Are cyclists now allowed to run red lights?

[gentlegreen]

, but really, what would yer do if some cunt pulled you up? And alright, you may look like Frankenstein, or his fuckin monster, but ya know..what would yer do if some prick called yer bluff?

Like I said, I choose my targets carefully. As a cyclist I daily take calculated risks.

If you look at my 141 videos (which is all you have to go by), just how many of them show me being in danger of having to defend myself physically ?

Mostly I choose the routes others don't, I aim to make my cycling mostly like a nature ramble.

 

[gentlegreen]

Sorry, that was rather naughty.

Actually London is the main place I wouldn't ever want to cycle in.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Sorry, that was rather naughty.

Actually London is the main place I wouldn't ever want to cycle in.

Nor would I, and I didn't think you were being racist against Scots or owt, But, in all honesty, what would you do if some chump who you'd shouted at called your bluff and wanted a go?

 

[gentlegreen]

Nor would I, and I didn't think you were being racist against Scots or owt, But, in all honesty, what would you do if some chump who you'd shouted at called your bluff and wanted a go?

A bit obscure, but ...

 

[Frances Lengel]

A bit obscure, but ...

Tune-a-roonie, mate, tune-a-roonie, though if I knew how to embed, I'd be more inclined to post that one that starts "Punctured bicycle on the hillside". Saying that, though, I always think..what is the light that never goes out? I'm tempted to think it's a subway light, coz there is that bit about the darkened underpass, or maybe a stairwell light in a block of flats. You a Smiths fan, then? If you are then I retract my statement in which I referred to you as a "bell" without reservation. Having said that, though, what would yer do if some cunt started on you after you verbally harangued them?

 

[pootle]

Hey Urbanz! I'm back after a bit of a break and this is the 2nd thread I've read after the iMac one.

Missed you guys!

 

[mauvais]

I run reds but only after making sure there are no peds nor other moving objects. I always slow down before crossings, unless there's no one in sight. I also jump on pavements sometimes, to avoid collision or to take a shortcut but I align my speed to pedestrian speed for that bit.
I have actually been shouted at recently on the road. I clipped left mirror of some wanker that decided that at far left is the best position for his car. He shouted and banged his fists then he got out of the car, looked, and got back in immediately

Pretty much all of this makes you a terrible cyclist and a useless individual.

 

[gentlegreen]

. Having said that, though, what would yer do if some cunt started on you after you verbally harangued them?

I've had a taste of it on a couple of occasions in the wrong part of town.

The psycho mini bus driver was no problem - I was a good 10 years younger and no way could he catch up with me through the backstreets. Due to what he's just done I felt perfectly in the right - it's only a shame it was pre-camera days or I'd have endeavoured to lose him his job.

The second time it was a left hook and a two-fingered response and the sick bastard said something about my mother that was nauseating and upset me for some time, but probably meant he was all mouth and no trousers...

I have the most distinctive bike imaginable, but for some reason I have always judged it right and never been sought out later - and I trudge the same routes every day....

In my late 30s, I got into the rave scene in a big way and needed to cross town around closing time and then again in the early hours - I'd previously been a total hermit - so I used a certain underpass in a calculated way - in spite of being very fit indeed .. I'm older and fatter now and avoid that sort of situation completely.

 

[Orang Utan]

Like I said, I choose my targets carefully. As a cyclist I daily take calculated risks.

If you look at my 141 videos (which is all you have to go by), just how many of them show me being in danger of having to defend myself physically ?

Mostly I choose the routes others don't, I aim to make my cycling mostly like a nature ramble.

141 videos! You dick!

 

[gentlegreen]

141 videos! You dick!

It's hardly any effort - if I catch something I consider noteworthy, I can get it online in a few minutes.
I also have a need to learn a little bit about video for my job.
Next stage is front and rear cameras.

 

[Frances Lengel]

141 videos! You dick!

I'm not so sure now, my instinctive knee jerk reaction was Gentlegreen, proper bellend, but now, my knee's quivering, I haven't made me mind up about the guy.

 

[Frances Lengel]

I've had a taste of it on a couple of occasions in the wrong part of town.

The psycho mini bus driver was no problem - I was a good 10 years younger and no way could he catch up with me through the backstreets. Due to what he's just done I felt perfectly in the right - it's only a shame it was pre-camera days or I'd have endeavoured to lose him his job.

The second time it was a left hook and a two-fingered response and the sick bastard said something about my mother that was nauseating and upset me for some time, but probably meant he was all mouth and no trousers...

I have the most distinctive bike imaginable, but for some reason I have always judged it right and never been sought out later - and I trudge the same routes every day....

In my late 30s, I got into the rave scene in a big way and needed to cross town around closing time and then again in the early hours - I'd previously been a total hermit - so I used a certain underpass in a calculated way - in spite of being very fit indeed .. I'm older and fatter now and avoid that sort of situation completely.

I'm glad you moved on from being a hermit - And that's in no way a pisstake. The rave scene did a lot of people a lot of favours - But did yer dance with a man who danced with a girl who darnced with the Prince of Wales, darnced with the Prince of Wales etc etc, ad infinitum?

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm glad you moved on from being a hermit - And that's in no way a pisstake. The rave scene did a lot of people a lot of favours - But did yer dance with a man who danced with a girl who darnced with the Prince of Wales, darnced with the Prince of Wales etc etc, ad infinitum?

I struggled to dance with anyone really - it was an abstracted form of social interaction ..

To be honest, with regards to my "cycling avenger" tendencies, I start off from my position of "quiet desperation" - I end up getting a small adrenalin boost from taking calculated chances out on the road - though mainly, when other people and intruding thoughts permit, cycling is my daily two half hours of meditation - and on longer rides with the music louder and I'm in the zone and powering home, it can get somewhere near the peak experiences I got from raves ...

If you think I take chances trying to put the world to rights, check out this guy - though he can probably look after himself :-

http://www.youtube.com/user/SonofthewindsInc/videos

A self-styled "traffic droid".



http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23989720-cyclists-crusade-to-film-danger-drivers.do

 

[Citizen66]

I did go through a red light on a bike once. I was living in Hackney and wiring the new Peckham Library at the time and decided to cycle to work to get fit and save a bit of money (weekly bus pass was a tenner).

On the very first day I approached a red light at Minories in Aldgate and there was not another soul in sight. So I drove straight across and then a police motorbike pulled out as if from nowhere and gave me a twenty pound fine.

 

[gentlegreen]