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First part of this video. Just because you're allowed to do something doesn't mean you should do it.
Well managed 2 mins before wanting to hit the annoying prick. Yep poor choice of road to cycle on but it did lookalike as it was built unit should be a 40 zone or something.
As the vid went on I was willing him to hip the traffic islands as he mocked the cars.
Not up to bvg's usual standards.
I'm looking forward to the video of him when a car tuns right at a junction as he's overtaking them, wonder how smug he'll be feeling them!
Braking nearly every traffic law there is whilst whinging about everyone else. Genius!
Not saying I'm perfect liek, but I don't broadcast my wrong doings on youtube. Just because you can doesn't mean you should 😉
Yep, annoying prick!
Has anyone told him he's still a pleb
40 zone or something.
Not on that section of the A3. I think its 60 mph.
He is a tosser - end of.
Woa! I was only trying to stop more of you fuds getting hit by a car. I don't think its right to wish someone harm just for voicing their opinion.
Martinhurton - What traffic laws were being broken? Filtering? Thats not illegal in the UK ya tool.
Stay safe everyone.
2 mirrors on his motorised plebbike, yet he still fails to see he is an idiot.
in the 2 mins I saw overtaking into oncoming traffic, riding through the hashed areas far too close to traffic islands and BEING A MASSIVE COCK.
The cyclist was looking where he was going riding on a road in good visibility. The guy on the motorbike was too obsessed by what everyone else was driving to pay proper attention. Giving a running commentary of how AWESOME he was and how pathetic the rest of the world must be.
Not wishing harm on him just expect it to happen.
Woa! I was only trying to stop more of you fuds getting hit by a car.
Uhuh.
Martinhurton - What traffic laws were being broken? Filtering? Thats not illegal in the UK ya tool
Never said that "filtering" was.
If you can't see any traffic violations or dangerous acts then you're the tool.
You wouldn't see me riding a bike on that road.
Then again, you wouldn't see me driving a motorbike like a complete and utter arse whilst verbalising my superiority complex into a microphone.
Does he post that shit up regularly then ? Why ? Very very boring, other than as a study of how owning a quick and manouvreable vehicle turns you into an utter ****
So when the cyclist comes to the end of the slip road, where does he go then????
Some of that guys vids are funny, but he did come across as a massive, smug penis in that one.
The cyclist has a right to be on the road.
Other road users have a duty to drive safely.
Any other approach is simply trying to deny cyclists their rights and force them off roads.
As TJ would say, is this a cycling forum?
As TJ would say, is this a cycling forum?
Always a good one, hopefully an open minded one where we can accept that being on a bike and using it responsibly are not the same thing. Wouldn't want to turn into Motor Cycle News would we.
Also only made it to 2 minutes. He was being ironic surely - the bit about choosing the safe option followed immediately by dangerous and illegal riding....he was having a wind up, no one could be that stupid?
I've just re watched the first two minutes. Apart from filtering (sometimes on the hatching, this is still filtering) and giving the thumbs up to the guy in the TT what trafic violations is there? Overtaking towards oncoming traffic? Thats filtering. I'm sure I've seen cyclists do similar things.
So you guys are saying if the cyclist gets hit on that road it's his fault for being there?
Not at all. It would be terrible if the cyclist got hit. He could reduce the chance of being hit by cycling on the other bit road.
Us guys? I don't know the bloke from the video.
I really don't see how tjis is different to blaming a rape victim because she wore a short skirt.
As is [s]filtering[/s] [b]riding like a cock[/b] within the markings at a crossing that prohibit doing soApart from filtering (sometimes on the hatching, this is still [s]filtering[/s] [b]riding like a cock[/b]) and giving the thumbs up to the guy in the TT what trafic violations is there? Overtaking towards oncoming traffic? Thats [s]filtering[/s] [b]riding like a cock[/b]
Man up. Thats filtering.
So it's ok for drivers to use that road in a way that's dangerous for cyclists?
just too the left of this section of road is a seperate caraigeway, with hardly any traffic. It runs for about a mile, and is easy to get on and off of.
given the option of 50mph, 3 lane a road, or a empty road next to it, I know where i'd be.
CynicAl - In what way did the biker present a danger to the cyclist? Have you even watched the video?
Uselesshippy - Me too. No point in arguing your case from a hospital bed.
just too the left of this section of road is a seperate caraigeway, with hardly any traffic. It runs for about a mile, and is easy to get on and off of.
given the option of 50mph, 3 lane a road, or a empty road next to it, I know where i'd be.
