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Going west from Gt Marlborough St into Mayfair, am stopped at the lights by Liberty (as usual - they are always bloody red). As the lights are about to change, I take prime position in the outside lane, moving from kerbside to the middle of the lane.
As I'm half way across Regent St, a black cab undercuts me at speed, managing to nip into Maddox St just ahead of me, without forcing me to do something daft. I got a real fright.
So I catch him up at the junction with Bond St, pull up to his window and say "are you trying to be funny?" He's a real gor-blimey strike-a-light character with a fag hanging out of his mouth. His response: "Bloody hell, sorry about that mate, I thought you were moving to turn right, then when you went straight ahead I thought 'fuck me'... I'm a cyclist myself, Santa Cruz innit... I wasn't trying to kill you!"
So apology accepted, and it proved to me that having words with drivers is totally worth it: if I hadn't spoken to him, I'd have been going around for the rest of the day thinking about "that wanker in the black cab".
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Just had my bike stolen outside Tesco's on Goldhawk Road / Shepherd's Bush.
Sorry to hear that. I regularly pop in there - could you say how it was locked please?
Obvs will keep a lookout.
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Fixie skidder, travelling west on Southwark St around 5.30pm today.
You undertook - at speed - a concrete mixing lorry turning left, indicating.
He honked his horn, you gave him the finger. Congratulations.
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That day I made the decision never to be the sort of person to ding one's bell in anger.
Is that a quote from the Shawshank Redemption? It fair brought a tear to my eye.
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He did actually try to sell me an Abus one - I just wasn't minded to take any advice from him after his bizarre Kryptonite comments. I had my last Mini-Evo for about three years, without incident, and my previous was a mega Abus job that was cut through silently right outside my house.
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This is the 'Is It Time To Start Calling Out Bad Cyclists' thread.
He's just trolling. Joined today. Ignore.
Hello, just promoting my own bike sale on eBay... Black Orbea fixed, 58cm, RRP is £899, starting price is £199.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130916283866
Ends Thursday evening. Cheers.