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Watch two people try and kill themselves last night, guy on a Boris Bike got wedge between a bus and coach as he tried to filter through the tiniest of gaps. Not sure how he even got into the space as the coach had them protruding indicators. Lucky for him the bus moved first freeing him else the coach would have taken him out.
The other was a young lady who decided to ride into the on coming traffic on a blind bend in Borough where all the buses get stuck, again lucky for her nothing was coming as there was no room to pull back into the left.
Beggars belief
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Did the Velothon Wales on Sunday, pretty boring to be honest. A very fast course, Tumble and Caerphilly were fun, the long strecthes of Dual Carriageway not so much nor was the groups of riders passing and then pulling over in front of me, virtually pushing me further to the left as each one passed. Very confusing given it was clear for long stretches on the right.
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Some doris on one of them Amsterdam style bikes started ringing her at bell at me, shoulder checked couldn't she her as she had started to try and untake me on my left. Not sure she could the post van parked a metres up a head so let her through, then decided to ride her pace so she was forced to stop behind it.
Dick move on my part but seriously there was enough room on my right. Don't ding your bell at me.
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First commute on the bike for a week, after the return of the virus that I can't shake. Where is everyone? Nearly empty roads apart from cars/lorrys/van/buses.
Near perfect commute until a van driver decided he could make his turn inches from me and with peds walking in the road didn't have much space to work with. Then the realisation that I forget to pack pants do matter how many times I went through my bag there was none.
Have client meetings for most of the day and it's meant to be a hot one......still does feel quite liberating.
8/10 will go commando again
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Lovely sunshine only spoilt by being told off twice
Got a telling off from the po po this morning for going through a just changed amber light on South Croxted Rd , my front wheel was over the line just as it changed, they drove behind me down the road over taking me when we neared the lights. The fact he went through them and he over took me while I was doing 20mph in 20mph zone facts he ignored when presented to him. Got to the point of 'mate do you want me to nick you' FOR WHAT
Second was from a hi-viz shinny new bike lady, telling me how I should ride. I may of uttered for fucks sake as she undertook, and again as she pulled in front of me, but it was the fact that I would filter up the side of bus where they was no room. 'Cyclist should always make their way to the front of the traffic' 'And that I was to far over from the kerb' I nodded in total agreement as she and he fellow shinny bikes got stuck as the bus moved off and I cycled passed.
10/10 would be told off again.
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Was just about to ask this
What do the police say about the frequent boxes without any entry lane? Surely they are rendered completely pointless.