**facepalm** That one might be worth a wee tweet to the old evans cycles twitter account.
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Today's rubbish cycling
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Following on from This thread:
If you were the stereotypical Mamil dressed head to toe in white Lycra who crossed Cramond Brig this afternoon and forced your way past me and my wife at high speed as we walked through the bollards, despite us getting there first and despite us potentially holding you up by,oh 2 seconds max:
You are a selfish, inconsiderate lout who gives cyclists a bad name and I hope that you never try that kind of c**p aggressive cycling with a pedestrian less tolerant than us. You'll end up pushed off your bike and frankly I will have no sympathy whatsoever.
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I was turning left from Melville Terrace onto Summerhall Place and just about ended up with a cyclist embedded in the front of my van who was turning right into Melville Terrace by riding the wrong way along the cycle lane between the two northbound lanes of traffic.
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Not today, Sunday.
Sitting in the Olive Tree in Marshall Street, watched a constant flow of cyclists going through red lights, or up on pavement to "dodge" red lights, very poor.Posted 10 years ago # -
Yesterday morning, unfortunately in-between camera-recordings:
a turnip (who I'd been leaving space for ready for when he remembered to look behind, signal and pull out to turn right from the park roundabout to head down past the Scotsman) going round the outside of the cars waiting at Holyrood Gait/Holyrood road before swerving across the front of the front car, jumping onto the footway and trundling along it for a bit before briefly rejoining the road prior to going onto the footway again near Moray House. Doesn't he realise that the EEN commenters constantly watch that corner through the Scotsman's office windows?Monday evening, just barely on camera so deleted:
Man trundles down first section of ramp down to Roseburn, albeit whilst making an extremely loud clicking noise, presumably to signifying the extremity of his freehub. Cyclist in front of him turns left to proceed down ramp whilst he goes through a hole in the fence and hillbombs down the bank.This morning:
Numpticulate impatient whizzchump, seemingly frustrated by the annoying way I waited for there to be no immediately oncoming traffic before turning right out of Abbey Lane, undertook me rashly as I slowed to for the vehicles approaching at speed from Abbeymount to go past before pulling out from under the railway, having spotted the approaching vehicles by looking behind before my view was obscured by the bridge.Posted 10 years ago # -
On Friday:
The suspected CitySprint courier previously referred to as Never Knowingly Legal Man back on the footway on Lothian Road.Monday lunchtime:
The skinny short-dark-haired fixie-riding cap-wearing courier riding down the wrong side of Shandwick Place, into the maw of an oncoming tram, before going onto the pavement to go round the corner to Rutland Place. Maybe he's seen the video of the Polish cyclist and wants to be the first equivalent in Edinburgh.Posted 10 years ago # -
Cyclist in dark clothing, in the dark, in the mist on a black bike in Holyrood park with no lights. Just lucky I was driving slowly with the conditions as he only appeared a few metres in front of the car
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Bloke in a white cycling-cap pulled out in front of a taxi without looking northbound on Lothian Road, then started shouting in complaint when the taxi driver beeped him.
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Me, I'm ashamed to say. Heading north on North Bridge I sailed through both sets of red lights onto Leith Street. Don't know what I was thinking, I'm normally super pedantic about the rules of the road.
Only positives I can take are (a) the bus that had right of way didn't take me out and (b) a reminder that that lapses of concentration can happen to anyone.Posted 10 years ago # -
@Baldycyclist Going along the A90 cycle path tonight, cyclist comes straight for me forcing me to stop, and shouts something about lights being too bright. As I'm stopped now anyway I retort that they are pointed down, and to the left. We then have a civil conversation about lights, and he say he was within his rights to complain...
If you are on here, the civil discussion bit I'm happy to have at any time. Pull me over I'll chat and discuss anyone's concerns any time. I'm even going to have a look at my light tonight.
But, and this is not a threat, and I'm not falling out with you (I see you most days and will continue to 'nod' heads), this is just a statement of fact. If you ever attempt to use your bicycle as a weapon again and ride it directly at me to make a point, I will not stop the next time. You are free to test that whenever you like.
Incidentally, your light's were pretty bright too, when directly in front of me. ;P
If this was me, I'm sorry if it came across that I was using my bike as a weapon, it certainly wasn't deliberate. I'm glad I managed to come across as civil in our discussion though as I was battling some very angry thoughts towards Halfords.
