Penny Farthing vs Courier

[CloudStuff]

https://twitter.com/kinkypimp/status/1344235378014...

[Xcore]

Ultimate hipster fixie

[neilski]

Most likely the dpd driver saw that he was a hipster and expected him to stop at Whole Foods for a single origin coffee while he shops for some quinoa, kale & avocado.

[Dynamic Space Wizard]

Lol. The cyclist deliberately swerved into the side street to crash into the van

If he'd just kept on riding along the road in a straight line, nothing would've happened.

[outnumbered]

neilski said:

Most likely the dpd driver saw that he was a hipster and expected him to stop at Whole Foods for a single origin coffee while he shops for some quinoa, kale & avocado.

Not trying to excuse the st DPD driver, but if you will ride a bike without working brakes, you are rather putting yourself in harm's way.

[Driver101]

Already being discussed in here.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[UpThe]

Nice to see you all having a jolly good laugh at a fellow cyclist. wkers.

[Barchettaman]

UpThe said:

Nice to see you all having a jolly good laugh at a fellow cyclist. wkers.

A bit harsh.

I personally wouldn’t ride a PF around Stoke Newington, I’m not sure why the rider thought it would be a good idea.
I hope he wasn’t injured.

[80sMatchbox]

Dynamic Space Wizard said:

Lol. The cyclist deliberately swerved into the side street to crash into the van

If he'd just kept on riding along the road in a straight line, nothing would've happened.

Yeah, I do this all the time..

[irocfan]

UpThe said:

Nice to see you all having a jolly good laugh at a fellow cyclist. wkers.

nope - having a jolly good laugh at a pretentious twunt

[Hugo Stiglitz]

He swerved slightly as he no doubt started panicking trying to dodge what was a late stupid turn.


Pretentious?

Get a grip.

[Teddy Lop]

outnumbered said:

Not trying to excuse the st DPD driver, but if you will ride a bike without working brakes, you are rather putting yourself in harm's way.

and cloaked entirely in "I'm-a-moron black", as are most round here.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

You could dress in sky blue pink and it wouldn't make any difference.

[magpie215]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

He swerved slightly as he no doubt started panicking trying to dodge what was a late stupid turn.


Pretentious?

Get a grip.

As a cyclist myself I did find it strange that he chose to swerve in the same direction as the hazard.....

[Hugo Stiglitz]

As a cyclist I can tell you that he panicked.

Sat 3 metres off the ground faced with a multi ton vehicle within 2 secs impact you ain't pulling fancy skids

[Nookster]

Broken Hip-ster?

[Mastodon2]

This kind of crash often happens to motorcyclists who've overcooked it, they look at whatever they don't want to hit, fixate on it and then ride into it.

I do think riding a PF on a busy modern high street like that is a brave choice, especially without a helmet. Perhaps on something smaller, more agile and with proper brakes he would have avoided that. Not to excuse the DPD driver, but this trip out, likely to buy vegan moustache wax or some other such frippery, would have ended better were it not undertaken on a PF.

[fausTVR]

The PF can only be braked from that little rear wheel (not on his one) and the tiny contribution that backpedaling gives.The 'safety bicycle' (Rover?) followed this design as it had equally sized wheels which could stop without the faceplant finishing touch. This guy is a Darwin award winner.

[Teddy Lop]

fausTVR said:

This guy is a Darwin award winner.

hopeful candidate at this stage surely? Unless you have further details of how it all ended between his jewels and the crossbar?

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I hope he's OK. This is from one cyclist to a other cyclist.

He obviously has more skill than an aero-bike rider who has never podium but wears all the kit and enters amateur races..