The Muppet Show

[magnatom]

None of these were life threateningly serious, I either had space to escape to or time to react, but they just show how some muppet drivers feel they have the right to bully and ignore you.

Can anything ever be done to change this, or should we just put up and shut up?

 

[BentMikey]

You're not kidding! Please put up the registration plates.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

That's the worst acting I ever saw ...

I very much doubt that anything can be done, sigh ...

 

[magnatom]

You're not kidding! Please put up the registration plates.

They are in the video tags.

FYI, LD52 KKA, SG07 ZPK, SC09 HRP

 

[Browser]

I'm really disappointed, I was expecting 'Manah manah' as the audio track

 

[magnatom]

I was tempted to put a muppets sound track on. However, I felt it was more important to keep my shout in for the last muppet. Listen carefully, it was much more manly this time!

 

[gouldina]

I was tempted to put a muppets sound track on. However, I felt it was more important to keep my shout in for the last muppet. Listen carefully, it was much more manly this time!

Much more manly?

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I'm really disappointed, I was expecting 'Manah manah' as the audio track

Sorry, that one's already been taken for a vid.

 

[magnatom]

Sorry, that one's already been taken for a vid.

I thought music like that would be removed by youtube, because of copyright etc

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I thought music like that would be removed by youtube, because of copyright etc

Shhhh! Lol - no idea about that sort of thing...

 

[StuartG]

I'm really worried about you Mags. Yes I have scrapes too - but so many less it has to be statistically significant.

So what are the differences? Geographical? Riding? Appearance?

I don't think your riding is worse than mine and even bad riding does not excuse those incidents. That leaves Geography & Appearance. We can't easily change where we cycle but we can change appearance.

I note you are wearing the 'right things' - HiVis jacket, helmet and a tough bike. it is tempting to wonder if you are suffering from the invulnerability hypotheses. That demonstrable fact that people do pass you closer because you appear to be in a 'safety blanket'. Would you experience the same incidents on a pink Pashley displaying your golden locks?

I dunno. Its one reason I have not worn a helmet and garb. I'm tempted to go get a £7.99 helmet at Lidl's to see if it changes the way others treat me. It could make a big difference. If not - then keep wearing yours Mag. Looks like you may be needing to test it real soon!

 

[BentMikey]

 

[BentMikey]

Based on youtubers I subscribe to, Magnatom has very few incidents, mostly because other youtubers ride in more dense traffic, and tend to record even fairly minor items that most people would forget about and not bother to mention.

 

[Bollo]

Crap driving.

I bet you're extra tuned into leapers at RABs after the tanker incident. Unlike the tanker though, you could tell she was going to go as soon as you approached the junction - those spider/cyclist senses just start tingling. Judging by how early you seemed to get on the brakes, I'm guessing you had a inkling as well.

BUT! Did I hear the C-word pop out of your mouth towards Muppet 1?

ALSO, like the rubbish piled up on the right hand side of the RAB. It looked like an 24 pack of Carling. Glasgow you rogue!

 

[goo_mason]

Can't see the vid 'til I get home tonight.

Must be muppet season - I had 1 incident on the way in yesterday and 4 incidents on the ride home - that's more than the whole of the last 4 or 5 months combined!

Morning - an early morning walker and I had to vacate the Roseburn Path just off Groathill Avenue for a few secs to make way for a bloke screaming by on a mini-moto. This was 6.30am, he had a helmet on and gave us an apologetic wave as he passed. Looked like he was on his way to work!! Ped & I were distinctly unimpressed by his behaviour.

Evening: close pass and left-hook on the access road up to Ed Park Station by a young lady who floored it to get to the 90-degree left bend ahead before me. Heard the sudden increase in revs so was ready for it. No excuse as the road was empty and there's room for two double-deckers on each side!

Bankhead - elderly gent pulls out of side road into my path as I was hitting 23mph. Slamming on of my brakes as he's not even accelerating away: he pootles down the road at under 20mph, glancing in his mirror repeatedly.

Broomhouse - a purple Fiesta skims by with under 30cms between it and my bars. Scared the bejesus out of me as I didn't expect it. Other traffic that I'd been keeping an eye on over my shoulder had given me a wide berth as they passed.

Coalhill, Leith - 4x4 flatbed vehicle makes a flying turn to squeeze through bollards into a road that's supposed to be closed off (someone's knicked a bollard at either end, making it possible for cars to squeeze through - reported by numerous people to the council but zero response). Because he's done the turn blind (too busy watching the cars coming down the main road to look where he's turning), he almost hits me head on as he's not seen me. He rolls down his window and says, "It's an open road, mate!" as though that's his excuse for not looking where he's going. The fact that he's just had to go for a gap between three bollards would indicate that it's not really supposed to be open either, but hey-ho. I just shook my head and pedalled off to do the remaining 20m to my front door.