[Closed] Eeek! Silly London Cyclist Video

what a nob, hope he learnt his lesson, I'd never chance that one.

he didn't even look when he switched to the centre in front of that van

(and no helmet)

And we wonder sometimes why motorists hate us?

WTF was he thinking going for that gap vs. a bus? He deserved to get maimed for that stupidity.

Absolute tw*t!

I'm not sure 'that was really stupid' even covered it, it must be difficult for drivers in areas like that to deal with all those kamikaze cyclists, people will undoubtedly disagree with me but if that was me in London, I'd wait patiently behind the vehicle in that situation and I'd be wearing Hi-Viz to give the drivers a better chance of seeing me instead of all those cyclists on the video in dark clothing.

Lunatics, no amount of ''time'' is worth your life. 😯

well "mental mickey" i suggest that your forum name isn't exactly fitting! 😉

Darwin will take care of him. Another one removed from the gene pool

Oops! No brakes! Fixie skid not enough! But narrow bars, I can get through easy. Or perhaps not!
Thankfully survives to ride another day.

bagstard said it all, complete and utter nob 🙁

Fakenger fool.

jontydewolfe - Member
well "mental mickey" i suggest that your forum name isn't exactly fitting!

The word to describe the action in that video is 'idiotic', not 'mental'. 😉

He was following scooter, then the bus moved, then he tried to stop, then he was lucky.

He deserved to get maimed for that stupidity.

No he doesn't. No more so than anyone who rides a bicycle off road does.

He took a calculated risk, and got it wrong. Very lucky not to have bin seriously hurt. However, he doesn't put anyone else in danger, just himself.

He is an idiot and shouldn't be riding a bike in a congested urban area, if that's his attitude to road safety. But hey, compare him to some idiot who drives a car far too fast on public roads; who is more dangerous to others?

Love the way the cam guy says 'stoopid', but was following him at some speed up until the incident... 🙄

fixies are for fools!

llama - Member

he didn't even look when he switched to the centre in front of that van

It didn't look as if the 'camera' bike did either.

And if a pedestrian had been standing on the chevrons on the far side of that van, would either bike have been able to stop?

Plenty of poor riding on evidence in that video, not just the idiot who crashed.

kimbers, why?

However, he doesn't put anyone else in danger, just himself.

I saw a brain on the road once. I stared at it for 20-30 seconds trying to figure out what that peach-grey lump in the bloody streak was, but it just wouldn't compute. The guy had been knocked over by a bus and his head had pretty much exploded under the wheel. Every time I get to that part of town the memory comes back to. I have to wonder how the person who was driving the bus that day feels when they get there.

that's Old St heading West, he's probably out of the comfort zone of Brick Lane/ Bethnal Green Road and is panicking a bit
fixers/ messengers/ fakengers are normally a bit more 8) than that, he must have been watching those NYC videos

fixies are for fools!

They should be banned, imo. Well, the ones without brakes, certainly. They are a menace.

Sadly, with more and more cyclists on the roads, we'll see more and more idiots too. Same as with car drivers. Most are just crap drivers, but some are downright dangerous.

Personally, after making sure the bloke was ok, I'd have bawled him out there and then for being a dick. Maybe a bit of public humiliation mightuv made him realise his actions aren't condoned by others, and that he just looks an idiot and gives the rest of us a bad name.

If he'd bin wearing silly clothes, I'duv given him a good kicking as well for good measure.

thats minging^^^

i honestly dont know how people can ride a fixed without any brakes. ive tried it on mine just around the block and it was hideous. i got off and walked home.

I reckon my commute is 20% longer because of stopping at lights, not hurling myself through small gaps than it would be if I rode like a ****. Course, not sure how much of that saved time would be "reclaimed" by the quite possible hospital stay.

fixies are fun to ride, but id never ride one on roads as mental as that. you need to be able to stop properly and quickly, something that brakes do better than even the champion fixie skidder.

hes an idiot, but hopefully that'll be a wakeup call. glad he survived.

