Cyclist abuses woman after he rode two abreast.

[nickyboy]

I assume you mean where the cyclists actually block the road so there is no room for a car to pass? I agree there as Id rather not have an impatient driver behind me.

On the other hand, as long as there is room for a car to pass, I'm not going to single file for every car that wants to pass.

Yes that's what I meant. I ride on a lot of relatively minor roads...Bs and unclassifieds so riding two abreast can make overtaking either difficult or impossible. We always single out when a car comes up behind; costs us nothing. If the road's particularly narrow it can be difficult to overtake even in single file. I'll ride as close to the edge as I can and wave them through if that happens

My attitude is if I can help keep everyone calm and friendly on the roads that can only benefit other road users, not just myself

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I'm quite impressed by how he seemingly managed to ride two abreast all by himself.

I knew this photo would come in handy one day...

 

[winjim]

I'll seat here waiting for the usual suspects to start with their "oh, but it says should so it's not really a rule" entitled crap

Hang on, you're saying that a motorist who has had to pass two tests and hold a licence can't be expected to know how to use her horn properly, but that cyclists have to strictly obey all the 'shoulds' in the highway code?

 

[CH99]

I said in another post that it does look a bit suspicious so keep quiet, ok?

So far it's only speculation and probably we'll never know the whole story but based on the limited recordings we've got, we can't say he's not at fault.

Any chance you recently got a woman pregnant in the Cleethorpes area?

 

[Solocle]

I knew this photo would come in handy one day...

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One of me doing the same...

 

[CXRAndy]

One of me doing the same...
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That's a better position, safer.


And if a driver pisses you off, let bike drop into their path 😁

 

[figbat]

That's a better position, safer.


And if a driver pisses you off, let bike drop into their path 😁

Funny, I immediately thought the other picture was better practice. In the horse world it's equivalent to what's known as "ride and lead" and when one does so one rides the offside animal and leads the unmounted beast on your left. This means that the horse under better control is the one in the road more.

 

[Profpointy]

I knew this photo would come in handy one day...

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That's really irresponsible - he should be riding in single file shouldn't he ?

 

[Milkfloat]

That's really irresponsible - he should be riding in single file shouldn't he ?

With or without a wheelie?

 

[winjim]

That's really irresponsible - he should be riding in single file shouldn't he ?

The circle is complete.

 

[Drago]

Oh, he's been outed and named in the gutter press. It seems he's not a bad man, apparently.

It also seems that the female driver is attributing damage to parts of her car to this chap that he never actually went near, so in addition to using the horn as a device for expressing frustration she's a fibber.

 

[winjim]

I just got round to watching the video. Is that it? I mean it's a bit sweary but given that I consider that sounding the horn is an act of aggression, I can't see anything that I think is disproportionate. OK he probably should have left it but so should she. Maybe I've missed a bit but I can't see that he's said anything which isn't basically true.

 

[Solocle]

That's a better position, safer.


And if a driver pisses you off, let bike drop into their path 😁

To be honest, I might have been better on the other side, I only had a really cruddy back brake to use that way (although I wasn't going fast)! Then again, I'm left handed, so it was easier to control the bike that way around, especially given a couple of hills

The red car actually annoyed me a bit by overtaking, before stopping behind the camera car, which was waiting for me (hence me having the footage). Cutting into my extended braking distance, so I just rolled past them, to an exclamation of "no f****g way mate!

 

[Will Spin]

It's a shame when something like this happens, it really gives pregnant women a bad name.

 

[froze]

But he rode two abreast, hmmm....