A London cyclist who decided to hang back rather than go up the inside of a tipper truck at a junction near the Surrey Quays shopping centre was told by another rider: “If you’re scared you shouldn’t be on the f*cking road.”
Footage of the incident was posted online last Thursday bu YouTube user CBL, who had been waiting behind the lorry at the start of a gyratory at the junction of Evelyn Street, Bestwood Street and Lower Road.
Another cyclist said to him, “come on mate!” to which CBL replied: “I’m not going down the side of that, mate. You want me to die?”
Shortly afterwards, the other rider says to him as he overtakes: “If you’re scared you shouldn’t be on the f*cking road”
CBL replied: You think I’m scared? That’s how other people have died,” the other rider giving him a ‘wanker’ sign in response as he rode off.
“I’m a wanker because I don’t want to die down the side of a truck?” CBL shouted after him.
He caught up with the other cyclist at a set of traffic lights just past Bermondsey Station on Jamaica Road, around a mile from where the original exchange took place.
“Can you do me one favour, mate?” he asked, as other cyclists watched.
“Just say to the camera, ‘You’re a scared wanker if you don’t ride down the side of a tipper truck’ – because I’ll show this to the friends and family of the people who have been killed by them, yeah?”
As the lights changed, he added: “Just have a little patience in your life. It’s okay if you want to do it, but if I don’t, shut your f*cking mouth.”
Posting the video to Youtube, CBL said: “Please excuse me, I’m not at my most articulate so early in the morning.
“I don’t feel like squeezing down the side of a tipper truck which is turning left to get around road works. This guy calls me a wanker and tells me I shouldn’t be on the road.”
He added: “I wonder how the friends and families of people killed by these hulking trucks feel about this guy’s opinion?”
77 thoughts on “Video: London cyclist tells fellow rider: “If you’re scared you shouldn’t be on the f*cking road””
Strangely though, this brave
Strangely though, this brave bearded rider would have saved no time, as he and the guy with the camera still got stuck at a set of lights with the guy who did risk his life down the side of the truck. Just as motorists who think you’re slowing them down will inevitably end up stuck at traffic lights as you ride past them again.
Looks like a wanker…….is
Looks like a wanker…….is a wanker.
Camera rider showed a lot of restraint there, I’d have been tempted to put a fist through that beard.
Hipster dickhead.
Hipster dickhead.
Kudos for keeping so level headed. I’d have been tempted to punch his smug, bearded coupon.
Normal for London (as they
Normal for London (as they might say in Norfolk.)
handlebarcam wrote:
not on my commute it isn’t
Not worth getting excited
Not worth getting excited about every wanker on the road, be it in a car or on a bicycle.
Life is too short.
And there, made flesh-and
And there, made flesh-and-beard, is exactly the sort of
cyclistwanker that gets all cyclists a bad name.simonmb wrote:
Oh bollocks to group accountability. He’s clearly a twat, but you can’t blame him for other idiots getting confused about cyclists being a heterogeneous group.
Breaking news, some people
Breaking news, some people are idiots, some of these people ride bikes.
Well done to the filming
Well done to the filming cyclist for keeping a cool head, and for being a logical and respectful cyclist. The hipster wanker c*** needs to live by his rules and leave the rest alone. When he gets peeled off the side of a truck then I guess there will be no regrets, because he was dead hard and told others off. Don’t wish others ill, but this waste of sperm deserves it.
P.S. You’re not unique for having a birds nest under your chin, every other fucker has one now, and it looks retarded. But perhaps it’s a quick identification feature for a certain group of people to avoid, so maybe there are some benefits after all.
And yes, as someone said, these disrespectful pricks give actual cyclists a bad name.
paradyzer wrote:
So, you do wish ill on others. And no, no one deserves to die. Not even for displeasing you.
OK, you’ve changed my mind. You deserve to die. Horribly. Crushed by a bearded man covered in tattoes, while he eats ironic cereal with organic milk.
Ush wrote:
So, you do wish ill on others. And no, no one deserves to die. Not even for displeasing you.