It's a while ago now but from memory you were the last in a succession of about 5 lights which had dazzled me as I came along the treacherously narrow and rooted stretch of the path (Although from memory we met just after I finished it). Although I was dazzled by your lights they were no where near as bad as some of the others and as you mention fitted correctly.
I'd also had to stop a couple of times on my commute to free up my gears after the incorrect derailleur Halfords had fitted became jammed. It was a "Free" service and they had covered the derailleur under warranty but I think I still paid too much.
If you believe in Karma you'll be please to hear I ended up walking the last half mile to the house that night after my gears seized up again.
Anyway I hope you'll accept my apology and continue to give me a friendly nod as you pass.
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Absolute JERK yesterday along the unmade part of Davidson's Mains Park that comes out at the junction to get across Queensferry Road at the Royal High School.
Bloke on a hybrid, probs about mid-40s, long-ish hair and beige trews totally destroyed by a badger stripe of mud up his arse. Squeezed right between me and a guy coming the other way on the narrow, unmade and muddy path. Scared the bejeezus out of me. Honestly, what a fanny.
Caught him at the lights to cross Queensferry Road and was deliberating whether to call him out on his behaviour when he decided to cut across traffic and cycle off towards Barnton. A guy with wee boy across the road from me looked disgusted, shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes. As did I.
Mr cyclist man, if you are on this forum you totally suck.
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Impatient roadietube going north along the NEPN, who impertinently whistled to get past whilst I was waiting behind a pedestrian in order to allow them to go along the middle of the path along the narrow non-puddled section just before the Telford Drive wiggle. By he way the woman at the bottom of the slip-path down to West Granton Access was looking at him I assume he'd not been particularly courteous going past her, either.
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Yesterday evening: someone turning from the Warriston/Cannonmills path west onto the NEPN, going so wide on the corner that the racingchump in front of me actually had to slow down a little bit, then wibbling their way up the first wee slope, their control somewhat affected by having one hand holding a phone to their left ear.
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It's probably less "rubbish" and more confusion about "not used to crummy Embra cycle infrastructure", however the girl ahead of me on Melville Drive this morning (painted lane) wanted to turn right across traffic at the Brougham Street end onto North Meadow Walk.
Rather than turning right down Lonsdale Terrace and onto the path there on the raised roadway, she stopped suddenly in the Melville Drive lane, grabbed a hold of the crossing pole, pressed the button and then waited in the lane for the lights to change to go across the Toucan.
Probably perfectly acceptable on the continent, but rather confusing for following cyclists who suddenly find themselves caught between a car on one side and an unexpected obstruction ahead.
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Not sure if this is rubbish cycling or not but I found it a bit annoying. Went for a couple of laps of the seat last night, and on the return outside the Commonwealth Pool, I waited behind another cyclist as the lights went green so as to give them space and time to clip-in etc. I was overtaken as I waited by a third annoyed and impatient cyclist (in all the proper kit), who then pulled in front of me and proceeded to slow down well in advance of the lights in order not to have to unclip (I suppose).
This meant I either had to reovertake him or slow down behind him, which I don't particularly like doing as I think it's a bit of an invasion of another cyclist's space. Not sure what I should have done - I'd rather have got to the lights and put my feet down but then I don't have clipless fancy things. With no lights present no doubt he would have been quicker than me, but in the presence of the lights he was sort of forcing me to follow him quite closely.... not sure what I should have done. He wasn't very friendly when I did try to say hello at the lights - he said precisely nothing in fact.
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"With no lights present no doubt he would have been quicker than me"
@algo You never know - fairly frequently I'll stay behind a heavily-pretend-sponsored-clothing whippet on a fairy whisker bike at lights, assuming that they are capable of sustained high speed, only to find that they're really slow getting away from lights, possibly due to a combination of using full-on waddlecleats, not wanting to build up too many fast-twitch acceleration-capable but distastefully massive muscle fibres and having just done several
hundred milesthousand kilometres at a mean speed greater thantwenty milesthirty kilometres per hour.Posted 10 years ago # -
Spectacularly impatient nerk steaming down the NEPN from Craigleith to Newhaven just now. Not going particularly fast, just not slowing in the slightest for any other path user. Mostly caught on video. He had a bit of wood strapped to his frame for some reason.
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Guy, red jacket, on a fixie who decided that the best time to overtake me travelling east on the Broomhouse path this afternoon was in the face of oncoming peds. Passed fast, way too close and ended up cutting in front of me so wins my prize plonker award today.
