road.cc live blog: To filter or not to filter? (+ more)
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Fri, Dec 01, 2017 15:00
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wtjs 4 hours ago
Encouraging to know that not all of the Absolute Tossers Against Cyclists have remained within the UK, but this one has even arranged somebody else to do his 'I'm a cyclist myself' tripe.
ajd 6 hours ago
I heard she thought fixies were very lower class. She was once overheard saying "let them ride Campag"
Barraob1 7 hours ago
Most people know peadar is a bit of a clown and would say anything to grab votes.
IanMK 7 hours ago
@mitsky he will be interested to know there's quite a good rail service in to Swansea. It's only six months which is pretty light imo.
IanMK 7 hours ago
'This experience has been a significant wake-up call for me and I can assure the court that I have reflected seriously on my actions and taken steps to ensure this will never happen again' Perhaps the six points you already had on your licence should have been the wake up call. Also, if I'm a judge, I'm thinking not bothering to show up in court doesn't scream remorseful. You are NOT a victim here Mr Cabango.
ktache 7 hours ago
I really enjoyed Bastie Tronchon's victory.
Mr Blackbird 10 hours ago
@the little onion It is quite galling to read that Cabango is the Swansea Captain. He is hardly setting a good example to his team mates and fans etc.
a1white 10 hours ago
@leedorney Great, me neither, but reviews are written for people other than you and I. These are "Tubeless Ready" tyres. They are marketed to work as Tubeless, so it wouldn't be good if the reviewer didn't test them as tubeless for those buying them for tubeless use.
mitsky 10 hours ago
@wtjs Entirely possible that it was a lie. Given the ban is in place, if he doesn't move his family could he be charged with lying in court?
a1white 10 hours ago
@tomlew With that logic we should ban all laptops and mobile phones from trains.
4 thoughts on “road.cc live blog: To filter or not to filter? (+ more)”
I woudn’t have filtered on
I woudn’t have filtered on that junction, tbh. The cyclist hadn’t done anything wrong, filtering is perfectly OK, but there are so many dickish drivers on the road if you put your bike in that position in front of them will be seething inside. I don’t really see any advantage in squeezing between those cars in that situation.
I think it’s often a matter
I think it’s often a matter of what your intentions after the filter as we’ve seen in recent close pass videos. I think that filter was fine but I rarely filter if you’re only talking the odd car and you shouldn’t filter down the left to go straight on of there’s a left turn option (in my opinion as opposed to law)…
MGIF, didn’t save a single
MGIF, didn’t save a single second and put himself at more risk of conflict by loads.
Filtering is fine but not in this instance, it serves no purpose whatsoever except to increase danger, we all need to have a long hard look at what we are doing and think is that how we want others to behave. What if I cycle up from behind and position myself in front of the guy here, you know so I can get ahead for safety reasons? Yeah, total BS.
Agree with the others. It
Agree with the others. It gains you nothing here and makes you a target of the car drivers ire. Would this pass transpired if they hadn’t squeezed between two cars and sat plumb in front? Debatable.