How was your cycle commute?

[Frances Lengel]

I got off and walked on my traffic-infested hill again - but I started even earlier and caught up with the car I was stuck behind.

0.16 miles, downhill -3.84 MPH - 2 minutes 30 seconds of walking, versus the same time sitting on the brakes versus a somewhat iffy filter...

It has the added benefit of blocking the way of selfish pavement cyclists - I swear I'm routinely mistaken for a copper sometimes - and there are a few around on bikes at the moment.

Those PCSO's on bikes always seem to be in too high a gear whenever I see them.

 

[gentlegreen]

Those PCSO's on bikes always seem to be in too high a gear whenever I see them.

Darn.
I had some footage of two PCSOs on the railway path but the camera corrupted the card before I could extract it.
I'm pretty sure they wear their clumpy boots ..

 

[Orang Utan]

I startled a pheasant today, or rather, it startled me. WTF is a pheasant doing in Abbey Wood?

 

[gentlegreen]

I startled a pheasant today, or rather, it startled me. WTF is a pheasant doing in Abbey Wood?

Lots of displaced wildlife in town these days - but that's pretty exotic.
There's a badger that roams around the isolated city block I live in - almost no way in really - lots of walls and fences before it could get to my garden and start digging for worms.

 

[pissflaps]

I startled a pheasant today, or rather, it startled me. WTF is a pheasant doing in Abbey Wood?

not paying bloody road tax, that's what!

 

[ddraig]

so the copper just came round about my accident
didn't call i advance so was on the toilet

was almost instantly abrasive about me accepting money and what a court would think if i took it further etc, asking me what i wanted out of it etc
i said that i didn't know and at the moment was reporting the accident as i felt i had a duty to, especially if the cab driver wasn't going to
took a pic of my injuries and said he was off to speak to the driver

so who here would pursue it further and make a claim? or would you just leave it at the £90?
thanks

 

[gentlegreen]

Will £90 actually cover the damage ?
You did the right thing by reporting it - hopefully he'll get the wind up when the fuzz chat to him and will be more careful in future ...

 

[joustmaster]

so who here would pursue it further and make a claim? or would you just leave it at the £90?
thanks

go for it

 

[PursuedByBears]

so who here would pursue it further and make a claim? or would you just leave it at the £90?
thanks

I'd take it further, definitely. Might make him change his driving behaviour, might just put the wind up him, still worth it IMO.

 

[ddraig]

ok ta

 

[joustmaster]

And if that fails, take D lock to his cab

 

[gentlegreen]

And if that fails, take D lock to his cab

Says the one who tells me to calm down.

 

[gentlegreen]

Anyway, here's my two incidents that spoiled the first day of spring for me.
The first one nearly took out two other cyclists ahead of me - the insane overtake probably happened in the first place because of their timidity. I was literally holding two more cars back with my outstretched hand.

 

[gentlegreen]

And the second one.
No explanation needed really.

 

[Blagsta]

I startled a pheasant today, or rather, it startled me. WTF is a pheasant doing in Abbey Wood?

That was a peasant.

 

[Orang Utan]

Anyway, here's my two incidents that spoiled the first day of spring for me.
The first one nearly took out two other cyclists ahead of me - the insane overtake probably happened in the first place because of their timidity. I was literally holding two more cars back with my outstretched hand.

 

[gentlegreen]

If you really can't see what's happening there, please, please go on a course.

 

[Orang Utan]

It looks like he overtook you. Hard to tell if it was too close, but it didn't look dangerous

 

[Orang Utan]

The other cyclists didn't seem concerned

 

[gentlegreen]

The other cyclists didn't seem concerned

Pure Zen ....

 

[Orang Utan]

C'mon then, explain? Did you think it was too close? I'm baffled

 

[gentlegreen]

C'mon then, explain? Did you think it was too close? I'm baffled

Like I suggested, it's probably a truth you have to synthesise for yourself.

 

[Orang Utan]

What? Don't be a dick. Just tell me what that car did that was so bad that you felt compelled to post its number plate on YouTube

 

[gentlegreen]

What? Don't be a dick. Just tell me what that car did that was so bad that you felt compelled to post it's number plate on YouTube

Actually I'm struggling with the plate on the red car - any idea ?

 

[Orang Utan]

FFS gg, you need to address this.

 

[Blagsta]

It looks like it maybe cut in a little too quick after overtaking, but its hard to tell.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, hardly worth getting annoyed about. I've said this before but I fear for gg's blood pressure, if little things like that get him het up

 

[gentlegreen]

It looks like it maybe cut in a little too quick after overtaking, but its hard to tell.

not even close - trees, wood ?

 

[Blagsta]

fuck knows then

 

[Orang Utan]

So that's at least five people who aren't sure what wrongdoing went on and one who does but won't explain what