Some bus driving cunt
knocked me off my bike yesterday. Fortunately all I have to show for it is a sore arse where I hit the tarmac. He didn't stop, either. /seethes
(berk, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:34, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Did you chase after him
and keep a wingmirror as a souvenir?

Hope you're back on your bike though, never nice when you come off.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I drove today
as I have a rather tender bottom. I shall be cycling again tomorrow though - I canNOT be arsed with rush hour traffic. And believe me, if I had caught up with him I would have taken more than his fucking wingmirror. His details, for a start, so I could report the cunt.
(berk, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:38, Reply)

Ouch
sounds like your arse took a pounding
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:41, Reply)

There is no dignified reply to this...

(berk, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:43, Reply)

That's the thing
you've got to get used to rush hour traffic or it'll never get easier.

Force yourself back onto the bike. Is it London traffic? If so, that's a piece of piss and you've just to ride a bit more aggresively.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:47, Reply)

No, Birmingham
Now that term has started again, traffic will be appalling round the university (where I work) from now until easter, when it tails off again. Cycling is just quicker and easier all round, unless of course it snows again like it did last year. Cycling + snow + ice is a no go, really.
(berk, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:52, Reply)

Ah
I've had the inimitable pleasure of cycling in Birmingham too. What a place.

Cycling in snow is FUN, don't know what you're talking about :P
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 16:02, Reply)

What a wanker!
I must start cycling to work again, I've been very lazy of late.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:37, Reply)

did you bounce along like a skimming stone?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:43, Reply)

*officesmirk*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:44, Reply)

Pfft.
thanks, your sympathy is overwhelming!
(berk, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:47, Reply)

sorry
I'm just picturing it like when you pick up Mario and throw him and he bounces along on his bum.

You do have my sympathy though, I bet it was fucking terrifying. I'm so scared of cycling in the city, it's really dangerous and it seems to be the norm that people don't stop if they hit a cyclist. If I hit one I'd be consumed with guilt.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:49, Reply)

*gives sympathies*
Cycling in heavy traffic can be deadly, especially when some cunt in a merc decides to suddenly pull across without indicating or looking in his fucking mirrors.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:51, Reply)

He didn't look or indicate
and visibly jumped when I screamed 'watch out you fucking idiot' at him. Merc drivers are a bloody menace as well though - I presume you came afoul of one?
(berk, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 15:56, Reply)

Yeah, at the start of summer
I managed to brake and screach the bike sideways to stop from hitting him, but didn't manage to avoid dumping the bike on its side, falling with it as my legs got caught.
Hurt my pride more than my body.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 16:01, Reply)

Ouch :(
At least you were okay though. I consoled myself with that fact and a constant stream of invective on the way home.
(berk, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 16:14, Reply)