Idiot London cyclists.

[guitarpete247]

Earlier this week I was in that there London. GF and I were walking along Oxford Street and were horrified at a rider on a Boris bike. He was riding up the inside of buses one handed drinking a cup of coffee. I saw another biker checking the traffic and moving to a much safer route (to the right) avoiding any pinch point close to bus stops and kerbs. The idiot we saw was probably safe but I couldn't see that riding; in a city; never mind a city like London could ever be safe one handed drinking coffee. Tell me I'm wrong.

 

[slowmotion]

Riding with a cup of coffee in one hand is fine. Rolling a spliff with the other is quite usual round here, but probably falls short of "advisable".

 

[buggi]

roll up roll up... Here we go again LOL.

 

[snorri]

Tell me I'm wrong.

Not entirely wrong, just rather selective in your observations.
I was in that there London last week too, and I can tell you the pedestrians and motor vehicle drivers are no better.
It's not worth worrying, they seem to get along alright in their own way.
Just relax and observe, it can be quite entertaining at times

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If drinking whilst cycling were a safe activity, there'd be no end to people attaching bottles and carbon fibre bottle cages to their bikes. Boris bikes don't have a bottle holder so how else was he supposed to carry the drink?

 

[Aperitif]

Riding with a cup of coffee in one hand is fine. Rolling a spliff with the other is quite usual round here, but probably falls short of "advisable".

roll up roll up... Here we go again LOL.

A good joint effort.
Get a tandem, you two!

 

[The Jogger]

Surely a Boris Bike comes under the same category as a BSO

 

[Born2die]

Don't worry round here I see a lad every morning riding through the park holding his 2 year old in one hand cycling along and to add controversy there both helmetless

 

[morrisman]

Think you will find it was a 'bloke on a bike' not a 'cyclist'.

 

[guitarpete247]

Think you will find it was a 'bloke on a bike' not a 'cyclist'.

I stand corrected.

 

[glenn forger]

This thread is racist against one-armed cyclists.

 

[downfader]

"..honestly..! It gives cyclists a bad name...!"

 

[glenn forger]

A one-armed lycra-nazi would sieg heil with his remaining, functional arm thereby completely losing control and invading Poland. Think on.

 

[Cycling Dan]

A one-armed lycra-nazi would sieg heil with his remaining, functional arm thereby completely losing control and invading Poland. Think on.

Invading Russia in his Summer cycling gear. Madness !!

 

[Puddles]

Earlier this week I was in that there London. GF and I were walking along Oxford Street and were horrified at a rider on a Boris bike. He was riding up the inside of buses one handed drinking a cup of coffee. I saw another biker checking the traffic and moving to a much safer route (to the right) avoiding any pinch point close to bus stops and kerbs. The idiot we saw was probably safe but I couldn't see that riding; in a city; never mind a city like London could ever be safe one handed drinking coffee. Tell me I'm wrong.

Well, now there is a question, having recently read I should only be using one brake the back one not the front one (who knew! Not me

) and that once you are allowed to raise your saddle up so your feet are not flat on the floor cos you has learneded not to do the wobbling (Yay! go me!

) and if you progress to the no handeded cycling woohoo check me out type thing (Not me, not yet

) then why can you not cycle with one hand - the back brake hand on the handlebars and a coffee in the other, I think everyone should, just to show off their hard earned cool cycling skills!