Tales from today's commute....

[Beebo]

I agree that it was grim today, the traffic is so much worse in the dark wet mornings. I very nearly lost the front wheel on a hidden manhole which was covered by leaves.

On the way home last night some fat nobber sitting in the passenger seat of a clapped out mondeo called me a f***ing c*** just because I overtook him in slow moving traffic. Some people are beyond salvation!.

 

[GrasB]

My commute this morning? Wet, (head) windy and hard work - just hoping that the wind doesn't decide to do a 180 and that the rain holds off this evening. To be fair though it was an enjoyable ride in and the look on my colleagues' faces when i arrived on the bike was great.

This is what I miss with getting in so early, the look on people faces.

I rode in on my fixed gear today, the Ultremo Aqua did a stellar job of keeping the bike on the straight & narrow. The the only annoying thing is they pick up so much water & throw it really far backwards compared to Duranos & Ultremos, meaning my feet & ankles get covered in mud & grit.

 

[MisterStan]

some fat nobber sitting in the passenger seat of a clapped out mondeo called me a f***ing c*** !.

I hope you gave him a cheery wave!

 

[Davidsw8]

First day back cycling in 10 days as I've had a chest infection. So, of course I choose the first day in ages that it's raining!!

And, almost got knocked off by some tw@t in an estate car overtaking me then turning left in front of me at a junction (I was in the middle wanting to go straight ahead).

Hope the journey home is easier... but there's a student protest taking place near part of my route in Westminster so maybe not.

 

[Harry_Palmer79]

Nice and dry today, not too windy either ... Set my fastest time in (reasonably lucky with the lights) and got a PR up the strava segment on University Avenue*, happy days!

* (Only 25th of 79 but I'm still pretty happy with the time and how much easier it feels now, compared to just a few weeks ago!)

 

[MisterStan]

My commute this morning? Wet, (head) windy and hard work - just hoping that the wind doesn't decide to do a 180 and that the rain holds off this evening. To be fair though it was an enjoyable ride in and the look on my colleagues' faces when i arrived on the bike was great.

Oh look at the wind direction change!

 

[martint235]

Broke my rear gear cable about 100 yards from work on the way home. Thankfully since joining CC I've learnt:

1. How to set the rear derailleur to just one cog.
2. How to keep the front mech properly maintained and smoothly shifting so at least I had two gears to get home!!

Now got to figure out how to fit a new gear cable or I may just stick it in the LBS.

Am slightly tempted to leave as is but 105 front shifter are notoriously fragile.

 

[Hip Priest]

I got the train in. Then I got the train home. It was rubbish.

 

[MisterStan]

Tough run home, windy AGAIN tomorrow

 

[ianrauk]

I got the train in. Then I got the train home. It was rubbish.

I feel your pain

 

[bicyclos]

It was only rain but was mild for the time of year. I have a heated room to dry my clothes and bike(spoilt). Only need a waterproof top as my longs, jacket and shoes dry by the time I am ready for coming home.

 

[DrLex]

Car failed to yield to me on a roundabout tonight. Luckily I was going slowly on the pub bike and he was starting from 0mph, so only a glancing blow to his driver's-side door by my pedal. On the basis he held his hand up in apology and I was still moving, I didn't bother stopping, leaving him with a dent & scratch and with a few microns of German paint on my pedal edge.

 

[rliu]

Confronted a bus driver today as he romped past me barely a metre away as I was still resting my foot on the kerb, and shouted something incomprehensible with the word 'farking' however very clear. I followed him to the depot as I realised there was one very close by. He slyly said he was moaning at someone on the left hand lane, when I'm quite sure there were no other cars in the vicinity. Decided to leave it and not waste any time on this moron, as he basically gave away the fact he was trying to intimidate me as when another bus pulled up nearby when I was speaking to him, he smugly told me 'mind your back', as if proud of the fact that buses are multi-tonne hunks of metal and I'm just on a bike. Also when I asked him if he was sure he wasn't abusing me he again smugly said 'if I was aiming that at you I would tell ya', again with a smug look on his face that implied he would relish being able to confront me further if not for the fact we are in a depot and he may get repoted to a manager/spotted.

 

[Andrew_P]

It was windy, side windy. That is all you need to know, well apart from it being 'king hard work.

 

[sabian92]

I drove to college (for the first time!) and got the bus home. Sat next to a old man who STUNK of weed.

Grim.