Pure Savage

One of the guys we ride with was run over on his bike this morning by a car, while in the yellow lane. Driver drove off. But yes, tell us again about cyclists taking photos and the one time they jumped a red light. He is ok enough to reply to whatsapps just shaken.

I bet it was a cyclists fault somewhere the cars were going so slow.

Yesterday I was riding along Kalk Bay main road, then up Lakeside main road and then near the schools in Southern Suburbs. The cars were all going like 10km/h!!! The roads are so narrow, I had to wait till it was safe to pass!!! I had coffee to order and reels to make, what can we do about these inconsiderate drivers, polluting the roads and driving so slowly?

Yes, they are part of the traffic. Same as if you get stuck behind a horse box or a truck. Deep breathe, what is the rush?

I think its cause we took a photo of us riding on an empty chapmans peak that caused the Taxi to run over the 2 pedestrians and then the traffic island and lights.

Some of the worst street design in Cape Town. Good luck and God speed to those that ride in those bike lanes. That intersection is also very tricky for cars, the robots have been replaced since the new intersection 4 times after a weekend driver has wrapped their car around it.

I have been run over by 2 drivers on their phones while commuting to work and been clipped by a driver who was over taking another car on a blind corner and had a car wing mirror clip me when it realised there was another car coming. So I have have come close to death while sitting single file on my own. I have had no such issues while riding in large groups. Sorry, just a little worked up. Thank you for passing vulnerable road users safely.

Just wish sometimes they would just say, yeah, I cheated, I used this, I was getting old. This is where I bought my stuff from, I hope this puts people off doping in future. Please ride my fondo.

Cars that pass the closest have a stay wider of the rider sticker on the back!

Yes, if you dont "own the road" you get run over and die here in Cape Town. Obviously when it is safe to do so we move over, but when a car approaches a cyclist they dont think, is it safe to over take on this blind corner and they just carry on. When a car comes around that blind corner, they do not slow down or brake, they just move into the cyclist. If cars treated all cyclists like the other road users they are, we would not have to take the lane.

Cyclists should not be on the roads at call and should just Zwift, then drivers dont have to think about anyone else. Cant kill someone that is not there.

You get run over and die.

My view is a cyclist action makes no difference to drivers. Haven been hit by cars when obeying the law and doing nothing wrong I chose not to die, if this means taking the lane so drivers have to use their brains so be it. Thoughts and prayers for the drivers having to actually follow the rules.

So sick of this ****. This is the problem. What entitlement is there with drivers and free flowing traffic?? Are you serious, when you sit in traffic in your car and not free flowing, you dont ram the car in front of you! A cyclist is part of the traffic, if you cannot pass safely, then you dont pass. This right here is the root of the problem of terrible drivers. I hope you drive better than this, as this is poor. Cyclists dont need educating, riding along a road, the d1ck in a car does not want to be slowed down so will pass when illegal to do so, then stop with the other plonkers in cars 100m ahead while the cyclists breeze past. Do better

I think its going to be amazing that through all this mess the DC would have gone ahead every year!! LEKKER!!!

This guy

Wait, If they driving a fortuner I would suggest them using this one, bigger strokes.

Ok, that made me laugh. I was telling her officer to go home and use the shake weight, promise.

Some good news, after 3 weeks of riding almost every day, the bike rack at Kittels school is now full (Not very big) and the 4 year olds play school now has 3 other kids either riding in/being ridden in my parents. Maybe its a slow change. Things that help is that a lot of the curbs have been dropped to help with bikes not having to dismount, the robots change really quickly for cyclists.

While riding to school having a fortuner try and pass me and the two boys while waiting behind a car at a stop street, I have to now explain to my kids what a W anchor is...

Was this not the Val de Vie Race? I ended up parking my car on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere and riding the last 6km to make the start.

They are not cyclists yet, they are in a car. You saw drivers in the right hand lane...

I am still here

Agreed, the new place crosses a lot less major roads so is a lot safer. But I see people pulling out of their garage in Friday, then arriving at the school 3 minutes after us.

That was the one I was talking about.