Going to do Leytonstone.Stratford,Bow,Mile End,Limehouse,Shadwell,Tower Gateway,Tower Bridge,Elephant and Castle and Waterloo.Today.(My fastest route at this time.)
Tales from today's commute....
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Going to do Leytonstone.Stratford,Bow,Mile End,Limehouse,Shadwell,Tower Gateway,Tower Bridge,Elephant and Castle and Waterloo.Today.(My fastest route at this time.)
Jamieyorky
Veteran
- Location
- York
Took a long commute home last night with being on the road bike, normally 1.5 miles but did 16.5 out on the lanes west for York.
Got home and and the wife asked why i was late............. had to work a hour late darling !
Got home and and the wife asked why i was late............. had to work a hour late darling !
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Still suffering from the vomiting last Friday. Appetite not back yet and so energy levels are low. Will see how it goes.
Cut up by lorry turning into Harford Street this morning but I came to realise it's probably due to the dodgy road layout and as I had come off the CS 2 with a bus in the bus stop he overtook bus and crossed into the turning but I saw it and he stopped.I was turning left anyway.At a set of lights between Tower Bridge and Elephant a motorist was eye balling me when he overtook me after the lights changed.Not sure what that was about.Coming back a yoof with a mobile phone in his ear while riding his bike almost crashed into me or would have but I had a slight suspicion he may do that as there was a there was a right turning near by.New bell worked well on the CS 3 to warn cyclists that I was nearby and wanted to overtake.
Same route tomorrow although slightly earlier.Don't generally use the Tower Bridge route in the rush hour but boy it's a faster route compared to the CS 3 up to Southwark Bridge or Westminster.
Same route tomorrow although slightly earlier.Don't generally use the Tower Bridge route in the rush hour but boy it's a faster route compared to the CS 3 up to Southwark Bridge or Westminster.
Simontm
Veteran
Bit tired legs today but maintained hour commute even with the extra traffic.
Still can't get over the amount of bikes compared to my old commute and neither can I believe the amount of TLJs going on - 12 this morning. Six at a light for buses to leave the depot- it's a blind junction so you can't see if there's a bus coming out.
Numpty count: 1 on the Petersham Road, a van decided to overtake me on a blind bend and had to very quickly pull in because of oncoming traffic, nearly taking me out.Pillock
Still can't get over the amount of bikes compared to my old commute and neither can I believe the amount of TLJs going on - 12 this morning. Six at a light for buses to leave the depot- it's a blind junction so you can't see if there's a bus coming out.
Numpty count: 1 on the Petersham Road, a van decided to overtake me on a blind bend and had to very quickly pull in because of oncoming traffic, nearly taking me out.Pillock
Not everyday you get to cycle in as a tandem outrider. Couple of club mates doing London - Paris in 24hrs later this week and decided to spice it up a bit by using a vintage Peugeot tandem. Got some rather strange looks on the morning commute as they brought it into London ready for the start, but lots of smiles too.
Made for a much more gentle paced commute than normal
Made for a much more gentle paced commute than normal
Jamieyorky
Veteran
- Location
- York
Slow ride in this morning on the Dutch bike, cycled past the caravan site on the edge of the village to the smell of a fry up !
Wow what a nice warm, dry morning. No wind either. I love commuting days like this. Cycling seems so easy, the pedals just spin with ease.
The only downside is that the schools are back along with all the bad parking, 4x4, mobile phone using school run traffic.
Not sure I am liking the new RAB at Lewisham. I think it's because of the completely different layout to what it used to be. I suppose a couple of weeks and I probably won't notice the difference.
The only downside is that the schools are back along with all the bad parking, 4x4, mobile phone using school run traffic.
Not sure I am liking the new RAB at Lewisham. I think it's because of the completely different layout to what it used to be. I suppose a couple of weeks and I probably won't notice the difference.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Sore back today but the one place it doesn't seem to hurt too much is on the bike, hurts when I have to stand up to stop though.
New route still going well, seems very pleasant and much wider and scenic than my return along the very same route which is weird but hey ho!!
New route still going well, seems very pleasant and much wider and scenic than my return along the very same route which is weird but hey ho!!
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
My commutes lately have been beset with electronic problems, last week my nearly new Fly 12 camera gave up the ghost and had to get a firmware update to fix it, then my exposure strada light completely died, it is out of warranty so will have to pay for the fix but my ancient joystick was fixed for 15 quid. Then on monday my garmin 1,000 refused to start/stop or power off. searched the internet and got it worknig again by a complicated route but it then developed other faults and is back to the original fault. So I guess that is going to have to go away for repair as well.( plus un-cycle related , came home to a new kettle last night, the old one had given up )
Yesterday and today were pleasant, yesterday caught up and overtook a young racing snake on his fixie who then drafted me for a while and then we chatted for a couple of miles. This morning met up with one of my regulars and chatted the last 6 miles in.
Yesterday and today were pleasant, yesterday caught up and overtook a young racing snake on his fixie who then drafted me for a while and then we chatted for a couple of miles. This morning met up with one of my regulars and chatted the last 6 miles in.
Starchivore
I don't know much about Cinco de Mayo
- Location
- Halifax, West Yorkshire
Almost immediately after leaving Littleborough train station on my cycle home yesterday, I saw four serious driving violations within a 25 second period! I truthfully did.
1) At the Junction, opposite me a driver jumps the red (I see this often there0
2) Immediately after, the driver a second or so behind him jumps the red
3) (seconds later, just after the junction) On the other side of the road an SUV driver decides they can’t wait for the car ahead which was stopped in order to turn right, indicating. So The SUV driver mounts half of their huge car onto the pavement in order to squeeze round and save that previous moment
4) Just after that, a driver pulls out right in front of another car
I’m experienced at cycling in traffic and I know there are a few silly people out there, but this really did amaze me- to see four serious violations, of three different types, within 25 seconds. In fairness I think on my route the driving is generally pretty okay.
1) At the Junction, opposite me a driver jumps the red (I see this often there0
2) Immediately after, the driver a second or so behind him jumps the red
3) (seconds later, just after the junction) On the other side of the road an SUV driver decides they can’t wait for the car ahead which was stopped in order to turn right, indicating. So The SUV driver mounts half of their huge car onto the pavement in order to squeeze round and save that previous moment
4) Just after that, a driver pulls out right in front of another car
I’m experienced at cycling in traffic and I know there are a few silly people out there, but this really did amaze me- to see four serious violations, of three different types, within 25 seconds. In fairness I think on my route the driving is generally pretty okay.
People with what I would term 'poor awareness' are making the new Cycle Superhighway (one that goes over Blackfriars Bridge) quite dangerous/annoying; people are cycling two-abreast both ways, which if everyone is switched-on, is fine. However, you get the usual complement of arses trying to overtake on the outside when there's bikes coming the other way. This morning and on many other occasions though, people seem to just cut across from the outside/inside and vice versa without seeming to look - I tend to go quite slow anyway on these bits of the road, but it is a pain - e.g. some lady just swung over to just in front of me and her back wheel only missed my front as I slowed down in anticipation of her crap move. She then cycles on after I said 'ferfuxsake' and a couple of moments later, swings her arm out to turn right...even though she's on the inside, having swapped lanes.
