Tales from today's commute....

[I like Skol]

Bumped into a small bunch of cyclists while riding in to work tonight and had a quick chat while stopped at the lights. These guys were riding LeJoG and had ridden Penrith to Stockport today to stay the night in Stockport. I wished them good luck then set off to finish my measly 10mile commute but after leaving them I realised I should have taken the time to have a bit of a chat and actually had quite a few questions I would have like to have asked them.
I guess sometimes not being much of a people person has its downsides and I feel the poorer for not taking the time to find out a bit more about this group. Anyway, If you are on this forum fellas, good luck and I hope you enjoy your night in Stockport and the weather holds for the rest of your epic journey.

 

[I like Skol]

Forgot to add, there seems to be a lot of Boardmans, Pinarellos and the like on commute duties at the moment, can't think why.....

 

[Cp40Carl]

Forgot to add, there seems to be a lot of Boardmans, Pinarellos and the like on commute duties at the moment, can't think why.....

Are they per chance all dressed in yellow, green or polka dot, throw their water bottles into hedges and have a helicopter following them? Doubtless they'll be stopping off for a game of tennis on the way home...

 

[lutonloony]

My legs didn't have my heart n them today, if that makes sense, so a very gentle pootle home. 40 mins instead of 30. Also had a very close call with car coming out of pub car park, as I was out of saddle coming out of underpass, kind of my fault, I just didn't expect there to be anybody there. Made for an exciting stop, and foot waggle to get out of clip less

 

[lutonloony]

Forgot to add, there seems to be a lot of Boardmans, Pinarellos and the like on commute duties at the moment, can't think why.....

Probably something to do with some football games going on over in Jonny foreigner land I'm guessing

 

[lutonloony]

Are they per chance all dressed in yellow, green or polka dot, throw their water bottles into hedges and have a helicopter following them? Doubtless they'll be stopping off for a game of tennis on the way home...

Where do they keep their balls?

 

[Tin Pot]

Unusually large amount of traffic in Croydon yesterday, but still managed 1hr48 out and 2hr05 back for 100km.

Pleasant in this weather too.

 

[TheJDog]

throw their water bottles into hedges

On the TDF coverage (I think on day 1), Vichot was at the team car, took a water bottle and immediately threw it into the hedge. Then took a different one. They're utter bastards.

 

[hennbell]

The seat mast on my carbon Madone broke. Not sure if I would ever recommend a bicycle with this design. Carbon frame with a traditional seat post seams to make a lot more sense.

 

[summerdays]

I had a taxi almost run me over today. I could read that he had stupidly gone into a section of road one car wide and so the only way out was going to be to reverse, so I stayed well back. Then when he started reversing at high speed I relised he wasn't going to stop in time, tried going backwards, but wasn't going to get out of the way quick enough and so decided to scoot to the right to meet the oncoming car. At least he could see me.

Luckily he had his window down so I was able to point out bikes can't reverse at that speed. Then I nipped in front of him!

 

[Arjimlad]

I had a taxi almost run me over today. I could read that he had stupidly gone into a section of road one car wide and so the only way out was going to be to reverse, so I stayed well back. Then when he started reversing at high speed I relised he wasn't going to stop in time, tried going backwards, but wasn't going to get out of the way quick enough and so decided to scoot to the right to meet the oncoming car. At least he could see me.

Luckily he had his window down so I was able to point out bikes can't reverse at that speed. Then I nipped in front of him!

Outstanding cockwomblery.

 

[RoubaixCube]

Had to dismount and walk on the pavement due to road works along my regular route. There was a lady who kept looking at my helmet cam which was on at the time so i told her to smile and wave for the camera.

Got a rather nervous smile back in response

 

[glenn forger]

Slowed down next to a jogger and yelled at them to give them a Rocky montage moment.

 

[RedRider]

A £10 note blew gently across two lanes of traffic and nestled into the spokes of my front wheel as I waited at traffic lights this morning.
It's slow progress was watched by the bloke in the car next to me.
I picked it up, gave it a kiss and put it in my pocket then we looked at each other, smiled and thought about the benefits of cycle commuting..

 

[winjim]

Friendly skip lorry driver helpfully informed me of the existence of the cycle lane adjacent to the dual carriageway on which I was riding. That's very nice of him I thought as I rode off through the traffic. Good use of his time looking out for these things, gives him something to do while he's sat in that queue.