That's it, I'm f**king done with cyclists...

[Finlandia]

Cliftonite said:

SidewaysSi said:

I have been living in London for over 15 years and never heard if it.

Sounds like a something to avoid. I do wonder how and why people are allowed to effectively close the roads to a capital city like this.

For practical reasons, mass disobedience of the law is generally ignored by police. These cyclists, the usual cycling red-light jumpers and pavement riders, MLMs, boy racer meets on industrial estates, s, unlawful number plates, tailgating are a few examples.

How could any of this be properly resolved when so many other demands on the police force are deemed more important?

Mass disobedience, how many are there, a few hundred max, how many were the rioters in 2011? Police know when the events are held, where they are held, easy enough to turn up and arrest the lot.

[Mike29]

Ahimoth said:

Hopefully something akin to respect for human life.

They're cycling in London, they clearly have no such thing.

[TooMany2cvs]

Blakewater said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Ghost91 said:

No I didn't mean anyone should deliberately go that way to make a point, obviously.

Great. So we're in agreement that the sensible response would have been to not go that way.

So, you may know it exists and it happens on the last Friday of every month. If it doesn't have a set route that's been pre arranged and publicised, how do you know which way to go to avoid it?

If they're at that junction, going that way, you turn round and go a different way.

Just as you would if that road was utterly stationary for any other reason.

[Ghost91]

TooMany2cvs said:

If they're at that junction, going that way, you turn round and go a different way.

Just as you would if that road was utterly stationary for any other reason.

[Ali_T]

It's sad that, despite being the single most pandered to road users, cyclists still contain the highest percentage of chip-on-the-shoulder, holier than thou, sanctimonious s. They don't just ruin it for other road users. They ruin it for the cyclists that aren't utter s.

[iva cosworth]

I'd heard of the occasional cycle protest but had no idea it was a monthly thing.

[Ahimoth]

Ali_T said:

the single most pandered to road users

Said without irony?

[TooMany2cvs]

Ghost91 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

If they're at that junction, going that way, you turn round and go a different way.

Just as you would if that road was utterly stationary for any other reason.

Well, quite. It should be blindingly obvious that that's the sensible response. Quite why it needs spelling out...

[Adz The Rat]

Im with you Toxic, hate the bds.

[Ghost91]

TooMany2cvs said:

Well, quite. It should be blindingly obvious that that's the sensible response. Quite why it needs spelling out...

Things don't always happen that way, I don't know why I need to spell it out for you.... While we're being rude to each other for no good reason!

For example, you can sometimes join a stationary motorway by mistake but once you're half way down the slip road there's no turning back. Sometimes things are unavoidable. I don't know why you feel the need to so aggressively defend this point you keep on trying to make but it's getting boring!

[Ali_T]

I'd suggest the OP carries some Dettol spray next month. The swampy types will soon part like Moses crossing the Red Sea.

[TooMany2cvs]

Ghost91 said:

For example, you can sometimes join a stationary motorway by mistake

Go on, give me a clue as to which motorway in central London Critical Mess are likely to be bunging...?

[Ghost91]

TooMany2cvs said:

Go on, give me a clue as to which motorway in central London Critical Mess are likely to be bunging...?

It was an example of how things can be unavoidable - point being it isn't always possible or safe to just turn around, especially if you don't know where you're going - which you know, you're just being a tt for no real reason it seems. Perhaps you were one of these scumbag CM cyclists.....

Edited by Ghost91 on Sunday 30th August 10:10

[NoNeed]

TooMany2cvs said:

Blakewater said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Ghost91 said:

No I didn't mean anyone should deliberately go that way to make a point, obviously.

Great. So we're in agreement that the sensible response would have been to not go that way.

So, you may know it exists and it happens on the last Friday of every month. If it doesn't have a set route that's been pre arranged and publicised, how do you know which way to go to avoid it?

If they're at that junction, going that way, you turn round and go a different way.

Just as you would if that road was utterly stationary for any other reason.

Why should you be forced to go on a different route by an illegal gathering that is obstructing the highway in contravention of several laws?


We are not talking one occasion it is already in the hundreds and serves absolutely no good purpose other than to annoy people if that is the aim.

[Mr2Mike]

spikey78 said:

I've never heard of it,and I drive in central London most days. I read the paper, listen to the news, look at ste on the Internet and sometimes even talk to people and these muppets have totally passed me by. Whatever their point is is seemingly lost on most people

There is no point whatsoever, other than to get pissed with like minded crusties and bring parts of the city to a standstill. The world would literally be a better place without tts like these.

[Backtobasics]

I don't know what it is with the 2 wheeled brigade, maybe its the accessibility but it does bring out some of the worst behaviors on the roads, now the go pro warriors who hide behind the camera's and goad people are making it worse. I see far more red light jumpers, verbal abusers and general "I have the right to be here" attitudes with 2 wheels than 4.

I love London, it makes me smile when I arrive, but god some of the cycling standards are really bad and have high concentrations of the above behaviors, maybe because its London, maybe because people feel enclosed in their small flats and scheduled lives, who knows.

[Farmer Geddon]

TooMany2cvs said:

Well, quite. It should be blindingly obvious that that's the sensible response. Quite why it needs spelling out...

And the award for the biggest pedant/bellend goes to...... You sir, well done. How do you feel?

[TooMany2cvs]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflicts_involving_...

anonymous said:

[redacted]

I s'pose some of the hard-of-thinking (not you, tn) on this thread need it spelling out that you'll be right next to me...

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Again, for the benefit of the hard-of-thinking, I don't think anybody here's done that - certainly not me.

[bp1000]

Next year there should be a police escort on a few bikes following the procession, ready to fine this behaviour.

And if anything should highlight cyclists needing road rules this should

Riding while drunk
Riding dangerously
Riding with intimidation to other road users
Blocking and causing obstruction
Riding without lights
Riding without a helmet
Riding without high vis
Running red lights
Criminal damage

Any bike users on the road should display a clip on license plate and a frame identification sticker. They should have to pay a road fund, albeit small and a yearly insurance premium. They should be accountable and fined for things like the list stated above and they should abide bu the rules of the road.

The deliberate intimidation and holding up that audi was several steps too far. They are very luckily they didn't push that driver to snapping point which could have ended up with seriously injured or dead cyclists.

This rally was far from a campaign for safe cycling. It was a poorly organised, disruptive drunk pedal that did nothing to harmonise the relationship between cyclists and other road users/pedestrians.

Personal view, bunch of fking s that should be rounded up and dumped on a remote island.

[anonymous-user]

For anyone who has an interest in learning the cycling school of YouTube.

Cam warrior Bell End tip No 1 as follows.

http://youtu.be/A2s01JvgzKc