Cyclist auditions for Darwin award

[PK99]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOckXlar-jc

 

[Milkfloat]

Drunk? The man with the bike, not @PK99

 

[Cuchilo]

I know that crossing well , there is a foot bridge over the tracks right next to the gates

 

[MikeG]

What an idiot.

The Darwin awards, by the way, are defunct.

 

[Drago]

Identikit chav outfit.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I love the "I don't f*****g care mate, you wanna HOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNKKKKKKKK" bit. Absolute comedy gold. It would have been funnier if the train had ripped his bike out of his hands and sent him A.O.T. though. We need to find him, and get him to repeat the trick, but do it properly this time.

 

[Drago]

In see the DM readers are ranting on about lunatic cyclists, conveniently forgetting all the Death Kill Police Bloodshed videos of car drivers pulling similar stunts.

 

[Beebo]

This has nothing to do with cycling. He is pushing a bike and being a knob.

 

[Drago]

I know that, you know that...

 

[thecube]

What an oxygen wasting bell-end. I don't think he should be allowed out of his house for his own safety.

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

Looks like Manor Road in Sheen... that is the rather 'rougher' end of the borough...

 

[mjr]

Looks like Manor Road in Sheen... that is the rather 'rougher' end of the borough...

Yes, the video description says North Sheen. Looks like someones' cut the Buddleia since the StreetView http://www.instantstreetview.com/@51.464974,-0.288582,19.79h,-20.56p,0.85z

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

Yes, the video description says North Sheen. Looks like someones' cut the Buddleia since the StreetView http://www.instantstreetview.com/@51.464974,-0.288582,19.79h,-20.56p,0.85z

To be fair, at peak times, that crossing is closed for what seems like 59 minutes every hour... and they removed part of the pedestrian bridge some years ago so you can't cross from one side to the other on foot/with a bike when the gates are down...

 

[mjr]

To be fair, at peak times, that crossing is closed for what seems like 59 minutes every hour... and they removed part of the pedestrian bridge some years ago so you can't cross from one side to the other on foot/with a bike when the gates are down...

A new bridge was installed by the level crossing in 2013 (rotate the earlier streetview if this link doesn't work). Has it already been removed?

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

A new bridge was installed by the level crossing in 2013 (rotate the earlier streetview if this link doesn't work). Has it already been removed?
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Blimey - shows how long since I've been there - there used to be one on the station side of the crossing. North Sheen is just one platform with the tracks going either side. You could access the station from both sides of the crossing and therefore cross over when the gates were down... years ago they removed one side of the bridge - so you could only access the station from one side and couldn't cross the tracks... I haven't driven/cycled down there for quite a while and haven't noticed it when on the train!!