Anyone heard of 'Ride for Sasha'?
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Today, whilst wandering around London I crossed the road when a green pedestrian light was showing. Nearly knocked over by several scrotes on bikes who pulling wheelies and not one lid in sight. I told them it was red and they should stop at the lights, f
k off you prick! Was the the reply. Nice! What was even better was their t shirts displayed NHS cuts cost lives, ride for Sasha!
They would have ridden through London like this, pissing off all they passed and really not helping the image of cyclists.
k off you prick! Was the the reply. Nice! What was even better was their t shirts displayed NHS cuts cost lives, ride for Sasha!They would have ridden through London like this, pissing off all they passed and really not helping the image of cyclists.
Edited by Fluffsri on Saturday 22 October 22:38
This lot look very much like the scrotes I saw at the Shakespeare Festival this year along the South Bank. They'd gathered near Tate Modern, and I was chuntering about them, but my wife said "what harm are they doing - leave it!"
Then, when we got near to Waterloo Station, they were doing the same thing - swarming the traffic in the street, generally dominating things, and causing no end of trouble. There were a couple of Met Police vans following up, but nothing they could really do as they couldn't follow the bikes through small gaps between vehicles.
On the face of it their behaviour is rather contemptible, but you have to (grudgingly) admire their 'fk you' attitude. Motorised traffic has dominated too much for decades, and this mob, whilst thoroughly reprehensible, are "sticking it to" the dominant road user group and in general they cause chaos but little in the way of damage. I'm not condoning their behaviour, but it's only temporary chaos, unlike graffiti and criminal damage which has costs and lasting effects on communities.
To be honest, I'm torn. Part of me wishes I had the balls to ride like that (sometimes), but sensible me wants to see their bikes seized and crushed for behaving like that and risking the safety of pedestrians over half of central London...
Then, when we got near to Waterloo Station, they were doing the same thing - swarming the traffic in the street, generally dominating things, and causing no end of trouble. There were a couple of Met Police vans following up, but nothing they could really do as they couldn't follow the bikes through small gaps between vehicles.
On the face of it their behaviour is rather contemptible, but you have to (grudgingly) admire their 'f
k you' attitude. Motorised traffic has dominated too much for decades, and this mob, whilst thoroughly reprehensible, are "sticking it to" the dominant road user group and in general they cause chaos but little in the way of damage. I'm not condoning their behaviour, but it's only temporary chaos, unlike graffiti and criminal damage which has costs and lasting effects on communities. To be honest, I'm torn. Part of me wishes I had the balls to ride like that (sometimes), but sensible me wants to see their bikes seized and crushed for behaving like that and risking the safety of pedestrians over half of central London...
wst said:
Some of those kids are suicidal!
Seems to be a "thing", in London at least. More of the same here...
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