Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Well done, I am thinking of setting myself a target for next year but can't decide what it should be.
Tales from today's commute....
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Well done, I am thinking of setting myself a target for next year but can't decide what it should be.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Nice one mate.
Bloody addictive this cycle commuting ain't it.
Next thing you know you will be signing up to the MyCyclingLog CycleChat group
Right, signed up to mycyclinglog and requested to join the group.
Welcome to the club!
Auntie Helen won't be too long in accepting you on board.And if you want a ticker in your signature HERE is how to do it.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Welcome to the club!
And if you want a ticker in your signature HERE is how to do it.
Cheers, was wondering how to do the sig bit
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Much milder than I was expecting, I was a bit too hot.
Plus I forgot my pants so I need to nip out to M&S this morning to buy an emergency pair.
Plus I forgot my pants so I need to nip out to M&S this morning to buy an emergency pair.
For the first time in a few years I have been taken out by flu and sinusitis, so today was my first time on the bike for almost two weeks.
Taking it easy today, just 40km and no SCR(if I can avoid it). A bit eye watering as I forgot my glasses and my heart monitor showed maybe I was not as well as I thought.
Could not stand another day not riding, even with no strength and lack of my usual acceleration, just 16 commuting days remaining before being off for Christmas/New Year.
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Taking it easy today, just 40km and no SCR(if I can avoid it). A bit eye watering as I forgot my glasses and my heart monitor showed maybe I was not as well as I thought.
Could not stand another day not riding, even with no strength and lack of my usual acceleration, just 16 commuting days remaining before being off for Christmas/New Year.
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Nice and mild this morning.
An very nice and clean, shiny bike is no longer nice and clean and shiny.
Rain over night meant wet roads which meant all sorts of leaf mulch crap.
And traffic was a nightmare too.
Think I only saw 1 other cycling commuter today.
The fairweathers are all tucked up on a nice and warm stinky train or in their metal cages.
An very nice and clean, shiny bike is no longer nice and clean and shiny.
Rain over night meant wet roads which meant all sorts of leaf mulch crap.
And traffic was a nightmare too.
Think I only saw 1 other cycling commuter today.
The fairweathers are all tucked up on a nice and warm stinky train or in their metal cages.
400bhp
Guru
Get some mudguards man!
thefollen
Veteran
- Location
- Balham/Tooting Bec
Could have got away with just shorts today! Instead I had a proper sweat on and took it easy as a result. Definitely less cyclists than normal. Lots of motorbikes though... have they all switched?
Unrelated to cycling I can feel the Christmas mania coming. Yesterday at Sainsbury's some bloke reversed into me whilst I was walking. Had to jump back and slap the back of his car. Then when driving (pretty slowly in a queue of traffic) a lady walked straight in front whilst on the phone. Ultimately nobody in all of this was hurt but impending Christmas makes people a little loopy. It makes for wandering minds and impatient driving.
Unrelated to cycling I can feel the Christmas mania coming. Yesterday at Sainsbury's some bloke reversed into me whilst I was walking. Had to jump back and slap the back of his car. Then when driving (pretty slowly in a queue of traffic) a lady walked straight in front whilst on the phone. Ultimately nobody in all of this was hurt but impending Christmas makes people a little loopy. It makes for wandering minds and impatient driving.
I bet they cycle too 
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
WOW! Something is really changing on the roads around here. Todays commute had no problems with drivers! And in a turn of the books, I had two very good drivers.
One waited at a junction for me to pass even though there was plenty of room in front of me for the lady to pull out safely. She then stayed behind me when there was room to overtake (with oncoming cars) and then overtook safely when there was no traffic around.
Second one waited behind me through a set of pinch points, over a narrow bridge, and down the road a little more giving me plenty of room in the meantime. They then overtook when it was safe to do so and I gave them a little thanks.
Both drivers really cheered me up. More days like this please!
One waited at a junction for me to pass even though there was plenty of room in front of me for the lady to pull out safely. She then stayed behind me when there was room to overtake (with oncoming cars) and then overtook safely when there was no traffic around.
Second one waited behind me through a set of pinch points, over a narrow bridge, and down the road a little more giving me plenty of room in the meantime. They then overtook when it was safe to do so and I gave them a little thanks.
Both drivers really cheered me up. More days like this please!
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Dry start to the commute this morning, but the rain set in between Bedworth and the Grif island, I just kept going and got a little damp. Tonight they were working at the bottom of the hill coming into Bedworth and had temporary lights set up, I was overtaking the line of stationary traffic most of the way from the Grif island down the hill to the lights, once past the lights I had to be careful passing the parked cars on the climb up the other side. Apart from that a routine and pleasant ride home.
400bhp
Guru
Interesting commute home
Some twat thought it'd be good to try and force his way past on a one way in the centre of Manc at rush hour.
I know the light sequence and traffic means that a car will never beat a bike, which meant i caught him up and berated him for a few minutes.
Ended up dumping my bike on the ground in front of him. He got all scared - bless.
Some twat thought it'd be good to try and force his way past on a one way in the centre of Manc at rush hour.
I know the light sequence and traffic means that a car will never beat a bike, which meant i caught him up and berated him for a few minutes.
Ended up dumping my bike on the ground in front of him. He got all scared - bless.
