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Riding through London tonight going fairly quick in a pack with about 3 other riders
3 blokes crossing the Road.... Bit of a swagger but no issue as we could go round them But one just stops in the middle of the Road.
Guess he notices us at the last minute For a second I thought it was a bike jack but no he thought this was a good way of us avoiding him
So I hit him full on but under braking
Plenty of F'ing and blind'ing ensues with the bikers and swaggerers exchanging pleasantries
Cycled off with little thought
Now sitting at home wondering how that may have played out differently with
A) a litigation hungry pedestrian
B) knife/gun wielding maniac
So what helmetcam for skint London cyclist?
don't bother with a camera, they make you look for trouble in a subconcious way
and the chances of someone sueing you are very small
I've hit a couple of people cycling through London - each time because they weren't looking and stepped out
I'm not sure why you'd want that on video because it sounds like you were totally in the wrong from that description.
a) he crossed the road without looking, he is at fault.
b) 😥
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i have one of these
heres a screen capture
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u might want a a bigger memory card if its a long comute
Maybe I misread it but my interpretation was that rather than slow down when the guys were in the road the OP had time to decide not to, and then got caught out when one of them didn't do what he expected.
Yes stepping out without looking is stupid, but that doesn't excuse running someone down when you could have avoided it.
EDIT: he said they were crossing the road, which didn't imply that they stepped out in front of him.
To be fair, he does also say that he hit him under braking, so he was slowing down Mr Salmon.
FFS it is a bike forum can we not just support another cyclist with the advice they want rather than chastise them for being in the wrong 🙄
Kimbers what type is that?
its a no brand 10 quid copy of the muvi version
i also have the muvi veho which was 30 quid and as far as can tell they are identical
not bad for biking but struggle with dh stuff
Back home tonight, nearly went over the bonnet of a Vauxhall this morning Him turning right over 2 lanes of stationary traffic but ignored the cycle lane...me maybe going to fast.
On last nights event - as some people have said I was all set to go around the guy but he stopped dead in his tracks so where I anticipated he would be he wasn't. If I was a bus I guess he would have moved rather than stopped. The thing that bothered me was the level of aggression. Plently more of that today - was it you on Blackfriars Bridge screaming at Mondeo man not to encroach on the cycle lane - I particularly liked the use of helmet (taken from head :-))to gesticulate with
heh heh
Thanks for camera recommendations
MC