Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

^^ avoid all this bullshit by going clockwise* :)

*the other trick, of course, is to be faster than the nodderton. Unfortunately this is not an option open to everyone.

Deffo no coaster break?

nope, it was just a usual peugeot with SS hub
mind boggles

^^ avoid all this bullshit by going clockwise* :)

*the other trick, of course, is to be faster than the nodderton. Unfortunately this is not an option open to everyone.

will definitely be doing this next time. i must admit to seeing literally the odd one or two people going the other way. never really understood why this was! i've just always gone anti....

doesn't matter if you really boot it, as you'll inevitably have to stop. the only chance to get any distance up is on the slight upwards drag heading north as there's quite some distance before hitting the first light by the zoo.

everytime he came to the front he'd clear his nose into everyone behind. wtf is that about? is that normal?!

That's really grim!

I remember when I first rode around Regents.

I'd recently moved to Maida Hill area and when I started working from home and missing having a commute had a look at the map and thought ooh! That would be perfect to have a ride around, could even train on it, do an extra lap each time or suchlike.

Had no idea that obviously everyone else in a 5 mile radius had the same idea. I was not prepared for the amount of Rapha clad mamil douchebaggery. I remember being overtaken by a large group of sneering knobcreaks all wearing identical black rapha tops with the hi-vis armband looking at me like i'd just shat my 'cheap' bike out of my arse and onto their assos legwarmers. Felt embarassed wearing Rapha after that.

/csb

Lol at the belm who didn't take too kindly to my sarcastic "Yeah, jump all the red lights!" on the A106 earlier. Your out of breath death stare as you rode across me while I was waiting at the next red was hilarious. Capped off by the fact you went out your way to make a point of RLJing by jumping up onto the pavement to, for some reason, go onto the opposite junction cycle lane whilst the lights changed to green for me. Made my commute to see your fury at your own ineptitude.

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So the feeling I'm getting is to steer clear of RP

I avoided it 'cause I thought it was for srs bsns but I went on Tuesday night and I was far from the least experienced person using the road.

I think just "don't be a twat" is a good rule of thumb.

RP laps are much more fun in the dark in winter when hardly anyone else is there. Been avoiding it for months, sounds unpleasant.

Depends on the RP.

SW RP laps in the dark are excellent. No motons and the joggers know how to share the road.

I used to do Regents Parks laps about 5 years ago, before my knee woes. There'd usually be a peloton who'd be very perturbed by me overtaking them on a track bike on certain segments and then very smug when they could gear up higher than I could spin. It was kinda amusing, smug/miffed/smug/miffed/smug/miffed etc etc until I got bored and went home.

Sadly, am not quite in such good shape now so am more often on the gears than spinning out on the fixed. And generally around Epping way instead of RP.

Nothing wrong with RP, just go faster than the dickheads. It's not exactly hard, as the ti-frame and carbon wheels posse tend to be too busy sussing other people's bikes out to get their head down and sweat a bit.

Andrew Marr's walking stick nearly took out my front wheel at Regents' earlier in the year. RP at night in Winter is good. It's okay once or twice in Summer.

Go early, go clockwise

I never really notice these problems. Maybe I am the problem.

Go early, go clockwise

Yeah, go me.

I had a riot round Regents Park this morning.
Everyones waiting at the red lights next to the Mosque going counter-clockwise. Lights turn green and it's the usual hell for leather time trial to the next set. A couple of Type A, heart attack fodder MAMILS make an early break away, one of them swings up the banking when he realises he has company (centre of the road), they start wanking each other off at this point, sizing up one anothers TT bikes and Rapha goods. I can't be arsed to join in the fun so take a steady pace on my own behind them. They round the corner at the bottom to be confronted by the ped red light. One of the breakaway, the weaker of the two judging by the kit, senses the opportunity and harmlessly jumps the red to take a healthy lead. Type A goes balistic "It's a RED LIGHT, it means stop" He was still hurling abuse at him when I came up behind and jumped it. It was so funny. "Oh ANOTHER ONE" he shouts, "It's Still RED!". " I do what I fucking like mate. Are you the Police? No well piss off then" I hurled back it him. I could sense him behind me trying desperately to catch up but the poor fucker got caught at the next set of reds.
I think he's probably had a heart attack by now or he has taken it out on some poor fucker at work.
Unbelievable how arrogant some people are

Mmmm. A driver might have seen you and thought "he doesn't care about the rules, so I don't care about cyclists" and it might be me that driver takes his frustration out on. That's niggled me so much I ended a sentence with a preposition.

such maverick.

so rebel.

i'm with the bloke that called you out.

Mmmm. A driver might have seen you and thought "he doesn't care about the rules, so I don't care about cyclists" and it might be me that driver takes his frustration out on. That's niggled me so much I ended a sentence with a preposition.

careful - collective responsibility, like poor grammar, is a slippery slope.

Well we hear both sides of the divide on this thread don't we.

Everyone's a twat.

such maverick.

so rebel.

i'm with the bloke that called you out.

LOL no you are not. You have expressed more than anyone how you don't give a fuck what other people do as long as it doesn't endanger you. So either you are lying or being a hypocrite

who else is a twat, other than the RLJing knobwits and those that cheer them on?