Almost saw a crash this morning (idiots on the MUP)
09-07-19, 08:50 PM
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However, I do have the headlight on my handlebar and the tail light on the back of my bike.
09-08-19, 06:56 AM
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09-08-19, 07:57 AM
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One thing I've not thought to do is reverse the lights on my bike. Sounds like something I would have done as a teenager, though.
09-08-19, 08:05 AM
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What human does not understand that red is for taillights and white lights go up front to help you see. If you don't understand this intuitively (or by reading the packaging that came with your light), then riding in the dark with the reverse configuration should clue you in. Odd indeed - perhaps it's intentional.
09-08-19, 08:08 AM
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Yeah this morning I approached a road crossing as a guy opposite was approaching. There's a pair of posts on each side. Only one bike can go through the posts at a time, they're too narrow. I was there first, so I went through and crossed the road. Then he attempted to take the road, placing himself between the posts on that side. Now he's blocked me. What an absolute idiot.
It's pretty obvious to anyone who isn't stupid or rude that you let someone off a road before attempting to proceed.
I was tempted to force through and inflict any resulting damage onto him, but chose to go around the outside of the post instead, as I had the tyres and suspension to cope with the kerb.
This guy, unfortunately for many on here, was the commonly clueless type - wearing all the gear, riding a road bike.
Store workers on 20yo Walmart bikes don't act like this.
It's pretty obvious to anyone who isn't stupid or rude that you let someone off a road before attempting to proceed.
I was tempted to force through and inflict any resulting damage onto him, but chose to go around the outside of the post instead, as I had the tyres and suspension to cope with the kerb.
This guy, unfortunately for many on here, was the commonly clueless type - wearing all the gear, riding a road bike.
Store workers on 20yo Walmart bikes don't act like this.
the rider with the most expensive bike/kit is entitled and has right of way
09-08-19, 08:21 AM
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09-08-19, 12:20 PM
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But I'll let you off, as it's a well known fact that only the English can spell in English properly.
And the rider with the toughest and heaviest bike has right of way, if he chooses to take it
09-08-19, 12:27 PM
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09-08-19, 11:21 PM
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09-09-19, 01:19 AM
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People drive at night with no headlights on. They can't see the dash. What speed they're going, how much fuel they have, nothing. How can you drive and not realise?
This is the mentality of some people. Like the ones who pedal their bike with the arches of their feet. Wtf
This is the mentality of some people. Like the ones who pedal their bike with the arches of their feet. Wtf
After a couple of decades in the bike biz, a few thousand miles of touring and several years of bike commuting I find myself most on foot these days when around bicyclists. Most seem like normal folk but about 10% qualify as a******s and probably only one in a thousand knows to use a bell when overtaking except on MUPs, and then bell usage is more common. Folks these days are much better with lights, too.
09-09-19, 07:00 AM
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By the way, I want to see one of those one side handlebars.
09-09-19, 07:48 AM
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09-09-19, 08:12 AM
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Not sure the logic of cyclist reversing the red and white lights. I was riding one night on a street and saw a red light on a bike up ahead. I thought I was closing in on the rear of a cyclist, but they had reversed the lights and the distance was closing fast on a salmoning rider. Avoided a collision, but scared the heck out of me.
09-09-19, 10:51 AM
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Just curious...was she wearing earbuds? Thinking she may not have heard him coming and that was even more startling. Not making a judgement.
09-12-19, 07:52 AM
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sounds like that guy was looking for trouble
09-12-19, 09:35 AM
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Here's my rule: the cyclist that gets to the narrow passage first has right of way.
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09-12-19, 11:05 AM
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Yes, I know it was a rhetorical question.
09-12-19, 12:53 PM
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Yeah, but we're polite in Britain. Or were. We've all given up hope, now. We'll be making references to the law for everything, next.
09-12-19, 01:16 PM
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Stopping in the road is way more likely to cause safety issues, so if I'm on the path, I'm letting him go first as basic courtesy, then cursing whoever it was who put this trap in the path.
That being said, I really don't recall ever encountering just this situation where a narrow gap and the intersection combine, and I ride on several dozen different paths in a year.
09-13-19, 09:17 AM
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09-13-19, 02:52 PM
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Did you know that there's a law on the books in the UK that covers "careless and inconsiderate cycling"? Only in Britain.
29 Careless, and inconsiderate, cycling.
If a person rides a cycle on a road without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road, he is guilty of an offence [sic].
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09-13-19, 02:54 PM
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