Dear Mr Bike Messenger (and your mates)

[srw]

Yes I know you're impeccably cool and far more important than anything else on the roads. And that a track bike is a perfect vehicle for getting around London. But what you don't know is that I'm a cyclist. And when I looked straight at you and stepped off the pavement in front of you as you were about to go through the red traffic light at the pedestrian crossing with the green man showing I knew that's what you were going to do. I also knew that one of us had to swerve to avoid a collision, and I was damn sure it wasn't going to be me.

Perhaps now you'll fit a brake to your bike and ride with a little more consideration for other people.

 

[hackbike 666]

No brake?What a tart.

 

[leoc]

Did he have a radio / grimy clothes? I've always found couriers all right around peds.

 

[swee'pea99]

Most are - apart from anything else, 'incidents' lose earnings - but as in any other walk of life, you do come across the occasional prick.

 

[srw]

This was probably after knocking-off time - a band of half-a-dozen or so of them (yes, with radios and bags) on their way to or from the pub.

Bishopsgate, near Tower 42, if anyone wants to own up.

 

[Molecule Man]

I had a chap like that (can't say for sure if it was a messenger, but he was on a fixie with a messenger bag), actually clip my bike with his as I was walking it across a pedestrian crossing with the lights in my favour.

 

[Jake]

tempted to push them off if your crossing and they go through and nearly take you out

 

[Bigtwin]

One did that to me on a zebra crossing on Fleet St.

I was so shocked that my umbrella became "unavoidably lodged" in the spokes of his rear wheel.

Terribly unfortunate all round.

 

[Jake]

wait for the backlash...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Near Bank, last month. The collision was unavoidable; 9st (wet through) messenger aka 'the twat' RLJ'ing into path of 15st oncoming ex-Rugby player. thb I wasn't really looking as the crossing was going beep beep beep I was engaged in animated conversation and dozens of people were crossing. I tried my best to keep a straight face after he went flying but he didn't seem find it very funny.

 

[hackbike 666]

I've seen them a few times at traffic lights almost intentionally shoulder barging peds although the lights were in bike messengers favour.

 

[Tynan]

no messengers on here to my knowledge

and there literally must be 99 pretend messengers for every real one, at least, and I'm only counting the ones that really try to look the part rather than just having a go

 

[hackbike 666]

Saw a fixie rider on this mornings commute.The way he was peddling was very noticable.Funny and reminded me of one of those lego cyclists in the shop window.Very mechanical like movement.Unfortunately i didn't have the wherewithal to catch him.

 

[JamesAC]

One did that to me on a zebra crossing on Fleet St.

I was so shocked that my umbrella became "unavoidably lodged" in the spokes of his rear wheel.

Terribly unfortunate all round.

.. and if you're really pissed off, the front wheel!!!

 

[u9ge]

Had one knock into me as I waited at the lights, I went after and asked if he was going to appologise, just then another idiot in a car was about to left hook us so having jammed on the brakes with him behind me he fell off getting a face full of tarmac. Karma I guess?