Why I don't cycle right at the edge...

[Origamist]

Received with thanks.

I wish all your posts were pics - they are far more interesting and fun than what you usually type...

I'd like to buy that pic of the two twopences for 5p as it shows real promise.

 

[magnatom]

Well put, Mags... we can only hope that some of the muppets can actually read and will take it in. One minor alteration above though (sorry to be pedantic).

Aye, I noticed that last night. If that is my only typo or grammar mistake, it is a mirical......

 

[jimboalee]

I wish all your posts were pics - they are far more interesting and fun than what you usually type...

I'd like to buy that pic of the two twopences for 5p as it shows real promise.

Highlight of this morning's commute.

 

[magnatom]

Who is this Magnatron that you speak of?

I often find that my haters like taking magnatom and changing it to something else when they reply to me. I suppose they think it annoys me. I just find it amusing and childish!

To be fair I think it may have been an honest mistake on this occasion!

 

[magnatom]

Highlight of this morning's commute.

You are Banksy and I claim my £5 (you'll need to draw a fiver now! )

 

[jimboalee]

Don't cycle right on the edge.

 

[Origamist]

Highlight of this morning's commute.

This is brilliant. I want CycleChat to have a sticky with pics/incidents from your commute. I'll be emailing Admin later to make this happen.

 

[Origamist]

Don't cycle right on the edge.

Agit-prop? Social comment/satire? Humour? Bigotry?

We need a poll - you decide Cycle-chatters!!!!????

 

[magnatom]

Agit-prop? Social comment/satire? Humour? Bigotry?

We need a poll - you decide Cycle-chatters!!!!????

 

[HLaB]

Narrow Road - If the road is narrow then there is not enough space for a car to overtake safely without crossing the central line, even if I am over to the left (3ft is a minimal distance from cyclist to car as due to above issues I might wobble). If i do cycle over to the left, some motorists see this as an invitation to squeeze past far to close. Therefore, I take a central position to encourage you only to overtake when it is safe to cross the white line and give me room.

I must admit I had my mind on other things in this video but I think it shows what kind of muppet you mean, a more central position on my part there would have maybe disuaded them, or at least gave me get out space if anything had went wrong.

 

[magnatom]

I must admit I had my mind on other things in this video but I think it shows what kind of muppet you mean, a more central position on my part there would have maybe disuaded them, or at least gave me get out space if anything had went wrong.

Aye. I like SLOW signs in the road (and similar signs) I often use them to keep check on my road position. In that clip I'd be aiming for between the L and the O.

 

[HLaB]

Aye. I like SLOW signs in the road (and similar signs) I often use them to keep check on my road position. In that clip I'd be aiming for between the L and the O.

Yip agreed, if I had that time over again that's most certainly where I'd be.

 

[jimboalee]

Aye. I like SLOW signs in the road (and similar signs) I often use them to keep check on my road position. In that clip I'd be aiming for between the L and the O.

Look in the Highway Code. The "SLOW" paintwork on the road doesn't appear in the HC.

The "SLOW" word on the road is painted 100m ahead of the site of a fatal incident. It marks where someone has died.

They are not there to 'like'.

 

[Aperitif]

Your drawings are good Jimbo - Sez me...not Anne. 10/10 and a sticky 'gallery' must be in the offing.

 

[HJ]

Over the last week or so I have had a few drivers behind me, tailgating me, gesticulating at me and occasionally swearing at me. I've not posted the videos as I don't always have time to post these low grade muppet videos. Also as they are often behind me, I don't catch much on video.

Why do they hate me so? Because I don't cycle right at the edge and hold them up for a few seconds here or there. So, I thought I'd put down in writing (I'll add this to my blog as well to direct youtubers to it) the many reasons that I don't conform to these 'drivers' wishes.

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So there are plenty of reasons for not being on the left. So please do not drive 20cm from my back tyre, shout or swear. I am not trying to hold you up, and I am just trying to get to work/ get home safely. You'll find your BP will be lower and that you will still join the queue up ahead before it moves past the lights onto the next queue beyond.


Thank you.

As this blogger points out some 28% of all drivers do not want to share roads with cyclists, although this maybe higher in Glasgow (being the sort of town that is improved by ploughing a motorway through the middle of it), it is just one of those things, it is not personal. Unless someone has pinned a large sign saying this is magnatom on your back...