LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
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London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Heading to work yesterday morning, arriving at major crossroads (Balls Pond Road and Mildmay Park). Bus lane on left with bus in it indicating right. Van on right indicating left. I hang back, waiting for them to dance.
Lights change and the bus heads off, van moves into the left lane to turn left. Cyclist turns left on the inside of the van, gets squashed against kerb before yelping and van swerves away and carries on.
I go up to her and ask if she's alright and then immediately tell her it was her fault for going on inside of van. She says that she thought the van was just changing lanes... I shrugged my shoulders and tell her to be more careful.
She was obviously shaken but I wasn't exactly very caring or tactful, could have been a lot nicer instead of telling her off just after she'd had a near miss. My intentions were honest though... but I felt pretty bad for the rest of my journey to work. Right thing to do?