bradley wiggins/cycling

[LondonLogCo]

Is there a "I'm a cyclist too btw" sticker I could put on my big white truck.

And what's with the front but no rear light thing ?

[Applespider]

Or the red light front and white one on the rear?!?

[binary_star]

Haven't watched it yet but looks good: "War on Britain's Roads"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/episode/b01p7q2l/War_on_Britains_Roads

[malumbu]

Early report below which has attracted no interest!

But first, re: I told a cyclist to get some lights and he/she told me to fack off and mind my own business

I told a mother not to park on the double yellows/pavement outside a primary school and she told me to fack off and mind my own business.

Not all mothers are like that

Not all cyclist are like that - although I confess to at times embarassing myself.

Back to said docu:

Well I stayed in especially to watch tonight's BBC1 documentary.

One of last Saturday's broadsheets said that the Germans have one word for 'an annoying person' where we have about a 100. To use profanities as an example the f and s word can be used in a dozen ways from likable rogue, annoying but right, to evil and twisted. The German word translates as "needs a punch in the face". And the one German word was 100% appropriate for the 24 year old cyclist who featured for about 20 minutes. But this was supposed to be sensationalist programme so they had to get an arse in.

The rest was reasonably balanced and a bit emotional at times.

Just when I was saying you need some cyclist on cyclist action, up some popped. And then that it was short of pedestrain walking across cyclist (and ditto when cyclist runs over innocent pedestrain) up a couple of clips pop.

Lots of stuff to make me think that it was a good thing not to provoke motorist's for fear of road rage (or have an escape plan if you do). I got involved in three what should have been minor scirmishes in the 90s, pre helmet-cam and at a time when there were far less bikes on the road, yet came close to being punched, run over, stabbed or what-ever (a "sorry mate' would have been fine from the motorist).

The other thing is never never never try to cut through an arctic that is, or may, turn left, as that is "Good night Vienna".

It is a shame that that the BBC did not show both the campaign to get cyclists to see what it is like from a cab of a HGV, and ditto HGV drivers going out on a bike. TFL/GLA are doing a lot.

And irrespective of my moral high ground that I am a perfect cyclist, even I am tempering some of my behaviour; in part influenced by the good behaviour of most cyclists no matter the generalisms. {back to the new me}