Foggy Ride

Tinnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
excellent as always ,, wonderful video ( love ya ) =8^)

The poor cycling skills displayed in this video made it so disturbing to watch that I had to stop after only three minutes. In that time I saw:

*Door zone riding. Suicidal! I was just waiting for a door to be flung open causing a lethal crash.

*Failure to exercise lane control. Every time I saw a car pass dangerously close because of the failure of the cyclist to take the lane, the muscles in my neck and back clenched.

Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous level of poor cycling skills.

I have shot a lot of video while riding. Both hand held and mounted. It is very hard to make judgements how close or not one is to the curb or cars by just viewing the video alone. The only way to check that is to demo what a metre width looks like in the video. Just putting the camera to one side of stem can make a world of difference.

I'm not quite sure why this thread has become a critique of Tino's cycling skills, but it seems like he could use some defense. I've driven bikes with Tino many times and can't say I've ever seen him do something stupid or unsafe on the bike.

As Darren said, it's hard to make judgments based on a video. But from what I saw I don't follow how someone can view this cycling as dangerous. In each case where the cyclist passes parked cars he is on the white line or left of it, well out of the way of the car doors, or at least as far out of the door zone as is tolerated by car drivers for a street like Bloor.

Regarding lights, almost all bike lights on the market (most of which are LED now) will barely illuminate the path in front of the cyclist but do provide a strong enough light, in my opinion, to oncoming motorists and cyclists. I don't think it would show up easily in a video.