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How was your cycle commute?

no one is more bolshy than me on the road and if anyone gets shouty-hooter i'm more inclined to ride even slower. fuck em. it's the ones that vent their frustrations by passing you on the outside with a gnats nipple between their rearview mirrors and my elbow that shit me up, and that little stretch of road after the lights is a continue straight lane as well as a turn right lane. most people are going straight. fuckit, i found a new route, i'll stick to it for now.
 
If anyone witnessed a light coloured (white, we think) smallish car knock off a female rider last night outside the Falcon on Bedford Road, by Clapham North I'd appreciate them getting in touch if they caught the registration no, or have any details, as the car failed to stop. :mad: Approx 7.20pm.

I post this pic not to open pointless debate, but to say thanks to this individual helmet which in this instance saved my loved one's head from serious injury. :eek:

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plurker said:
If anyone witnessed a light coloured (white, we think) smallish car knock off a female rider last night outside the Falcon on Bedford Road, by Clapham North I'd appreciate them getting in touch if they caught the registration no, or have any details, as the car failed to stop. :mad: Approx 7.20pm.
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Shit, that's on my route! Hail the helmet is all I can say... And yes, very likely to be cctv in there...
 
my route too, I normally ride about 20 mins later than her. I was working late at an RFH gig, so was spared that 'oh look, ambulance/ ooh it's a cyclist down / looks like her bike/ ohhh fck, it is her' thought process.

Am heading over to Falcon later (they took her bike in) and will ask about CCTV then. That's the only hope I think...
 
Christ, that's my route too. Am wondering if it was because the driver was negotiating the humps and/or cars turning right to get to the high street? Depends on which way she was going though...

Either way, hope she's ok, another clear reason to be wearing a helmet (even though I don't want to).
 
Shit, that must have been a horrible experience. Glad she's not seriously injured.

And on that note, I need to buy some new safety gear. My helmet doesn't fit properly anymore. I always have trouble with the straps and it always ends up fitting too loosely.
Any recommendations for helmets?
And lights?
:)
 
I also need new puncture proof tyres. Which is best? Shwalbe and Armadillo seem to the main ones.
And is it worth buying liners for the tyres?
 
Private Storm said:
Am wondering if it was because the driver was negotiating the humps and/or cars turning right to get to the high street? Depends on which way she was going though...
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She was going southbound, from Clap Nth towards Acre lane. Car, with 3 young occupants came from behind her, and just turned left into Cottage Grove across her. A driver who was coming the other way down Cottage Grove said he'd passed the car and noticed it because it was going fast round the corner and, he said, the occupants were laughing. Then he came round a corner and saw her on the floor. Falcon have said they have CCTV but can only pass to feds if they ask for it. Which they haven't yet. Ho hum. she;s okay anyway, still stiff and sore but that'll pass.

Shopping for new helmet tomor. Must resist buying myself a roadbike. :) Helmets are all kitemarked to same standard it seems, only difference in cost is the amount of ventilation they provide.
 
Was glad to see on Facebook she's not feeling too bad, send our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery mate.
 
helmets are designed and tested to withstand an impact equivalent to an average weight rider travelling at a speed of 12 mph falling onto a stationary kerb shaped object from a height of 1 metre.​
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you can request the traffic camera stuff from your council or whoever controls it
do it asap as some wipe over it in 7 days
 
plurker said:
She was going southbound, from Clap Nth towards Acre lane. Car, with 3 young occupants came from behind her, and just turned left into Cottage Grove across her. A driver who was coming the other way down Cottage Grove said he'd passed the car and noticed it because it was going fast round the corner and, he said, the occupants were laughing. Then he came round a corner and saw her on the floor. Falcon have said they have CCTV but can only pass to feds if they ask for it. Which they haven't yet. Ho hum. she;s okay anyway, still stiff and sore but that'll pass.
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F*ck, hadn't considered the pure arsehole option.

My commute was looking to be uneventful last night until someone on Clapham High Street decided to turn right from the opposite lane, almost ploughing into me. He slammed the brakes on just in time, I cycled on, with a look behind to see what kind of idiot it was....only to have the driver open his window and shout "fuck off" at me. Was honestly tempted to follow him and do his car over (once he'd parked up and wasn't in sight - he looked a meathead).
 
Sorry to hear about your partner, hope she feel's better and up for riding againg soon.

I've been commuting since the start of the year and so far so good, one or two minor near misses but really enjoying the ride. I come in from either Brockley or sometimes East Dulwich to the Barbican and getting my times down. Brockley to Barbican is 31.37 and East Dulwich (nr the now closed Harvester) is 24.52 - only wish I could lose my gut like I'm losing time on my journeys!!
 
got hit by a car jumping a red light! :mad:
not hurt and bike not damaged just :mad: and worked up

got a pic of the car and driver as they pulled over, they were both pleading with me and one was crying, made them wait around a bit and gave them a bit of a lecture about looking out for bikes
 
The way you worded that made it sound like they were pleading for their lives!
You must have been angry! You're fine though and they might be more careful in future.
 
Orang Utan said:
The way you worded that made it sound like they were pleading for their lives!
You must have been angry! You're fine though and they might be more careful in future.
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it was a bit weird and i wasn't kicking off that much and no shouting, i advised them to put their hazards on as they'd left a young child in the back seat and turned the lights off parked in a bus lane on a 3 lane main road!
the one crying and pleading was the passenger and was offering me money for repairs etc which i didn't take as there was no damage and showed them the wheel spinning round. the driver was calmer and having a bit of a go claiming it wasn't a red light and when i said i was shaking she said she was too as she was cold!

i was a bit shocked still and trying to take a pic of the reg with my shit phone. they were willing to wait for the police and park up somewhere safer etc but i said i didn't like or want to involve the police and said again to look out for cyclists as not all of them wear hi vis or have lights like i had.
luckily all the pedestrians crossing, as it is a busy crossing, were a bit behind me! and yes it is a shared crossing
 
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