It makes such a difference what time you cycle through the City of London in the morning.
When I leave at 730, it’s no problem at all. I can sail past the buses, there are hardly any other cyclists around, and pedestrians are at a minimum.
But if I leave at 745, hitting the City around 8, it’s a whole different story. The worst part is the additional cyclists. This morning I encountered two of the very slow kind – these are the cyclists that just started again this week because the sun came out. It is too narrow in the City to cycle really slowly, it’s just selfish.
Then there was a lady (I’m all for female cyclists, more of us please!) who stopped in the middle of a two lane road, just because she didn’t want to cycle past a bendy bus (a stationary bendy bus). I nearly crashed into the back of her, and the man behind me into the back of me. We nearly had a four bike pileup on Bishopsgate. All because she can’t cycle past parked vehicles.
I’d like to add, that it’s fine if you want to stop because yes, accidents do happen. But stop on the left hand side of the road, not in the middle.
On the whole though, it was a lovely ride. And it’s so nice that it’s light now in the mornings.
When I leave at 730, it’s no problem at all. I can sail past the buses, there are hardly any other cyclists around, and pedestrians are at a minimum.
But if I leave at 745, hitting the City around 8, it’s a whole different story. The worst part is the additional cyclists. This morning I encountered two of the very slow kind – these are the cyclists that just started again this week because the sun came out. It is too narrow in the City to cycle really slowly, it’s just selfish.
Then there was a lady (I’m all for female cyclists, more of us please!) who stopped in the middle of a two lane road, just because she didn’t want to cycle past a bendy bus (a stationary bendy bus). I nearly crashed into the back of her, and the man behind me into the back of me. We nearly had a four bike pileup on Bishopsgate. All because she can’t cycle past parked vehicles.
I’d like to add, that it’s fine if you want to stop because yes, accidents do happen. But stop on the left hand side of the road, not in the middle.
On the whole though, it was a lovely ride. And it’s so nice that it’s light now in the mornings.
PS I'd like to say I will still be writing about poker, I just want to write about other things too
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