Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

I thought anything north of Watford Gap was norf?

Nope, anything below the Humber is down south

 

[Ciar]

Lovely ride in, getting used to my new bike fit which seems to working well, only issue i had today was another cyclists going into my back wheel, obviously not paying any atte

Sandbach is in Cheshire...... flipping southerners.

if it's past the watford gap it's up north......

 

[Smithbat]

if it's past the watford gap it's up north......

Thank you, I concur

 

[Ciar]

Thank you, I concur

I saw your post just after mine and you sir beat me to the reply, great minds an all that!

 

[ianrauk]

I thought anything north of Watford Gap was norf?

it is

 

[Gert Lush]

Only the straight commute today, 4 miles. Seemed to be flying on the way home though, kept up 20mph through my housing estate, apart from when I had to stop. Definitely would have been a Strava PB. Haha!

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Blue and red light - Also 2 RLJ's....

I think your video is a prime example of why some motorists get so angry with cyclists.

One idiot that you overtake has no rear light at all and is wearing dark clothing - deserves to get knocked off.

And as for the two dickwads who cycle straight across a major junction when the lights have been red for some time - it really beggars belief!

As for the car drivers in the video? They seem well behaved on the whole.

Shows us cyclists in a very bad light.

As for the red/blue light, I don't know whether it's legal but it certainly stands out.

Graham

 

[RoubaixCube]

I think your video is a prime example of why some motorists get so angry with cyclists.

One idiot that you overtake has no rear light at all and is wearing dark clothing - deserves to get knocked off.

And as for the two dickwads who cycle straight across a major junction when the lights have been red for some time - it really beggars belief!

As for the car drivers in the video? They seem well behaved on the whole.

Shows us cyclists in a very bad light.

As for the red/blue light, I don't know whether it's legal but it certainly stands out.

Graham

Funny story, as slow as i am on the road, i actually caught up with the first RLJ further on. You dont see due to my bad editing but even the guy in front of me with the blue flashing light was shaking his head after he saw the second RLJ fly past.

All a regular behaviour in london. This was around 11.30 at night mind you so the roads were quieter then they normally would be. I still came across a few drivers who squeezed up right next to me at traffic lights and floored it just to get ahead of me when the lights went green. I also had a little kerfuffle with with a private mini cab driver on the very last leg of my journey. He wasnt sure which what he wanted to do or which direction he was going but he sure as hell wasnt going to let me freewheel past him so he floored it and sped up about 5 meters to the next traffic light. I thought he was going slow because he was looking for a place to park.

 

[HarryTheDog]

Met a top bloke on the way in and another on the way out.
Guy this morning suddenly appeared on my rear wheel just before a hill, trouble is he was on a TT bike so I dropped him like a stone. He then caught me and apart from a couple of times on the front he mainly dragged me in for 4 miles smashing out 22 mph + into a stiff headwind. turns out he has a TT tonight but was also in the news last year for chasing 3 bike thieves. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...yclist-chases-bike-thieves-21mph-pursuit.html

On the way out I realised there was someone furiously pedalling behind me but paid no heed and revelled in the tailwind. 7 miles later the guy caught me at some lights.He must have been averaging 20+, The guy was on a single speed montague boston folder. I briefly dropped him whilst I did a effort then slowed to see what he was up to. He was on a 33 mile commute to Basildon. He chose the bike so he could take it on the train but decent sized wheels for the commute home. I then gave him a proper tow for 3 miles or so to help him out.
bike was like this

 

[ianrauk]

Got about 2 miles from work when it started to spit with rain.. no! not now, not so close to work.. no, no and thrice no. Luckily I got to work with it still spitting. Parked my bike up downstairs and by the time I got upstairs it's heaving it down.

A lovely commute though. Nice tailwind this morning and relatively light traffic meant rapid progress.

 

[Smithbat]

Cycled to work in proper rain for the first time. I need some form of waterproof jacket but apart from that I am all good. Babywipe shower and I am good to go.

 

[Ciar]

Started my commute into the headwind and ready for the rain, rain did not appear, i did boil like the proverbial cod in butter!

 

[summerdays]

Yet another morning when I was early so another detour.... luckily the rain literally stopped as I was walking out the door else it would have just been arrive early!

 

[Arjimlad]

A lovely 12 mile ride in today. I had a call from the Police last night, who had helpfully gone & given "words of advice" to the oblivious driver of this Renault who passed me too close because she wasn't paying attention to what was coming the other way. Apology & will do better next time & husband's a "cyclist too" so I hope care will be taken in future. The BMW was forced to a complete halt.

 

[Origamist]

Lovely ride in - nice tailwind and almost a 20mph average. Had a chap follow me for a couple of miles after I passed him coming towards Byley, but he wasn't drafting and was (I suspect) using me to push himself a bit harder.

I'm not that interested in chasing Strava segments, but I lost a KOM yesterday. I was surprised as when I "smashed" this segment, I was behind a tractor at 30mph for most of it and was amazed that anyone would grab it back, unless similarly assisted. As it was, Kristian House (pro rider) took it yesterday! He's living in Middlewich at the moment, presumably preparing for the UK race calendar...