Nearly hit - South side Blackfriars

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ianrauk

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Simon_m said:
Christ-on-a-bike, what kinda people are on this site? Just checking back in and this whole thing is about people wearing helmets or bright jackets WTF?!?! I wonder if I mentioned he wasn't using cleats, then people would have argued about that too!??! Or that he was a he and not a she. Get a grip! The OP was about an idiot who jumped a red light and nearly hit me, or if I was not there, then the ambulance would have hit him. It makes no difference if the cyclist was green from outer-space with several heads too large for a cycle helmet. Is this part of the forum always like this?! Is no one able to make a post without thinking some words may offend others, like "he was on a fixie", I can't say that as it may offend people who ride them and think they are the best thing since sliced bread and everyone else is morons. Maybe people have too much time on their hands and just hang around like trolls looking for something to pick up on to get a reaction?
I wonder how that will go down!:rolleyes:
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This is the whole point.
 
Peter Armstrong

Peter Armstrong

Über Member
Simon_m said:
Christ-on-a-bike, what kinda people are on this site? Just checking back in and this whole thing is about people wearing helmets or bright jackets WTF?!?! I wonder if I mentioned he wasn't using cleats, then people would have argued about that too!??! Or that he was a he and not a she. Get a grip! The OP was about an idiot who jumped a red light and nearly hit me, or if I was not there, then the ambulance would have hit him. It makes no difference if the cyclist was green from outer-space with several heads too large for a cycle helmet. Is this part of the forum always like this?! Is no one able to make a post without thinking some words may offend others, like "he was on a fixie", I can't say that as it may offend people who ride them and think they are the best thing since sliced bread and everyone else is morons. Maybe people have too much time on their hands and just hang around like trolls looking for something to pick up on to get a reaction?
I wonder how that will go down!:rolleyes:
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Very well. it was the point I was trying to make.
 
4F

4F

Active member of Helmets Are Sh*t Lobby
Location
Suffolk.
:welcome:to the commuting forum Simon. Plus I really don't like "fixie" and would prefer "fixed gear" :hugs:
 
Leaway2

Leaway2

Lycrist
Location
Manchester (Sale)
BentMikey said:
This predilection for helmets and hiviz is rather silly when you look at a proper cycling country.


Neither have any significant effect on safety, and IME it's usually helmet wearers that jump the lights. They are the ones that are risk compensating.
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But they are are all at walking pace!
 
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BentMikey

Rider of Seolferwulf
Location
South London
Leaway2 said:
But they are are all at walking pace!
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Well, a little bit more, around 12mph. And what's the design maximum for helmet impacts?
 
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Davidsw8

Davidsw8

Senior Member
Location
London
[QUOTE 2413217, member: 1314"]I did some counting today.

I saw 6 RLJ-ers on my 15 mile commute. They were all blokes in their late 20s/early 30s in lycra, expensive bikes and helmets.

Only 4 other cyclists (including me) not wearing a helmet.

And this black young man (bare-headed) in a suit doing a perfect trackstand on a Boris Bike at the reds on the south side of London Bridge. I was impressed.[/quote]

^_^

Ironically enough, as soon as I stepped outside work yesterday, I saw a chap (without helmet) run the red light on Piccadilly and pelt it down Duke St St James...

Then this morning outside Kennington Tube (the CS7), saw what must've been a good 15-20 cyclists waiting at the lights, all wearing helmets.
 
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