London is Horrible!!!

neslon · June 2007

I had to go there for a meeting a week back and was shocked at how bad it is for cyclists. Cars, inching along at walking pace still trying to squeeze against bikes easily capable of going faster than the stinking, stagnant traffic. No cycle lanes that I saw (between Kings Cross & Birdcage walk). I nearly choked on the acidic puke that passes for air & was really depressed to see the levels of aggression displayed by many drivers towards bikes.
Why do you do it? Move out now, get away from the dump, find a job and a decent house somewhere else and enjoy life without worrying when some psychopathic taxi driver is going to wipe you out so he can save 5 seconds. Life is too short to waste it ploughing through that cack every day.
Yours in sympathy, Nelson

Uncle Mort · June 2007

Snore......ronfleeeeeeeeurgh....spnoorgh........snore........

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rgisme · June 2007

Oi! Don't knock London! It's the best place for cycling. Congestion means the relative speed differences are not great and you can easily negotiate your way in traffic. I find drivers are generally more cycle aware than elsewhere and more prepared to give you space and room since they know they're not going far before they have to stop again anyway. Finding your way around all the obstructions at the greatest speed a reasonable sense of safety allows gives a pleasant endomorphin and adrenalin high to begin and end every day. What more could you want? And who gives a fcuk about cycle lanes? Don't want them, don't need them. There's this wonderful network of things called roads already in place.

xio · June 2007

Face it, you're just not man enough for it. Now go back to your backwater two-bit little village and enjoy all the services we subsidise.

Are you a morris dancer by any chance?

dangerousjules · June 2007

**** nelson...you gonna 'ave that!

dangerous jules.
all right ,lets not panic, i'll make the money by selling one of my livers. i can get by with just one right?

Jacomus-rides-Gen · June 2007

London-bashing is sooooo old. People knock the best sports teams, anything that is stronger / faster / shinier / richer etc get knocked. Its the old British way of "back in my day we didn't have blah blah blah". Cycling in London is brilliant, I personally enjoy it, the varied sights you would never normally see, and yes, some of the smells are worth it too. London is a vibrant alive city, that does have big downsides, but they are far outweighed by the positives. In no other place in the UK can you walk down an alleyway and stumble upon a gothic church nestled almost underneath two huge office blocks (the church Loyds is built around). Drivers are the most cycle aware of anywhere I've cycled (in the UK that is... lets not go too far!). Also, if you want something, you can get it. Things just work (unless its public transport [;)])

What is so great about where you are from?

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whatamidoing · June 2007

I cycle in Portsmouth and London.. I have to say yes... cycling in London is more dangerous.. but it just so much fun!!! Makes my day so much more interesting shouting at bad drivers and then over taking them...

urrrrrrrrrs · June 2007

and were not all psychotic scum taxi drivers either(unless your name is Kim[:)] who thinks differently)

i'd rather have a bottle in front of me,than a frontal lobotomy

Hackbike 6 · June 2007

London is great fun isn't it.

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The Bosscp · June 2007

London is full of people up their own arse.

hichakhok · June 2007

My parents born here. All 4 grandparents born here. I been here in London 36 years. Anyone else here belong to London as much as I do? For me it's a miserable dump which gets worse every year. It was livable about 17 years ago. Now it's overpriced, overhyped. Public transport system is a joke. Cost of living is a joke. Center of bull****, that Olympic logo sums the place up. It's 'cool' to pay œ6 to take the train, œ2 for a cup of bad coffee, or œ400.000 for a crappy victorian converted maisonette, or visit tacky tourist dumps like centerpoint or camden town and get ripped off in wack clubs playing ****e music.

Hackbike 6 · June 2007

It wasn't that bad when I lived in Finsbury Park from when I was born till the early 70's.

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greenmarkcp · June 2007

I personally miss London for the clean air, safe cycling with considerate drivers, polite people on efficient public transport, peace and quiet and access to the countryside.

The Bosscp · June 2007

Course it is. London's not spelt s... h... i... t... h... o... l... e for no reason.

BentMikey · June 2007

I love cycling in London, rgisme is on the nail there. Of course I love cycling out in the country too, but there's something special about riding in London. Oh, and fcuk the cycle lanes, don't want any more of those.

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The Bosscp · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by greenmark

I personally miss London for the clean air, safe cycling with considerate drivers, polite people on efficient public transport, peace and quiet and access to the countryside.
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I personally think the dump should be relegated as the capital. I don't think it deserves the title anymore, I don't see why we can't give it to Leeds or Manchester say for a bit.

The Bosscp · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by BentMikey

I love cycling in London, rgisme is on the nail there. Of course I love cycling out in the country too, but there's something special about riding in London. Oh, and fcuk the cycle lanes, don't want any more of those.

