I think I was quite polite actually!

[fossyant]

I have a couple of junctions on one stretch of road that are like that - 30 easy on the bike - If it's too close to brake, a switch to the middle and overtake, then shout 'oi look where you are going' through the drivers window as I pass.

 

[baldycyclist]

nice idea fossy, bit narrow for that on that piece of road but next time I will be looking to perform such a maneuver!

 

[briantrumpet]

Hey (brianT)-you have the same bike as me

Which one? Both cracking rides, whatever. I've managed to get them set up as near identical as possible, and get a real buzz whichever I'm riding.

I have a couple of junctions on one stretch of road that are like that - 30 easy on the bike - If it's too close to brake, a switch to the middle and overtake, then shout 'oi look where you are going' through the drivers window as I pass.

Not a manoeuvre I'd advocate if there's any oncoming traffic (as I'm sure you wouldn't!) - my preferred one is to briefly tailgate the offending car dead centre and to stare intently at the rear view mirror, maybe miming spectacles. Then I stay right behind the car for as long as I can. It surprises them when I do manage to stay right there for some distance - it's my little bit of driver education: "See, bikes can go as fast as cars!"

 

[400bhp]

The CAAD 9

 

[briantrumpet]

The CAAD 9

It'll be a collectors' piece in a few years, you wait and see. The last US-built CAADs - a beautiful bit of engineering.

 

[CopperCyclist]

Out of interest, what sort of lighting arrangement do you have? Theory says that it is easier to judge the speed of a vehicle at night when it has two solid lights mounted as far away from each other as possible (as in a car), as the lights appear to get <b>further away</b> the closer they get to you - Of course none of this helps if they don't look.

FTFY

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

But don't you realise that you "came out of nowhere" riding "like a bat out of hell"

*standard response when faced with a cyclist exceeding 7mph

 

[HovR]

FTFY

Woops.. My mistake - I must remember to engage brain before posting.

 

[baldycyclist]

But don't you realise that you "came out of nowhere" riding "like a bat out of hell"

*standard response when faced with a cyclist exceeding 7mph

looking like a firey dragon with horns!
Oh dear Mr ambulance man it appeared to be a cyclist covered in luminous Lycra and duracell accouterments that was actually following legal limits and spending bucket loads of cash on saving the planet from implosion!

 

[gaz]

Out of interest, what sort of lighting arrangement do you have? Theory says that it is easier to judge the speed of a vehicle at night when it has two solid lights mounted as far away from each other as possible (as in a car), as the lights appear to get closer together the closer they get to you - Of course none of this helps if they don't look.

Don't they get further away as they come closer to you :S

 

[HovR]

Don't they get further away as they come closer to you :S

Brain disengaged. See above.

I'll edit the post to make it factually correct.

 

[benb]

Woops.. My mistake - I must remember to engage brain before posting.

Why? No-one else does.