OK, you’ve changed my mind. You deserve to die. Horribly. Crushed by a bearded man covered in tattoes, while he eats ironic cereal with organic milk.— paradyzer
It’s your assumption that I meant bearded people on bikes, I meant people who behave like pricks on bikes, especially towards riders who know how to behave in traffic.
Oh, and it’s tattoos, not tattoes. You’ve started with the ‘Ush’, I’ll just add ‘Sh’ in front of it.
paradyzer wrote:
Did I mention that you’d also be suffocating because his sweaty lycra’ed ass would be drooped over your slowly empurpling face? And he’d play with a fidget spinner while doing it?
paradyzer wrote:
knock the ‘retarded’ language out too, the cyclist was an idiot, but that is also highly offensive language.
lambylamby wrote:
Don’t be such a Spazz.
Live and let live! Why is it
Live and let live! Why is it so hard for some people to do that is beyond me.
Maybe the tosser with the
Maybe the tosser with the beard would feel happier behond the wheel of a BMW?
This is why it is easy to see
This is why it is easy to see that no matter what you do some people on bikes are just going to get killed.
Personally I have and always will hang back, I’ve no wish to be the one reported about because I’ve put myself in a bad position.
embattle wrote:
That would suggest that everyone killed by a left turning vehicle was at fault; no responsibility for the vehicle designers, road planners, drivers? Even those that were overtaken and then side swiped put themselves in that position by merely being on the road. Genius!
Often when I complain about
Often when I complain about all-too-frequent bad cyclists in London (who cut me up, try to race me, don’t look where they are going, bump into my tyres, cut off entire corners, cycle using their phones, cycle the wrong way up one way streets, jump lights, speed in pedastian zones and generally intimidate other cyclists as per above) many times people borderline defend those actions by saying “car drivers are worse”. Well, maybe, but there’s way too many wankers like this and it really takes the fun out of commuting. What’s more it can put off those who are less confident and experienced and who don’t enjoy feeling they are in Mad Max.
Also: attitudes coming with beards? Did Santa once say you were a bad boy and that’s haunted you ever since?
Also also: that route is horrible at rush hour and has the worst pot holes in London. If you happen to live in that area, I advise taking the various cycle lanes and quiet roads that run south and parallel-ish to Jamaica… they are actually faster too.
I need a “I had a beard
I need a “I had a beard before 2016” sticker to go with my “I rode a bike before 2012” sticker.
The state of his mudguard,
The state of his mudguard, who’d take riding advice from that?
I’ve made calls when the gap
I’ve made calls when the gap might have being a bit narrower than some would choose to go through, even with bigger vehicles. Would I give another rider crap for not taking a line I would/have done before, no, because I don’t know them, what their level is, how experienced/nuanced they are and most of all it’s simply not my fucking business to interfere when someone isn’t harming anyone else.
Some people say they have an instinct for when things are about to go pete tong, i say it’s usually down to lots of experience and being able to judge when the % simply isn’t in your favour at any given moment.
And as others have said this is MGIF, it doesn’t benefit you to take make the pass at that juncture, you would know that already if this is a regular route before you even got to the back of the wagon so just ease off well before as you know the wagon is slow to accelerate.
clearly the bearded fucktard doesn’t understand risk as he’s wearing a H@@@@t.
As i always say, those that ride like a cunt usually drive their cars like a cunt too, so don’t be a cunt and maybe you’ll live longer/not put others lives at risk and not fuck off so many people
Some of you seem to
Some of you seem to harbouring a lot of prejudice against bearded velosapiens. As a person who recently acquired facial hair I can assure you it does not effect my opinions, nor do the opinions of this individual represent all bearded gentlemen.
Leviathan wrote:
But you’re not aero now dude as you’ve basically attached a sail to your face. To counterbalance the drag you’ll need a full skin suit and a tri bike. Think on.
Leviathan wrote:
Well said. I take exception to all us beardies being tarred with the same brush by some contributors on this thread. There are plenty of clean shaven a***holes* out there too.
*other abusive names are available.