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Some people love being trampled on and whipped. It's a perversion.

Black Keith · June 2007

London is a large and varied city.
to label it **** is ignorant.

like saying the rest of England is a wasteland of roundabouts, motorways and obese inbreds.

oh hang on..

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willski · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by The Boss

I personally think the dump should be relegated as the capital. I don't think it deserves the title anymore, I don't see why we can't give it to Leeds or Manchester say for a bit.

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Oooh, lets see.

Loondon; Buckingham Palace, The houses of paliament, Westminster Abbey, St Pauls Cathedral, The National Gallery, The British Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, The V&A, The Royal Albert Hall, The Festival Hall, The National Theatre, The National Film Theatre....

Manchester: Umm. Oooh. The Salford Lads club where they took that picture of The Smiths. Ummm. thats it.

Leeds: Ah. Nope. Nothing.

If I had a baby elephant, I'd write a witty sig line about it - if I had any wit.

urrrrrrrrrs · June 2007

you forgot Manchester has Coronation Street !!!!!!

i'd rather have a bottle in front of me,than a frontal lobotomy

xio · June 2007

If the Salfords Lads club is still standing you can be sure they'll have turned it into a 'luxury development' by now and probably called it something like the 'Strangeways Quarter' with a large plastic gladioli statue outside.

Manchester is a proper sh*thole - I grew up near there and frankly it's not improved any since I left. And as for the weather, don't get me started.

overmars · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by The Boss

London is full of people up their own arse.
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This from a guy who calls himself 'The Boss'.
[:o)]

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Eat My Dust · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Black Keith

London is a large and varied city.
to label it **** is ignorant.

like saying the rest of England is a wasteland of roundabouts, motorways and obese inbreds.

oh hang on..

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Now that you mention it!!

SNAPS

The Bosscp · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by willski

Oooh, lets see.

Loondon; Buckingham Palace, The houses of paliament, Westminster Abbey, St Pauls Cathedral, The National Gallery, The British Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, The V&A, The Royal Albert Hall, The Festival Hall, The National Theatre, The National Film Theatre....
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Colliers wood tower!
The Gherkin!
The millennium dome!

The Bosscp · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by urrrrrrrrrs

you forgot Manchester has Coronation Street !!!!!!
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Yes but it can't really compete compared to that colourful bastion of uplifting British drama that London's got that anyone can switch on when they're feeling depressed and by the end of it they won't be depressed any more.* It really does warm** the heart.

*That'll most likely be because they'll have ended it all somewhere in the region of 7 minutes in, but still...

**Normally due to cremation.

overmars · June 2007

Nelson...

If you can survive London. You can survive anywhere. Those who can't, die.[xx(]
Its called evolution.

I guess you're just not strong enough for this here town.

(What the **** you were doing round Kings Cross anyway? They've been rebuilding there since 1909.)

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hevipedal · June 2007

London rocks, cycling London rocks.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Leave those of us who love it to enjoy it.
Where else in the Uk can you hear any language from anywhere in the world?
Eat food from any country in the world?
Enjoy the culture and art of any country in the world?
and on top of that cycle to work faster than public transport and be waiting for Le Tour and the Olympics to take place in your home city?

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The Bosscp · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by willski

Oooh, lets see.

Loondon; Buckingham Palace, The houses of paliament, Westminster Abbey, St Pauls Cathedral, The National Gallery, The British Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, The V&A, The Royal Albert Hall, The Festival Hall, The National Theatre, The National Film Theatre....

Manchester: Umm. Oooh. The Salford Lads club where they took that picture of The Smiths. Ummm. thats it.

Leeds: Ah. Nope. Nothing.
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We could go further North...

overmars · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by The Boss

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by urrrrrrrrrs

you forgot Manchester has Coronation Street !!!!!!
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Yes but it can't really compete compared to that colourful bastion of uplifting British drama that London's got that anyone can switch on when they're feeling depressed and by the end of it they won't be depressed any more.* It really does warm** the heart.

*That'll most likely be because they'll have ended it all somewhere in the region of 7 minutes in, but still...

**Normally due to cremation.
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Yes. And you're a ray of ruddy positive sunshine dawning out of the crack of your smile.

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The Bosscp · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by hevipedal

London rocks, cycling London rocks.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Literally.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by hevipedal

Where else in the Uk can you hear any language from anywhere in the world? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Somewhere near a computer with speakers and the internet, or a radio?

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Eat food from any country in the world? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Restaurants and shops in most cities other than London that are about a third the price...

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by hevipedal

waiting for Le Tour and the Olympics to take place in your home city?
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What's good about that? You can only get a half-decent view by watching telly anyway, other than that it's just yet more traffic, if that's possible.

zimzum42 · June 2007

Gwaan fukk yasel ya rasclaat pussiole......

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