Crankarm
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- Nr Cambridge
Was waiting at the lights at the junction of The Backs and Sidgwick Avenue this evening about half 5. The lights eventually went green, the little man illuminated on the other side and the beeps started. So me and about 10 others started crossing the road. About 1/2 - 2/3 of the way across, it's quite wide, I hear the whizz of wheels and 'am scared out of my skin as I stop dead to avoid being hit by this f'kin cyclist who is trying to ride through us peds as we are crossing the road. He swerves to avoid where he thinks I am walking only to ride straight at me. I just manage to get out his way not before shouting "F'king idiot!" at him. He had ridden through a red light from whence he had come. He didn't look like the usual stereotype of cycling menace - a chav or a ned in black on a BSO but a well dressed mature student type about 30 years old, rucksack, loads of curly blonde hair and riding a decent red drop handle touring bike. To$$er.
The number of students I saw cycling on the pavements, wearing no hat or gloves let alone a helmet and no lights. It was 1C today in Cambridge. Many had hands that looked frozen white or as pink as prawns; riding bikes that had clearly just been dragged out of retirement from their parents' sheds, total death traps. And some of these students are going to be the leaders of industry, doctors, lawyers, teachers, journalists or our politicians in years to come. Un-bloody-believable.
The number of students I saw cycling on the pavements, wearing no hat or gloves let alone a helmet and no lights. It was 1C today in Cambridge. Many had hands that looked frozen white or as pink as prawns; riding bikes that had clearly just been dragged out of retirement from their parents' sheds, total death traps. And some of these students are going to be the leaders of industry, doctors, lawyers, teachers, journalists or our politicians in years to come. Un-bloody-believable.
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