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Youngish chap following me down from the top roundabout in holyrood park yesterday - about 3 feet from my car bumper - on a 1970s vintage raleigh.
Weaving about all over the road, far too close, I was really scared to brake too hard - which I knew I might have to as there was an unpredictable car driver in front of me.
Long story short, I watched all this unfold and at the Scotsman roundabout 'unpredictable car' braked hard and late - to a stop.
At this point 'old raleigh' was behind me, weaving on the outside and doing, perhaps, 30 mph !!
I braked as slowly as I could but unsurprisingly my car braked are somewhat better than those on his old raleigh.
He was weaving all over the place, pulling as hard as possible on those weak brakes.
Any other driver, I would wager he rear ends me and is injured pretty badly - but I had left a gap on the outside so he could extend his braking distance - which duly happened.
A lucky, lucky boy.
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Darwin Award wannabe in South Clerk St today. First she cycled halfway across the road when there was a long string of traffic on the other side and decided to dash into the gap between my bus and the car in front. Only without the dashing bit. Driver had to slam brakes on and sound horn. Then, about 30s later she decided that the best way to change lanes from between two double decker buses was simply to swerve across and try and insert herself under the wheels of a Nissan Qwrapname causing another slamming on of brakes and sounding of horn.
Liability.
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Driving car tonight about 5ish, waiting in Q on Inverleith Row to turn left at traffic lights onto Ferry Road, cyclist comes up the inside, not my preference, but no issues with it.
The issue was when she then continued along the same inside line, alongside car also turning left. It is not the widest of turn, created problems for driver and cyclist.
Driver luckily spotted her.
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I was really unimpressed with the Hart's Cyclery employee, with company name in big letters on the back of his sweatshirt, riding through (at least) three red lights coming through Corstorphine on the way back from POP. Not exactly giving cyclists a good reputation - and I'm afraid that'll make me not want to use their services from now on.
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me :( I was as careful and slow as I could be filtering between the Honda R type occupying the bicycle lane with "emergency" lights and other cars.
Unfortunately I knocked the half-broken cellotaped wing mirror of the other car.Posted 9 years ago # -
I had a close encounter with a bike on Colinton Road this evening, which is unusual. In my view they behaved like the kind of driver we complain about. If you know the road, you'll know that just east of Meggetland there's a pelican crossing with two lanes heading east. Vehicles don't use the left lane because they can see that there are always parked cars further down the road. I tend to use it and then push out into the traffic when I get to the parked cars.
This evening, the only 'traffic' was another bike, who was travelling at a fair pace compared to me as he'd come down Colinton Road whereas I was still accelerating out of Meggetland. Had I been in his shoes I would either have slowed to let me out, or moved further right and thus overtaken me while giving me room to move out past the parked cars and out of the door zone. He didn't: he just kept his line and speed so that I was uncomfortably close to him as I moved past the car.
I suppose that in principle he had priority: I was trying to move into his lane, but I would have expected any road user seeing that I was going to have to stop dead or hit a parked car would back off a bit to let me out. Pretty much all cars do.
I'm genuinely bemused by this. If it was you (blue top, yellow gilet, small black rucksack, stripy socks, brown shoes, drop-barred bike), I'd be interested to hear your perspective on this.
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"I suppose that in principle he had priority"
Not sure about that!
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Did he have a car overtaking him at the time you were pulling out? If not (I suspect not) then I think I'd be as bemused as you.
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@Kenny - nope, no other vehicles around. That's what made it a bit odd.
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The cyclist hiding from the rain under the bridge with the narrowest path on the canal (third along from town I think) forcing everyone into the area with a pothole in the cobbles just inches from the water.
I've also seen a few recently with a habit of hanging their helmet from the handlebar letting it bounce on the wheel as they cycle. Must be some new trendy style of protecting your head....
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@Tk noticed in recent days that the bridge under Viewforth was being used for the purpose of sheltering while extracting coat from rucksack. Which is fair, until you position your bike perpendicular to the path to do it.
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Two men in red jackets racing nose-to-tail into town on the towpath this evening. Judging by the speed they were doing in relation to mine, I would guess they were doing over 20mph.
Gents, I know there was a lovely tailwind and stuff, but on a busy towpath on a sunny evening this is quite simply TOO FAST.
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