Dangerous teen cyclist
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Well I have seen everything now. Just been to the shops and it's a dark night on the roads.
A young man cycles past on a busy road. Late teens, black jacket, black trousers, black baseball cap, no helmet. No lights at all. Sat bolt upright riding hands free with arms dangling down by his side. Wearing hefty over the ear headphones. I was only surprised that he wasn't on his phone.
I was on foot. I had half a mind to drag him off the road for his own safety.
A young man cycles past on a busy road. Late teens, black jacket, black trousers, black baseball cap, no helmet. No lights at all. Sat bolt upright riding hands free with arms dangling down by his side. Wearing hefty over the ear headphones. I was only surprised that he wasn't on his phone.
I was on foot. I had half a mind to drag him off the road for his own safety.
I feel sorry for the driver who hits him.
My other cycling favourite is the apparent trend for fitting a very expensive and powerful front light to a bike and then a rear light that makes a tea light seem bright. Riding in town your lights are much more useful for being seen than for seeing. Some people miss this.
My other cycling favourite is the apparent trend for fitting a very expensive and powerful front light to a bike and then a rear light that makes a tea light seem bright. Riding in town your lights are much more useful for being seen than for seeing. Some people miss this.
272BHP said:
Well I have seen everything now. Just been to the shops and it's a dark night on the roads.
A young man cycles past on a busy road. Late teens, black jacket, black trousers, black baseball cap, no helmet. No lights at all. Sat bolt upright riding hands free with arms dangling down by his side. Wearing hefty over the ear headphones. I was only surprised that he wasn't on his phone.
I was on foot. I had half a mind to drag him off the road for his own safety.
I have to witness the moronic nature of teens on bikes on almost a daily basis in theh City. On occasion they will wheelie down a dual carridge way two or three abreast with as you say headphones on, no helmets or lights. A young man cycles past on a busy road. Late teens, black jacket, black trousers, black baseball cap, no helmet. No lights at all. Sat bolt upright riding hands free with arms dangling down by his side. Wearing hefty over the ear headphones. I was only surprised that he wasn't on his phone.
I was on foot. I had half a mind to drag him off the road for his own safety.
I've only seen the dual carridgeway antics once, but there is a side road in a tunnel and for fun they will sometimes carry out the same trick whilst in the path of several cyclists. I have seen some heated conversations between said teens and shall we say some bigger cyclists.
Best to leave well alone.
Last time I advised a fine, upstanding young gentleman that he was near invisible to other road users, and in serious danger of being squashed by traffic on a NSL single carriageway rural road, the scrote in question called me a c
t and threatened to "carve me up".
Seemed to me that he might well be the type of person who you might meet in a dark alley to exchange currency for illicit narcotics, but he certainly didn't take kindly to being offered road safety advice.
He even chased me for a while. Him on his Sports Direct Special "full suspension mountain bike" complete with creaky chain, me on my fancy-schmansy carbon fibre road bike. Fair play to him, his sprint was convincing, but he had no stamina whatsoever...
Last time I advised a fine, upstanding young gentleman that he was near invisible to other road users, and in serious danger of being squashed by traffic on a NSL single carriageway rural road, the scrote in question called me a c
t and threatened to "carve me up". Seemed to me that he might well be the type of person who you might meet in a dark alley to exchange currency for illicit narcotics, but he certainly didn't take kindly to being offered road safety advice.
He even chased me for a while. Him on his Sports Direct Special "full suspension mountain bike" complete with creaky chain, me on my fancy-schmansy carbon fibre road bike. Fair play to him, his sprint was convincing, but he had no stamina whatsoever...
bakerstreet said:
I have to witness the moronic nature of teens on bikes on almost a daily basis in theh City. On occasion they will wheelie down a dual carridge way two or three abreast with as you say headphones on, no helmets or lights.
I've only seen the dual carridgeway antics once, but there is a side road in a tunnel and for fun they will sometimes carry out the same trick whilst in the path of several cyclists. I have seen some heated conversations between said teens and shall we say some bigger cyclists.
The ‘pulling a group wheelie’ thing is because it’s the ‘sick thing to do fam’. I was involved with a British Cycling ‘City Ride’ event last year. There were a couple of guys on MTB / Hybrid type bikes, popping some ‘sick wheelies’ periodically, along the course. I had no idea who they were. It turns out they were some Gold medal winning team GB BMXers. I only worked it out later in the day when they were signing autographs in the stand I was helping out on . So not only is it “sick” apparently it’s officially encouraged I've only seen the dual carridgeway antics once, but there is a side road in a tunnel and for fun they will sometimes carry out the same trick whilst in the path of several cyclists. I have seen some heated conversations between said teens and shall we say some bigger cyclists.
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