Must Get In Front (of the bike)

Adventures from the roads on my commute by bike in London.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

Cycling through Belgium and the Netherlands with the family this week.

Brussels airport has a bike service center just outside arrivals for tourists to build their bikes. Such a great welcome! They took our bike boxes to reuse for departing cyclists. Next stop: Antwerp 🇧🇪 🚲

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@richardparke15 @JebusOfGazareth @GBNEWS “Fastest ever Milan-Sanremo!”
“Superhuman speeds”
“Peak of cycling ability”
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Still only 28mph

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@JebusOfGazareth @FoobarSaunders @GBNEWS I invite you to come with me and show me how close you can get to race speeds of a pro cyclist. I’d then like to see how long you could maintain it for.

As someone who rides 10h+ a week and couldn’t even dream of hitting pro speeds, I’m excited to see what you can do.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@MS2513479406 @itsolelehmann it tracks the logo of the ball... 'unaltered ball'
https://t.co/wF5vc2Z7Qz

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@OliveOilx666 Ah yeah, they’ll probably tell me that I absolutely must drive my kids to school for their health and wellbeing…

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

Just look at this DANGEROUS & RECKLESS CYCLIST. They clearly haven’t paid road tax, nor passed any test - and has absolutely no registration plate or speedo…

He did have a massive grin on his face, though. First go on the road, and was very proud!

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @HolywoodCyclist @SaferRoadsYorks @Bikery1966 @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike You hit your brakes at every junction you approach? That's shitty driving/riding, and crying out to be rear-ended...

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @HolywoodCyclist @SaferRoadsYorks @Bikery1966 @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike Why wasn’t the truck able to stop? They managed to do so in the middle of the road, surely they could have done so earlier?

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @SaferRoadsYorks @HolywoodCyclist @Bikery1966 @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike The truck clearly drove into the path of the cyclists? Or am I missing something?

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @SaferRoadsYorks @HolywoodCyclist @Bikery1966 @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike What’s that got to do with you not understanding speed limits outside of your own country?

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @SaferRoadsYorks @HolywoodCyclist @Bikery1966 @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike Just curious why, if you don’t care about something so much, that you decided to spend time ranting about it and tagging a load of people in it. And more so, that you didn’t bother understanding what you were ranting about.

Bit odd, no?

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @SaferRoadsYorks @HolywoodCyclist @Bikery1966 @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike You cared enough to randomly tag me in your original (wrong) statement, though… 🤷‍♂️

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @SaferRoadsYorks @HolywoodCyclist @Bikery1966 @2wheelsgoodBrum @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike I very clearly wrote ‘Most of the rest of the UK’ (alluding to England & Wales). Not once did I say ‘all of the UK’ as I’m well-aware NI is still at 40mph.

It was a national policy change.

https://t.co/OSQN7htmdy

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@RealityGuru__ @SaferRoadsYorks @HolywoodCyclist @Bikery1966 @2wheelsgoodBrum @roadcc @let_part @chaponabike You ever stepped outside of Scotland? It’s been that way in most of the rest of the UK for over 10 years…

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@SaferRoadsYorks @harryrose28 @BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @rakeau @grok @RealityGuru__ Careful, Harry doesn’t like it when people mock him or his family…

[Harry Rose @harryrose28]

@virginiaexpat @1974PJM That’s not double standards. Where have I called someone a cunt. Where have I mocked disabilities? Where have I called you a retard? You are mocking me and my family. You’ve won. Congratulations.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@harryrose28 @BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks @rakeau @grok @RealityGuru__ You seem completely fine to wade into a discussion about vehicle tax with irrelevant playground comments like this (again), but find yourself getting upset if anyone does so to you. I don’t mind if you disagree with me but at least be consistent with your values.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@harryrose28 @BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks @rakeau @grok @RealityGuru__ Once again, not once did I mock him or his family in the way that you keep on doing. I called out his bike light that was pointing at the ground, sure, and definitely disagreed with him on many counts,as he did with me. But we kept it about that without the need for insults.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@harryrose28 @BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks @rakeau @grok Where did I (like you) sling out any personal jibes? You often call others out for this but seem very happy to do so yourself.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@harryrose28 @BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks @rakeau @grok Harry, you’ve chirped up today out of nowhere calling into question my parenting (once again, even after sending an apology for the previous time).

How should I react to you? I calmly asked you to reconsider the insults. Should I have retaliated?

You seem hypocritical, again.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@harryrose28 @BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks @rakeau @grok It was your assumption, not mine. Maybe do less speculation?

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@harryrose28 @BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks @rakeau @grok And Harry, I thought we were past this whole personal insult thing? No need to go there, at all, yet you seem to keep defaulting to it.

[Harry Rose @harryrose28]

@MGIFOTB @RonnieRob10 @chris_mcsweeny Ahh I see. Well I will put my hand up and apologise to you then.

[Must Get In Front (of the bike) @MGIFOTB]

@BanTooRGOD @ARuckley18246 @FietserGlasgow @Bikery1966 @SaferRoadsYorks @rakeau @grok Thanks for checking in 👍🏻