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The clearances on that trolley are a bit weak, and the geometry just looks all wrong.

Do you need front and rear peds to be legal?

ooh, handbags

I believe the onus is on the person pulling out/turning to make sure the road is clear before moving. Not that that is easily possible in queueing traffic, so many just chance it.
Strictly not your fault, but common sense says filtering past queueing traffic should be treated like going past parked vehicles on a narrow road (do it slowly and carefully).

Weight weenies gonna weenie!

I'm tempted to try one of these (QBicle Tangent mudguard). Anyone had any experience with them?

COLOURS!
Looking at even casual cycle clothes in bike shops is maddening as most of it is black/brown or at best a dull blue.

Cos the spokes are in the way?

Strange driver baffled me this morning. Sitting in stationary traffic on a quiet road, they suddenly pull out and come up halfway alongside me. Cue a minute of wondering whether they want to turn into the tiny side street I'm next to (I know, bad form), but they're not indicating or making any other sign.

Traffic finally moves and they sit stationary for ages after I cycle off. People are strange sometimes.

I only know the sections from London Bridge to Tower Hill well, and they are all a massive improvement in my view. Filtering through traffic (with a lot of HGVs) going west on Short Street/Tower Hill/Lower Thames every morning is pretty stressful, and definitely the kind of thing that makes people afraid of cycling in London.
CS3 will be a great commuting route, pity CS2 will still suck.

Belm who blithely ran a red between a pedestrian and me pushing my bike across a crossing in Aldgate yesterday. Chain tension was as poor as his attitude.

Bound 4 Da Reload, natch

I love my Castelli Misto, it's fine for my lanky frame, and waterproof enough to keep me dry over a 30 minute commute unless it's really tipping down. The only time I've wanted better was my jaunt to Brussels when it was raining non-stop.

You could also try a Confronto, which is more a hardshell type, but still stretchy and breathes very nicely according to my brother. Chain reaction cycles have them on 40% sale at the moment too!

Lawd, I feel like a castelli sales rep now. :|

I didn't realise that 'custom' was a synonym for 'cheap and lazy'. The more you know.

Jumping reds on pedestrian crossings because you can see it's clear and safe is certainly the least bad type of RLJ, but " I do what I fucking like mate. Are you the Police? No well piss off then" is the attitude of a proper weapon.
Particularly when you're just doing it to rile someone up.

^ I've seen a guy who does a Tarzan yell going through the similarly ignored pedestrian crossing on Tooley Street/London Bridge.

Ouch. I used to hate commuting the A3 as a driver, let alone cycle it. There isn't even a pavement on the southbound side that they could have been a little safer on.

Anyone else heading to the City of London cycling forum at the City Marketing Suite this Thursday (31st July)?

Hi, has anyone seen anything like the mudguards in this photo? Taken in Switzerland, if that helps.[B][/B]

Apologies that there are no other angles, I only had time to take one pic while running for a bus.

Doesn't matter what they're called. You can't do mad slo-mo whip skids on them.

Rubbed seat tubes

Spoking your rim

Nice one. The traffic is pretty slow for buses around LB anyway, so I can't see why the plonker would feel the need to stress it.

On the other hand, the law doesn't specify a minimum area for the reflectors, so you should be legal as long as you can find a 1 sq. mm reflector with a BS mark on it? Maybe there's a market opportunity right there!

The one about lighting must be wrong anyway. You aren't expected to have reflectors on clipless pedals!