"Oh Shit" moments...

Nah she won't. She just doesn't like main roads much.
I'm going to try build her a roadie type thing so we can go to the countryside riding a bit more.

DAWS - i assumed it was for Don't Argue With Scoble :/

Still, good advice.

DAWS - i assumed it was for Don't Audax With Scoble :/

Still, good advice.

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Nah still don't argue with scoble'ing the street. Standard oh scoble moments though. Cabbie wants to cut in front or kill you. Nothing too close. I'm looking to get some rollers soon to up some speed and endurance for the right price though.

I keep on don't argue with scoble guys on the road but mainly get a head nod or a hand up/ acknowledgment. So in an interest of oh scoble moments. I will now approach the centre where possible don't argue with scoble as close as possible to say wassup. Lol.

Taking this month off for fasting but will be coming back in August. God willing.

Makes sense to me.

Rolling over st katherine's dock se1 walkway. It's ped only wooden walkway and so I should get off but quick check and there is no one around so I slowly roll down checking for peds..

All of a sudden, i'm falling forwards... Falling so fast, my front end is going down and oh my god i'm going falling into the river.. long story short I stay on my feet falling forwards while my pedal cuts up my shin..

Bike finishes back wheel in the air upright. My front wheel had slipped in-between two wooden slots that make up the bridge and got stuck. Had to carefully pull it out but no damage to bike thankfully.

Lesson is, walk over there...

Coming back from the LCC protest ride this evening (after the speeches in Lincoln's Inn Fields) around 7.10, going North up Grey's Inn Rd towards Theobalds, when a taxi overtakes fast and close. Been thinking about deaths on the road, and how someone had buzzed me in Essex at the weekend so I shouted 'Oi'. At the Theobald road lights he pulled over sharply and, despite having customers, jumps out, legs wide apart, face scary and shouts 'Don't you fucking shout at me, son' - I had a little speed so I ducked round him, right, left onto roseberry avenue, hoping he wouldn't be able to follow, wishing I had had the presence of mind to shout 'Do one, you cunt'.

Cyclist behind me had a helmet camera; maybe he is on here and has a little footage so I can check that my shout was justified and that he was quite scary looking?

nearly got left hooked this morning... coming up to a junction, luckily my spidey sense was tingling so I held back, he then swings left without a care or a signal in the world, I skid to make sure I'm not clipped give him enough of a vitriolic earful that everyone at the junction stops and stares.. I shake my head and ride on full of adrenaline.

Edit: oh and Adorno, the traffic after the protest ride was shocking, people driving like utter bellends all over the place

Bit of an "Oh Shit" moment as well.

Riding to work from Oval to Walton-on-Thames, was going at a fair lick in Kingston only to notice a peds trying to cross 3 lanes of traffic (really crap junction), did not clock him due to motorised vehicles obstructing the view, managed to slowed down while overtaking with a wide breth.

Sadly the douchebag cyclist behind me whom decided to tailgate me ran straight into him, peds is alright, road bicycle got an out-of-true front wheel.

Where in kingston was the junction? The one way system is truly dreadful to navigate on a bike.

That's the system, near the station but nowhere near the peds crossing (actually where the telephone boxes are), the design encourage vehicles to go faster at the expense of other despite it's being in a town centre.

Yesterday morning a chap overtakes me safely then turns right into the road I am going to then pulls over to the left with no indicator so I've already slowed down as there is a width restriction ahead where the oncoming traffic have right of way instead he opens his door full pelt then shuffles in his seat and looks to see if it is safe for his fat fucking arse to get out of the car. I'm going slow enough to steer wide but shout "look before opening the door you fat fuck not the other way round" and carry on my merry way but I hear no protestation as he has just pulled over for his morning fill of grease at the cafe and would rather feed than fight.

Almost went into someone at full gas this morning, they stepped straight off the pavement without looking, I whipped past them without anytime to even begin evading - luckily just skimmed past.

Would have been ugly, I was (according to Strava) going relatively quickly.

Perhaps around 46mph?

Had an OS moment last night, driving south on M11 at about 11.30. I looked to the right and there's a car in the northbound carriageway going south. In the fucking fast lane.

Was just before the N&S carriageways split, north of the A406. Called the cops, dunno what happened after that as the N&S carriageways separate. There were definitely cars and lorries heading straight at them though.

Had a slow collision with a nobhead pedestrian in soho this evening.
The mug just stepped out when i was less than a metre away whilst looking the opposite direction.

WAC

Heading along Coldharbour Lane one day, I actually had one nobhead leap sideways (and head first) out into the road. He nutted me as if trying to head me into goal, if you see what I mean. It was a completely suicidal manoeuvre and he was damn lucky to encounter me and not the car behind me.

Had to sit down on the kerb for five minutes while my head cleared.

Overtaken by a Dutch artic doing 30mph at a pinch point outside Peckham fire station. I glanced back and thought he was holding but he suddenly powered through. I'm used to being passed close and I know he's left-hand drive but that was... fuuuuuuuuuuck.

Heading along Coldharbour Lane one day, I actually had one nobhead leap sideways (and head first) out into the road. He nutted me as if trying to head me into goal, if you see what I mean. It was a completely suicidal manoeuvre and he was damn lucky to encounter me and not the car behind me.

Had to sit down on the kerb for five minutes while my head cleared.

Had that one at the top of shaftesbury avenue. He smashed his glasses I fell off and collided with a bus that was to my right but luckily stationary and he got a concussion. LOL good times.

are you actually "LOL"ing as often as it seems FixedStar?

Going on a three week cycle tour on 29th, just checked my passport and it's out of date by one month. Oh shit.

Earliest appointment for renewing it is 0815 on 29th. Oh shit. Time trial to Dover it is then.

Used to be that you could get an emergency appointment... had to pay extra dosh though.

^ Yep, earliest emergency appointment is 29th. Gonna call up every day to try to get a cancellation. Have to pay £128...

:(

Try the next biggest town, my mate ended up going to manc as they had an appointment available

are you actually "LOL"ing as often as it seems FixedStar?

Yeah. LOL. When an OS moment happens that is deserved of a good LOL. Why not?