He went for a gap and misjudged it. I think he needs to recalibrate his risk appetite! He will come to a very messy end if he continues like that.

As for not doing anyone else any harm - utter tosh! If when he swerved onto the other side of the road/chevroned area he'd collided with another cyclist/motorcyclist they would both be injured. If it was a car then the motorist could be mentally traumatised. To think that an accident only affects the person taking the risks and who gets injured is facile. If he had got squashed between the 4x4 and bus all the passengers that witnessed his bloody mess would be traumatised.

Hitting cars really bloody hurts and for the sake of a few seconds here and there he just needs to knock down a notch.

Perhaps he thinks everyone is watching him carve the street and viewing him as some sort of urban street hero?

Even if he'd made the gap, he'd set himself up for danger because he let the bus and truck obscure him from view. Bad riding on just about every level.

When making a calculated risk I think you have to say to yourself would I be happy if the other vehicle took the same risk with me - if you wouldn't be happy for a bus to wander over so close to you then why the f would you do so close to it?

Elfinsafety - Member

fixies are for fools!

They should be banned, imo. Well, the ones without brakes, certainly. They are a menace.

they are. You must have a front brake as well to comply with the law.

It was a closing gap - something you should never go for. I go thru tiny gaps sometimes but never if they are closing on you.

he defo sees himself as a street hero. be a dead one if he carries on like that.

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I was responding to the brainless comment that 'he deserved to be maimed'. Fact is he din't endanger or harm anyone else. Would've taught him a lesson to get done for causing an accident or something though.

I've done silly things on a bike in town. Stuff I look back on now and see myself as an idiot for taking such risks.

You live and learn, and hopefully become a bit more sensible. Or you die.

Hopefully this knob will have learned something.

due to me being on elfins team at mayhem (I think) im going to agree with him.

😯 Mad!

A Darwin candidate for the near future!

It's for the best, Toppers. 😀

Or I'll make you do extra laps....

yep, defo agreeing.

he's right you know, he's always right!! 😕

Heh! Keep it up.... 8)

My mother is a counsellor and she has a lot of clients who have been involved in an accident in which someone died.

Some have attempted suicide because someone went under their car through no fault of the driver.

If only his bike was made by 'Proffessor Pat Pending'...nah youre probably all too young.

i just think whats the bloody rush. we all take risks to a greater or lesser degree, but imo that is an example of a risk too far.

When you're racing for me, Toppers, I want you to take risks. I want you to push yourself beyond your limits. I want you to shed blood.

The only thing I don't want you to take, is prisoners. Crush them, mind, body and spirit. Grind them into the dirt like the dogs they are.

Winning is all that matters. No place for losers on my team....

hehe...that is the perfect pre school sports day pep-talk for a Dad to give to his young son. I think I'll make a note of it.

i'll speak to bullheart about changing teams then i recon. you sound a bit mental. 😯

I think he does risk other people.

As pointed out, he risks the trauma to others that may end up colliding with him.

He also puts all cyclists at risk to a small degree, but being yet another example to feed-in to the idea that all cyclists are dangerous and therefore asking for it.

Plus, just by arrogantly trying to beat the normal flow of the road to such an extreme degree he is taking to the road as a confrontational, rather than cooperative, system. If you go out there fighting, you're going to get in a fight - quite different to being assertive.

Don't be frightened, Toppers! 🙂

We're gonna have fun. It's gonna be a right laff!

back in february whilst on Gran Canaria i saw a work colleague's friend laying on the edge of the road, his head framed by a pool of his own blood.

the accident which caused his death was due to him not paying attention/being a dick, but to say someone deserved to be maimed is stupid. it's not nice for the individual, his family and friends or any other passers by.

the guy in th video is a lucky fool and will hopefully take a little time to think about how close he came to crippling his and other people's lives.

yep im looking forward to it. should be a giggle. so long as my bike is built in time. dont fancy running round!!

Very often these days you her people say things like they (an organisation/land owner/whatever) are worried about injuries because of the compensation culture - in fact most people just don't want to see another person injured, even if they are being a dick at the time.

