BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Perhaps gert_lush could have been rather a lot less aggressive and condemnatory in his/her post?
Can I say without meaning to offend. I understand the irritation in your reply to Gert lush but the guy is new on here and may be new to cycling. Your answers were spot on but did it need the sarcasm as well? It may be that he truly was trying to understand. On your point about the rear view camera. I don't use cameras myself but having seen vids If I go that route I will use 2 as they definitely give a more complete story
Just because you dont see it doesnt mean it didnt happen.
The majority of your post is garbage.
On a lighter note: This forum seems to be incredibly closed minded and unable to adapt or accept another point of view without being patronising or quite insulting. It would appear that some members that have replied to my questions/comments are incredibly socially inept or were not worth the comment. So, on that note - I will cancel my subscription as this is not for me - this forum appears to be for the "take myself far too seriously" brigade.....
There may be trouble ahead
But while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
It seems I have offended 2 people here My apologies to you mr Tiger I was not suggesting you did anything other than what you did I thought I said that your answer was entirely appropriate just that the opinion seemed a little sarcastic in tone. However in pointing this out I appear to have slandered Gert's riding skills, not my intention, oh well no good deed goes unpunished apologies to both if I have given offence none was intended
I dont think you've said anything wrong. You were more diplomatic in your approach.
For the record;
I have commuted by bike, road raced and mtb raced for about 26 years in total, I now, exclusively, compete in triathlon events - Living and commuting by bike in New Jersey, New York, Milan, London, Cambridge, Toronto and Los Angeles, finally settling somewhere in the Southwest UK (still have a house in NJ though!). I have used my bike daily for years: aside a stint in hospital to have a knee and back (fractured spine in skiing incident) rebuilt! I also have a sub 20 minute 10 mile TT time that put me in the top 5 ten mile TT racers in the country in my yoof (in fact I was number 1 at one point in my teens for about a month!!) - so, I have some experience......I have also completed 3 etape du tours and 2 etape caledonia's, on steel framed race bikes as well as numerous "classics sportives" in various countries.
The opinion of someone who considers that riding on the left of traffic in order to make a right turn is either correct or safe, is not one I hold in any regard at all, sorry.
But since the obvious needs pointing out to you
You rode in the middle to right side of the road/lane on a round-a-bout and went straight on - why?
I used the lane marked "left and straight ahead" to navigate the roundabout. Would you like to explain what you consider to be erroneous about that?
You could have just stayed in the left side all the way.
That would have made no difference to the progess of law abiding drivers who would not overtake within a lane on a roundabout. So there was no need to and using the lane correctly isn't a problem
You rode in the middle of the 2 into 1 filter - why?
You answer your own question - the lanes merge.
You could have stayed left and allowed faster traffic to pass.
Why not just stay left and let people get past - from the look of the road, there would have been loads of space.
So you actually believe that right turning traffic should position itself to the left of traffic going straight ahead? An interesting, if a little dangerous, approach to road positioning.
Or you could try cycling faster.
Or you could try watching the clip. Cycling faster -prior to having to slow down for safety and to bring a conflict down to a low-speed, safely managable one - would have seen me rear-ending the red Fabia, since I was roughly matching its speed just prior to the first horn blast.
The video shows nothing that you have accused the Merc of doing
That's about the only part of your post that makes any sense, but again, if you had been paying attention, you would have noted that part of my post suggested that I might be better off with a rear-facing camera in addition to a forward facing one
Now, any more silly questions? No? Good.