Cyclist branded 'stupid'

[Joffey]

Cyclist branded 'stupid' after he was filmed riding down Osborne Road with no helmet and no hands:

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/see-brazen-osborne-road-cyclist-12637707

Now this lad looks like a scrote and he certainly should't be ridding down the road with no hands but the paper gives the impression that he is stupid for not wearing a helmet also and quotes Rule 59 of the Highway Code to back this up.

Also in the video there appears to be a taxi parked on a crossing and double yellow lines. The driver who filmed the footage wasn't outraged at this. Funny that!

 

[Welsh wheels]

He's got some skills, turning a corner no-handed. I haven't mastered that yet. I guess it depends under what conditions you're doing it, but it can be safe to ride with no hands to put a jacket on or something. I'm sure plenty of us have done it.

 

[martint235]

I think the way the Highway Code refers to things as "Rules" is misleading. Point 60 is a rule about lights, point 59 is an advisory and not a very good one.

 

[Phil Fouracre]

Pointless 'story'! Tidy bit of riding - what business is it of the idiot filming it??

 

[fossyant]

Just a kid. Quiet road, riding perfectly fine. You should see the lads on the A57 in the 'lovely' Gorton - no hands, no lights, weaving down the road on the wrong side. I was so outraged I shook my head and didn't film them. The kids locally like to play chicken with cars !

 

[jarlrmai]

I ride no handed all the time, putting on a jacket or eating a gel or whatever. Our group came across a kid on Sunday riding the wrong way down the road doing a wheelie and talking on his phone. I think it's disingenuous of the media to bunch everyone in together so scrotes on bikes are cyclists.

 

[jefmcg]

What's amazing is there are 4 comments under the article so far, and none have mentioned road tax

 

[Joffey]

What's amazing is there are 4 comments under the article so far, and none have mentioned road tax

 

[Drago]

Local chip wrapper in anti-cyclist stance shocker.

 

[Jody]

He's got some skills, turning a corner no-handed. .

He starts to turn the corner no handed but then puts his left hand on the bars to save going onto the opposite side

 

[mjr]

I think it's disingenuous of the media to bunch everyone in together so scrotes on bikes are cyclists.

I think it's disingenuous of cyclists to join in the media's bike-bashing by claiming people who ride bikes differently to them aren't cyclists. Good luck to anyone who can ride no-handed. I saw tons of them in the Netherlands, including one chap eating breakfast as he pedalled through central Dordrecht. Almost no-one does it in England, probably because most people are shoot-scared of the stupid motorists who jump give-ways and red lights.

Do you think the dashcam filmer is the same Paul Anderson who uses his Youtube channel to warn motorists where the speed cameras are?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkJ3xPXfjdE

 

[Jody]

I ride no handed all the time, putting on a jacket or eating a gel or whatever. .

Same here. On road, off road, group selfies and allsorts. Its a great skill to have. Although I had to grow a pair first time I tried no hands on the rollers.

 

[martint235]

I think anyone who rides with no hands on the bars should be taken out, shot, quartered, burned at the stake and then their ashes scattered to the 4 winds.*





*This is purely jealously as I have never mastered the skill

 

[ianrauk]

I like riding with no hands.. though not that great at it these days.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

This guy must have the most exciting channel on Youtube...