Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

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  • Really?

    I thought that most people who do charity rides see at as the exception rather than the norm. The few people I know who do them maybe ride 2 or 3 events a year and do very little riding in between and never as long a distance.

    Not sure what you mean about the message. What message do you want charity rides to send?

    That's what I mean. Put cycling up there with one off fundraising activities like bungee jumping, tandem skydive, or holiday trekking the himalayas then it does jack all to promote utility (everyday) cycling.

  • ^ would hazard guess that if it didn't bring in money then charities wouldn't give two hoots about organising bike rides. not cycling advocates.

    not saying they should be, am i?

    Congrats, I have confused myself.

  • ^ it'd be nice if they were advocates though.

    will shut up now.

  • When r people gonna learn to indicate before turning? I was heading towards elephant on walworth road, there was this guy coming the opposite direction and he all of a sudden took a right turn knowing I was going straight... No indication or eye contact, nothing!! A emergeny brake from me unwillingly... I am not even sure a right turn is allowed there. Must check tomorrow.

  • and need a way to jusified their spending spree.

    lolol

  • When r people gonna learn to indicate before turning? I was heading towards elephant on walworth road, there was this guy coming the opposite direction and he all of a sudden took a right turn knowing I was going straight... No indication or eye contact, nothing!! A emergeny brake from me unwillingly... I am not even sure a right turn is allowed there. Must check tomorrow.

    Tonight I saw this tit whose indication method was to punch the the air to his right then immediately veer right without looking. Just staring dead straight ahead the whole time, at speed. Was so close to taking people out again and again.

  • To the bloke on the yellow fucksie bike turning right from Guilford St into Grays Inn Rd @ 6.35pm today:

    • Was I signalling right? No.
    • Were you signalling right? No.
    • Did I think you were going to ride straight into me? Yes.
    • Did you back off your cock maneouvre when I shouted, "no, No, NO!"? No.
    • Did you awkwardly cut in to the front of the queue of traffic as the lights changed on your side? Yes.
    • Was your riding sketchy, unpredictable, and disarming for everyone in the area? Yes.

    Get a fucking grip. If you were pissed, accept that you're not capable of riding a bike safely in that state, and please don't do it again.

  • Tonight I saw this tit whose indication method was to punch the the air to his right then immediately veer right without looking. Just staring dead straight ahead the whole time, at speed. Was so close to taking people out again and again.

    Mayb he was on drug? Or maybe he is just born a cunt. He might as well not indicate.

    Just out of interest, when you and everyone else indicate, do you sort of wave / move your hand (not the whole arm of course)? I see some people do that and it got me thinking is it because moving things are more noticeable? I do that myself sometimes...

  • Yeah, I usually waggle my fingers when I indicate so it's more visible / memorable for people watching. Still get the odd cunt overtaking me from behind so they can cut me up at corners, though. Cyclists frequently do this, motorists not so much.

  • I click my fingers and point. somehow, it feels right.

  • I got shit scared today when driving some stuff to be recycled in wandsworth.
    Some cyclist had managed to get themselves in my blindspot (its a golf- not a big car at all) whilst I was indicating left.
    Luckily I am a bit obsessive when it comes to checking the blindspot, so I saw them just before turning, and stopped and let them through.
    Had a baby on the back as well.
    Proper bad cycling.

  • I'm getting freaked out by cyclists who overtake with zero space. I almost had a nervous breakdown on the CS7 tonight but a cyclist had a chat with me about the IOW randonnee at the lights and I chilled out again.

  • sometimes i see crazy people going between two moving busses.

  • I love the irony you slip in with these one liners Ed

    Glad you noticed it, was surprised that no one picked up on it.

  • charity ride - for those who can't make it in actual races and need a way to jusified their spending spree.

    Isn't this what you have just done?

  • look at the post above your.

  • Yeah couldn't be bothered to read the rest of the thread.

  • Really?

    I thought a charity ride was for riders of all abilities (though usually in an ability range that find the distance of the ride a challenge) to raise money for charity by doing something physically challenging.

    They're riding their bikes. Leave them alone.

    I'll leave them alone if they leave me alone ;)

    I don't have a problem with anyone getting out on their bike, and you expect people on lower end bikes to maybe not be so aware of how to properly interact (i.e. not crash into you) with other cyclists and ped's, but honestly, some of them shouldn't be out on the road unsupervised, and some of the way people were riding would have been crippled by the end of it (one girl's knees were clonking over the top tube, pedaling with heels in flip flops), but before I got a chance to preach how to actually ride a bike, I nearly got cleaned out by their support bus.

    Must learn how to ignore people. Must learn how to ignore people. Must learn how to ignore people.

  • Must learn how to ignore people. Must learn how to ignore people. Must learn how to ignore people.

    Or just learn to loose you inhibitions and start screaming at the top of your lungs; "Nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, your faaaaaaaaaackinnnnnn doing it wrong you ccccuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnt!" every time you see something you don't agree with. If you do go with my suggestion please bear in mind that people may video you, then post the resultson YouTube.

  • I see so many near-misses and cock-punchable behaviour on each 10 mile commute that I don't even tend to mention it much anymore. I've just accepted it.

    From my own observations though, there definitely seems to be most of the bad behaviour from nodders on mountain bikes without helmets, hipsters and early-to-midlife crisis carbon fibre weight weenies.

    The nodders I sometimes feel sorry for. Some of them don't know any better (but should). The hipsters I just find mainly bad for red light jumping (at unsuitable times), headphones, and lack of helmets/lights. The carbon fibre weight weenies seem to be the most aggressive and this is tiring. They probably have very small willies and listen to white man's Blues, and more specifically Simply Red, and M-People.

  • I tend to raise my eyebrow in expected amazement when I watch people do stupid things. Depending on the outcome, a huff of laughter and a sad shake of the head. I've given up helping others as they've made it pretty damn clear that they want to die.

  • I see so many near-misses and cock-punchable behaviour on each 10 mile commute that I don't even tend to mention it much anymore. I've just accepted it.

    From my own observations though, there definitely seems to be most of the bad behaviour from nodders on mountain bikes without helmets, hipsters and early-to-midlife crisis carbon fibre weight weenies.

    The nodders I sometimes feel sorry for. Some of them don't know any better (but should). The hipsters I just find mainly bad for red light jumping (at unsuitable times), headphones, and lack of helmets/lights. The carbon fibre weight weenies seem to be the most aggressive and this is tiring. They probably have very small willies and listen to white man's Blues, and more specifically Simply Red, and M-People.

    You can really insult people....but insinuation about simply red is just sublime as an insult.

  • The carbon fibre weight weenies seem to be the most aggressive and this is tiring. They probably have very small willies and listen to white man's Blues, and more specifically Simply Red, and M-People.

    Although it is not blues I would imagine that UB40 would also be a favourite

  • Since no one here is actually "Calling Out Bad Cyclists" rather, just retreating here Daily Mail style to bemoan the state of the cycling nation and huff and puff about how bad every other cyclist on the road is, can we at least change the name of it to something more appropriate.

  • is led zeppelin white mans blues? (albums I-IV)
    just askin like.

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