Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

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Having changed office address and therefore commute route (to one with startling quantities of chumps), I have realised that not only do we have our own nicely marked out advanced stopping zones, but there are also these amazing invisible ASLs ahead of the painted ones, clearly for elite cyclists. Bottom of Rosebery Avenue this morning, I was the only cyclist within the ASL while 12 others were in the new invisible one. What a fool I felt. When were these introduced?

Basically the whole of Rosebery Ave is a free-for-all-RLJ-noddergedden. Makes me mad each morning and evening.

And then we get on to Clerkenwell Road where insanity knows no bounds. Jeezussss! Going to either change routes or go in a lot earlier to miss the rush hour madness.

I come up through Covent Garden then West-East along Clerkenwell Road, there is in general a large number of cyclists going the other way- although I am normally there around ten past eight, so not as many as there are later I suspect.

Yeah, I think probably before 8 and the aggravation will be less.

I think a lot of people think it's the only way they can reach the brake levers.

it is the only place I can safely brake from. I don't think I'm excessively wobbly in the drops though, or perhaps you just need to give us drop-riders a wider berth?

And then we get on to Clerkenwell Road where insanity knows no bounds. Jeezussss! Going to either change routes or go in a lot earlier to miss the rush hour madness.

This morning Rosebery wasn't the issue. It was the idiot peds that decided that 'as the buses had passed the traffic lights that they must be on Red' when they were on Green that was the problem. I'm slowly turning into an angry southener...

Drops are potentially the most rock solid position, so anyone wobbling on them would be wobbling whatever.

This morning I saw some epic wtf riding.

I was cycling up Ball's pond road at the junction with Essex road, I was going across the junction in to St Paul's Road towards Highbury corner.

I cycled across the junction in primary and someone on an orange ss or fixed bike overtook me wide, he then proceeded to swing even wider around the right-hand side of the traffic coming from the other direction down St Paul's road and then swung back and continued cycling up the road?!

Cycling in London sounds fun: basically a bunch of people cycling badly, and a bunch of people cycling after them telling them they're cycling badly

From my experience cycling in London is fine unless you ride at rush hours.
You can guarantee that peds will be cunts though

A nutcase tried to undertake me, couldn't get through and then started hurling abuse at me in a language I couldn't understand. He Then jumped numerous red lights. I wasn't going to mess with him. Seemed genuinely unhinged.

Having changed office address and therefore commute route (to one with startling quantities of chumps), I have realised that not only do we have our own nicely marked out advanced stopping zones, but there are also these amazing invisible ASLs ahead of the painted ones, clearly for elite cyclists. Bottom of Rosebery Avenue this morning, I was the only cyclist within the ASL while 12 others were in the new invisible one. What a fool I felt. When were these introduced?

In Brighton, ASL's are strictly for taxi drivers...

Roadie on a white cube this morning riding like a weapon through the Brixton Rd, Kennington, Oval interchange. Tried to squeeze between me and a van at speed inside the magical CS7 paint. When I asked him to give people a bit more space he swerved at me before undercutting a flat bed lorry and speeding off towards the next traffic lights, which of course were red. Rinse and repeat. WAC.

Watching a chap on a BIanchi trying to snot rocket a hybrid nodder wheel hugger while they raced on King Street was fun a change to my morning.

I saw a roadie on a white cube in the same area this morning, he was wearing flip flops and being a general chump.

advised a girl wearing headphones who squeezed down the inside of a bus that she shouldn't do that. "Oh. Did I?" was her response. At least she took it as friendly advice!

^^ It's fucking inconsiderate more than anything else - I'm pretty much resigned to the statistical inevitability that I'm going to have to watch one of these muppets get flattened at some point - That kind of thing stays with you.

to the total and utter c*nt who decided it was ok to jump a red light into on coming traffic, cut me and another cyclist up and then turn right in front of a motorcyclist who had to swerve back across us to avoid the prick!

Sunny weather means the return of zombie cyclists... nearly got crushed into by one today right in the middle of the junction of Demark Hill and Coldharbour Lane - I was waiting patiently at the red line heading towards Coldharbour Lane (the little round bit where you have to turn into on Denmark Hill if you want to cut through the Coldharbour Lane, I think it's Daneville Road?), as the green light came on, I started peddling with caution as have had a few closed calls with oncoming traffic turning right onto Denmark Hill. Anyway, it was all clear, oncoming driver was patient, as I was near the middle of the junction box, a zombie cyclist came out from nowhere, probably hidden behind some buses or something zoomed into the junction box from my right, so she was coming from Camberwell Green, she looked like she was looking into the void and we were about half a wheel length away from crashing into each other, I shouted "watch where the fuck you are going", she paid no attention and peddled on, luckily due to my awesome balance (this is debatable!), I successfully avoided her, it was close, very close. When I looked back maybe a couple of seconds later, she stopped completely on the side of the road and looked at me with an all too familiar innocent face as if she had no idea what has she done wrong. Well she had only just put my life and quite possibly her life in danger. It's not a big deal, it really isn't darling. Maybe I shouldn't have used the F word, but I was scared for myself and for her. Some people will never learn, will they?

the little round bit where you have to turn into on Denmark Hill if you want to cut through the Coldharbour Lane, I think it's Daneville Road?),

Did you go round the one way system (round by Cowling & Wilcox)?

Roadie on a white cube this morning riding like a weapon through the Brixton Rd, Kennington, Oval interchange. Tried to squeeze between me and a van at speed inside the magical CS7 paint. When I asked him to give people a bit more space he swerved at me before undercutting a flat bed lorry and speeding off towards the next traffic lights, which of course were red. Rinse and repeat. WAC.

Saw this bloke again this morning, cutting people up and desperately pushing to the front of the group waiting at Lambeth North lights.

What time?

Summer's clearly arrived - never had so many pointless, ridiculous undertakes, and had to swerve to avoid 3 idiots salmoning down a one-way bike lane near the British Museum. Think it's time to re-plan my route away from the usually quiet roads - it's just too much hassle.

0900-15ish