Look, I know the weather’s got worse and you’re not enjoying it as much, and, to be honest you’re feeling like a bit of a hero for even being out on a bike in December, but none of this means you can forget the rules.
So, wrapped up in your over-the-top clothes that will leave you nowhere to go in February, and avoiding any eye contact with other riders please stop running red lights, jumping onto pavements and swapping to the wrong side of the road to blast through a zebra crossing on the other side of the bollards as an old lady crosses. Also stop trying to push in front of me at lights when you do deign to stop, leaving you sideways across the road in front of me when they change to green. It’s unhelpful.
I mean, honestly it’s not that bad yet and will inevitably get worse. I’m still riding in shorts and haven’t even broken out the winter gloves yet. There’s no excuse to be riding like that, and making us all look bad. As I’ve discussed before you only make the Daily Mail commenters right and you don’t want that do you?
When it gets really grim then let’s see if you’re still there riding in the mornings? I mean, even I can excuse missing a traffic signal in horizontal hail.
Thanks,
FMFT.
And now that’s over how about some light relief in the form of some BMX:
Dominic Colombini Destroy Bicycles from Colin Bugella on Vimeo.
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