Leviathan wrote:
I heartily concur. I’ve got a big beard which I’m proud of but I’m no hipster w***** c*** etc. In fact I take exception to the generalisation by a lot of people on this thread who seem to think they can tar all us beardies with the same brush. I for one prefer to ride safely so I’m on the side of the helmet cam rider even if he came across as sanctimonious. I suspect that even if he was clean shaven the kamikaze rider would come across as a twat. Pity because that beard is epic.
I don’t understand why so
I don’t understand why so many cyclists have to get so shouty and cross with other cyclists. I was hollered at for “dangerously”/ “suicidally”/ “giving us all a bad name” cycling up the left hand side of a line of stationary traffic.
I was in a cycle lane.
Kudos to the cyclist filming.
Kudos to the cyclist filming…the other guy is clearly a self absorbed twat.
If camera cyclist is reading, that’s my old commuting route before I tried quietway 1 … Try the quietway, it’s surprisingly quick with little traffic… The wannabe pro’s don’t use it so it’s usually twat free 🙂
Won’t be long before beardo
Won’t be long before beardo gets doxxed and starts crying about harassment.
What an absolute wanker!
What an absolute wanker! Proof that twats also ride bikes
Note not everyone with a beard is a cunt though
Can’t stand hipsters with
Can’t stand hipsters with road rage. I’ve had two altercations in my whole life on a bike, and both times it’s been motherf***ing hipsters:
1. Beardo + androgynous girlfriend posing on pastel fixies screamed absolute blue murder and every swearword they knew for me ‘overtaking too close’. It was so bizarre that I deliberately slowed down and cut them up, twice, looking at their faces just to see if they could possibly overreact any more (it was on a dedicated cycle path, completely empty, ie. safe..).
2. Ray-Banned retro racer with skinny jeans and a buzzcut yelled continually at me at some lights and told me to fuck off and read the highway code etc all the way down a road for having LED lights on at dusk (what?). I ignored it but eventually got so aggravated I headed him off, got off the bike and told him his glasses, beard, hair, and shitty bike already mark him out as a colossal fucking twat even before he opened his mouth, and I’d just done a hundred K, and would he like to come and do another hundred with me, right now, because I feel like f**king beating you. He buggered off.
Basically the only thing I say to other road users is “sorry”, “thanks”, “it’s ok”, “welcome”. It’s not that hard to be a little bit patient and give the benefit of the doubt, rather than living one’s life as a canker on the arse of humanity.
That’s just the sort iof
That’s just the sort iof interaction you don’t get when driving.
Love cycling.
Love cyclists (even beardy wankers).
I’ve just realised that Gobby
I’ve just realised that Gobby McGobshite didn’t jump the red light.
Scared wanker was he?
story of my life lol.
story of my life lol.
every morning s the same. random cyclist passes on red, being turning truck, etc.
i catch up with them within seconds and im trying not to – they re just slow.
then im facing the choice of passing them which is always dangerous with traffic or stay back which is also dangerous as cars rarely see the 2nd bike, plus is too slow for traffic.
the dance repeats 3, 4 times per commute. every single day.
Respect to the helmet cam guy
Respect to the helmet cam guy for keeping his cool in that situation. As for the other guy, he clearly doesn’t know as much about roadcraft as he’d like to think. What an utter bell end. I hope he sees that clip of himself and feels the shame…
Every day, twice a day (in
Every day, twice a day (in London) I shake my head in disbelief at the fruity manoeuvres pulled by others on two wheels. I slow down, they fly past. I wait, they fly past. I’m going to see something horrible one day, I’m sure.
I’m a little bit baffled that
I’m a little bit baffled that someone who feels the need to wrap his bonce in polystyrene and wear a dayglo backpack has the gall to call someone else scared for not taking stupid risks.
Dinosaur Jr boom! Nail on the
Dinosaur Jr boom! Nail on the head. Hopefully his bearded unoriginal arse will end up under a truck and his ghost bike, without beard, edgy tattoos or obnoxious attitude, can serve as a warning to other cyclists.
