You know you're a cyclist when...

[Toks]

1. you politely ask a pedestrian whether you're heading in the right direction for Eastcote station. Pedestrian-bloke, exhales in that slightly disaproving 'rather-you-than-me-mate-kinda-of-way' and announces "...it'll take you 25-20mins if you're lucky". You follow his directions to the letter and get there in four mins flat and your speed doesn't even hit the twenties.

2. On your return journey a woman in a Nissan Micra broadsides you brilliantly and you lay in a crumpled heap with your head resting next to her cars' dislodged and smashed broken wing broken. Having checked the bike is ok you leave her visibly shaken, possibly needing some counciling support and repeating her "I'm so sorry I didn't see you" mantra for the fifteenth time

3. Your shoulder really hurts and you're contemplating going down to the cellar to get the turbo out for this weekends riding. No!!!!!!!

[Snoop Doug]

1 is very funny, 2 and 3 not. Hope you are OK dude and hope the woman is on the way to specsavers via the police station to hand herself in

[Toks]

thanks Snoop. I'm just another Bloody cyclist, what dò I expect? I'm serously thinking about getting one of those luminous green cycling tops I so Despise!

[Andrew G]

Bad luck Toks although to be honest I think the main problem is not you not wearing a luminous top and the fact that if someone "doesn't see you" they're never going to. Some folk just look for cars on the road and look straight through you, I've had to brake hard from time to time on my commute when I'd swear I had eye contact with the driver but they must have just been gazing straight through me.
[quote="Toks"]3. Your shoulder really hurts and you're contemplating going down to the cellar to get the turbo out

[Andrew G]

Try this Toks...
[url]http://vimeo.com/711624[/url]

[Marcus]

Toks, you should know by now this is not a successful way to pick up woman

Hope you aren't to busted up

[Toks]

[quote="Marcus"]Toks, you should know by now this is not a successful way to pick up woman

Hope you aren't to busted up

[Brian Nolan]

all sounds a bit painful Toks - hope your feeling a bit more comfortable now... Get a claim in - must be time for some new wheels / chainset ?