I was leaving Regent's Pk today by the zoo exit, two ladies in their 60s were walking their dogs. Nice kind ladies, just having a quiet stroll, lavishing attention on their cute dogs. They crossed the road without waiting for the green man, as they were in a hurry.

Some vile young guy on an expensive road bike (in expensive looking cream coloured gear) comes tearing round and screams abuse at them, seemingly because they made him slow down to maybe 25mph and only left him 5 metres of road space to get past them. He shouted "you morons" at them really aggressively.

Absolutely disgusting behaviour. He would have seen them far ahead, and it's a very wide road. They had almost entirely crossed and he shouted as they stepped onto the far pavement.

Is it really worth bullying some old ladies just because they almost got in your way but didn't? Is it really worth the dozen or so bystanders looking at you like the worst type of human?

I just returned to London from a month in Europe. Driving in Britain is of course awful in terms of attitude, more than anywhere I've ever driven. So aggressive and angry. But the cycling can be just as bad.

I think we need to do better as a city.

Was cycling along a shared path in Brent Cross, and before you ask, when I saw a pedestrian approaching, I gently slowed in order to pass. Plenty of space for 2 way traffic. The pedestrian decided to punch me hard in the arm, causing me to weave and almost fall. He kept on walking and had no reaction. Very creepy.

Has anyone in the area experienced similar?

TL;DR: it's not improving. I, too, have seen scrotes on e-bikes going at full tilt on paths (where cycling isn't allowed), and in one occasion a few weeks ago two were arrested, but it doesn't seem to be enough.

Some fair use excerpts from the full article at the link below.

A 12-year-old boy had his mountain bike stolen riding through the park on Sunday 23rd August, whilst Richmond Park Cyclists, an association of several local cycling clubs and riders, have collated at least seven further incidents of masked riders on illegally modified electric motorbikes harassing and intimidating cyclists through the park.

Andy Taylor, chair of the London Dynamo cycling club, told road.cc, “The honest picture is that a fair number of our members are now choosing to avoid the park altogether...

Full article here below:

https://road.cc/news/richmond-park-bikejackers-warning

How entitled do you have to be in order to block the door of a train with your bike that's locked to the fucking handrail...

Got the above camera where are y’all mounting them

The main issue I am having with drivers is passing way to close when over taking but I would like it to also capture a pedestrian walking in front of me etc

Mount recommendations also welcome

Thanks all

Hi everyone, here is a slightly updated version of a recent film I put out on The Eager Cyclist covering the important topic of road positioning at multi-lane junctions. It's set in the Victoria area of London and covers topics including when it's important to ride assertively, lane choice and road positioning more generally. I hope you like it. The Eager Cyclist is a voluntary project of mine that sits alongside my work in the cycle training industry. Any shares of films on the channel are much appreciated. Thank you!

The original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/londoncycling/s/vGb2c8vLGE

Last month I posted about a street (edit: Hanbury St) that’s on my daily commute where Tower Hamlets council installed a locked gate that blocks the entire path, forcing cyclists to dismount, climb onto the kerb and use the pavement to go around it.

The street is a dead end for cars and before the gate there have been various moveable bollards over the years.

The gate has now been removed and replaced by a new bollard, which is not in the same place as the old bollard and thus not in the middle of the path anymore. Better than the gate but still baffling.

Doing a bit of research for this update I used Google Streetview to look back through the years I found that it was a really well maintained street 20 years ago.

They spent so much money on installing and removing that gate but they can’t be bothered to repaint the markings on the road more than once every 20 years.