Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

Said it before, I race RLJ'ers with the jump being their headstart. There's nowt like being the legs on a squeaky brompton rattling past a RLJ'ing nodder or fixy skidder / brakeless SS'er around here. Quite often they wait with me at the next red (maybe it's the heavy breathing scaring them though?).

ok to move off this RLJers.
In the US cars coming to a junction with the intention of turning right dont have to wait at the red lights. Well that makes sense if you are in a car right, but a bike is much less likely to be seen in low light conditions and especially by eyes that are yet (hopefully) not used to looking out for bikes (Non-NY american). So if you are riding the bike going at your good commuting pace and come to a junction and you have green light, would u move to the inner lane? Whats the chance of not being seen? For cycling i can only see this law being annoying when i move over to LA next year.

Cars are still obliged to yield to crossing traffic, so just get a nice flashing front LED to maximise the probability that they see you, but assume that they haven't anyway. Same as usual.

Right turns on red are not universal, some jurisdictions* allow them, and some junctions have signs prohibiting them even in jurisdictions where they are generally permitted.

*set at State level, afaik federally mandated now, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_turn_on_red

I nearly had apavement bound rlj.r with my hefty tripod a few days back in glasgow.
The git mounted pavement skittling peds, aimed at me, then hopped back on the road a few metres down the road, pointless, but I managed a good swing at him :p

If this is turning RLJ, it's going to be merged. Just sayin'

Power mad I tell you

Just tired of rlj mass debates.

Doing a race a few weeks back I watched a lot of people nearly hitting cars, nearly getting hit by cars, hitting the deck......

I don't think this was down to people intentionally riding like twats and thinking 'fuck em all' but more of a gentle ignorance. When riding in a bunch it was pretty damn scary but I guess I'm too used to experienced riders calling out potholes and the like to everyone behind. There seemed to be a thing about not thinking ahead. If you're going to play with traffic you kinda need to think ahead and be aware of what the driver/rider in front is about to do. One guy had a face full of tarmac because he was riding too close to another wheel and wasn't expecting what came next.

RLJ - If you're going to do it don't scare the shit out of people. Let the peds finish crossing without a heart attack. Getting in the way of a car is only going to piss them off even more. Many are angry enough when they see a rider RLJing but then for that rider to get in the way is just silly.

Pavement riding - slow down ffs.

I think a lot of the less experienced riders are being influenced by the media. They see some guy on a cool vid set in NY screaming through peds then obviously that's the right thing to do. From the age of 6 I was taught to hold a straight line. I used lines on the road to help judge it. This made me safer in traffic because I was more in control. Everything that happens is because I did it intentionally. Ok, group riding isn't what people often do on their commute but riding in a group helps awareness and where, and how to look over your shoulder without changing course.

If it could be changed from being cycle training into more of a social thing that has similar benefits of cycle training. It's funny how many people's habit's will change while riding with a more experienced rider.

Pavement riding - get off ffs.

fixed.

I dont even know where to begin with some of the rediculously ignorant and contradictory comments from some people over the last two pages (at least) therefore i wont even bother going into it.

What i will say is that depressingly, it doesnt really matter your chosen method of transport (car or bike, etc) or how you choose to execute, there's always going to be some prick pissing it all up the wall for everyone else intentionally or un-intentionally, through narrow mindedness or stupidity, or such like -

• [and in keeping with the original question] 'Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists'? i would wonder if there is any point in bothering?
  
  

Now i would LIKE to think that devided opinions can be reasonably changed or a compromise can be reached but...

The world is in melt down and you cant stop it, so why not fuck with it?!
(for example)

...doesnt exactly fill me with confidence, while questioning whether or not...

I don't think this was down to people intentionally riding like twats and thinking 'fuck em all' but more of a gentle ignorance.

...is actually true?

[sigh]

however saying that, fuel to the fire probably wasnt needed!

[sigh again]

If this is turning RLJ, it's going to be merged. Just sayin'

...or I'll derail it into 'single-speed one-brake' hell.....grrrr :)

I got called naughty names by a lady riding in the pavement this morning.

She was riding down Mile End Road on the pavement manically ringing her bell at all the pedestrians to get out of her way.
I slowed down in the cycle lane and gently explained to her that the pavement is the place for ped's. It's their space. They don't need to get out of the way for you.
I used the analogy of a cyclist being honked at by a car driver driving up the cycle lane.

She told me to fuck off.

I'm going back to muttering under my breath and vague sense of lofty incredulity.

I call upon to this here internet, to this here server to this here website, to this here forum, to this here thread.

I disagree.

I agree to disagree

What I want to know*, is wether people should be made to wear a helmet while doing all this crazywazy cycle stuff.

(*not)

t-boned by an undertaking borisenger while i was turning leftyloosey this morning at corner of shaftesbury and CCR. posh twat as well - told me i should look were i was going, cue raised eyebrow and me telling him 'mate, you're clearly not cut out for this bicycling lark, get back on the tube' he huffed a bit and nodded off.

/blows smoke off finger.

Did you happen to point out why he shouldn't be undertaking you?

well if you count 'what the fuck are you doing undertaking me you fool - can you not see me here?' then yes.

sorry but i lack the required civil mindedness that is possibly more appropriate in instances such as this.

I confess that when this happens I fantasize about stamping repeatedly on the head of said boris nodder with the heal of my cycling shoes..

I confess that when this happens I fantasize about stamping repeatedly on the head of said boris nodder with the heal of my cycling shoes..

Is'nt that what replacable heels are for?

just got called out, by a woman on a boris bike, for going the wrong way round a traffic island, just as she was moving to the right of the lane to turn right.
Not sure what surprised me most, her calling me out, or her calling me out whilst she was riding a boris bike.

corny. pwned. nice.

honest me, real fucking honest..

ouch. just put on your best american accent.