Tales from today's commute....

[summerdays]

Twitter I find is usually one of the better ways to get it done .... and on one occasion I asked in the office how to best report a problem to S.Glos and they even said that twitter seemed to get the best reactions ... which reminds me ... I've a sign that S. Glos haven't shifted despite saying before Christmas that they would ... I may need to remind them!

 

[DaveReading]

Do what some other people did. Get some bright spray paint and doodle a penis where the potholes are. They were filled in pretty quickly after the local council found out.

That sounds like a great way to prick their conscience.

 

[Arjimlad]

Twitter I find is usually one of the better ways to get it done .... and on one occasion I asked in the office how to best report a problem to S.Glos and they even said that twitter seemed to get the best reactions ... which reminds me ... I've a sign that S. Glos haven't shifted despite saying before Christmas that they would ... I may need to remind them!

Twitter has done it again !

They say that the latest pothole was repaired after I rode past yesterday morning, and the longstanding ones on Perrinpit Road will be repaired in the next 14 days. Hurrah !

 

[13 rider]

Windy today or what ? Wind seemed to be blowing in every Direction this morning 14 miles in .Got to work 10 mins before the rain. Tonight was a proper headwind all the way home .Was riding towards a massive black cloud but thankfully rain held off just 8 miles home

 

[ianrauk]

Blimey... torrential downpours on the way home. Stair-rods, cats and dogs, absolutely peeing it down. It started just as I left work - typical. It wasn't cold and the wind was giving me a helping hand, so in a way it was quite an enjoyable commute.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Windy today or what ? Wind seemed to be blowing in every Direction this morning 14 miles in .Got to work 10 mins before the rain. Tonight was a proper headwind all the way home .Was riding towards a massive black cloud but thankfully rain held off just 8 miles home

You should have been riding yesterday, today was completely calm compared to that.

Blimey... torrential downpours on the way home. Stair-rods, cats and dogs, absolutely peeing it down. It started just as I left work - typical. It wasn't cold and the wind was giving me a helping hand, so in a way it was quite an enjoyable commute.

I had some very dark clouds above me but it managed to stay dry all the way home though I did ride on some very wet roads, the cycling Gods were certainly looking down on me.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Took the winter bike today due to the wet forecast.

Needless to say, it remained bone dry, 26 miles and not a drop!

Shortly after I arrived home it started lashing down!

Graham

 

[subaqua]

Twitter has done it again !

They say that the latest pothole was repaired after I rode past yesterday morning, and the longstanding ones on Perrinpit Road will be repaired in the next 14 days. Hurrah !

Better than the London borough of Waltham Forest. The bin collection Lorry dropped a load of glass bottles and they smashed. The lazy feckless operatives from Kier didn't brush up. After them . This was a week ago . I called twice got 2 reference numbers. Then the tweeting started. The tweet on Thursday said they would escalate it as a high priority Yes I hope you would. Escalate it on the shovel into the back of the wagon. Yesterday's tweet so 8 days after the glass got dropped , I tweeted again wondering what low priority looked like if a week and no result for high priority was a benchmark. Glass is still there. I will video myself cleaning it then tweet that to the local rag . And the councillor who is cabinet member for environment who lives just out of this ward , guess which ward looks the cleanest !

 

[13 rider]

You should have been riding yesterday, today was completely calm compared to that.



I had some very dark clouds above me but it managed to stay dry all the way home though I did ride on some very wet roads, the cycling Gods were certainly looking down on me.

That's the advantage of being a part time commuter I can pick my days

 

[Supersuperleeds]

That's the advantage of being a part time commuter I can pick my days

I get a perverse pleasure from riding the crappy days

 

[tallliman]

Horrid headwind going in this morning. I thought it was best described as a 25mph wind with occasional luls of 10mph rather than the other way round.

No tailwind payoff on the way home either (unless I was just tired) but I couldn't hit the silly speeds of a couple of days back.

 

[Tin Pot]

I get a perverse pleasure from riding the crappy days

Rule 9

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#9

 

[subaqua]

Oh yeah I forgot to post about my commute as I got so involved in the rant about my crap Local authority.

Headwind in , and head wind home cos it turned . Like it said it would. And I got wet on way home. But not as wet as the kids coming from school as the heavens opened while they were I open streets. I didn't laugh at the drowned rat look. No not me . I was a caring Father . Honest.

 

[martint235]

Came the quick way in as it's the school holidays still. Through Catford and Bell Green. Just the one numpty. On a bike naturally. What's the point of pushing your way in front of a truck at traffic lights. There wasn't even an ASL as an excuse, just plain tw**tery. Then on to the pavement and over a pedestrian crossing. Ignore the give way to the right at a roundabout.

Such a shame I'm not allowed to carry a firearm.

 

[Tin Pot]

Cruised past someone on flat handlebars who then stuck in my wheel for about ten km until Epsom.

Most annoying.