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Posted: 21:33 - 16 May 2018 Post subject: What a TIT!! |
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I follow this guy on YouTube, seems to know his stuff but you still get TIT's on the road.
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Posted: 22:15 - 16 May 2018 Post subject: |
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Lets not forget this is someone -- despite all his experience abroad, and on dirt -- that rides at peds in London on the same commute route despite knowing where the hotspots are for slow people crossing, and or where peds aren't expecting bikes to be riding at them (the one where he turns right into a street with only a short space between either pavement, for example). Sure, from what I can gather, it would get exhausting eventually but half the time is it really called for?
Either way, though, fasting has begun and so expect to die because people are taking to the roads having not eaten or drank all day long. ____________________ The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ |
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Posted: 22:35 - 16 May 2018 Post subject: |
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TBF his videos of central London are fairly typical, they cross first and look later (or not at all). It's the same around Canary Wharf, does having money mean you can't get run-over? |
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Rogerborg nimbA
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Posted: 08:43 - 17 May 2018 Post subject: |
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tl;dw version - thinks only he can initiate a lane share. Live by the filter, die by the filter.
NJD wrote: | that rides at peds in London on the same commute route despite knowing where the hotspots are for slow people crossing |
How would he make progress any other way? Even in Glasgow Toon, I have to go through a few junctions on the rev limiter to part the zombie herd.
NJD wrote: | Either way, though, fasting has begun and so expect to die because people are taking to the roads having not eaten or drank all day long. |
Don't put yourself within ramavan distance of any minicab for the next month, for sure. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Posted: 07:54 - 18 May 2018 Post subject: |
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I have never liked RJ's 'channel' I think he copies BVG who is watchable for a bit and appears to have a modicum of intelligence. And possibly a sensitivity to what irks.
But all vlogging is a symptom of narssisim to one degree or another.
MCN for clinical psychologist @ BCF.com
ps We're flying from Kazakhstan to Bangkok today.
Kz is predominantly Muslim (with some chicken bones thrown in just for the sake of karma.).
When I realised it was the month of Ramavan the 1st thought was our driver will have been fasting all day.
But in mitigation, we don't leave until 18:20 and taking-off is relatively simple. He'll have gorged himself in-flight, after sundown, so the difficult bit of landing should be do-able. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.
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Posted: 08:58 - 18 May 2018 Post subject: |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | I just don't get why a million people want to watch some twit filtering through London. |
I just don't get why a million people want to try not filtering through London.
There's a certain horrified fascination in seeing how awful the traffic and especially the pedestrians are there.
MCN wrote: | A Hamilton Accy tried to 'lane share' with me at an M6 service station. Pushing into ones personal space is common. It is just carried over to the highways of UK. |
Would you say his driving was... Islama-bad?
Thank you, thank, you, I'll be here all week, and most nights, and mornings, and weekends, always, always here. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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MCN wrote: | You make the lay person's common mistake of lumping those who show one symptom of a psychotic personality disorder with full blown psychopaths.
We do all show a few symptoms but not so much that it is a problem for society.
Grandstanding or grandiosity is a high scorer on the psycho-profile.
Only a very few us are actively showboating. Which does not mean we are all narcissistic.
MCN for Forum Psychiatrist. |
I'm in agreement. I don't think it is necessarily an issue, it's just a fundamental part of the way most humans work. Which is not to say that some of the manifestations don't irritate the hell out of me.
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And posting on forums.
Anyone who disagrees, don't respond. |
Posting on forums is a particularly egregious example, literal psychopaths that lot. First against the wall etc etc ____________________ I tell you what, mathematically, I'm having it |
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Posted: 21:34 - 18 May 2018 Post subject: |
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[rated above (MCN & Rog) comments as needed per responses].
kramdra wrote: | his road position on the roundabout is shit.. plenty of space for the car. |
Agree.
1) Upon approach veers all the way from the middle lane onto, and over, the white line that divides lanes 1 & 2.
If I was on the bike in lane one I'd slow down and wonder what he's doing and, theoretically, if I was in a car I'd be forced to slow down.
Poor show on bend control, IMO.
2) Takes a central line across roundabout that makes me wonder if the white car turning right (or straight on, since we don't see where it went) had to slow down and then veers back towards lane one; also distracted by his mirror (most probably the car) while on the roundabout.
Pausing the footage when they're side by side the drivers looking straight ahead. I'd say the cager got caught out when RJ wondered back across. No shoulder check and no look into the approaching junction on the roundabout to see if anything was coming (not needed all the time, mind, but would have made spotting car on the inside a little easier).
I've got my Cat' A - Module 2 approaching of which I've only had half a days training for (the other half being Module 1 training with a handful of other people) but one thing the instructor emphasised was lane domination of which wouldn't have gone amiss here.
Saying that, though, I'm still attempting to wrap my head around the advice when going from a major to a minor road: O[bservation: mirror check], S[ignal], M[anoeuvre] by which point I'm moving from the centre of the lane over to the kerb side like a cyclist ready to turn into the sideroad. The intention being, I was told, that a car behind wouldn't rear end you.
I'll do it, mind, much like I'll do a shoulder check every time I pull away from a non roundabout, or junction, dead stop but I don't entirely agree with all the advice I was given.
Slightly off topic, mind, but I did appreciate the advice of leaning the head the opposite way to the bend that you're taking. ____________________ The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ |
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Posted: 22:11 - 18 May 2018 Post subject: |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | .. |
Rated interesting because reminds me that I used to toy with straight lining roundabouts on the Arrow, most probably after undergoing training back when I was doing my A2.
Saying that, though, I did take a corner on that half a day of training with a "racing" line (wide entry, cut into corner and then wide out). I didn't realise I'd done it, mind, but got told of by the instructor, in a way, for doing it because, despite the fact I'd done it in a safe manor, it was to "above" the level in which the test requires and actually would have given the examiner a reason to say I was too close to oncoming cars (round the bend in the opposite direction) if one would have been there.
In summary if, and once, I pass my Module two I'm just going to crack on doing whatever gets me from A-to-B in a way I'm happy with and learn according to the new roads I ride.
Each level of training, I feel, conflicts with each other. Why would I want to sit in the middle of the road for every bend, for example. ____________________ The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ |
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Posted: 23:06 - 18 May 2018 Post subject: |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | Fwiw, I always aim to straight-line roundabouts. Firstly, I don't like tracking around in diesel trails (especially not when the bike's needing steering inputs). Secondly, the bike's obviously more stable when following a straighter line. Thirdly, with the proper obs, it's just easier, quicker and if done properly, actually better for everyone else (you've negotiated the roundabout and gone on your way before anyone else has sussed out you were even there).
Sure, there'll always be those who moan about your poor lane discipline etc. etc. - but that's often sour grapes because they're pissed off that their vehicle doesn't have the same amount of acceleration, manoeuvrability and aceness that yours does. |
I got criticised on my test for straight-lining roundabouts, so on the way back I took a roundabout properly, and nearly dropped the bike on all the crap that builds up on the inside cos no one uses it |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 22 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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