Comments on: Are All London Cyclists Total Assholes

By: R

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:31:07 +0000

The vast majority of cyclists in London are out of control. I had one of these idiots damage my car whilst it wasnt moving. Did he stop to give me his details or to apologise? NO. He just cycled off. But he is the same species of idiot who every day will expect drivers to get out the way, to avoid them when they go through red lights or when they cut infront of a car without signalling. The sooner cycles are registered and insured, the better.

By: William Wallace

William Wallace — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:06:28 +0000

John, I haven’t got problem with decent cyclists, but they seem to be few and far between nowadays. Every single day I’m dodging them when they are meant to be stopped and I’m crossing the road.

By: John Dogherty

John Dogherty — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:52:19 +0000

I have to agree with the general perception that at least half of all cyclists either do not know the rules or do not care. It would serve the cause better if you all stopped swearing, though. The same mindset that allows bad behaviour on the road/pavement is behind swearing. I have cycled 1000′s of miles, and driven 100,000′s of miles and agree that there is no need for any cyclist to behave the way so many of them do.

By: William Wallace

William Wallace — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:40:12 +0000

I have to agree, most cyclists are fucking idots! London isn’t a cycling city, as much as the Mayor tries to convince us…

By: Stoph

Stoph — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:59:16 +0000

I have lived in London my whole life, and have to drive in London for work, and I can tell you it is the stupidest place in the world to cycle. They hold up traffic, they cycle in chains so you can’t turn left, they cycle in your blind spot, they break the rules, they use the roads without paying tax or insurance. I had a cyclist bash into me and fuck up my car, who do I claim against? Nobody! They aren’t culpable; it’s disgusting! London has excellent transport links, nobody has any business on the roads on a bike… get a fucking bus or a tube! The only reason to be on the road is if you’re driving a cab or commercial vehicle. London is not Paris, Barcelona or Amsterdam, it is a stupid stupid place in which to cycle. Dangerous, narrow, windy busy streets with loads of people rushing… what a great place to cycle! Stop being so fucking tight and get an oyster card

By: admin

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:52:05 +0000

The bottom line it isn’t a small minority that break the law, you have got that all wrong. It is a very small minority that actually stick to the law. It doesn’t matter what there profession is they are still breaking the law and I class them as petty criminals in the same league as shop lifters and such like.

Lets be honest how often has anybody ever seen a cyclist patiently sat at lights waiting for them to change, give me a break. It happens but very rarely.

I witness many so called professionals every single day running red lights and nearly knocking down pedestrians, because they haven’t got any dam patience. They area easy to spot, they are usually always on those fold up bikes.

One thing I have noticed about cyclists is that they never make mistakes and they are never wrong.

The last thing I like to or want to see is cyclists getting killed, injured or attacked but I feel in many cases they are blatantly at fault.

I must admit I would love to see less cars on the road that would only be a good thing and a massive improvement.

I’m going to put a wee YouTube video together in the near future to prove my point regarding London cyclists….!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:30:05 +0000

Well I know for a fact that many of the cyclists deaths in London are not inexperienced cyclists they are in-fact experienced cyclists that have been killed by cars or more likely heavy goods vehicles. Also if you look at some of the professions of these cyclists they were layers, personal trainers and so on. Not exactly “assholes” and “louts”

You refer to cyclists as “assholes” but you will probably only find a small minority of them break the laws and cause any danger to anyone. So it is a bit hard to generalise everyone under that. The ones the brake the law are probably the ones you notice because they stand out more, where as you wouldn’t give a second glance to someone sat at the lights obeying the traffic signals.

Anyway, hopefully as time moves on there will be more sharing of the road rather than the current dominance by cars. For pedestrians this will be much better. For example in Oxford Circus the traffic is so loud you can barely have a conversation. If it was nothing but cyclists then the noise pollution would be far less and the living environment would be more pleasant.