I cut up two other cyclists today...

prj45

:oops:

First was a guy who was waiting for a gap which I went for, but then he started riding and I sort of cut in front of him, looked back and he was trying to get his cleats back into his pedals as he obviously had to stop a bit quickly. I apologised, he accepted.

Second one was coming up by the Serpentine in Hyde Park, a guy was riding right in the middle of the cycle lane, so I overtook and cut back in a bit early by the sound of the swearing coming from behind me,

I didn't apologise as he sounded quite angry and a bit confrontational. It was dark though and I don't like being on the right side of that cycle path at night for very long as their are people that come down it too fast with no lights, indeed I know somebody that collided with one once and did some nasty ankle damage.

:oops:

Belv

YOU SHOULD BE HUNG, DRAWN AND QUARTERED. :evil:

I was cut up by a cyclist on Friday causing me to hit a big chunk of concrete on the edge of the cycle path. Bike is broken, knee and shoulder are sore.

(then again, you didn't leave anyone lying on the floor without so much as an apology)

steve77uk

Hello

Just my two penneth here, but why is everyone in such a rush?

Yes we all want to get home or to our destination, we are all users of the road - it is bad enough dodging all of the cars, if you caused an accident whilst in the car, would you just drive off?

why can't people just wait to overtake when it is safe to do so without putting anyone else in danger or injury?

I sometimes get a bit sh*t scared when I hear big trucks coming past, I have a 5 month old daughter who I want to get fit for, which is why I am biking it, however there are some nutters on the road that think I am wearing invisible cream and it goes through my mind, I hope I make it home in one piece. I have had other cyclists who race past me with on coming cars hooting at them!

People seem to forget that your actions have a reaction and consequences for others. If someone cuts my up and I fall off and seriously injure myself or worse, I would like that person to stand in front of my wife and baby and explain the reason why my life is expendable or why I won't be home that night would you actually have the nerve to tell the truth that "i wanted to get home quickly to eat my tea or get my time down by an extra 30 seconds".

I would like to thank the 2 that followed me home on Monday, I am not the fastest there is but I gave it my best shot to keep my speed up, an ambulance was coming up behind as it was windy seriously heavy rain, I slowed down and pulled over as I did not want to go underneath it and pulled out, there was another gent behind me who had slowed down also and had caught me up. It was not for another 2 miles until i turned off that I realised they were still behind me but they kept a safe distance - they did not over take (not sure if they wanted to) - it was just nice to think they are more experienced riders, but did not get aggravated due to my inexperience...

cheers lads - these little things make the world a better place and I have a place on the road no matter how slow or inexperienced I am - i don't expect to be bullied by other road users be it on 2 wheels or 4...

there is enough going on in the world without being uncivilised...

xio

you do *know* it's a race don't you?

do a search on commuter racing.

steve77uk

oh I see!

*that* makes it OK then...

do a search on fatal road accidents involving cyclists...

I am not trying to be a killjoy here, the point I am making is just make sure your actions don't have consequences for others. Cutting people up obviously means that you have not planned your action, if you had done it safely, you wouldn't have cut someone up.

I am going to shut up now...

tardington

I was following a slow person up a steep hill towards some trafffic lights this morning... As the traffic was stopped, it was pretty safe to go up the left hand side of the traffic... Except the woman stopped at the front of a bus, trapping me behind in a not-very-safe position... I sort of did a sideways jump onto the pavement to get out of the traffic and off the road. :?

Fair enough, I probably shouldn't have been going up the left side of the bus, but it was stationary and I knew the traffic light routine at this junction. A bit annoyed at the woman though. I overtook her later on (very politely!) and the re-overtook by RLJing at the next junction... :?

prj45

steve77uk wrote:

Cutting people up obviously means that you have not planned your action, if you had done it safely, you wouldn't have cut someone up.

Er, just like to point out here that I'm a very considerate cyclist, which is why I was so gutted to cut two cyclists up in one day when I normally (ever probably) don't cut people up at all.

steve77uk

Sorry didn't mean to sound harsh, I just quickly read the post and obviously took it in the wrong context...

I think i just had a scary ride home that evening! :?

I read quite a lot of posts on here and read about red light jumpers, people moaning about others etc... it just gives the impression that they are on the road, everyone else get out the way etc.

I think now I have read a few of your posts, maybe I went a bit OTT, it is just I have been on the other side clearing up accidents and accidents do and can happy every so easily, what winds me up is when they happen because of impatient idiots, but the grief it causes for the injured party etc...

apologies if offended...

webbhost

Admittingly I have made a 1 bad judgement so far that I recall.

Was overtkaing a mountain biker, but there was a car coming the other way. I somewhat had to cut the cyclist up to prevent hitting the car, however no-one was hurt.

I am also a considerate cyclist, however no-one is immune to mistakes.