Rear-ended!
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No, he wasn't in a car, no, I'm not dead.
Pootling through heavy traffic on Acton high street this morning, and stopped at a roadworks-related red light.
Heard a screeching of bike brakes behind me, and turned to look just as a bloke dressed like he thought he was P-Diddy on a BSO full susser crashed into my rear wheel!
I, understandably, was rather surprised, he was rather rude and defensive - a marked contrast to the driver who unwittingly took me out a while ago. I said something along the lines of 'what the hell' to which is response was 'yeah well I ain't got good brakes you should of got out the way innit and everyone goes through red lights anyway.' [sic].
I responded that if he hasn't got good brakes he should be a lot more careful, and was told to 'f**k off'. Charming. The light changed and he got into an elbows-high aero tuck on his full susser and span up to his top speed, and as I accelerated he pulled in about 3cm in front of me, causing me to slam on my brakes.
Whether or not that was intentional, I don't know, but he still got a 'c*cks*cker' from me as I passed him.
Fortunately the impact was pretty much tyre-to-tyre and there seems to be no damage to my wheel.
What a nice young man. He's doing wonders for cycling.
Pootling through heavy traffic on Acton high street this morning, and stopped at a roadworks-related red light.
Heard a screeching of bike brakes behind me, and turned to look just as a bloke dressed like he thought he was P-Diddy on a BSO full susser crashed into my rear wheel!
I, understandably, was rather surprised, he was rather rude and defensive - a marked contrast to the driver who unwittingly took me out a while ago. I said something along the lines of 'what the hell' to which is response was 'yeah well I ain't got good brakes you should of got out the way innit and everyone goes through red lights anyway.' [sic].
I responded that if he hasn't got good brakes he should be a lot more careful, and was told to 'f**k off'. Charming. The light changed and he got into an elbows-high aero tuck on his full susser and span up to his top speed, and as I accelerated he pulled in about 3cm in front of me, causing me to slam on my brakes.
Whether or not that was intentional, I don't know, but he still got a 'c*cks*cker' from me as I passed him.
Fortunately the impact was pretty much tyre-to-tyre and there seems to be no damage to my wheel.
What a nice young man. He's doing wonders for cycling.
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At least you scalped the fcuker.
Glad no damage was done.
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Glad you scalped him. :twisted:
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was he from "da hood"??
you should remember to get out of his way or next time he'll bust a cap in you....
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he'll end up under a car no doubt.
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I'm glad there isn't any damage to you or bike there.
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This kind of thing annoys me.
Glad to hear that your bike is OK though LiTs.
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
And yes, evolution will get him eventually.
However, this is the second time in as many months that someone's collided with me while I'm stopped.
Must be more vigilant! :?
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Sorry, I'll take my blunt axe somewhere else. :oops:
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there's TV channels and websites for that kind of talk... :shock:
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To be honest I would have shouted back "your job, surely!?"
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
Man, I hope next time you see LiT you annoy her sufficiently for this conversation to take place. Do you prefer white or red grapes when we come and visit you in the hospital?
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It's my favourite insult for the chavtastic bad boy types, the insinuation of homosexuality seems to really get their backs up.
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Surely a "You wish" retort would be sufficient...
"LiTs rode off, DDD rode off and we lived happily ever after and no one tried to recreate a day in South Central LA...."
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
Course he was - he was from West London, home of Ali G.
People need to be told what to do so badly they'll listen to anyone
Started off with promise but turned into a simple tale of a minor bike incident.
What would Thora Hurd do?
I'd look at the tube though, just in case of a weird slow pinch flat sort of thing. :P
Oh West London is wonderful...
Still, at least we are able to take solace in the fact that he will wake up tomorrow and see himself in mirror... the horror... the horror....
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true though there is london and london, out of the area quite a few would use the M25 as a rough border, as you move from SW postcodes though to KT and TW postcodes there isn't really any point that london stops, just becomes less.
oh and Staines is where the Thames used to be tidal to, before all the locks and such.
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Ahem, I have to disagree!
Glad you're OK. Take comfort in the fact that, while it may not be much of a scalp to you, it probably hurt him as much as if you ripped it off with a blunt carving knife....
never been rear ended, by bike any way. had a few had to stop sharpish as i stop for reds and most yellows.
He was trying. The flat-bar aero tuck never fails to make me giggle.
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Next time, make sure he can hear you giggle as you glide past!
What a knobber, Glad your ok though Dave, Get a camera, ID him if you see him again and get your trukcer mates to hunt him down using nothing but hair and CB radios
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