We're hard, but he's a cycle-path

Apologies for starting the post with the end of a bad joke, but cycle-path is definitely the word to describe 80% of cyclists in London. I walked to King's Cross from work this afternoon, and noticed that cyclists in the capital don't follow the Green Cross code, but maybe the Red Cross code, also known as 'How to get killed using just a bicycle.'

I remember a bit of a hoo-ha in the press last year when good old David Cameron donned his best bicycle clips (swoon) and went on a bike tour around London - only to go through about 87 red lights and cycle the wrong way down a one way street (tip for Dave - clue's in the name.) We can only wish that his gaff wasn't representative of most of the cyclist in C. London, but it is.

Chapter one of 'How to get killed using just a bicycle' was demonstrated to me by a guy I saw today. I can only assume it's chapter one, because it seems that what he did was the most obvious way to get yourself a meeting with St Peter.

1. Find a busy central London junction with traffic lights.
2. Cycle down the wrong side of the road to overtake those vehicles who stop at red lights.
3. Forget what red light means, or indeed block out the traffic lights altogether. Red lights are for losers, right?
4. Still on the wrong side of the road, cycle into the junction in front of a double decker bus to make a right hand turn.
5. Lay back, knee in armpit, and hope that you come back as a ghost so you can appear on 'Most Haunted' with Yvette Fielding.

I just can't help feeling there might be easier ways to connect with her. Maybe she's on twitter or something?

Now I don't want to end on a sour note, so here's David Cameron in his cycle gear. Hubba. Hubba. No need to thank me.