Can I Catch Him?........

[Eat MY Dust]

........damn right I can!!!!


View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_9_sie00EDU

 

[magnatom]

........damn right I can!!!!


View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_9_sie00EDU

You've got a jet engine attached to your bike (turn the volume up and you can hear it). Cheating doesn't count!

 

[magnatom]

Oh and bit of a naughty maneuver at the end, undertaking at the bus stop, tsk tsk! I'd get pelters if I did that!

 

[BentMikey]

LOL, nice one! I bet he didn't even notice that you were the same cyclist he overtook miles back.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Oh and bit of a naughty maneuver at the end, undertaking at the bus stop, tsk tsk! I'd get pelters if I did that!

lol, that's because you've got your very own "special" fan club!

 

[magnatom]

lol, that's because you've got your very own "special" fan club!

Aye, that's one word for it. Maybe I should direct a few of them over to your videos....

 

[BentMikey]

Just think how much more quickly you'd have caught him had you been on a decent recumbent!!!

 

[magnatom]

What's with those bikes painted on the road?

I've noticed them as well. I assume they are there to mark the cycle lane, i.e the road! I like them!

 

[Bollo]

They should paint some cars and lorries as well to stop the other road users getting jealous. And maybe a 'bent for Mikey.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

This was from this morning as well.


View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BaZmPKU7Lo8

 

[Origamist]

It's a good reminder to cars that bikes may be there. I'm just curious as to the thinking behind just bikes and no other markings.

They're similar to sharrows in the US (but without the directional arrow) and they are increasingly being used on our roads to raise awareness of cycling/cyclists. I like them, but I'm not naive enough to assume they're going to make a huge difference to driver behaviour.

 

[BentMikey]

I don't like that they're only painted on some roads. I want drivers to expect and look out for cyclists on all roads (or rather all public highways).

 

[magnatom]

I don't like that they're only painted on some roads. I want drivers to expect and look out for cyclists on all roads (or rather all public highways).

True, but I think they are a better use of paint than the vast majority of cycle lanes!

 

[BentMikey]

...but still a waste of paint.

 

[magnatom]

...but still a waste of paint.

I don't know. Having the signs on the road at least brings cyclists within a whisker of the drivers consciousness. It might also reduce the likelihood of a driver having the 'cyclists shouldn't be on the road' attitude.

Driver: Get on the cyclepath!
Cyclist: According to the signs on the road I am on one!