Tales from today's commute....

[Simontm]

Easy ride home. Slight wind in places but enjoying getting the assist for a change
Numpty count: 3 emptyish roads so why don't you decide to pull out as I near you, twice!! Then some idiot couldn't decide whether to overtake me or not just at the narrowing and ped crossing at Raynes Park station so they had to slam the anchors on.

 

[lazybloke]

A completely unremarkable commute home tonight until going up one road I saw flashing lights, a fire engine & ambulance, plus a small crowd of bystanders.

One of the bystanders flagged me down and said "you don't want to go any nearer", which frankly made my blood run cold because this was all directly outside my home. My brain suffered mental diarrhoea with thoughts of : were my family okay? Had there been a fire in my house? What would I see if I did go closer?!!

Mundane conclusion: Home and family were of course absolutely fine. Some random bloke had crashed his car opposite my house, but was unhurt. The bystander had actually been concerned for my bike tyres because of broken glass in the road.


My only question is how did the car end up on it side? This is a 30 limit, residential road. No other cars involved! Maybe my neighbour was right to campaign for traffic calming!

 

[RoubaixCube]

another 28min commute home today. traffic wasnt too bad. load more RLJ'n cyclists out today. There was one persistent one on a fixie and each time he shot past me when i stopped at a light i cross my toes and hoped that he would almost get pancaked from the side to give him a bit of a scare. He jumped at least 3 lights.

Got home and found out that the LED behind the button on my magicshine MJ-858 that acts as a battery life indicator has completely died and it doesn't light up no more. I could contact planetx or magicshineUK directly about getting a replacement but I cant really be arsed. I dont do that much night riding anyway and always carry a spare 2 cell battery in my backpack incase the one in use dies when I commute. Still pissed about it as its a few months old but its not the end of the world.

 

[Seevio]

Headwind in, tailwind out. If it's going to be windy, that's the way I like it. Other than that, nothing to report. The portion of my commute that involves the open road is really wide (thanks 60's/70's road planners) and drivers generally pass safely.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Never mind Friday legs, this morning I had a Saturday morning body after an excellent alcohol fuelled Friday night.

 

[si_c]

Legs felt really heavy and tired when I woke up this morning but even so managed a few PBs on the commute in, just goes to show. Nice pleasant ride in, only one B grade moron who decided to pass me on the crest of a hill, other than that much better than yesterday.

 

[Arjimlad]

A few bits of my commute are single track with passing spaces.

Of course there are still certain drivers who refuse to wait in a passing space for two seconds and insist that "there's plenty of room" as they force me into the hedge.

I think next time I will politely ask them to be more patient.

 

[Simontm]

Almost uneventful trip in aside from watching the RLJs fail to get rid of me
With @RoubaixCube on this one - a wee scare to make them think about what they're doing would be nice.

Numpty count:1 a bus being taken somewhere (I presume the Hammersmith depot) tried to squeeze me off the road which was nice

 

[subaqua]

On the CS 2 it's a lottery...I'm not even sure that van driver was going to stop,he was reckless anyway and driving like a loon so I took the safety first tactic...cost me a few seconds and sharp braking but when he's driving like that there's no way I'd want to pass up his blindside when it became obvious he was attempting a left turn.

funny , that when it was a bus lane never used to get that . only started happeneing since that segregated sh!t was built .

 

[Simontm]

Route 5 - round Ladbroke Grove- Shepherds Bush- Chiswick-Kew-Hampton Court
Like this one. Cycle lanes, traffic, a few miles round quiet roads as a bonus.
Headwind all the way mind.
Bloke with aero bars overtook me on the Hampton Court Road just at the bend before the bridge. I thought you don't know this area well do you as the superman suddenly found himself having to brake hard as I drifted serenely through the gap between the two sets of queuing cars
Numpty count:0

 

[ianrauk]

Route 5 - round Ladbroke Grove- Shepherds Bush- Chiswick-Kew-Hampton Court
Like this one. Cycle lanes, traffic, a few miles round quiet roads as a bonus.
Headwind all the way mind.
Bloke with aero bars overtook me on the Hampton Court Road just at the bend before the bridge. I thought you don't know this area well do you as the superman suddenly found himself having to brake hard as I drifted serenely through the gap between the two sets of queuing cars
Numpty count:0

Then you have a numpty count of 1

 

[Simontm]

Then you have a numpty count of 1

Ey? Me going through the cars? That's normal at that point at that time, indeed there was another bike in front of me.
If it's superman, nah didn't affect me so doesn't count.

 

[Lonestar]

funny , that when it was a bus lane never used to get that . only started happening since that segregated sh!t was built .

Oh definitely..

 

[ianrauk]

Ey? Me going through the cars? That's normal at that point at that time, indeed there was another bike in front of me.
If it's superman, nah didn't affect me so doesn't count.

Superman. He rode like a numpty so he's a numpty.

 

[Simontm]

Superman. He rode like a numpty so he's a numpty.

Hah! My rules are if it affects me it makes it into the count otherwise -especially with the new job/new commute into town - there'd be at least one a day