Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

Think for a second why there might be no safety issue with you RLJing. Is it because all the other traffic has stopped at red lights, allowing you time to do so?

Think about it: if nobody stopped at red lights there'd be chaos right? So there's a system in place to install some order. Because that system's in place and people adhere to it, you're then given an opportunity to go against it for your own personal gain but only because others make the tiny sacrifice of waiting for the good of the system.

I am from India

for that reason until cyclists are seen as just as law abiding as motorists i will call you and anyone else i see rlj'ing a dick head.

lol!

I am from India

Oh good. I'm very happy for you.

Whenever I have doggy-style sex with my wife, I shout at her if she fails to regularly look over her shoulder. That's how fucking aware I am of the bigger picture.

Whenever I have doggystyle sex with my wife, I shout someone else's name. And try to stay on.

Do you ever time this, if so what is the record?

When having sex with somebody else's wife you should be looking over your shoulder frequently and keeping the shouting to a minimum.

Whenever I have sex, I shout my own name at the important moment.

Addicted to RLJing?? what the fuck? that was the dumbest thing I've heard.

"I'm addicted to picking out the most expensive pastry from the supermarket, and pretend it's a croissant to save 20p at the self service checkout"

Actually I do that, I'm not proud of it, but woah, what a feeling!

a cyclist helpfully screamed "its a red light" at me this morning as i took a cheeky left on red at the junction of outer circle and regents park during a training session.
I weigh up the benefits of carrying on moving against the cons of stopping and make a quick decision that benefits me and my desire to maintain a constant speed.
"how about you wait until you get to work before you start ordering people around you type a personality disorder cunt" was the response i had in mind.
Although "piss off you wanker" was all i could say in time

what gives people the right to tell others what to do i ask? I would advise someone not to go on the inside of a left turning lorry, but other than that, people should mind their own business really, unless they are the ones being endangered
tl;dr

RED

Going along Chelsea Embankment last night, there's a couple, he's got one of those assume-the-position-for-a-cavity-search knock-kneed wide handlebar setups on a downhiller and she's got a cast iron townie two sizes too big, struggling to keep up with him like an overenthusiastic puppy, him not noticing her struggling, what a guy.
They overtook me twice, only to slow down immediately, ride abreast and chat.
If you want to hold hands, get the tube.
I don't mind the riding abreast if you're mindful that other people have got places to go and things to do, and let me pass. I don't mind being overtaken by people moving much faster. I don't overtake unless I know I can maintain the pace, if I come up on you slowly then I'm not going much faster and will stay behind. If you overtake me and then immediately slow down so you are cruising along just in front of me, I WILL overtake you again. Every time. Until one of us has a heart attack. Unless there's a headwind, in which case, after you.
That's bad enough but after I'd got past them I was doing good time up to the Albert Bridge. There's Superhighway about halfway up the slope next to the stationary traffic then it cuts out, you've got than a meter on the left of the traffic, there's drains, it's practically off-road. As I was about nip down the side of a bus as the road narrowed, I hear a shout - she's actually berating me for swinging out a bit, thereby preventing her from overtaking me right behind the bus, where we have less than a metre. Is this a joke? This isn't the first time. These people actually think they can nip just in front of you when you're already down the side of stationary traffic. These people in full street clothes on wrought-iron behemoths, who you've just sped past at twice their speed in shorts on a lightweight bike, think they need to be in front of you when the lights change.

I can't wait until its snowing again.

Actually I do that, I'm not proud of it, but woah, what a feeling!

For some reason that's really got to me. I'm going to be laughing all afternoon now and people are going to ask why. What the hell am I supposed to say?!

snip....

These people in full street clothes on wrought-iron behemoths, who you've just sped past at twice their speed in shorts on a lightweight bike, think they need to be in front of you when the lights change.

I can't wait until its snowing again.

Translation: I bonked and got pwned by a granny.

Actually I do that, I'm not proud of it, but woah, what a feeling!

Hahahaha your avatar just makes that better. Pure Tobias!

Aaaargh, me this morning. I could cite a load of circumstances which led to my error of judgement, but they're irrelevant really. At the bottom of the Pentonville Rd bus lane (heading west-ish) I decided to move up in front of a coach before the lights changed. I'd seen the lights go red, so thought I had the timing of the sequence sussed, there was a big gap in front of him before the light/junction itself, and furthermore, the traffic a little further ahead was also stopped and lined up about 6 deep at the next set of lights. I guessed that when the coach did pull away, it would be a gentle rolling away from a stop, using the slight gradient, as there'd be no point rushing to the next queue. My mistakes then:

i) Letting the events of the previous 10 minutes get my pulse racing, and not being fully aware of the fact they had.

ii) Being complacent about the timing of a traffic light sequence, something that can change temporarily or permanently for one reason or another.

iii) Anticipating one set of events, and then putting all my eggs in that basket.

iv) Riding beyond the lack-lustre braking capabilities of my British folding bicycle.

v) Assuming a driver had seen me / given a shit about me before I entered one of his blindspots.

I acknowledged my error to the driver after my high speed jump through an ever diminishing gap, and vowed not to make the same mistake. There's even a sign there saying 'cyclists don't overtake buses', FFS. Sometimes I despair of myself, I really do.

^ iii) above is the most scary and I always kick myself when I do it (and we all do).

Not having an exit strategy and suddenly realising it mid-manoeuvre is the classic sphincter-clenching moment.

Good post-game analysis and honesty though BMMF!

^^ I ride that everyday and so many people try and nip through there. Unless it has only just turned red (and I've seen it change) and the bus has completely stopped (i.e., it's not going to roll through the ASL) I always wait behind.

The number of people that roll through the ped crossing on red and then can't see the lights change, thereby ending up slower overall, is also remarkable.

Saw a complete dickhead this morning undertaking an indicating, turning van near E&C. Scared the shit out of the van driver, who didn’t take too kindly to being sworn at either. I tried to give the van driver a conciliatory “we’re not all like that, honest” kind of shrug but it probably looked like I had a tic.

I was tempted to catch up with the cyclist but when it came to it I was too lazy.

Self call out. Heading northbound on Drury Lane, one of those penis-proxy pick up trucks suddenly pulls out of the side street on my left, forcing some hard braking and annoyance. I start accelerating again only to see a pedestrian crossing at the zebra who'd been hidden by the van.

Full emergency stop mode, had me halt inches from the poor woman. I apologised profusely. WAC. It would have served me right to have failed to unclip in time and keeled over (this nearly happened)

The pickup did block my view, but therefore I should have been going slower.

A lot of people going south on Bishopsgate this week - weaving all over the place, no shoulder checking/indicating and constant under-taking.

Where this belongs.... 01:22 & 01:33 breathtaking stupidity :/

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