Is the bearded fool dead yet?
Is the bearded fool dead yet?
I wouldn’t go up the inside
I wouldn’t go up the inside either. And I certainly wouldn’t be telling other people to do so. But is the initial problem that CBL is stopping in, and blocking the gap, that crazy people want to squeeze into?
Beard or not, that guy is a
Beard or not, that guy is a colossal dickhead.
Hopefully the bearded prick
Hopefully the bearded prick reads these comments… total arsehole.
Someone was rude and has a
Someone was rude and has a beard and now everyone’s shouting about wanting him to get hit by a truck? People who could stand to chill out include the beard guy, the guy who uploaded it to YouTube and every one on this comments section writing very believable and certainly not fictional accounts of the time they had to beat up a “hipster” who shouted at them.
There seems to be a lot of
There seems to be a lot of hate on here for beards (and hipsters).
As much as that bloke may be an arsehole, hate on him for his behaviour/attitude, not his fashion choices. I’d much rather people like that are riding bikes than driving cars anyway. I say we should welcome all the idiots to ride bikes as much as possible. Keep them out of death-boxes.
Right…..by process of
Right…..by process of elimination we can figure out who this guy is. It’s not Superpython as he’s got a helmet AND disc brakes, it’s not me as I don’t live in London AND I’m scared of trucks. It’s not Leviathan as that guy wasn’t a leviathan and it’s not Dinosaur Jr. as he obviously hates the guy.
At this point I give up, the only other people I think we need to call are The Fashion Police, they’ll catch him as I’m pretty sure hipster SHOULD NOT be riding GT Grades with Claris groupsets. The shame.
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
Strava police
Arrest this man, his hipster beard
Is making me feel ill and we have crashed our fixie.
Bloke with a beard comes
Bloke with a beard comes across as a dickhead. But maybe he’s on his way to work in an orphanage for three legged cats who have been mistreated and is a bit tired after spending the night escorting lost dogs home. Dunno, everyone’s a dickhead now and again. And even if Beardy IS in fact a dickhead ALL the time, bloke with the camera chasing after him for footage is a bit of a dick as well, especially with the sanctimonius “I’ll send it to victims’ families”. If a dickhead calls you a wanker, resist the urge to lower yourself to his/her level. I imagine eveyone arrived at work happy.
While on the subject of beards – Beardy’s beard is like the Pirate Captain’s. Surely that must take a lot of maintenance.
surly_by_name wrote:
Amen brother!
Being cautious = Good
Being cautious = Good
Loving yourself as a “cycling warrior” = Bad
I’m with the lid, cap,
I’m with the lid, cap, glasses, stupide beard, cycology top, non matching shorts, garmin, silly bag, cycle to work scheme guy on this one; his cous cous was getting too warm!
And – whilst we’re all
And – whilst we’re all happily waving our pitchforks n’ torches at the beardy cunt / hipster road warrior…. is it my imagination or is his saddle set so low that he’s almost ridding chimp style?
Can’t we all just get along?
Can’t we all just get along?
ct wrote:
No, no we can’t. Not when a combination of beards, caps under helmets, moral highgrounds and cameras are involved. You’re just asking too much.
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
No, no we can’t. Not when a combination of beards, caps under helmets, moral highgrounds and cameras are involved. You’re just asking too much.— ct
Hell’s bells. I have a beard, I wear a cap under my helmet *and* I use a camera (when commuting)!
I feel judged…
he’s giving disc brake users
he’s giving disc brake users a bad name!
beezus fufoon wrote:
Lol, don’t be silly, we already know that they’re all c*nts… How much worse can it get?
*slopes off to the bathroom
*slopes off to the bathroom to shave my beard off…*
“Kudos for keeping so level headed….”
Really??!!
Whilst the beardy bloke has an opinion I don’t agree with and there wasn’t a gap worth cycling up anyway…. the bloke filming does not keep his cool.
He doesn’t shut up once and keeps on and on at beardy bloke (and commits various prima facade public order offences)
Like many of you, he needs to grow up – those of you who say you would have ‘spread his beardy face’ – you don’t know his history and if you do that he might take you apart.
