Tales from today's commute....

[clf]

Well, I'm now a fully paid up member of the clipless brigade  no damage done, no skin broken. Gave a few commuters in cars and lorries bit of a laugh and something for them to talk about.

 

[ianrauk]

Well, I'm now a fully paid up member of the clipless brigade  no damage done, no skin broken. Gave a few commuters in cars and lorries bit of a laugh and something for them to talk about.

You had a moment I guess.

 

[clf]

Oh yes, still can't figure out how it happened, regardless of knowing I need to unclip now, telling myself I need to unclip now before I slowed to a stop, I still failed to unclip.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Ride 'home' last night, too many cycles deciding that a foot was plenty of room to give on an overtake. It's annoying enough when it's cars and I know I'm slow at the moment but it's really starting to make me grumpy as they whizz past my handlebars with no warning (it's a good job I hadn't shoulder checked, if I'd deviated line to the right at all we'd have been a ball of ally and carbon on the tarmac. I'm betting they were all riding carbon...)

 

[summerdays]

I took a detour to the shops and a hunting a couple of Shaun's. Managed to see one bloke on the ring road with a A4 folder open across his lap and steering wheel making notes in it as he drove along, at the end of the ride (and what is starting to feel like a long week), I was lazy and walked up Water's Lane. Now I hope I've only ever recorded 3 rides up there as it was my third fastest

 

[HarryTheDog]

Only 50% of staff bothered turning up today because of the tube strike, us hardy souls got a free lunch coming Pizza!. Maybe if the company participated in the cycle to work scheme more could have cycled in.

 

[donnydave]

Bloke in a marmite jersey on the busway - is that anyone on here? He overtook me properly - wound up to a good speed and zoomed past to dissuade any notions of wheelsucking then calmed back down again to a steady pace. It was a good motivator having him 50 yards or so in front and I managed to keep him in sight until he turned off.

Soon after, my spider sense started tingling and I noticed that as I came off one of the busway road crossings someone had caught up behind me, I could hear them pedalling furiously so I eased off to let them by - I don't like unknown people hanging off my back wheel. My plan was to let him by and see how long he could keep up the pace, I assumed he'd already bust a gut to catch me up so I thought I would see how long he could last. He darted off obviously trying to drop me, lots of shoulder checks to see where I was. I hung back at a respectful 20-30 yards or so but matched his pace (marmite man had turned off on a different route by this point) After about 5 minutes I started gaining on him with no extra effort on my part and sure enough he'd blown up so I eased up along side and said "keep it up, you've slowed down!" then left him behind in that special way that you do to make it look like you're not putting too much effort in, when in actual fact your lungs are bursting

 

[MisterStan]

then left him behind in that special way that you do to make it look like you're not putting too much effort in, when in actual fact your lungs are bursting

I hope you gave him 'the look' as you did so....

 

[Arjimlad]

I gave a Paddington Bear hard stare to a Focus driver yabbering away on his handheld mobile phone today.

He was on the A38 between j16 M5 and the Aztec West roundabout. Not paying proper attention to the road at all, not keeping up with the traffic flow.

He saw me riding alongside, matching his slow speed and staring, and hung up after a while. When will these loons ever learn ?

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Bloke in a marmite jersey on the busway - is that anyone on here?

If you Strava your commute you could always check on a flyby, although you're more likely to get your wheelsucker at a guess.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

He saw me riding alongside, matching his slow speed and staring, and hung up after a while. When will these loons ever learn ?

You actually got a reaction, well done. Only time that's ever happened for me was a guy checking his texts (but his phone was in a holder suckered to the windscreen so that was _fine_) with his window open and I asked him if it was anything good as I went past.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

They're putting a load of lighting posts up by the side of the Cambridge Guided Busway maintenance track, between the station and the Long Road bridge (and possibly further, but I turn off there). It narrows down the path a bit as there are vans parked up but they don't look like they'll take long to finish and it will make it a nicer place to walk and ride in the winter.

Plus they're having to cut back some of the overgrown bushes as they go along - bonus!

 

[MisterStan]

They're putting a load of lighting posts up by the side of the Cambridge Guided Busway maintenance track, between the station and the Long Road bridge (and possibly further, but I turn off there). It narrows down the path a bit as there are vans parked up but they don't look like they'll take long to finish and it will make it a nicer place to walk and ride in the winter.

Plus they're having to cut back some of the overgrown bushes as they go along - bonus!

They've just done the stretch between Milton Road and CRC too (lights wise)

 

[MichaelO]

First day back commuting since being taken off by a pedestrian & breaking an arm 5/6 weeks ago. It's good to be back!!

 

[Torvi]

First day back commuting since being taken off by a pedestrian & breaking an arm 5/6 weeks ago. It's good to be back!!

good to have you back and spinning