This morning's commute and other commuting stories

@mikec he made that mistake, never read the comments

He has subsequently disabled comments on his YouTube video because of the abuse.

Time for more enthralling debate on who is in the right and who is in the wrong

http://vimeo.com/109523905

^ The BMXer obviously.

overtaking at speed on a narrow path >>>>>>>

moving out right without looking over your shoulder >>>>>>

Guy in the white is too tired to concentrate on what he is doing and is not holding a predictable line.
Other guys is coming way too fast and not anticipating the danger.
Therefore both in the wrong.

Both morons for giving it that many beans on a footpath with pedestrians

that whiplash though

Epic fail by a guy on a Barclay's bike just now on the corner of Spital Square rd. and Bishopgate. He decided to jump the lights and instead of going around the ped crossing decided he could and would ride through it. Unfortunately he didn't have the skillz and managed to clip the side causing him to come to an ungamely stop.

pretty close to a bad Jack Bauer moment, that

No-one cares.

Sales and marketing consultant?

So a wanker then.

Bosh!

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That'll buff out

Someone threw a fag out the window of their car ok the NKR and I managed to put it out with a skid!
Then I got stuck in the mad traffic on the OKR with a massive motorcycle pack, challenged one to a game of rock/paper/scissors, best of 5 and I won!

8/10 would commute again :)

How do you mime "wanna play rock, paper, scissors - best of five?" ?

#Rep

I did! I even took the arm warmers off on the way home.

If you're going to use shared cycle paths, why not get a bell?

It does seem dangerous to not have one, doesn't it?

Why I hate using the cycle paths

Which raises an interesting thought. Let's say someone rides to work every day without a bell. Say they are lucky enough to get five weeks' holiday a year, plus Christmas, and a couple of days off with a hangover or whatever. That's 45 weeks x 5 days, or 225 journeys into work a year. Suppose they perform the exact same flashy manoeuvre without a bell every morning, and come to absolutely no harm for four years in a row. Clearly then, they are an expert at not having to use a bell, and their judgement of what is safe is sound.

The thing is, would you fly in a plane without a bell, if that plane crashed and burned without warning on average every 901 journeys?

Where's it going?

List plz.

Train to Victoria, train back home again, much fat, so wobble, very blubber.

Where the plane is going list:

1. Your mums house
   

The truly skilled bell operator must first learn not when to use the bell, but when not to use the bell.

Eventually his or her skill at not using the bell will be such that like my own, the bell can remain, unrung, in a drawer at home next to some old electrical fuses, pegs, etc.