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OPINION
Respect for cyclists
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 21:14
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IMG_1287.JPGI rode the Flanders sportif the other weekend and there were 19,000 riders taking part. I was expecting a few thousand but nothing on this scale. Once we started riding cyclists were everywhere and yet in the total of eight hours I was on the road I never heard one car horn or shout from a car window about us holding up other road users.
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- Mungecrundle 1 sec ago
That is utterly horrific. The tail bar must have cleared your leg by scant millimetres. Not even an attempt to slow down from the driver, let alone...
- Rendel Harris 1 hour 49 min ago
Wheels have average speeds now?...
- Pasley69 2 hours 46 min ago
"Extenuating Circumstances" - of course there can be, but you'd better be prepared to argue them in court. In my experience the main extenuating...
- Mungecrundle 3 hours 47 min ago
The Police around my way solved the problem of car parking in the 70cm reserved cycling gutter, at least for the day of one special event, by...
- ktache 7 hours 32 min ago
They love putting various road works signs on the cycle lane over Caversham Bridge. Mostly for things that don't really relate to the cyclists.
- PRSboy 9 hours 3 min ago
Had a look round an S5 at a local bike shop. It is a fabulous looking bike, but needs a modest lottery win at £12k! ...
- Crankwinder 9 hours 6 min ago
I use unconventional mixtures of road and MTB equipment on my road bikes because the big brand groupsets don't recognise that avoiding traffic...
- mattw 9 hours 18 min ago
As it's a parallel crossing, the driver does of course have exactly the same obligation. Though I think perhaps you are being ironic. HWC195.
- ChasP 9 hours 22 min ago
I won a set of the Aces in a BC competition a few years ago (before I moved to Cycling UK). Used them a couple of times before giving up for above...
- tony kappler 9 hours 41 min ago
Yes I missed the daylight saving. Hope I didn't advantage anyone. Had to disappear well before race start so I didn't pick it up. All times were...