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Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
This is sort of commuting, as I was walking into the department...
First, I heard a squeal of brakes and sliding-on-damp-tarmac bike tyre and two lady tourists apologising profusely to the cyclist who'd just had to skid to a halt when they stepped into the road. Pity really, I'd have given him an earful if it had been me, since he was a) riding the wrong way down a one way street,
riding down it at a time when it is closed to vehicles, and open to peds only and c) riding too fast for the level of pedestrian traffic anyway.
Secondly, a chap rode out of a side turning into another pedestrian-only street, swerved around a couple of people, pulled up outside a shop, leant his bike againt the wall and went in, without locking it! As I wandered past, I looked and he was right inside the shop, out of sight. If I'd been so minded (and a bit taller), I could have ridden that bike away no trouble.
And neither of these were chavy yoofs - both were middle aged chaps in cycling gear on hybrids - the guy who left his bike also left attached to it (and on) a pair of Knog backup LEDs...
Rant over....
First, I heard a squeal of brakes and sliding-on-damp-tarmac bike tyre and two lady tourists apologising profusely to the cyclist who'd just had to skid to a halt when they stepped into the road. Pity really, I'd have given him an earful if it had been me, since he was a) riding the wrong way down a one way street,

Secondly, a chap rode out of a side turning into another pedestrian-only street, swerved around a couple of people, pulled up outside a shop, leant his bike againt the wall and went in, without locking it! As I wandered past, I looked and he was right inside the shop, out of sight. If I'd been so minded (and a bit taller), I could have ridden that bike away no trouble.
And neither of these were chavy yoofs - both were middle aged chaps in cycling gear on hybrids - the guy who left his bike also left attached to it (and on) a pair of Knog backup LEDs...
Rant over....