What a clown!

I really don’t get the point of riding a bike that you can’t stop in heavy traffic.

I thought the driver of the black car was very restrained. There must have been an impact of some sort. If it had been me in the car I would have 1) Checked that he was OK 2) Extracted the value of the necessary repairs from him.

Do you lot have better eyesight than me? I know it might be the stereotype, but how can you tell he has no front brake?

Though the cyclist in blue who's presumably seen the first incident and then proceeds to go through the same "gap" is surely more stupid.

Looks like he does a fixie skid to try and stop prior to going through gap - would indicate no brakes!

how can you tell he has no front brake?

People are idiots ... whether in control of a bike or a bus! Though feel sorry for the drivers in this case. If people took safety more seriously then less accidents would happen, but we're all too pea brained and super macho to believe it would happens to us ... and so we continue to take stupid risks and leave the lid at home on a frequent basis - we are after all ... a pretty stupid species!

I just love the way they BEEEEEP! their horns after they've squidged him.
What a tit.And that's coming from [i]me[/i]. The "idiot" 🙂

You do wonder if we need a machanism for repeat offenders to be taken off the road.....

i think there is a case for taking action against people who don't have some sort of sensible brakes.

I've watched it a few times, he would have been so much better off with a front brake

You do wonder if we need a machanism for repeat offenders to be taken off the road.....

I'm pretty certain that the last thing we need is another method for the authorities and car driving community to victimise cyclists.

ampthill - Member

You do wonder if we need a machanism for repeat offenders to be taken off the road.....

We could stand at the side of the road with gun.....

Rapha shorts - BANG

Fixie - BANG

Lycra - BANG

You get the idea

Hmm - I was right with you up to lycra.

OK - You can only wear lycra if you are young and slim. an no old saggy lycra either

I only hope he learns a big lesson from that experience. And yes, in this case he got away without seriously injuring himself or anybody else. However I suspect that there is some fallout from this in that one or both vehicles will surely have been scratched at the very least. I hope the idiot had the decency to exchange some details and be prepared to pay for the repairs.

Like the way the protagonist throws his bike against the wall at the end, front wheel mashed. What an utter idiot. Bus must have rolled over his wheel, and missed him (on the deck). That is one quick way to die, as evidenced by other reports in this thread - you don't live through being run over by a bus (or a car for that matter).

Interesting to see the traffic / cyclists in London. Here is a breakdown of the cyclists in that video:

1 - fixie, no helmet, no brakes (crashes)
2 - util
3 - ?, no helmet
4 - ?
5 - fixie, no helmet, no brakes
6 - fixie, no helmet, no brakes
7, ?
8 - fixie, front brake
9 - util,
10 - fixie, no helmet, no brakes
11 - road
12 - road
13 - road

So thats:

13 cyclists
8 with helmet, 5 with no helmet
5 fixies, 4 with no breaks or helmet

Clearly, 30% of cyclists in London are fashonistas with a death wish!

He has no brakes other than a fixed gear...
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Also got to wonder what dameage he did to the car and bus (scratches etc) that he rides off not caring about

Interesting to see the traffic / cyclists in London

It is an area renowned for fixed gear hipsters, it's not a fair representation of the full London cycling population
I commute down that road every day

yeah, Hackney is where all the "creatives" live and they love their fixies. Notice the the trouser rolled up on *both* legs as well.

fixie, retro racing cap instead of helmet , courier bag, converse and straps, tiny bars for extra twitchiness, yep he ticks all the boxes for an ice-cold london cyclist

in my helmet, mtb gloves, shimano spd shoes, padded shorts on a geared mtb with v brakes im positively fashion proof

ha ha ha ha ha elfin is doing mayehm. Does he have all his jabs up to date.

fixie, retro racing cap instead of helmet , courier bag, converse and straps, tiny bars for extra twitchiness, yep he ticks all the boxes for a[s]n ice-cold london cyclist[/s] grade A twunt.

