"Oh Shit" moments...

My chariot of yesterday/today:

^^^ It was a grey van which happened to be driven by a someone more 'distinguished' than your usual men with ven.

^^ I've been in a car with you so I'm staying off the roads when you're in that thing

I didn't murder a single cyclist or toot at a single woman.

What about the reverse?

Got to be careful reversing a van, massive blind spots.

what do you have against married people anyway, s785?

Similar thing happened to me this morning. Very nearly side swiped by a grey van man who decided to do a left turn without indicating or checking anywhere.

Was this Aldwych / drury lane by any chance?

Leaving work this evening and got around the beginning of Euston road whilst I was track standing and trying to rock the bike and forward my front wheel seem to locked up and I nearly oh shit stacked it moment. I bounded my front wheel and it made it horrible loose noise (my initial thought was a broken spoke of some sort?) but after riding a little more I found out that it was a loose nut and that someone tried to steal my front wheel! Fuckers!!!

Holy crap. Glad the wheel didn't pop out on the move! Close call, matey :-o

I must say I looked like more of a twat than I usually do, imagine every traffic light occurred I was picking up my front end of my bike to find out what was the problem and sreaming FFS!!! Eventually found out the problem when I got to old street roundabout :/

A nut loose, on a bike with a nut loose. #standard #london

What about the reverse?

You got me guv

Was this Aldwych / drury lane by any chance?

Nope, way down near Bromley. That Aldwych/ drury lane bit is also a nightmare though. Seen loads of close calls there.

In more "Oh Shit" moments, I thought I had lost my keys but then I found them.
#truestory

A Massive lorry pulled out at junction and I had to pull off a fixie skid.

Got lucky but laid down some serious rubber.

Tintin. OG fixie skidder.

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Lovely and much relaxed midnight ride around central last night to watch all the chaos. Coming through pall Mall East and the BMW behind me is revving pointlessly. I sigh and move out of the way cos I can't be arsed to deal with that shit. Usual bunch of weekend dickheads driving around at speed in an expensive car around central...REV REV...rear fishtails around the corner, front right hits one parked car, flys out sideways and all the force smashes the left side into the curb, annihilating the front end completely, this thing looked like a broken taco!

I stop to "whoa" and realise everyone from Trafalgar Square has come to witness the stupidity that just occurred.
Karma, you funny!

I got pulled over by the police on my way to work yesterday for RLJing, they let me off, probably because I did a sweet skid to stop.

Tintin. OG fixie skidder.

Coaster brake obvs.

At the junction of embankment and lambeth bridge going East bound. Looking behind so some idiot in the car doesn't squash me look in front everyone has stopped over handle bars bike does a 360. But at least I landed on my feet bike undamaged just wounded pride could of been worse luckily I have expert stacking skills :)

landed on your feet? Thanks pretty impressive

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landed on your feet? Thanks pretty impressive

More by luck than judgement bike ended up about 5 foot behind me which was odd. Just happy i didnt fuck myself or my bike up

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Just like that but much more clumsy and the bike followed me and did a 360 well more of a 180 lol