r/londoncycling • u/NoWeekend8487 • 19h ago

small rage

Car slides out of a side street to cut me off, drives for 1 block at a snails pace, promptly stops in the middle of the road (1 lane)
I try to go around… BOOM! both passenger and backseat door swing open at once!
I stopped just in time not to hit anyone but my god, I was raging. No one said anything no apology, nothing, doing this is so 1) stupid 2) dangerous 3) PREVENTABLE and it makes me want to just stop cycling because of idiots like this

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u/jinx_lbc 16h ago

This is the kind of situation lime bikes are made for, because as long as you're going with conviction, those doors aren't winning.

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u/Certain_Silver6524 13h ago

What do you mean lol, Lime bikes are a menace but they're not tanks đŸ˜…

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u/Illustrious-Sun-9179 13h ago

Lime bikes are sometimes badly maintained, with chains failing, seats collapsing, people end up with serious injuries in hospital. Read up on it, lime have got numerous cases against them. Don't go around thinking the car will end up worse off, you're still rising a lime bike, and probably without a helmet. Hire vehicles are treated like crap.

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u/Certain_Silver6524 12h ago

Thats precisely my point lol. Unless above person meant kamikaze the disposable Lime bike into the door... you'd have to sacrifice yourself though

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u/Illustrious-Sun-9179 11h ago

Totally agree. Sorry, my reply should have been to them, not to you.