Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

A lovely mornings commute. Sunny, warm and very little wind. Traffic was relatively light too which made for nice and fast progress.
The only sour note was another cyclist jumping lights repeatedly and using the pavement to jump a junction. I lost count the amount of times I overtook him again on the road. He was wearing a shirt with the moniker 'Linklaters'. Having looked up what 'Linklaters' is/are.. I see that it's a law firm. Quite ironic really. You sir, are a poor cyclist.

Anyway.. as I said, it's a lovely day.. and for today I think I will just stare out of my office daydreaming, watching the boats go up and down the Thames.

 

[Origamist]

Lovely commuting conditions - 13C and gentle tailwind. Bike feeling smooth after new tyres and a freshly oiled chain.

Looking forward to the ride home, but am on the look out for horse flies after getting bitten on Saturday!

 

[fossyant]

Warm but overcast. Much better than Friday's drowning.

One idiot. Turning left from the lights I could hear the car behind trying to go for the overtake, so I moved out, but he still came past and nearly clipped me. Shouted at him and waved my arm.

The traffic was light so didn't expect to see him again, but two miles later, there he was as I rolled up behind him. He was looking a bit shifty. Traffic lights went to red but he jumped them.

Scaredy cat.

 

[summerdays]

That was hot and I think I've caught the sun. I also think it must have been national use your phone illegally day, as I lost count of how many I kept seeing, including the one behind me at the lights I made big gesticulations to put the phone down.

 

[Simontm]

Hot, hot, hot. And we've still got Wednesday to come. Quite impressed with the amount of cyclists that have popped up with the weather - let's see if they're around come the rain on Thursday
Saw one bloke, no kidding, cycling in a soft shell, how hot must he have been?
Numpty count: 0

 

[summerdays]

Yep the guy in the yellow shower cap was wearing it tonight ... I hate to think how hot it is inside it!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Scalped a paper boy this morning . Glorious weather tonight, wind light enough to hide some of the heat yet not enough to have to work hard.

 

[Tomtrumps]

Uneventful ride in this morning until I got to the corner of Deptford Church Street and Creek Road and the fella in front of me ploughed straight into the back of a stationary car trying to get in the right hand lane. A very loud thud, a couple of dents in the back of the car, a confused driver who wasn't sure what he was supposed to do, and what appeared to be a very winded and shocked cyclist. Three of us checked he was OK, stayed for a few minutes and then off we went after he said he'd be OK. Hopefully he is ok now, his bike might need a bit more work though.

Lovely on the way home, although the traffic around Tower Bridge was a nightmare.

 

[ianrauk]

Uneventful ride in this morning until I got to the corner of Deptford Church Street and Creek Road and the fella in front of me ploughed straight into the back of a stationary car trying to get in the right hand lane. A very loud thud, a couple of dents in the back of the car, a confused driver who wasn't sure what he was supposed to do, and what appeared to be a very winded and shocked cyclist. Three of us checked he was OK, stayed for a few minutes and then off we went after he said he'd be OK. Hopefully he is ok now, his bike might need a bit more work though.

Lovely on the way home, although the traffic around Tower Bridge was a nightmare.

What time was that?

 

[fossyant]

Dogs on those extending leads. Grrrr. Or the stupid owners. Lock the frigging lead off on a shared use path please.

 

[HarryTheDog]

Nearly had a clipless moment, first one for as long as I can remember, following a range rover and a mini cabriolet up a hill, little old lady in something small coming the other way. No one would move over they came to a complete stop, I unclipped my left foot but started to topple to the right, had to really throw myself left to avoid looking a complerte twat.
Then up another hill had some young lad do a very long wheelie past me on a quad, he thought he was impressive, I thought him a twat.
Also a note on the slippy stuff I nearly came a cropper on this AM , whatever it was actually left a drib drab trail for 2 miles all the way back to nearly Dagenham, but only on the cycleway, Wierd must have been some volume of whatever it was.

 

[Tomtrumps]

What time was that?

About 7 45?

 

[ianrauk]

About 7 45?

OK, hour before I went through that junction. I work off Creek road in Greenwich Quay.

 

[Origamist]

22C and roads less busy than usual. Only one bad overtake and the driver coming in the opposite direction was way more annoyed than me.

Added an extra 6 miles and stretched the legs/lungs after Twemlow

Have dusted down the best bike for commuting duties tomorrow, so will hopefully be ready for the heat...

 

[fossyant]

Have dusted down the best bike for commuting duties tomorrow, so will hopefully be ready for the heat...

It's going to rain now you've done that.