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Just saw the logo - another tragic loss. RIP rider.

Great to meet you all face to face, next time I'll be sure to grab some falafel!

On my way

I've only met Mands face to face, but if there's drinks, I'm free tomorrow, if it's okay to rock up.

I learned how to ride around gyratories without any problems at Swiss Cottage. It also greatly reinforced my determination to get rid of all of them.

It's pretty horrible at 7am now, when it's dark, there's no speed cameras and there are six lanes with three outs, plus buses crossing over from left to right. I use it to go to Paddington, so the bike section up to Adelaide road is of no use. Just clear signalling and more time looking over my shoulder than forward. Definitely an awful piece of infra.

Sorry, just to be clear, I'm not talking about the junction, I don't RLJ into oncoming traffic, it's just a filter. I could get off, on to the pavement, walk a few metres and remount I suppose, but that wouldn't give me that extra time to get ahead of the traffic up to the top of camden town.

this is where I mean - https://maps.google.com/maps?q=camden+town&hl=en&ll=51.534934,-0.138826&spn=0.0012,0.00327&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.624204,107.138672&hnear=Camden+Town,+London,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.534982,-0.13886&panoid=6jVxlxOccet375jG0fisOw&cbp=12,328.83,,0,6.42

My point (made in the wrong place) was about the nature of the red lights down at mornington crescent. If you are travelling through with traffic, as people from either side of the station try to switch across all the lanes (depending if you're heading to Hampstead, highgate, or holloway), it's a horrible place to be.

Moreover, there's three bus stops at the top of that road, half of which need to change lanes too. I know that RLJ is generally frowned upon, but I'd rather be frowned upon, than risk being sandwiched between a transit van and the no.31. I tend to jump through the lights to get ahead of the traffic flow, then back to responsible riding by camden town.

Another horrendous junction is Swiss cottage, as has been mentioned a few times. There aren't many places more intimidating to be on a bike in NW London than that stretch of finchley road.

Apologies, I didn't intend to derail the thread. Hope she recovers.

Compared to Rapha's pretentious bollockness I think Torm is actually quite ok....

Yeah, plus really reasonably priced. I have a Rapha base layer, but Torm Jersey. Think it looks pretty good, and fits well.

not sure if that last post was a joke but thats pretty much my exact angle of him and yup he looks like that

so whereabouts do you sit? Didn't realize there were other season ticket holders here. I'm block 31, if you're anywhere near.

Top of child's hill, near cricklewood. NW11.

This morning at about 7am, I was about 150 metres from my house, and at the front of the traffic lights. Cycled onwards and about 20 metres after the junction, this blue BMW accelerated from behind me, overtook and then pulled left, knocking me off - he then drove off in a hurry. No way he missed me, lights were blazing and I shouted as he drove into me.

Thankfully I got nothing more serious than grazes and cuts, although I was so shook up that I ended up thanking the two witnesses and heading to work, without taking their numbers, or writing down the BMW's registration. Just feel like an idiot now, but a little bit spaced too. The only positive was that my brand new Torm jersey held up like a boss. Brake hood is wonky now.

How hard is it to get hold of CCTV footage? I called 101 but they said I have to go into a station to report it.

Surely HHTTTB? (needed to include Tron)

So having had my wheel driven into this morning has forced my hand slightly, but I was planning on getting a new wheelset to see me through winter.

I budgeted around £150 for the wheelset, so there's the fulcrum 7s, Shimano R501s. Any other ideas?

^ Close to the world's greatest wheelchair. But not quite.

Yes, I imagine there are many people without functioning legs who look at it and think "just a couple of tweaks, and I'm sold"

I saw this thread and thought it was about me cycling the length of kingsway this morning in a shouting match with a cunty van driver who saw a woman drive into me and then decided to give me a piece of his mind. the cunt.

but no, cyclists aren't aggressive.

Apparently yesterday was national ride your bike to work day, but it didn't seem so bad. I'm just looking forward to buying some winter gear. merino everything.

Must have been a nanny, surely. Why else would she have been blase about her baby being kneed in the face?

cheers mands, for sorting me out those badges, and providing an opportunity to explore the deep south of london. interesting vibe :)

and the farce with which he hit the road after that satire blowout would be no laughing matter.

I'm working in SE1 on Wednesday, any chance I could pick mine up then?

RIP rider

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Das'd by tall bloke on white ribble on holloway road - sorry I didn't stick around to chat, was on a huge sugar crash with a rear puncture.

hello mate, that was a pretty pinarello, even with the rear flat, impressive trackstand too - good to meet you, even if it was brief, hope you got back okay.

yeah, it's not urgent, I'll get em when you're back.