FTFY

Does he have all his jabs up to date.

All dosed and ready, Juan. 🙂

finally got a chance to see the vid (firewall at work, wifi in the pub here)

WHat a prize bona fides twit.

as one of the earlier posters said, every shade of rubbish urban cyclecraft going on there.

Soooooo many cyclists out this morning, a joy to see.

For those in the provinces it may surprise you to know that cycling in London is now absolutely MASSIVE. not just big, but over the 15 years Ive been cycling the city numbers must have increased 5-10 fold.

It is its own critical mass now - without the unwashed hippy angry riding that Critical Mass thought it needed to be. Taxi drivers are far more thoughtful and observant ive noticed. Even peds are starting to think bike more often. For every Saxo boy racer/rep in a BMW/yummymummyX5childkiller there's a hoxton haircut/rustycarbunclerider/lycra speeedster. Theres always going to be anti social riders as there are antisocial drivers, but the sheer number of [i]good[/i] riders out there in the city really is working. its a joy to see it develop and I think cynicism can be suspended enough to celebrate it these days.

jeez Ive got all cheerful. how did that happen?

jeez Ive got all cheerful. how did that happen?

Good wine and good company, perhaps?

you lot dont count as good company!

And Im not being social in here ATM
9:30pm finish with the client. need beer and to tune out.

Where's that elfin white noise when you need it?

Well screw you too! 😉

(thought you might have been at home, BTW! Just back from Paris myself and full to the brim with fine chablis, William Fevre were at my hotel doing degustation, so I gatecrashed....!)

Where's that elfin white noise when you need it?

Here I am! 😀

For every Saxo boy racer/rep in a BMW/yummymummyX5childkiller there's a hoxton haircut/rustycarbunclerider/lycra speeedster

While your busy stereotyping, you forgot to add the fluoro jacket wearing spoddy middle aged Brompton grump....

But as you say, good to see more cyclists out there on the streets. Less cars more bikes.

Fair play to you Londoners that cycle in the city. I had to cycle there recently during rush hour and I thought it was truly ghastly.

Filthy, crowded, manic, idiots on every mode of transport. Not for me.

That's cos you don't know the roads, innit? Plenty of shortcuts and safer routes, but takes time to learn 'em.

I was being led by some locals. Having just done LEJOG we stopped at a set of lights and both of them almost in unison said...

"We need to leave this place" (albeit using slightly more colourful language)

Like I say, fair play to you, but I thought it was grim. The smell of the polution... horrible.

We could stand at the side of the road with gun.....

Rapha shorts - BANG

Fixie - BANG

Lycra - BANG

You get the idea

why do you want to shoot me? my fixed gear bike(with front brake) rapha jersey and lycra (only worn for longer rides not commuting) haven't done anything to you? i don't jump red lights or cycle like a prick. why should i be lumped in with those cretins?

seen plenty of idiots on cheap mtb's pulling similar moves and coming off worse, shall i include all you mtb'ers on here with the same tosspot cyclist label?

i sometimes think this forum is part of a daily mail conspiracy wanting to cleanse middle England of it's undesirable mores and to direct it's moral compass to the placid waters of mediocrity and conformity.

tsy
yep its a major buzz, highlight of my day!
you need balls though its not for pussy sasquatches!

I have no sense of smell so I'm ok. 😀

You think it's bad here; never ever try to cycle in Manhattan. 😯

you need balls though its not for pussy sasquatches!

Yeah, it's not for whiny little softies.

Ahh... so I need to take a blow to the head and lose my sense of smell to make me big and tough and make London cycling tolerable. 🙂

to be fair he doesn't really 'ride off not caring'. more limps to side with funked up front wheel. total fanny

Yep. Idiot. Not sure he deserves to die but really, what a prat. Get some brakes, and judge gaps better.

Sense of smell lost due to sinus infection. Blow to head only improved mental capacity. 🙂

so I need to take a blow to the head and lose my sense of smell to make London cycling tolerable.

No, you need to MTFU. You ponce.