Scary screaming cycling lady (the London Banshee)

Spot on!

I'm increasingly getting the impression that I know who this is--but as I've only met her once and never heard her wail, it didn't start to click until Pistolero's post. I may be completely wrong, but some aspects of Pistolero's description ring a bell. For obvious reasons, I will of course not venture an identification, though.

Sounds like a bloody horror movie Pistolero.
Great story teller, ha.

Gotta love that link, Sano.

I've not had the pleasure of witnessing such a rare beauty, I can't wait til the day I see her. Maybe I will try and have a camera prepared so I can capture the moment on film.

If I succeed will this be worth money?

There's nowt wrong with good signalling.

Call me Ishmael, but the last I heard there was sighting of her round the Cape of Good hope. A hump like a snow-hill!

@ Skully, to be fair, her signalling is good, but mostly because it's so fricking weird you can't help but gaze at it in wonder, thereby clearly seeing her directional intentions...

It's robotic like from shoulder th wrist then, blaaaaaa. very strange.

Maybe she has a physical problem and is just over-compensating? She probably thinks being stalked home by fixie skidders is just as strange behaviour...

stalking endearing not strange.

To add to the "weirdo hall of fame" - this week I saw Power Ranger man on New Kings Road - a middle aged bloke looking very serious with helmet on and wearing a downhill mountain bike body armour suit

I laughed so hard I almost crashed

This whole thread is the funniest shit ever. And I have seen this guy in fulham a few times.

I LOLd. he didn't understand why.

This whole thread is the funniest shit ever. And I have seen this guy in fulham a few times.

I LOLd. he didn't understand why.

Somebody please get a photo!

Overtook her around Surrey Keys this morning, no traffic, so no noise.

Am I the only person who thinks following someone home and/or taking pictures of them just because they act or look a bit different to you is pretty fucking lame behavior?

Yes.

Without being flippant, Tommy, I know it's a laugh when you spot these eccentrics, but following somebody?
This woman is a human being, with as many rights as the rest of you, would you appreciate it if someone followed your girlfriend home?

I know what your saying and you are correct it is rude I except that, but we have some of the same route hence I pass her every so often or some times end up behind her, I'm not following her home.

As a small boy growing up in Camberley (the horror, the horror) I used to encounter Camberley Kate in the local park with her collection of dogs. Apparently she once had her picture taken by Lord Snowdon and a magazine article in Time Magazine:

Amazing, I had missed this thread and just read from the start.
Half way through I had visions of people rigging Ewok style Banshee traps.

a male type banshee was spotted last night heading west from Kings Road to Putney around 6:30pm.

At the slightest hint of a car pulling out in front of him a huge shout would emenate from this cyclist. A car would be about to emerge from a side road and would nose out an inch to see what traffic was coming - cue a very loud bellow from from the male cyclist lasting several seconds as he whooshed past glaring at the car. He was on a on one frame i think with singlespeed and he had horns on his cycle helmet.

I cycled along behind to just enjoy the strangeness of this guys style. he was fond of loudly telling drivers off for being in the ASL box. I don't think he was as fast as the female banshee from reports but his presence on the road was something to behold

a male type banshee was spotted last night heading west from Kings Road to Putney around 6:30pm.

At the slightest hint of a car pulling out in front of him a huge shout would emenate from this cyclist. A car would be about to emerge from a side road and would nose out an inch to see what traffic was coming - cue a very loud bellow from from the male cyclist lasting several seconds as he whooshed past glaring at the car. He was on a on one frame i think with singlespeed and he had horns on his cycle helmet.

I cycled along behind to just enjoy the strangeness of this guys style. he was fond of loudly telling drivers off for being in the ASL box. I don't think he was as fast as the female banshee from reports but his presence on the road was something to behold

is he known for being local? i live right along that route so would love to see him haha.

More fitting name perhaps, The Raging Bull?

a male type banshee was spotted last night heading west from Kings Road to Putney around 6:30pm.

At the slightest hint of a car pulling out in front of him a huge shout would emenate from this cyclist. A car would be about to emerge from a side road and would nose out an inch to see what traffic was coming - cue a very loud bellow from from the male cyclist lasting several seconds as he whooshed past glaring at the car. He was on a on one frame i think with singlespeed and he had horns on his cycle helmet.

I cycled along behind to just enjoy the strangeness of this guys style. he was fond of loudly telling drivers off for being in the ASL box. I don't think he was as fast as the female banshee from reports but his presence on the road was something to behold

Aren't you describing Dancing James?

a male type banshee was spotted last night heading west from Kings Road to Putney around 6:30pm.

At the slightest hint of a car pulling out in front of him a huge shout would emenate from this cyclist. A car would be about to emerge from a side road and would nose out an inch to see what traffic was coming - cue a very loud bellow from from the male cyclist lasting several seconds as he whooshed past glaring at the car. He was on a on one frame i think with singlespeed and he had horns on his cycle helmet.

I cycled along behind to just enjoy the strangeness of this guys style. he was fond of loudly telling drivers off for being in the ASL box. I don't think he was as fast as the female banshee from reports but his presence on the road was something to behold

Similar male banshee spotted this lunchtime turning left onto Southwark st from Southwark bridge road. He looked like a tramp, but was riding well, on a decent looking celeste bianchi. Seemed churlish to pull him up due to his appearance, more so as he let out a blood curdling howl for no apparent reason - anyone (old enough to) remember An American Werewolf in London - the yorkshire moors scene will get the full horror of his howl.... off to Robert Dyas to pick up some silver bullets for ride home

HBahahaha the thread lives!

Aren't you describing Dancing James?

sadly it wasn't DJ, unless DJ is a 6ft 2 skinny cockney/Essex lad who cyles about with a pair of horns protruding from the vents in his helmet, noisily venting spleen at the most minor of potential traffic violations.