonna take a hit of some speed. I hate obnoxious youth... Hit a few on my bike, stops em grinning mind, unfortunately it
puts another scar onto me!!!

Had to take evasive action when a drunk city worker lurched out from behind a van yesterday. I managed to avoid hitting him head on, but as I leaned the bike to one side to avoid hitting him with my handle bars, I brushed against his jacket. I felt a tug and heard a ripping noise but when I got home I couldn't find any tears. I guess he'll be sowing his pocket back on now. He should count himself lucky I wasn't driving a car.

YouTube - The Paul Hogan Show - Dangers of Cycling

australian style

tomiskinky I find pedestrians to be responsible for most of my woes!!!

I was overtaking a stopped bus on Oxford Street a few weeks ago when a dopey ped walked out in front of me, looking the wrong way! I had been anticipating some kind of muppetry, so I wasn't going particularly fast, and I came to a stop just in time that we both escaped with a mild knocking of heads. Fortunately, neither of us was hurt, although she scattered her bags over the carriageway and will probably be looking both ways from now on.

I hate Oxford Street. I only had to go there to pick up my repaired laptop from the Apple Store.

I hate pOxford st. too but you get used to it if you have to ride it often (I was working on it so I couldn't avoid it). It's the odd runs down when you've forgotten just how stupid peds are that can make it nerve-wracking.

or mr plod, who likes to book you for trying not to avoid the bizzilion lights :(

dogsballs or mr plod, who likes to book you for trying not to avoid the bizzilion lights :(

There were a couple of plods going down Great Suffolk Street this evening at 1/4 walking pace in the granniest of all gears on their knobbly-tyred mountain bikes. It was as daftly inappropriate as the massive City Police Toyota 4x4 I saw the other day.

Still, it's nice to know that I'd be able to outrun them should the need arise!

unless they radio ahead to the toyota and get them to t-bone you...

wouldn't put it past them

threedaymonk [quote]tomiskinky I find pedestrians to be responsible for most of my woes!!!

I was overtaking a stopped bus on Oxford Street a few weeks ago when a dopey ped walked out in front of me, looking the wrong way! I had been anticipating some kind of muppetry, so I wasn't going particularly fast, and I came to a stop just in time that we both escaped with a mild knocking of heads. Fortunately, neither of us was hurt, although she scattered her bags over the carriageway and will probably be looking both ways from now on.

I hate Oxford Street. I only had to go there to pick up my repaired laptop from the Apple Store.[/quote]

Every. Bloody. Morning.

I have to ride down New Oxford St to get to Tottenham Ct Rd, which mercifully is not very ped-friendly. But New Oxford St is just a big bus stop on one side, and a queue of traffic waiting at the lights on the other. Peds walk out from behind almost every single bus, and sprint through the queuing traffic always looking in the wrong direction... But if you don't filter, you end up stuck in the traffic for a quarter hour.

So: Every. Bloody. Morning. I almost hit someone walking out from behind a car. And a fifth of the time it's a pretty girl who I feel really bad for having scared sh*tless and almost shouted at.

all this aggro...can't be good for your heart...just learn to forgive...we all make mistakes...we all can be stupid at times...be friendly even if it's not your fault...treat others like you would like to be treated...don't hit car roofs...don't scream at cab drivers...don't cycle in the middle of the bus lane slowly, so the bus behind you stays in 2nd gear...don't participate in mass cyclist gatherings on a friday night and stay in oxford circus for 20 minutes holding up thousands of people who are only trying to get home...don't hate cars...don't hate peds...don't whack peds on the head as you pass them...don't be elitist don't hate langsters, everyone i know who has one really likes it...its not about the bike, it's about how fast you can go on it. don't ride your bike for political reasons, or fashion reasons. ride it for the love of riding. the streets are your playground and you're 6 years old again.

wear sunscreen.

RPM cycling is dangerous

australian style

haahaha

I used to love The Paul Hogan show when they showed in on Ch4 about 15 years ago.

australian style

not a phrase you hear very often eh hippy?

Why.. you.. little!

This is Australian style:

Strewth

I'm behind the coppers, telling him how good his mum was last night..

held a messenger back from attackign a cabbie two days ago, got hit by a cab that night... stupid one way steets

was cycling down walworth road yesterday around 11. it was a fking green light for me there were like 20 fking peds crossing the road at a crossing. i weaved through them as they felt offended and they wanted to shout at me as I almost crashed into 2 of them. F**k them all stupid peds. The law says a person on a bike is a vehicle.

Coopers Red. Nice.

Coopers Green. Better.

What was that image from?

hippy

This is Australian style:

a load of half naked men grappling with each other.

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edmundane was cycling down walworth road yesterday around 11. it was a fking green light for me there were like 20 fking peds crossing the road at a crossing. i weaved through them as they felt offended and they wanted to shout at me as I almost crashed into 2 of them. F**k them all stupid peds. The law says a person on a bike is a vehicle.

Marylebone, about the same time. Guy in a suit gets into the middle of the street a hundred yards ahead of me, puts his arms out wide like a goalie and starts shadowing me. I slow down, try to go past him, he moves, I try to go another way, he moves again.
Eventually I'm trackstanding in the middle of the road while he jigs back and forth in front of me laughing his head off. I start losing my balance, so I unclip and put my foot down.

"That's not really very funny," I say. "Get a sense of humour," he says. I point to my shoulder support. "I was knocked over by a cab last week, am not in the mood to have another crash." "Ah, but I'm not a cab", he says. "It'll still hurt if I knock you down", I say. Then one of his friends starts pulling on my handlebars, so I elbow them both out of the way and head off down the road.

Pissed tosser.

D lock.

self defence.

I almost wish some prick would try that shit with me sometime