Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Its crazy; the bridge is open understandably to emergency vehicles so why not peds and cyclists. The government which claims to be promoting active travel is missing a trick there
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User10571
Guest
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Late for work tonight, stupid traffic! I shall ride my bike tomorrow instead of using the car and avoid all the chaos and frustration. 
400bhp
Guru
Late for work tonight, stupid traffic! I shall ride my bike tomorrow instead of using the car and avoid all the chaos and frustration.
Driving in South Manchester in rush hour (call that 3:30-6:30pm and 7:30-9:30 pm) is pointless. Hate it.
OP
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Headwind. All. The. Way. In. I was having to pedal downhill. In a low gear. Just to keep moving, knackered now.
I did pass 4,000 miles for the year today which isn't bad considering the year I've had, didn't really commute for the first 3 months of the year, hardly any centuries (1100 of the miles have been on Lelly), health issues etc. Back to a target of 5000 for next year.
I did pass 4,000 miles for the year today which isn't bad considering the year I've had, didn't really commute for the first 3 months of the year, hardly any centuries (1100 of the miles have been on Lelly), health issues etc. Back to a target of 5000 for next year.
Head wind and very warm... sweating like the proverbial by the time I had got to work. Did a shorter route this morning (16miles). Seeing as I am cutting back my commuting distance from the new year onwards by 5 miles a day, I'm trying to find the best route to take with the shortened mileage.
Yeah.
My door to door commute is just a tad over 11 miles. For the past 5 or 6 years I have been doing 20 in the morning and 15 in the evening. I'm cutting that back to 16 and 14. Not getting any younger and my body is telling me so.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
put the NV evo Jacket on and by time I had got 200 yds down the road it was in the pannier and I rode in in a long sleeve shirt . not sweaty at all . needed it in Slough Later as it was a little nippy there.
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
The fun started at Harold wood Station , a Mercedes S class passed me with inches to spare, I tried to see what the driver looked like but could only see 2 toddlers strapped in. I accelerated up behind it and the drivers head appeared. The numpty had overtaken me with his head buried under the dashboard. The twat carried on ducking down to look for something and varying his speed from 15-30 mph. He topped it all off by suddenly braking and pulling into a kids nursery without indicating. I was mad as hell and stopped for a few words with the middle aged, well spoken man. He apologized profusely, but his excuse was one of his kids had dropped their teddy.
Then in Barking I caught up with one of my arch enemies Mr Miserable, he was barely doing 17mph into the headwind I went past at 20 mph. What a surprise he is suddenly past at 23mph or so. I decided I was not going to play his games this morning and let him disappear. However he made bad decisions through traffic and junctions and I we ended up trading places 3 or 4 times. We arrived at the bottom of Canning Town hill, me in front worst luck. He has a habit of drafting me to the top and jumping me just before the summit. Not today, I didn’t blast it off the lights, when he made his attack so did I. I crested half a bike length ahead. He was not going to leave it at that, as we part ways in 200 metres so he overtook on the downhill he was so desperate to be in front. I annoyed the cack out of him by sitting in his mirror ( he has one on the end of his bar) and gave him a cheery see you later fella. He didn’t look a happy chap.
Then in Barking I caught up with one of my arch enemies Mr Miserable, he was barely doing 17mph into the headwind I went past at 20 mph. What a surprise he is suddenly past at 23mph or so. I decided I was not going to play his games this morning and let him disappear. However he made bad decisions through traffic and junctions and I we ended up trading places 3 or 4 times. We arrived at the bottom of Canning Town hill, me in front worst luck. He has a habit of drafting me to the top and jumping me just before the summit. Not today, I didn’t blast it off the lights, when he made his attack so did I. I crested half a bike length ahead. He was not going to leave it at that, as we part ways in 200 metres so he overtook on the downhill he was so desperate to be in front. I annoyed the cack out of him by sitting in his mirror ( he has one on the end of his bar) and gave him a cheery see you later fella. He didn’t look a happy chap.
