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107 posts & 51 voices | Started 1 year ago by Mr Woppit | Latest reply from kaesae

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Mr Woppit - Member

Cycled on the inside of that pavement this morning, instead of the outside. Don't know why. Large bloke coming towards me. I think he's seen me... Yes, he's seen me... he didn't see me.

Suddenly lurched to his left and barged me against the wall. Was it deliberate? Was it an accident? Don't know. Don't say anything. "Jesus, mate, you've got the whole fewkine road to cycle on"!

About to say sorry then he kicks the back wheel. Hard. Couple of spokes broken and maybe the hub gears are furrked.

How's YOUR start to the day?

Posted 1 year ago #
deadlydarcy - Member

hub gears are ****

HINT: The mods are coming down heavy on SFA...still a chance to edit

EDIT: Yes, you should be on the road I'm afraid, but his overreaction was quite scary.

Posted 1 year ago #
cynic-al - Member

Your gears will be fine.

Sounds like an idiot but he's right...you should be on the road!

Posted 1 year ago #
Mr Woppit - Member

Yeah....

Posted 1 year ago #
Keva - Member

you could've kicked him. hard.

Posted 1 year ago #
thomthumb - Member

would have called the cops.

Posted 1 year ago #
Gary_M - Member

Is this a troll?

Posted 1 year ago #
toys19 - Member

Just because you were breaking the law does not give him the right to assault you or commit criminal damage.

Posted 1 year ago #
ernie_lynch - Member

I believe that anything smaller than 29er/700 wheels is legally allowed to use the pavement.....otherwise little kiddies would be forced to use the roads. What size wheels did you have ?

Posted 1 year ago #
CheesybeanZ - Member

would have called the cops.

how would you start the call .. well officer i was illegally riding my bike....

Posted 1 year ago #
philconsequence - Member

i didnt think it was down to tyre size... IIRC its anyone under the age of 11 is allowed to ride on the pavement. but i'm probably wrong as that little nugget of knowledge seems to come from about 16 years ago in my brain.

Posted 1 year ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

ernie - thats a myth I am afraid. there is guidance that cops should not prosecute small children for riding on the pavement however theree is no legal exemption

Posted 1 year ago #
ernie_lynch - Member

ernie - thats a myth

LOL !

(I really did laugh out loud !)

Posted 1 year ago #
Mr Woppit - Member

It's a Brompton.

He was very big. I didn't pursue it...

Posted 1 year ago #
philconsequence - Member

TJ is correct.

You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement.
[Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & R(S)A 1984, sect 129]

Posted 1 year ago #
sputnik - Member

Bang out of order !! Where did this happen Mr Whoppit?
I cycle with my 10 year old boy to and from school every day. We use a mix of pavement and road.
Get the odd abuse/remark from (mostly) old pedestrians, but I am always polite and give them right of way or stop for them to pass.
The little kiddies on the fringes of being out of control on their little scooters are a bigger danger to pedestrians than a responsible cyclist in full control of his bike.

Posted 1 year ago #
Mr Woppit - Member

Pavement alongside the wall at the boundary of St Katherine's Dock, Wapping.

Giving my Brommo a kicking because he got bumped into DID seem a bit extreme, to me.

Posted 1 year ago #
toys19 - Member

TJ fully correct, legally and morally.

Posted 1 year ago #
jon1973 - Member

You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement.

How about if I fit stabalisers to my bike?

Posted 1 year ago #
iwluap - Member

Fine for kids to ride on pavements. You should ride on the road with the rest of the grown-ups.

Posted 1 year ago #
Gary_M - Member

I often see a couple of cops cycle past my office on the pavement having a chat and ambling along. Eases my guilt as I ride out of the office onto the pavement and just round the corner to skip the lights. Very quiet pavement though and the lights take around 5 minutes to change. I'd never ride on the pavement in a built up area but the rage above was a touch ott.

iwluap easy to say that but you don't know the circumstances.

Posted 1 year ago #
thomthumb - Member

how would you start the call .. well officer i was illegally riding my bike....

and then some judge dread style oaf assaulted me and damaged my bike.

Posted 1 year ago #
philconsequence - Member

why fit stabalisers to your bike when you can fit them.... to your shoes!

the real mans version of those awful "heelie" shoes, just glide to work

Posted 1 year ago #
MRanger156 - Member

Should have kicked off unless he was really big. As long as you were been careful and considerate I think riding on the pavement for safety is fine.

Posted 1 year ago #
DezB - Member

Bloke was a [omit swear word] idiot who deserved at least a smack in the mouth. There's a lot of them about unfortunately.

On my ride to work, the pavement is the cyclepath. Even past the school. Bloody ridiculous, which is why I don't use it.

Posted 1 year ago #
Ho hum - Member

It's legal to cycle on the path where I live.

Has been since 1987 I believe.

Posted 1 year ago #
ooOOoo - Member

why fit stabalisers to your bike when you can fit them.... to your shoes!

the real mans version of those awful "heelie" shoes, just glide to work

Real men wear pavement crampons

Posted 1 year ago #
mountaincarrot - Member

Surely the point is not whether it was legal to cycle where you did, but whether sad bloke could cause criminal damage deliberately to your property.

You could legitimately have called the cops, doesn't mean he wouldn't be after your house and family next though.

Posted 1 year ago #
PeterPoddy - Member

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. He wouldn't have got away with it with me.

Posted 1 year ago #
antigee - Member

maybe he was just warming up to sort out some pavement parkers

Posted 1 year ago #
mefty - Member

"Jesus, mate, you've got the whole fewkine road to cycle on"!

You should have lamped him for using the Lord's name in vain.

Posted 1 year ago #
philconsequence - Member

i've said it before and i'll say it again, you should have scraped his face off with a hammer drill and beat him to death with your penis... that's what real men do.

Posted 1 year ago #
PeterPoddy - Member

LOL @ Phil

Posted 1 year ago #
Elfinsafety - Member

(Makes mental note to buy Big Dave a pint next time he sees him...)

Thing is, sounds like he tried to prevent you from further continuing your journey along the pavement. He could argue he was trying to impede your progress to prevent potential harm to other pavement users.

Knowing the area as well as I do, there's no reason to use any pavement round near ST Kat's dock. I'm sure there are 'No Cycling' signs up around there. Plenty of alternative routes, or be courteous and respectful to others, and get off and walk.

I suspect you'll be doing so in that area in future, and maybe elsewhere. So, in a roundabout way, the bloke's behaviour is actually morally justifiable in some ways. Understandable, certainly.

Can't have been an STWer though, or you may have ended up in the basin itself....

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. He wouldn't have got away with it with me.

Don't be silly Peter; what if the bloke had pulled out a knife and stabbed you in the face?

Posted 1 year ago #
elaine anne - Member

you're lucky he didnt have syeel toe caps on !!! (did he) ?....

Posted 1 year ago #