I see cyclists are getting outraged because a cyclist who knowingly rode an unsafe

[barrybueno]

Whilst the bloke is clearly an utter tosser, I will say that I've never used the front brake on a bike to actually brake, that's just bloody dangerous!! Front brake is to be used for pulling endos and that's it

Endos You've instantly taken me back 35 years there, thank you.

PS. I wonce did over 100 hopbacks btw

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

Well it does seem to be plural, but this rather nauseating piece of special pleading is what really aroused my ire.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...driving-charge

Shirley a rear brake would be more preferable? Going over the handlebars when abruptly braking using only the front brake might sound like an adrenalin rush for some but it cannot possibly be pleasant....

[redgunamo]

Shirley a rear brake would be more preferable? Going over the handlebars when abruptly braking using only the front brake might sound like an adrenalin rush for some but it cannot possibly be pleasant....

Possibly, but it can't be easy to make that argument after you've failed to stop, in any case, and smashed someone's head in, killing them.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I believe the judge has already noted the little ****'s total absence of any remorse b. His way of letting him now he'll get the 'best' tariff available for the crime of which he has been found guilty.

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

Possibly, but it can't be easy to make that argument after you've failed to stop, in any case, and smashed someone's head in, killing them.

That wasn't my point.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

It is astonishing that the ******* wasn't done for manslaughter at the very least. It is not a drviing offence, it is a life-taking offence.

[Pokster]

It is astonishing that the ******* wasn't done for manslaughter at the very least. It is not a drviing offence, it is a life-taking offence.

:sigh: he was charged with manslaughter but found not guilty

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Quite. So he wasn't done for it. Astonishing.

[PSRB]

Quite. So he wasn't done for it. Astonishing.

The jury clearly decided he wasn't guilty based on the evidence they saw

[Pokster]

Quite. So he wasn't done for it. Astonishing.

Hard to prove that him not having a front brake constitutes an act that was likely to cause death