Just be careful out there – there are some quiet, reserved, evil bastards out there who are fed up with your pathetic wingeing.
Cycle safely y’all
Nemesis wrote:
I think we’ve identified beard guy.
Complete and utter cunt.
Complete and utter cunt.
Hopefully he’ll choke on that ridiculous face muff
What a complete Jebend
What a complete Jebend
If brains were dynamite,
If brains were dynamite, beardy wouldn’t have enough to blow his lid off. I wouldn’t have wasted my breath speaking to him.
Judge dreadful wrote:
People only wear lids if they’re scared, perhaps he should fuck off.
I don’t see any tattos either, which makes him a wannabe hipster (I guess that not quite as bad as being a fully developed hipster though).
2 thoughts.
2 thoughts.
I think that being a little bit scared in a hazardous environment is conducive to survival.
Hipster beards suck ass.
Wow. Whether or not he’s
Wow. Whether or not he’s bearded, he is one macho Trump guy who is better and tougher than the rest. “I alone” can slip by that very large truck and “losers” like you are soft “snowflakes” not to go for it.
Don’t see much of that crap here in the States. Here he would be refered to as a dick. As in, “Wadda dick.” I mean, fuck that guy.
another london twat with a
another london twat with a headcam, plus ca change
Mr Beardy Bellend is always
Mr Beardy Bellend is always grumpy because nobody likes him. He’s hoping this will change when he’s finally recognised as a ZZ Top tribute. But it’s never going to happen for him. And he’ll be sad when he reads this page.
Are cycling hipsters any
Are cycling hipsters any better or worse than pompous overbearing middle class mamils? Perhaps road.cc should run a feature on cycling’s most disliked sub-cultures?
drosco wrote:
Personally I dislike the lyrca MTBer. It’s perverse.
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
Personally I dislike the lyrca MTBer. It’s perverse.— drosco
Personally, I struggle to say ‘fixie’ without attaching ‘-scum’ on the end.
Or refrain from flicking Vs at The Borg on their rare forays out of Richmond Park.
And there’s always those worn/white shorts twats showing us their chocolate starfishes. Now, that’s perverse.
But in fact, I like most people on bikes just that little bit more than those in cars.
Haven’t scrolled down and
Haven’t scrolled down and read all the comment so maybe someone has mentioned this, but had this cyclist filming paid attention he would have given way to the the pedestrian at the Zebra crossing at the beginning of the video. That may have given the rude cyclist behind something else to moan about or diverted the focus completely away from the truck, but that was the first issue with the video and then secondly the rude chap behind. I see a lot of this from my fellow cyclists running red lights and pedestrian crossings. Otherwise the chap filming did a good job not to get pressured to go inside the truck- shame about language though.
Both Beardy and Camera guy
Both Beardy and Camera guy are w*nkrs in my book. “Just say in to the camera… and I’ll show it to the families of people who have died”.
Jesus, What a tit.
(Full disclosure, owner and occasional wearer of well trimmed beard, but never, ever a mudguard)
London is so shit for riding
London is so shit for riding a bike.
I think because he has a
I think because he has a hipster beard that makes him cool and everyone knows it’s cool to ride up the near side of a lorry turning left…………Not!
Ahhh a fixie hipster on a
Ahhh a fixie hipster on a disc braked bike with gears, wearing Castelli and a hi viz pack?
I dont think so, both of them are bell ends though, of course you shouldnt go through that gap, but all the high and mighty bollocks for the video does my box in.
You may know that the home of the ‘fixie hipsters’ as many of you refer to them.
They are well aware of this guy too… https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/175246/?offset=13100
So if he was trying to join that crowd, he has failed!
Hipsters! I hate Hipsters.
Hipsters! I hate Hipsters…
With their hairy faces, vegan diets, their shiny wheels, all that straw bedding and their liitle claws poking through their cage bars.
Oh – wait a minute – that’s hamsters, isn’t it?
Hamsters! I hate hamsters…