Tales from today's commute....

[Hacienda71]

Nearly taken out three times on the way home. First guy pulled out right in front of me in his Corsa, think I may have called him something to do with male genitalia. Next Porsche 4wd started to pull out on me on Pexhill. I was travelling at thirty plus so glad the woman stopped half out of the junction or I wouldn't have stopped. Then at Stanley Green had a BMW that was level with me in the green cycle safety zone at the lights turn left without signalling. Spotted him as a knob and waited until he had made the manoeuvre. Couldn't be arsed to remonstrate with the latter two, just gave them daggers.

 

[Simontm]

Oof, legs are not fully there after all since Sunday.

Slowish ride in for me while all the traffic seemed to be in a hurry judging from all the necessary overtakes etc on the road but nothing that affected me.

Numpty count: 0

 

[L Q]

Now seriously bored of the wind, last night had 10 miles into it and my legs just didn't feel like working, this morning had a nice comfortable ride till the last 6 miles and then it was a head/crosswind and that slowed my average speed down a huge amount.

After reading all the near misses most have on here I am thankful that most of my 23 mile commute is on cycle paths.

 

[Arjimlad]

Dropped car off in Wickwar for a service, removed bike from boot & cycled 11.5 miles to work in Bradley Stoke today.

YD63 BUU is a large BMW whose driver does not look at the road ahead, passed me very close indeed despite flashy rear light and hi-vis. I think they must have been texting or something. Lucky not to be wiped out.

So this evening I will cycle back to Wickwar and pick up the car, unless they find anything wrong with it which needs sorting tomorrow.

 

[JMT]

Not a bad ride in this morning, got in before the rain started :-). A couple of cars still insist on moving into the marked cycle land near a junction when a car is turning right even though there is no where near enough space to get past the car turning right, this often causes me to stop quickly.

The only real numpties were the ones who saw fit to smash a large number of bottles in the subway, the emergency action I took to stop as it couldn't be avoided nearly caused me to have a clipless moment failing on to the glass which was a bit unnerving. I have placed a call with Poole council so I'll see how long it takes to get cleaned up, as its a busy shared cycle/pedestrian path I would be cleaned pretty soon.

 

[confusedcyclist]

I've been thinking about topping up my tyres for a couple of weeks now, I'm kicking myself for being lazy... Ended up with a pinch puncture on way this morning. My hands are covered in oil even after 5 mins of scrubbing! Whoops.

 

[fossyant]

Nasty old headwind, all the way home.

I had it in the morning

 

[rdfcyclist]

I am consistently averaging 14mph commutes over 6 miles, which is nice. Could be faster if they finished resurfacing one road and filled in the 2 foot potholes they've made.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Took the fixed in today as it was supposed to rain never happened. But was nice for a change to get a different work out on a bike.

 

[400bhp]

What is it about some roads that appear relatively normal but seem prone to poor driving?

A6144 from Partington to Lymm. A horrendous overtake this evening and a few days ago. The one tonight did such a poor overtake that an oncoming vehicle had to stop to avoid a collision.

 

[rdfcyclist]

Needed to get up early today so I decided to double the length of my commute into work and did 12 miles. The 6 miles of countryside, whilst peaceful, had terrible road conditions compared to the 6 miles of city roads. Great way to get a head start on the day though.

 

[Simontm]

All quiet on the roads and while my commute started out sunny it soon darkened, although no rains.
Numpty count: 0

 

[HarryTheDog]

Due to the tube strike I was expecting a deluge of first time wobbly commuters but out of town only saw one of those, a young lady in civvies on a sit up and beg bike complete with front basket, on a cycleway who I overtook carefully ( didn’t zoom past) and gave her a big gap. She had shoulder checked and seen me coming but still wobbled violently and nearly fell off. I hope she reacts better with the car traffic.
In town past Canning Town there where a few quite evident newbies but no incidents. I Got held up at security by 3 first timers having to get issued security tags for their bikes. Noticed 2 reguars in the garage looking a bit pissed off that thier usual parking slots had been taken by the influx of todays new cyclists and having to move thier locks and chains.
Apart from that looking forward to a tailwind on the way home.

 

[ianrauk]

So to the cyclist with the GoPro on the front of your bike. You were going to red light jump weren't you? Until I shouted out 'Don't even think about it'. You stopped just in time to not hit the woman crossing the road. Can you upload your footage to You Tube please? Ta. You looked very sheepish when I pulled up beside you.

 

[Origamist]

The planets aligned this morning: tailwind, light traffic, green phases and I was motivated after my rest day. Managed a 22mph average. I also think seeing Andy Tennant in Wilmslow collecting an Indian take away last night inspired me, as was I tucking into gyoza and a mound of donburi at the time!