I've had less incidents since the TDF & olympics but it's still bad.
Earlier this month one of my friends in the club had a car turn right directly in front of him (UK driving on the left) whilst he was doing nigh on 30mph, he went over the bonnet, did a somersault and ended on his feet, perfectly ok. The same cannot be said for his carbon orbea and it's electronic gears that although look fine no longer work
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As a motorist and a cyclist it has to be said that most car drivers are expecting cyclists to be going ~10mph. I've had the issue myself whilst driving that suddenly Mr road racer has crested a hill or got a move on and is now doing 25mph and my overtake has taken much longer than originally anticipated, I'm sure this catches drivers out a lot. I tend to at least stop pedalling when cars are going past and I give motorists signals, don't pass - palm held backwards move out into the road, pass - forward waving move in, large thank you's for considerate passes. Beating on peoples precious cars that are too close seems to be highly effective at getting them to move.
In the same way as a car driver I understand crossing a solid white line with just one wheel is officially an offence and you can be prosecuted for it. Now of course I use common sense & cross solid lines to pass cyclists, but this is mainly due to the fact that some civil servant moron has decided that virtually every road in Somerset should be double white lined.
Intrerestingly I never have any trouble on my MTB's on the road with 2ft wide handlebars, but on the road bike I feel like a 10,000 point target, anyone else find that?
I now have these on my bikes and helmets (12 in total I think) permanently, they are as good if not better than blackburn clicks (linked below) which I have three of. I tend to have my helmet lights going all the time, obviously in low light situations but also when the sun is low.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221044472396? ... 1497.l2649
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=55549
Ps) for anyone that has a rear blackburn click, there is a free warranty upgrade for the rear ones that now come with a seal as they don't like the wet.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=blackb ... 9,s:0,i:99