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If I fitted a camera on my helmet all you'd see would be glances at crumpet on each pavement etc etc. The amount of times I've almost crashed going past Manchester Uni' 😯
There's no way you'd catch me going down the inside of a lorry, coming up to a junction or not. You can't see ahead, and the guy driving the lorry can't always see you. If I wanted to pass, I'd go around on the right.
Years ago I had a guy on a bike ride into the side of my car as I turned right. He'd just cycled up the inside of a parked lorry next to the junction. Fortunately he was going uphill, so it was all pretty low speed.
However, it's a very difficult accident to avoid, unless everyone is moving very slowly.
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[i]There's no way you'd catch me going down the inside of a lorry[/i]
You'd do a lot of sitting still on your bike then. What a shit commute that would be.
Someone should point out to him before he gets killed that even though there's a cycle lane never ever go down the inside of a lorry. Especially when there’s a left turn ahead
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Scary stuff to watch
There's no way you'd catch me going down the inside of a lorry
You'd do a lot of sitting still on your bike then. What a shit commute that would be.
No you overtake.
Think about how you drive a car and the mirrors you use. If driving in a straight line slowly how much more do you check your right mirror as opposed to your left? More. Therefore drivers will clock there is a cyclist in the vicinity.
In addition- Would you ride a motorbike down the inside next to a kerb? You'd overtake, why?
Noticed a few comments on his Youtube clip, whos gonna own up?!
I go both ways (Fnarr-fnarr!) when overtaking, whichever has the most space..... It can be a bit hairy if the traffic starts to move and you [i]feel the need[/i] to outsprint a car or two. Fun though...
I must admit I watched the vid and thought that I wouldn't have gon up the inside of those artics, but then I saw they were stationary, so I'd have done the same.
I'd agree that going up the inside when stationary especially seeing that there are no left turns I wouldn't be too worried about going up the inside. the bloke is still a knobber regardless.
*winces*
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Well said PP. It all depends on the traffic/location/time/moon's orbit etc etc.
There's no hard & fast rule.
[i]the bloke is still a knobber regardless[/i]
Now, that is a fact.
It can be a bit hairy if the traffic starts to move and you feel the need to outsprint a car or two. Fun though...
Looking ahead, when you start to see movement down the line/road and the cars 4-5 infront start to move then you look left- clear left hand signal and filter back in and across the front of the car that has had a chance to see you.
It takes someone who is confident and clear to do this. You must start the manouveour though whilst travelling faster than the other cars though.
As mentioned before by another poster as well- commuting into central London on a bike gives you sixth sense. I remember the infamous Swiss Cottage triangle where cars converge and cross over 4 lanes from 5 different angles. That was hair raising yet fun! 😀
Can you feel the love in the room stw? He's made a daft mistake and he's suffered for it and as he's posted it I assume he's taking it on the chin. Have a giggle at his expense but i cant see where the hate is coming from.
"Give cyclists a bad name" argument is cobblers of the highest order.
While I too winced at undertaking lorries the road layout looks like you'd be knackered trying to overtake them, he seemed to slow up and go cautiously and I'm sure he knows the roads better than most of us here.
[i]he knows the roads better than [s]most[/s] [b]all[/b] of us here[/i]
Corrected that for you 🙂
He seems to revel in going out to cause arguments with drivers by being an aggressive rider. We aren't giggling, we are wincing at his expense - he's dangerous.
You'd do a lot of sitting still on your bike then. What a shit commute that would be.
I overtake on the right hand side, like you would on a motorbike.
I didn't want to discount 1 or 2 people here also commuting thereCorrected that for you
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Highclimber the man could be a bell end, I've no idea, but he doesn't especially come across as one from the 2 videos I've seen of his commute
He seems to revel in going out to cause arguments with drivers by being an aggressive rider. We aren't giggling, we are wincing at his expense - he's dangerous.
Aye and like horses (think about it) those wound-up/irate drivers may take out their anger/react to another entirerly innocent rider further on down the road etc.
Makes you wonder how he's not killed himself, I thought he had a point in the first clip, although he did overreact, but this is just plain dumb.
I was taught, by a cycle coach, to assume that the very worst thing can and will happen and that you can minimise your risk by always looking for the worst case scenario and trying to avoid it. I think looking where you're going falls into this category! 😛
There's a very fine line between assertion and aggression when riding but it's easy to get so wound up that you end up hurt.
cant be a long commute he has or he would need more than 'just a cheeseburger' from McD's 'Ride through' lane to keep his energy and anger levels up
the man could be a bell end, I've no idea
the majority of people on here think he is, myself included.
Don't get me wrong, he might be a throughly nice gentleman in person, when not riding. But given that he likes riding dangerously and crashing into things because he's berating others on their driving, that makes him an idiot!
In that latest clip he is obviously riding in a certain way [i]because[/i] he has a helmet cam on. He probably wouldn't have lost concentration and hit the car otherwise.
Looking ahead, when you start to see movement down the line/road and the cars 4-5 infront start to move then you look left- clear left hand signal and filter back in and across the front of the car that has had a chance to see you.
Yeah. I do all of that (Apart from the signal) then still try to outsprint cars. It's fun!
There's narrow bridge on my way home, where 3 roads meet and is controlled by lights. I ALWAYS go straight to the front of the queue, and park up slap bang in front of the front car. Then when the lights go green (I know the sequence) I sprint like buggery under the bridge to the next mini roundabout. It's very, very rare I'm caught by a car. Short sprints is what I'm good at. 🙂
In that latest clip he is obviously riding in a certain way because he has a helmet cam on. He probably wouldn't have lost concentration and hit the car otherwise.
Well, we hope so..
But he seems happy enough to post the video making him look like a tool, so maybe he is a bit of a tool all the time?
But he seems happy enough to post the video making him look like a tool, so maybe he is a bit of a tool all the time?
Probably, but equally as probable is that he's looking for support from us but these vids are doing the opposite for me!
Hand signal to a cyclist is deeply uncool but for me its like a Beemer driver forgetting his indicators- it can inflame other road users. They might know you are going to make a move and it inflames then when you do just that and 'recklessly'. It leads to '**** you over or undertakes' to punish you.
Like a wild animal, talk upto it as you approach and you wont startle or anger it.... 😉
To me the guy is ridign like a tool and giving cyclists a bad name, I'm not going to waste much energy on it though.