I probably would, if I new it was there, and where it went and that it was clear and not full of chelsea tractors and idiots (but we can't see the future)
I also know that the bike has every right to be there (right does not make it sensible) but as he had reasonable road position was dressed appropriately and riding along fine on a 3 lane road with 2 whole other lanes to pass properly in I can't see a major issue. Also if he put a bit of effort in he could be up to at least 40mph...
To add he wasn't being a sanctimonious prick ...
given the option of 50mph, 3 lane a road, or a empty road next to it, I know where i'd be.
Exactly. On the commute to my previous job I had exactly the same choice. Guess where I chose to cycle. Frankly cycling on a fast 3 lane road when you have a choice of an empty road next to it does mean you are an idiot. The motorcyclist does come across as a knob but that doesn't change the fact the cyclist is an idiot.
Mike I wasn't referring to the motorcyclist.
People seem to think that if drivers drive in a way that's dangerous to cyclists, then the solution is to make cyclists use more quiet roads.
The solution should be to make all road use safe for cyclists.
It's Alan partridge AICMFP.
Mike I wasn't referring to the motorcyclist.People seem to think that if drivers drive in a way that's dangerous to cyclists, then the solution is to make cyclists use more quiet roads.
The solution should be to make all road use safe for [s]cyclists[/s] [b]everyone[/b].
Fixed that for you Al.
Man up. Thats filtering.
Illegal filtering. Just because it's legal to filter doesn't make all filtering legal.
"Good example there, of uh, when you're trying to overtake someone filtering. I didn't want to squeeze in front of him and overtake him. Coulda done it, but prolly would have pissed him off"
Then he undertook him in the bus lane instead.
Just because you have a social media following, doesn't mean you're not a bellend.
some sweet filtering going on here..
[b]Lyrics may offend[/b]
Exactly. On the commute to my previous job I had exactly the same choice. Guess where I chose to cycle. Frankly cycling on a fast 3 lane road when you have a choice of an empty road next to it does mean you are an idiot. The motorcyclist does come across as a knob but that doesn't change the fact the cyclist is an idiot.
The road next to it isn't empty at all. And looks like an NSL road? Potentially faster than the A3.
Like Mike says, the guy might have no idea where that road goes. Or he might have already travelled 20 miles up the A3 and not see the point in leaving it for a mile. At the end of the day he still has to rejoin it further up. I'm pretty sure most people who cycle on roads like that don't get a huge amount of enjoyment from it. They do it because their options are limited.
It seems everybody has also missed the comment on that video:
i saw THIS cyclist as being selfish.
interesting...
It's clearly visible on the left, ten feet from the a3. iirc, there are signs directing cyclists this way and you can see up the road for a long, long way.
In the video you can see theres only a couple of cars on it, versus hundreds on the a3.
Now, i'm notgoing to argue he shouldn't be where he is, or he's doing anything wrong.
just that i'd be on the quiet, car free road.
edit... Big sign saying it's a 30mph, and no cars can turn down it at peak times.
I bet the guy on the motorbike is a hit with that ladies though....and a laugh down the pub. I could also imagine his nose is a little crooked or could be at any moment.
Fair enough mike, (OP) not the original point you were making though.
Looks like he's gone viral.
Now, i'm notgoing to argue he shouldn't be where he is, or he's doing anything wrong. just that i'd be on the quiet, car free road.
Oh, me too. But I think we should [s]walk[/s] cycle in another man's shoes and all that. I've been reading loads of touring books lately, and the roads that people get themselves on to, quite reluctantly, sound terrifying. Reading one at the moment and their only option was to get the train to bypass some roads. It's all risk management, isn't it.
It's all risk management, isn't it.
I think they need to touch base.
Here's roughly where he passed the cyclist http://goo.gl/maps/dxr2I . I have to admit, having checked the junctions on that side road, despite this bit http://goo.gl/maps/Vju68 which is a bit dodgy, I would choose to use the side road. The OP is still a bit of a knob though.
Its a 50 zone. But its the A3, few stick to 50. Would I ride it? No ****ing way. In all the years I have been driving on that road I have never seen anyone stupid enough to ride a bike on it.
The law says that I can climb Snowdon in January in shorts and a T shirt, but I wouldn't do it.
Because this is a cycling forum (a militant cycling forum if the likes of TJ and Cynic Al were to have their way) you want to encourage people to blindly follow the law rather than common sense. Great idea...