Monday 24 September 2007

London Freewheel

I've always been into cycling, so with that in mind I pushed past the yoyo, pogo stick, and parasail to get my bike out the cupboard and did the London Freewheel yesterday.

Basically the roads in Central London were closed to cars etc so cyclists had the rule of the road. The sight of thousands of cyclists pedalling round Westminster was something to behold but it didn't detract from the fact that it was full of knobheads.

The party line for cyclists in London seems to be 'Four (or more) wheels BAD, Two wheels good'. What this fails to take into account is that 99% of committed cyclists are tits of the highest order. Looking at the assembled scruffbag, trustfund eco-warriors, the tech-sandalled geography teachers and commuter bike-riding River Cottage types I longed for a bendy bus to take someone out...particularly the Highbury Fields resident calling for her hideous offspring "Oscar...Oscar darling!"

The final insult was the group stopping to chat to Boris Johnson. As far as I can tell, you can be as much of an incompetent, right wing shitehawk as you want - as long as you ride a bike your sins are forgiven. Chairman Mao likes a cycle - ok some of his ideas are a bit rum, but he wouldn't subject us to the number 73 on our way back to Stokey would he eh?!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Jim met you at Freewheel. Cool blog.

so many FITTUNS at the bike meet, perfect for all Ye Olde Saddle Sniffers (like us!!!)

Ride on. See you at London to Brighton

Toby