It’s a thoroughly miserable day out there, and we thought we’d pay tribute to those poor cyclists who got caught in the torrential rain.
Here’s a series of photos showing drenched two-wheelers pedalling – or scooting – along Coldharbour Lane in Brixton this afternoon.
By coincidence, we captured this moment of white/black symmetry.
We noticed a mix of regular bikes, electric bikes and a couple of scooters.
About half the cyclists we saw had elected to wear helmets.
A Deliveroo rider heads off with his haul of food.
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At night I see a significant number of cyclists (30%+) and scooters (80%+) riding about with no lights on putting themselves at danger of being run over – many are delivery riders too who you would have though would have had to present a road worthy bicycle to their employers as part of the contract of employment.
Looks like they are all in need of the old fashioned cycle cape. I used to wear one of those, not only kept me dry but as it was bright yellow it meant I could be seen.