On a road bike the red bike lanes to the left of the road are often far rougher than the rest of the road and contain more rubbish likely to give you a puncture. 'Vehicular' cycling is far better than riding in the gutter or on the pavement.
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He had room and time to pull back in after overtaking the cyclist. Poor cycling, especially on those roads where there are hazards everywhere. If a car overtakes another car it doesn't stay on the opposite side of the road unnecessarily, does it?
As for the lane, stop being pedantic, you know what it's meant for, its there and clearly marked for safety. I know where I'd be cycling if I were on that road. If you think the cyclist was not in any way in the wrong I fear for you as a cyclist, I really do. And if the DFT are recommending poor overtaking manoeuvres, well
Again, the driver was not completely faultless, but the cyclist was made the first mistake IMO.
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He had room and time to pull back in after overtaking the cyclist. Poor cycling, especially on those roads where there are hazards everywhere. If a car overtakes another car it doesn't stay on the opposite side of the road unnecessarily, does it?
As for the lane, stop being pedantic, you know what it's meant for, its there and clearly marked for safety. I know where I'd be cycling if I were on that road. If you think the cyclist was not in any way in the wrong I fear for you as a cyclist, I really do. And if the DFT are recommending poor overtaking manoeuvres, well
Again, the driver was not completely faultless, but the cyclist was made the first mistake IMO.
Just wow.
The cab gets way too close. I don't see what the cyclist does wrong there.
Strawman, there are only two lanes, the bus lane and the normal lane to the outside of that, the cyclist never leaves the bus lane.
As for the lane, stop being pedantic, you know what it's meant for, its there and clearly marked for safety. I know where I'd be cycling if I were on that road. If you think the cyclist was not in any way in the wrong I fear for you as a cyclist, I really do. And if the DFT are recommending poor overtaking manoeuvres, well
They dont recommend dangerous overtaking at all you've pulled that one out of thin air, besides what 'safety' did that bit of paint on the road provide the first group of cyclists he overtook to close. I suppose that one was ok because "they didnt wave their arms around"
He had room and time to pull back in after overtaking the cyclist. Poor cycling, especially on those roads where there are hazards everywhere. If a car overtakes another car it doesn't stay on the opposite side of the road unnecessarily, does it?
As for the lane, stop being pedantic, you know what it's meant for, its there and clearly marked for safety. I know where I'd be cycling if I were on that road. If you think the cyclist was not in any way in the wrong I fear for you as a cyclist, I really do. And if the DFT are recommending poor overtaking manoeuvres, well
Again, the driver was not completely faultless, but the cyclist was made the first mistake IMO.
Sorry but you have no clue, the taxi was way to close for no reason as the lane he was in was plenty wide as the wider mini bus in front of the taxi demostrated. If it was anyone trying to provoke a reaction then it was the taxi driver.
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Careful folks! It's icy out there.
Almost came off on a back road, proper scary. How I kept it up I don't know. Probably went a bit too fast, but needless to say I took it steady from then!
Almost came off on a back road, proper scary. How I kept it up I don't know. Probably went a bit too fast, but needless to say I took it steady from then!
Well I can only laugh at the comments from people who think the cyclist was faultless. The fact remains, the cyclist was a douche and goes looking for trouble if you watch his other videos. I still think the Taxi left him plenty of room. Agree to disagree I think. 
First proper ride out in almost two weeks for me, been busy working and at home with xmas coming up.
A whole section of road has been resurfaced with this horrible coarse gravel, makes it a lot harder to maintain speed, robs me of about 5-10% of my top speed I would say.
Not that mattered much when I went down on road I thought was all tarmac to find that 5km of it was actually dirt....
Just under 30kmh average, need to pull that up a bit, but a few rides at the weekend should hopefully get me back up to speed.
A whole section of road has been resurfaced with this horrible coarse gravel, makes it a lot harder to maintain speed, robs me of about 5-10% of my top speed I would say.
Not that mattered much when I went down on road I thought was all tarmac to find that 5km of it was actually dirt....
Just under 30kmh average, need to pull that up a bit, but a few rides at the weekend should hopefully get me back up to speed.
It doesn't matter how it was filmed.....they were still riding like idiots and putting themselves and other road users in danger.
I'm sure they mentioned it was "couriers racing", I had seen that particular footage before.
I'm sure they mentioned it was "couriers racing", I had seen that particular footage before.
rob75 - you do realise that a driver needs to leave the same amount of space for a cyclist as he would for a car? you do understand that cycling "lanes" are full of potholes, manholes and rubbish which is dangerous for anyone! and cyclist doesn't have to ride 5cm from the curb just so a car can pass! i was waiting for "that guy" to turn up and here you are!
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Last day I'm using my normal full-fingered gloves. Time to go to defcon 2 and whip out the ski-esque gloves.
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Well I can only laugh at the comments from people who think the cyclist was faultless. The fact remains, the cyclist was a douche and goes looking for trouble if you watch his other videos. I still think the Taxi left him plenty of room. Agree to disagree I think.
The cyclist was faultless. The fact you think there are 'car lanes' makes you as a wind-up merchant. The taxi straddled the lanes when there outer lane was clear; there was no reason to be that close. If the cyclist could reach out and touch the cab then it was blatantly too close.
The cameras record at an incredibly wide angle giving the impression the car (or cab in this case) was quite far away. In reality there was probably only a few inches.
Talking about cameras, the new Sony Actioncam looks immense. It comes in two flavours the same spec but one has wi-fi to allow you to use an android or iOS device as a view finder. The US price is $200/$270 which is competative.
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Third puncture last night in 8 journeys. Front tyre this time and I sat there and picked out at least 10 bits of debris stuck in the tread. Rubino Pros in 25's ordered, Michelin Pro 3's destined for the bin, and good riddance to them.
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Just watching the documentary now. That black taxi driver was a complete tool and completely in the wrong. That said, the cyclist, who initially had my sympathy then made himself look like a tool also.
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