Hearing or looking?

[BentMikey]

This cyclist gets a fright:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDf_10PLAn0

 

[Bollo]

Not clever cycling that! I thought he was heading for a textbook left-hooking at the lights.

Baaack to your question. I know you don't believe in listening but I personally find it useful. Not essential, but useful. Maybe its the type of country-bumpkin riding I do, but my ears can be a good early warning for several of the blind bends and dips that I face on my commute. In town, I agree that your hearing is shagged by the ambient din of engines, heavy bass and taxi drivers calling you a front-bottom. I'm not going to die a death if someone wants to ipod their way to work but, like marijuana, I tried it once myself and didn't much like it.

I suspect that matey was not much concerned with looking or listening.

 

[BentMikey]

LOL - he jumped out of the saddle when you spoke to him. That will teach him to ride no handed. But I blame you for distracting him and making him undertake a left turning car. ;-(

He's got a point, he's looking at you and then looking back ahead there is a car in front of him what is he going to do? He is to far over to the left to switch back and overtake on the right, plus you are in the way. So the only option is to undertake (albeit a tad wobly) the left turning car.

I suspect Mr Cellophane was being tongue-in-cheek, hence the winking sad face. For the hard of thinking, I didn't force the cyclist to do any undertaking. I didn't undertake, after all, and I left enough space that he could have passed to the offside of the left-turning car since my front didn't overlap with his rear. He didn't need to undertake, he didn't need to get a fright if he'd been looking, and he didn't need to ride without hands.

You can see further examples of observation from the both of us as we pass the parked car.

 

[Bollo]

The important question of the evening BM - what are you doing riding an ass-hatchet?

 

[BentMikey]

The important question of the evening BM - what are you doing riding an ass-hatchet?

LOL! I regretted it slightly when I got home and was shattered. Well it is a fixed wheel, so much more work than the 'bent. I've been trying to use the upright more when it's wet and horrible to save on wear and maintenance on the nice bike.

 

[Crankarm]

Riding like that he should really be wearing a helmet .

 

[gaz]

Riding like that he should really be wearing a helmet .

and have a camera attached to it!

 

[Theseus]

Riding like that he should really be wearing a helmet .

Why? Did he come off further along the road?

 

[jimboalee]

There is a danger in these kind of situations where the startled cyclist could be an ex-squaddie.
He may have taken exception to your pompous outburst and his resulting action could have been swift contact of his fist and your chin.

At moments like this, it is wise to make the other cyclist aware of your presence before handing out advice.

 

[Debian]

Sorry, I don't get the subject of the original comment? Had he previously ran a red light?

 

[BentMikey]

Jimbo, how do you suggest I make him aware of my presence?

 

[BentMikey]

Sorry, I don't get the subject of the original comment? Had he previously ran a red light?

It's in the video description. He'd been jumping red lights since roughly New Cross/Peckham. I just didn't get any good examples on camera, and the clip isn't really about that anyway.

 

[Brahan]

Jimbo, how do you suggest I make him aware of my presence?

Ride up behind him and shout 'BOO!'

 

[Debian]

It's in the video description. He'd been jumping red lights since roughly New Cross/Peckham. I just didn't get any good examples on camera, and the clip isn't really about that anyway.

Ah, sorry. I didn't read the description.

 

[hackbike 666]

Cyclist at Stratford this morning straight through a red resulted im me shouting "but it's a red light".:$