Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

Friday. Had some idiot decide that he'd rather drive straight at me than wait for 10 seconds like the driver in front had done.
Full-on emergency stop and diving for a small gap by a parked car. Have contacted the company.

Tosspot

 

[summerdays]

Cloudy but warm 17 deg..... and a little humid!

 

[Leaway2]

Cloudy but warm 17 deg..... and a little humid!

There really is no pleasing some folk

 

[summerdays]

There really is no pleasing some folk

I didn't say awful ... I'd prefer sun but in comparison to less than a fortnight ago's freezing temps, I'd rather have this any day

 

[tallliman]

First commute in shorts for the year, lovely. Had to try pretty hard not to extend in the morning!

 

[martint235]

Legs were really not impressed with the ride home. There seems to be some discussion about a strike going on

 

[Grecian Phil]

The trifecta of trouble cycling home through the park today, 2 yappy dogs, a small child who can barely walk and the human supervising them more interested in his phone than what's around them. How do you predict which way any of these three will go ? One of the dogs came closest to being squashed.

 

[lutonloony]

Strangely enough my mesh top shoes, appear to let water in! My cycle shorts and works t-shirt don't show any waterproof tendencies. On the bright side it was on the way home, and this mornings spin in to work was very pleasant.

 

[lutonloony]

Friday. Had some idiot decide that he'd rather drive straight at me than wait for 10 seconds like the driver in front had done.
Full-on emergency stop and diving for a small gap by a parked car. Have contacted the company.

Bet they will do less than bugger all

 

[Tin Pot]

Wow. Suffered some kind of mini bonk today.

About an hour in, I started feeling crappy, an hour forty five I was thinking of calling the Mrs to prep for my crash landing!

Got home, slurred speech, didn't hang the bike, just curled up on the rug in front of the mrs...eventually she offered to help. Twenty minutes and some peanut butter sandwiches and 1pt water later,
I was okay.

Early to bed tonight.

 

[RoubaixCube]

Todays ride home was most excellent - two people tried to overtake me dangerously but backed off when i turned around and gave them a stern look, a simple case of "beep beep, get outta the way imma car!!". Caught a really light sprinkling of rain which was rather refreshing.

Beat my personal best in average speed from 12.4mph to 13.94mph and beat my personal best in time it takes to ride home by 2 mins (29mins33sec in just under 8 miles) but that can be attributed to mainly hitting the traffic lights at the right time. I think i went past 3 sets of traffic lights that were green so i just powered through them so didn't lose any energy slowing down and spinning up again. Cadence wise - average 89rpm and max 104rpm

I think im doing alright, Im sure this is pretty much crawling pace for some of you out there.

 

[markharry66]

The trifecta of trouble cycling home through the park today, 2 yappy dogs, a small child who can barely walk and the human supervising them more interested in his phone than what's around them. How do you predict which way any of these three will go ? One of the dogs came closest to being squashed.

Slow down and wait for them to move or become aware of you. Its like walking dead sometimes but better than hitting or being hit.

 

[Tin Pot]

The trifecta of trouble cycling home through the park today, 2 yappy dogs, a small child who can barely walk and the human supervising them more interested in his phone than what's around them. How do you predict which way any of these three will go ? One of the dogs came closest to being squashed.

Crush them Beneath your Wheels of Justice.

 

[ianrauk]

Rain this morning. Well more like drizzle. But it was mild temperatures which meant summer cycle clothing still. I was still surprised at a couple of cyclists I say were totally covered up in waterproof winter gear, tops, bottoms and even full length winter gloves. Blimey, wearing that lot must be so boil in the bag.

Traffic was relatively light today too so made for quite rapid progress to work.

 

[EthelF]

I encountered a new hazard on the Embankment cycle track: geese! A pair of grey geese waddled purposefully onto the track right in front of me, prompting some pretty sharp braking from me and some pretty sharp hissing from one of my newly acquainted feathered friends. Not sure where they were off to, but one seemed to be taking a gander at the Walkabout pub across the road. If so they really should have used the Puffin crossing 20m up the track!

Yet they still displayed more road sense than a Boris Biker I encountered a bit later on!