walker
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- Bromley, Kent
I'm seeing far to many riders tailing buses these days within inches of them.
Its gunna end horribly wrong
Its gunna end horribly wrong
...and frequently regard use of indicators as a quaint novelty that may catch on one daybiking_fox said:... and of course buses stop too often
zimzum42 said:It's not that dangerous, you can listen to the engine and tell what the driver is doing, and if you hover by the right hand side you can shoot down the outside if necessary.
Bikes will generally brake more sharply than a bus anyway
biking_fox said:I do so sometimes. Not really inches away, that woud lbe scary, but a couple of feet back works well, you have to conectrate more than normal perhaps. The only real danger is a pothole suddenly emerging! - and of course buses stop too often, so you can only draft for a short while.
mr_cellophane said:And they pump out more shoot than anything else on the road.
gazzaputt said:Did for me once. Straight in the back of it like a bloody idiot!!