B.S.O's without lights

bearfraser

Are they all nuts or just going for a "Darwin Award" :?:

CiB

The former, one suspects.

Sirius631

bearfraser wrote:

Are they all nuts or just going for a "Darwin Award" :?:

CiB wrote:

The former, one suspects.

Although you can expect one or two nuts to be missing.

Tom Butcher

BSO ?

de_sisti

Tom Butcher wrote:

BSO ?

Bike Shaped Object?

MaxwellBygraves

Tom Butcher wrote:

BSO ?

Surely you can't have got to nearly 6000 posts without hearing the word BSO?

thecrofter

I've noticed quite a few in the last couple of weeks, now it's proper dark at night. And had exactly the same thoughts...natural selection will rid us of these people, one last week doing the HSW on a fixie with no lights and RLJ-ing :roll: The clock is definately ticking on him.

Big Geordie

Now you've lost me completely. BSO I can just about cope with but HSW and RJL? Somebody translate please!

Stewie Griffin

There are cyclists in London who seem to believe that the light from their telephones illuminating one side of their face is enough for them to be seen. As I have seen them it obviously is. :?

thegreatdivide

Was walking home the other night when a girl dressed in black shot past me with no lights on. She took a wide sweep round a corner and almost had a head on collision…with another twit dressed in black on a bike with no lights!

The one that gave me the fear was a chap cycling at night with a kid on one of those child seats behind him. I saw them side on an they were both wrapped up warm and with helmets on and I though 'aw that's nice'. Wasn't until I looked at them from behind that I noticed he had no lights on the bike. FFS!

TBH for every person I see with lights there are at least 10 without.

bompington

Numpties in black with no lights? You don't see them very often!

cougie

I always think its quite reassuring that these people seem to survive. God knows road riding with lights and hiviz seems to have its close encounters anyway. So long as these ninjas exist - cycling cant be that dangerous.

And lets not forget the people who have lights, but let their coats or bags block them, or the batteries are so knackered that you'd only see them about 3 feet away. Or they're pointing the wrong way, or on the wrong side of the wheel.....

LeicesterLad

I got called a nobhead the other week for nearly ploughing into a rider - black clothes, black bike, dark night, no lights. Annoying thing was he was dressed like a pro - so presumably new a bit about cycling etc, and was a middle aged roadie, not some drug addict on a clapped out mountain bike (which is what we usually get on the Great Central Way, Leicester), couldn't believe the cheek!

Other's annoying me on an unlit section of designated cycle path are walkers and dog walkers who think its ok to wear no reflective clothing whatsoever just because they are not on a bike, almost feel like riding into them on purpose to be honest. :x

rolf_f

Big Geordie wrote:

Now you've lost me completely. BSO I can just about cope with but HSW and RJL? Somebody translate please!

RLJ is red light jumping. If you want to make loads of friends on the forum, post a thread stating your opinion of RLJing.

HSW might be relate to that London. They like to abbreviate their street names like that for some reason!

thecrofter

Rolf F wrote:

Big Geordie wrote:

Now you've lost me completely. BSO I can just about cope with but HSW and RJL? Somebody translate please!

RLJ is red light jumping. If you want to make loads of friends on the forum, post a thread stating your opinion of RLJing.

HSW might be relate to that London. They like to abbreviate their street names like that for some reason!

I picked up HSW from the Commuting side, some bike courier types I think (probably London based) it means High Speed Weave......apparently

t4tomo

thecrofter wrote:

I picked up HSW from the Commuting side, some bike courier types I think (probably London based) it means High Speed Weave......apparently

The High Speed Weave is a thoroughly modern version of the Spinning Jenny

Giraffoto

I'm not too surprised that someone who believes £75 gets you a proper mountain bike may not know that lights are a good idea - if it says "everything you need to get you on the road" they may believe it . . .

On a related note - there's an awful lot of these machines piling up in the local Cash Converters - it makes me wonder what their resale value is

keef66

My favourite darwin candidate I spotted cycling westbound on the A14 in failing light during the evening rush hour, uniformly matt grey bike and clothing, no lights or helmet, and riding no handed while texting.

Presumably a suicide note...

de_sisti

keef66 wrote:

My favourite darwin candidate I spotted cycling westbound on the A14 in failing light during the evening rush hour, uniformly matt grey bike and clothing, no lights or helmet, and riding no handed while texting.

Presumably a suicide note...

What's riding without a helmet got to do with it? :roll:

keef66

Probably not a lot if you picture him going under a truck. Might have made a difference if he got nudged off the carriageway and into a road sign.

I just thought it a notable part of the overall death-wish package.

de_sisti

keef66 wrote:

Probably not a lot if you picture him going under a truck. Might have made a difference if he got nudged off the carriageway and into a road sign.

I just thought it a notable part of the overall death-wish package.

Riding without a helmet has its risks. So does riding a bike, per se. Lots of people get knocked off
their bikes, whether they wear a helmet or not (and suffer head trauma). Lots have people in cars
have collisions, no matter how careful they are,regardless of whether they wear seatbelts.
Mate, the helmet issue is one best left alone.

Smokin Joe

De Sisti wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Probably not a lot if you picture him going under a truck. Might have made a difference if he got nudged off the carriageway and into a road sign.

I just thought it a notable part of the overall death-wish package.

Riding without a helmet has its risks. So does riding a bike, per se. Lots of people get knocked off
their bikes, whether they wear a helmet or not (and suffer head trauma). Lots have people in cars
have collisions, no matter how careful they are,regardless of whether they wear seatbelts.
Mate, the helmet issue is one best left alone.

The Undead will be along in the minute -

"I wouldn't be here today if I hadn't been..."

lucan

I think it should be illegal to cycle without a helmet, just as it is to cycle without lights.

Maybe I should start a campaign, or a petition....