Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

I believe being unable to judge a gap or being unstable enough to bump into other people qualifies for bad cycling yes.

IMO pushing through a group of stationary cyclists just to get to the front smacks of ignorance, arrogance, self-importance and cuntishness. that's before he even physically hit him with his bike so I'd say it counts.

Yep. The retort would be "what makes you so sure you're likely to pull away any quicker than me or any of the other folks in the ASL? Wait your turn".

...."or burn in the fires of Hades".

I think this thread is losing perspective. Not that it had a lot to start with.

I'll repeat myself and suggest "For shame! Is this not a queue? Are we not British?"

This morning I had to go from Dalston to Hanover Square. NEVER AGAIN.

I find those huge groups of cyclists in the rush hour more frustrating and more unpredictable than cars/busses.

Coming through Old Street/Clerkenwell it's a bloody mess. Like ants crawling all over each other, if you're foolish enough to be 40cm from the curb you are undertaken by a constant stream of haircuts.

I find CS7 strangely relaxing. I am but a leaf carried on the torrent of determined nodders and bug eyed racers.

I'm not really sure about this, because I've never done the other routes, but either commuting NW -> SE or NW -> W (NW11 to South Bank or Paddington) just doesn't have the same problems as East to Central or South to Central - fewer nodders, fewer irate cars/buses. My main concern is getting plenty of clearance from the lorries on Finchley Road. Although, I tend to leave the house by 6:30/7:00, when the roads are generally emptier.

Of course, this might be a classic case of 'if you think none of your mates are cunts, then you're the cunt'

I'll repeat myself and suggest "For shame! Is this not a queue? Are we not British?"

In London? You'd likely get 'what's a British?'

or

{Eastern European Accent}
You haf problem I gif you problem I kill you you litl motharfuckar come heer
{/Accent}

@ post 7998 hugo

just come in from the middle of the road side into the ASL
no nodders on the right hand side of the box .. they usually form packs against the kerb
in on the right, out on the right, you barely even see a dutch town bike out there

I find that side tends to be blocked by motorcycles.

This morning I had to go from Dalston to Hanover Square. NEVER AGAIN.

you should have popped in to see me
i'm just round the corner

Never again!

Dammit Dicki, can't you read?

I blame the clement weather, we need a good 4-5 months of sustained rain and sub 5 degree weather. That'll show em... oh wait...

In London? You'd likely get 'what's a British?'

Fair point, convict.

Me. Outside the old vic.

Turning right from the cut to webber st. Gap in the cabs, I go for it, gap is a cyclist I didn't see. Thank you for not crashing into me, totally my fault, really really sorry.

I called out a cunt this morning for repeatedly undertaking and thinking everyone on the road was in the same Cat 6 race with him.

When our paths first crossed he scooted up the inside with his foot on the kerb to go past the ASL line and in front of about 10 other cyclists, he then decided the lights had turned green (they hadn't) and raced off in the gutter. Me and another couple of cyclists passed him as he crunched through his Hybrid's 21 speeds and as we slowed for the next lights we were all surprised to see a blur or Chartreuse whizz by on the left, still in the gutter, before coming to an abrupt halt did an endo at the lights as kids crossed to get to the local school. This act was repeated for the next three set of lights, each time I chose a word to describe him as he fucking beat us all to the "finishing" line.

Finally I turned off and I saw him pass underneath a lorry indicating left at a set of lights. I didn't stop to see what happened. He'll probably be cycling the same way tomorrow.

I find CS7 strangely relaxing. I am but a leaf carried on the torrent of determined nodders and bug eyed racers.

cracked up

to the cat 6 cunt who undertook and then braked in front of me so that I'd to swerve to avoid rear-ending him, giving out because I'd called him a prick - "You were blocking the road, I had to fucking get past somehow!"

No, you didn't.

I hope you get turned left into.

What is the correct term for the overtaking of the aforementioned racers/rljers over and over again?

Leapnod

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I hope you get turned left into.

  Nobody wishes that on anyone.

Nobody wishes that on anyone.

Nobody puts baby in the corner.