Tales from today's commute....

[lutonloony]

Had to leave shared pavement to join onto dual carriage way with 40mph. Admittedly a cycle lane painted, but always a tad worrying. Add to this that you join just before lights and a left turn and it gets quite hairy. Very nice chappy in car who was turning left actually slowed down and let me go first. Did manage a slight thank you paw in the air.

 

[Smithbat]

What a glorious morning, no fleece just a t-shirt for my short commute. Idiot sat really close revving his engine as I sat at the traffic lights, I was concerned he would do a really close pass or something but he turned left instead of straight on, why he felt the need to sit two wheels in the ASL box revving I have no idea.

On a side note, the forgetting clothes thing continues, underwear is on my bed where I left it.....

 

[HarryTheDog]

I was all fun and games this morning.

Going past Bentley Golf course I spied a fast racing snake ahead so I saw if I could catch him, I slowly reeled him in, going past the Mcdonalds Farm T junction a dick head of a cyclist pulled out right in front of me as a car was overtaking me, complete bell end. I overtook him and gave him a dirty look. Then I shot past 2 club mates waiting by the side of the road for the bell-end who just pulled out in front of me.

Only good thing that came out of it was I got a 5th overall on the 0.9 mile Strava section due to me being so peed off, looks dodgy on Strava as my heart rate monitor is playing up and shows a heart rate of 71bpm.

I caught up to the racing snake just as I turned off.

I went down Harold Hill and entered the roundabout at speed, I spotted a fast moving moving merc coming into the roundabout from the left, I got the impression he was not going to stop , so screamed at him, sure enough he had not seen me, but he bloody heard me and skidded to a stop halfway into the roundabout missing me by a foot.

Then at the A12 lights, who turns up beside me but the van with dick head who gave me abuse on Friday, ( I took a strong position through a pinchpoint, he was so determined to overtake he did not spot the bollard and nearly went into it, then he tried to tell me I should be riding in the gutter ) there were 3 in the cab so I just gave him a smile, he studiously ignored me.

 

[TheJDog]

I was filtering up the outside of some traffic, when a guy who had been filtering up the inside just pulled out without looking (in either direction) from between two cars, forcing me to swerve way out. He seemed to think it was a race, so I let him go ahead, doing some crazy weaving between lorries parking and queues of cars. Later, on the way down a hill he was drafting a school Transit about a foot away from the bumper. Then when the transit stopped for a jogger at a zebra crossing, he darted down the tiny gap on the inside. Just blind luck he didn't total the jogger and himself. I don't think I've ever seen such a dangerous lunatic on a bike before. I would have given him some 'advice' if I'd caught him at any lights, but he turned off in a different direction.

 

[Octet]

Not my commute per-se but I saw a slightly overweight man overtake a group of lycra clad cyclists on road bikes as he bombed it down The Mall in London.

(What do you mean I shouldn't say "bombed it" in London.... oh right, sorry officer.)

 

[tallliman]

Walk of shame. Change the tube !

Not sure changing the tube would help when there's a large hole in the tyre!!

 

[summerdays]

Not brilliant somehow I managed to loose a screw on my pannier, and somebody in the next bike stand mangled to damage my mudguard. It was only there for 30 mins max, and when I came out the neighbouring bike had its handlebars tangled through by brake cables, and then the minute I tried riding I discovered the broken strut and a rubbing mudguard.

At that point I started to regret the careful way I'd removed my bike from being tangled up in theirs!

The roads seemed quiet...

 

[Tin Pot]

Need to stop lazing about and get out earlier. Traffic is awful past 7:30

 

[Smithbat]

I did my official fastest time on my short commute today, the traffic light gods were smiling on me.

 

[markharry66]

finally managed to get time down gone from 46 mins for 10.8 miles to 41 next hurdle get it down past 39 not bad for a week.

 

[Smithbat]

finally managed to get time down gone from 46 mins for 10.8 miles to 41 next hurdle get it down past 39 not bad for a week.

Mine is 2.5 miles, I started off at just under 20 minutes, I can now do it in just over 12, lights depending.

 

[ianrauk]

Wow, what a horrid commute home weather wise.
It is June right?
Supposed to be summer?

It was cold, it was wet, it was very blustery.
I've been warmer in December before now.

Mad.

 

[summerdays]

Wow, what a horrid commute home weather wise.
It is June right?
Supposed to be summer?

It was cold, it was wet, it was very blustery.
I've been warmer in December before now.

Mad.

Yes I was cold and wishing I had more layers, and another cyclist in the office lent me a pair of gloves for my homeward commute though actually it was not as bad as earlier.

Also had two days with bad passes... In both cases I managed to get back in front to prove it was pointless! But I do worry when my got to prove my point steak comes to the fore....

 

[rivers]

Temperature wise I thought it was okay today. Glad I had the rain jacket though.

 

[Tin Pot]

A commute of two halves, in the morning several motorists cutting me up - one old lady offered sympathy having watched me shaking my head several times. In the evening a left hook nearly got me, which is unremarkable except that a pedestrian decided to get involved and tell me what's what. When he started with "You cyclists..." I missed the rest of the sentence as a torrent of abuse was coming out of my mouth. What an peanut.