cycling enemies in London: Anyone driving a vehicle with more than 2 wheels. You got to ride defensive so that means everyone is going to pull out on you at every junction.
I'm afraid to say the most dangerous cyclists are the wheel wobbling brigade, you know the peops that pull away from lights in the same gear as they cycle with.
I haven't been knocked off yet (GaryT grabs hold of the biggest bid of wood he can find, fnaar fnaar) but suppose the biggest fear has got be being smacked from behind (ouch) where you cant see them coming.
i train in a rural area. what scares me most are trailers wider than cars. they know how wide their cars are, but sometimes the trailers protrude an extra 18 inches or so on wither side. nasty
I nearly got pronged by a big prongy thing on a tractor on Saturday! I had to virtually climb a tree so the tractor that was pulling it could get past without combine harvesting me, or something...
hehe jj now that sounds like a good game.. chasing jj with a prongy thing.
reminds me of the time we were whizzing down a gravelly farm track with hedges on either side only to come round a croner to meet a combine harvester blades & all taking up the full width!
i bailed into one hedge and my friend into the other one!
Urgh- Andy I took a malt loaf and chucked it back in the van after the first leg on Sunday- but a guy told me you can get malt loaf bars by Soreen which might be ok.
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Sad that the report highlights the tailback as a result. Surely a wrong priority to focus on.
Anyone driving a vehicle with more than 2 wheels. You got to ride defensive so that means everyone is going to pull out on you at every junction.
I'm afraid to say the most dangerous cyclists are the wheel wobbling brigade, you know the peops that pull away from lights in the same gear as they cycle with.
I haven't been knocked off yet (GaryT grabs hold of the biggest bid of wood he can find, fnaar fnaar) but suppose the biggest fear has got be being smacked from behind (ouch) where you cant see them coming.
Lets just not get started on bus drivers.......
I nearly got pronged by a big prongy thing on a tractor on Saturday! I had to virtually climb a tree so the tractor that was pulling it could get past without combine harvesting me, or something...
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sorry.
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"but sometimes the trailers protrude an extra 18 inches" <snigger>
"I nearly got pronged by a big prongy thing" <psssst>
sh!T I've got to grow up sooner or later.
chasing jj with a prongy thing.
reminds me of the time we were whizzing down a gravelly farm track with hedges on either side only to come round a croner to meet a combine harvester blades & all taking up the full width!
i bailed into one hedge and my friend into the other one!
possibly pitta breads with a thin layer of marmite and a pinch of salt
and the ubiquitous squashed malt loaf. mmmm.
Had one during an endurance session on the M25 last week.
Gritty.
ptooey.
Stop that.
Where's the webcam? Tell me.
[puts down pitta and houmous and stares about, in a worried sort of way]
I had just sat down with it on a plate, refreshed the page after submitting my own post - and it was as though you could see me.
wonder if we have any chickpeas.
so until i set up my remote fridge surveilance you're safe.
its really a toilet roll tube for a telescope, and two yoghurt pots and a piece of string as a listening device
and he hasn't even taken the yoghurt out