Eton, 7-Mar, 2017: cycling copper carrying a cup of coffee

I think you may be

I think you may be overthinking this clip. Not every cycling video on YouTube has to be evidence of wrong-doing, preparation for prosecution, footage of an altercation, or whatever. I pretty much always have it running when I’m riding so that when my skull is finally ground flat by a passing vehicle and I can only be recognised by dental records, then my loved ones will have the recording of my dying scream to remember me by. If it’s a dodgy manouevre by a works vehicle with contact details on, then I’ll send it in to the firm, and if it’s a close pass that gets too close to my son when we’re out, then I send it to the police (they never take it up though)

but sometimes you just see interesting and weird stuff that’s worth recording. The same day I also saw a  bit of confusion at the lights a minute further down the road https://www.dropbox.com/s/iqbgl0wt6zucly2/2017-03-07-WindsorBridgeLights.mp4?dl=0  – which I’ll give to the local council because there’s a risk of an accident, but really isn’t that interesting. I also had a flock of parakeets fly in front of me the other day (which didn’t show up, sadly), but also other various animals:

if you can alliterate as well then all the better- as in “Bamboo bike bing bang bong! ” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRhzsslWvWU

but I really don’t put much work into it – this is as good as I’ve seen it done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN8fv-GT40o

I take the fact that people are expressing some sort of opinion here that it is mildly interesting to see a copper riding a bike whilst holding a cup of coffee. I 

christ, that’s cyborg

christ, that’s cyborg

anyway, as you can see from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev0GzYvypnc – I’m clearly not a troll, due to my position on *top* of the bridge, not lurking underneath …

do you start as “troll”, then

do you start as “troll”, then work up to “vigilante”?

I don’t know, I was a bit surprised, it’s definitely against rule 66 (both hands on handlebars, don’t carry anything which will affect your balance), and it’s a fairly busy area with foreign tourists wandering around a narrow street with lots of cars parked either side. There’s a good reason for not having a mobile in your hand whilst driving, and I think the same principle applies for hot coffee on a moving bike

but it was pretty slow motion. At least they weren’t on the pavement or going against the one-way, which distinguishes them from half the bikes around here (police included) …