Tales from today's commute....

[cyberknight]

Man flu
All dosed up facing an 11 hour night shift in a factory
Digression before valour for me tonight im afraid as i have been doing 55-60 hour weeks for the last month so im just worn out TBH . last sunday was my day off and i couldnt even face the bike so its a car night and maybe the rest of the week .

 

[ianrauk]

Cracking ride home. Warm temperatures and a bit of a tailwind. With 2 miles to go a massive cloudburst hit. Such heavy rain. Jolly good fun. I was laughing like a maniac at the madness of it.
Really enjoying the commute at the moment.

 

[MisterStan]

Tough going tonight, wind right in my face for the whole route home, not that strong but just seemed to wear me down a bit at times. Got home in an hour so still averaged 18mph, was sweating like a pig at the butchers!

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Such heavy rain. Jolly good fun. I was laughing like a maniac at the madness of it.
Really enjoying the commute at the moment.

I have been known to do exactly this. Folk passing clearly think you're nuts as they look at you, you're alone, laughing your walnuts off at getting smashed on by gallons and gallons of water! It is certainly great fun, especially when it's a warm day.

 

[subaqua]

feckin asshat riders who think its appropriate to blatt along the regents canal towpath. there are big painted words on the floor that say DROP YOUR PACE. they are there for a good reason I guess, not just to use up paint.

was a nice ride in today apart from the numpties mentioned above, oh and joggers with earphones who get the hump when you use the bell to warn them you are behind them , and get the hump when you don't use a bell and follow them at a safe distance and match their speed because you will be leaving the path in about 50 yards and you don't want to be a MGIF cockwomble.

I am riding with consideration to other users so don't get lairy . shhheeeesh the world is getting angrier.


oooh saw loads of geese giving it large to some crows in Victoria Park at 05.00 too.

 

[HarryTheDog]

Marvelous fun this morning. Felt a bit crap so had it in my head no SCR but as soon as I got on the Dagenham main drag there was a guy in pale blue kit ( shorts as well) far ahead. No be sensible I thought. But hey I was catching him anyway. When I got near him a mile later it was a case of slow down by a mph or overtake. I overtook. Oh well I might as well as have waved a red rag at a bull. Next minute he was past me.
My crap feeling was gone, game on! He turned off and I suspected he was taking a different route . Sure enough a mile or so later I looked back and he was stuck at some lights I just got through. No need to worry about him for a mile or so, but no bam he was past me but looking rough, I guess he had dug a bit too deep to catch me that quick. Next junction he stayed on the cyclepath I jumped on the road and got a draft from a nice bus for 200 yds he was left far behind.
He didn’t turn up again for 2 miles. Then I thought it was time to talk , He was very friendly and we agreed to help each other, we chain ganged for the next mile or so but that got competitive 24mph into a headwind is not sensible for someone of my capabilities. Then hit lights etc and did some more chatting. He had just come back from a week cycling in the lakes that’s why he was not up to full speed apparently. ( had to be the only reason a old fart like me could hang with him) He had been doing the commute for 4 years, we have never run into each other before but seemed we both knew some of the same more colourful characters on the route . I stamped my authority up the Canning Town hill and did not see him again.
Nice guy might see him again in another 4 years.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Did my good deed for the day. Young lad (14 or 15) walking along with a flat tyre, so I stopped to see if he wanted any help. He had nothing with him so offered him a tube and ended up putting a 28-32mm tube in a 23mm tyre, told him to change it as soon as he could.

As I'm fixing it for him had a chat, he'd saved up and bought himself a Triban (white one) and he'd been doing some decent rides on it, felt like a right patronising old git when I asked him if he thought he should carry some kit with him

Anyway had to cut the ride short to get to work on time, but the cycling gods rewarded me for my good deed, had a decent average speed and legs felt a lot better. That may be more to do with the fact that I pumped up the tyres last night than a deity

 

[Origamist]

A cool Northerley wind this morning meant a tougher commute than normal, but the sun poked out at Ashley and all was well.

Managed to excite a young boy this morning (not in that way...) through Timperley/Sale. He was in the back of his mum's car and he looked at me as they passed, I passed them again when they got snaggled at traffic at a roundabout and he said "there he is" to his mum. They then passed me again along Brooklands Road and he was staring at me! I decided to up the pace and just kept the car in sight. Once again, they got caught at lights and I just managed to get through the green phase but 100 metres behind. They then got snaggled at Hope Rd junciton and I undertook and he looked at me with his mouth wide open and shouted "there he is again!" this time he was jumping up in his seat! I then turned off and didn't see them again - probably for the best, as the kid might have exploded if I passed them again.

 

[ianrauk]

A cool Northerley wind this morning meant a tougher commute than normal, but the sun poked out at Ashley and all was well.

Managed to excite a young boy this morning (not in that way...) through Timperley/Sale. He was in the back of his mum's car and he looked at me as he passed me, I passed them again when they got snaggled at traffic at a roundabout and he said "there he is" to his mum. They then passed me again along Brooklands Road and he was staring at me! I decided to up the pace and just kept the car in sight. Once again, they got caught at lights and I just managed to get through the green phase but 100 metres behind. They then got snaggled at Hope Rd junciton and I undertook and he looked at me with his mouth wide open and shouted "there he is again!" this time he was jumping up in his seat! I then turned off and didn't see them again - probably for the best, as the kid might have exploded if I passed them again.

Brilliant.
I love seeing stuff like that. See it quite a bit on my commute, even from adults. On last nights commute it was a woman passenger who kept saying hi as I overtook or pulled up next to them at lights.

 

[fossyant]

Bloody freezing this morning. Stiff headwind.

 

[MisterStan]

Managed to excite a young boy this morning (not in that way...)

ROFL! Post of the year!

On last nights commute it was a woman passenger who kept saying hi

Did you get her number?

 

[ianrauk]

ROFL! Post of the year!

Did you get her number?

She wasn't my type

 

[Arjimlad]

Lovely 13 miler today.. Adjusted the route to avoid traffic. Took in a view of some crops where I go pigeon shooting to check how close to harvest they are.

Vizard construction van still overtook me on a bend into oncoming traffic though. Knobber!!

 

[L Q]

Ride home last night was very hard work as I had a head wind for 15 miles and it was a LOT stringer than predicted, enjoyed it tho and did a few extra miles so I ended up doing 60 miles in total for yesterday,

This morning felt a lot cooler and so glad I decided to wear my long sleeve shirt, strangest moment was cycling down the cycle path on tritton rd in Lincoln and passed this guy who was a bit all over the place with his elbows steering, got along side of him and he was only scratching off a lottery scratchcard, did have a chuckle as he was clearly a very busy man

 

[Spike on a bike]

Un eventful commute in this morning
5 am headed out was quite cool but still in ss Jersey n shorts
Bit wet from below and roads flooded in places

Homeward bound just after 2pm and just outta the yard on the first stretch of road after the industrial estate finishes and a f#####g tit in a cement truck side swipes me
Luckily he'd sorta seen me and was braking but sill hit my arm on the front of his truck, too shocked to stop but did spend the next mile or so swearing at him out loud.

Uneventful after that thankfully
No rain either way but a bit of headwind on the return journey

So numpty count a rather large 1