Tales from today's commute....
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Was quite mild this morning considering how frosty it was. Came across one lady that I know and see most days who had come off on the ice, luckily she and the bike were okay and saw a lad walking gingerly down the road with his bike.
I'm all right jack I was on the winters
Also hit 18,000 miles for the year this morning, reached the target a full day early
I'm all right jack I was on the winters
Also hit 18,000 miles for the year this morning, reached the target a full day early
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Also hit 18,000 miles for the year this morning, reached the target a full day early
Wow!
Graham
prawny
Active Member
- Location
- Cannock Chase
Lights is an issue round this way n all. Very odd
This morning I nearly got to the end of my rope with people overtaking me when I'm keeping up with traffic. I was leaving a sensible gap to the car infront doing around (i.e just over) 30 in a 30 zone when a tit in a megane came past and squeezed in. So I left a smaller gap and rode about 3 feet left of the centre line when some absolute swine in a 330e (reg number available on request) starts overtaking me, I stuck my right arm out and waved him back but he pulled alongside and squeezed me to the curb. I carried on alongside him for a bit giving daggers before dropping back and following. Coming up to the next roundabout I overtook him, then proceeded around the roundabout VERY slowly.
Hopefully he got the point, I see him regularly, so if not, I will have words.
It's blooming Christmas FFS, can't people stop being knobs for a week or two.
Edit- 18000!! f*cking hell!
This morning I nearly got to the end of my rope with people overtaking me when I'm keeping up with traffic. I was leaving a sensible gap to the car infront doing around (i.e just over) 30 in a 30 zone when a tit in a megane came past and squeezed in. So I left a smaller gap and rode about 3 feet left of the centre line when some absolute swine in a 330e (reg number available on request) starts overtaking me, I stuck my right arm out and waved him back but he pulled alongside and squeezed me to the curb. I carried on alongside him for a bit giving daggers before dropping back and following. Coming up to the next roundabout I overtook him, then proceeded around the roundabout VERY slowly.
Hopefully he got the point, I see him regularly, so if not, I will have words.
It's blooming Christmas FFS, can't people stop being knobs for a week or two.
Edit- 18000!! f*cking hell!
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Was quite mild this morning considering how frosty it was. Came across one lady that I know and see most days who had come off on the ice, luckily she and the bike were okay and saw a lad walking gingerly down the road with his bike.
I'm all right jack I was on the winters
Also hit 18,000 miles for the year this morning, reached the target a full day early
As it happens I was wondering about your milage this year. I was in a local shop (for local people, there's nothing for you there) and the guy was talking about how he'd done over 1000 miles this year and was astounded that some people on strava clock up 4-5 thousand in a year. I couldn'd help but interject and say I knew someone who rolled over 20 thousand miles last year.
Anyway, 18 thousand, that answers the question I never needed to ask.
Chapeau sir.
greekonabike
President of the 'Democratic Republic' of GOAB
- Location
- Kent
Sounds like you were in the Spar on Cherry Ave. Anyway my commute was 0.7 miles and took me about 4 minutes.
GOAB
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Not to far from my house that.....
It was actually in a small deli in Deal.
You go easy on that comute sir, you'll do yourself a mischief...
greekonabike
President of the 'Democratic Republic' of GOAB
- Location
- Kent
I used to go up Cherry Tree on a daily basis to get to my appointments in Deal. Occasionally used to drink in the Park Inn and the Harvey. Good old times but my commute would have been 20 miles up the A2 from Canterbury.
My commutes at the moment are either to my desk or somewhere local and I'm becoming an expert in finding excuses to go out for long rides.
GOAB
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
This morning's five mile commute into Ely was into a pretty brisk breeze. Traffic was a 'mare in town, so it was actually faster to get off the bike and walk part of the way to the station - last Thursday market day before Xmas is always pretty manic. Got back on the bike once past the traffic snarl-ups and almost got wiped out by a tipper truck pulling out of a building site and crossing the cycle lane without looking...
There was a chap in high vis standing in the middle of the road guiding the truck out. He holds the truck to let the traffic past, then beckons it out just when I'm approaching the entrance to the site. You would have thought he could have waited those extra 10 seconds... Truck pulls out in front of my nose and muggins is left a choice between staying in the cycle lane and hitting the truck or turning a sharp left into the entrance of the building site and bouncing over all the mud and gravel and other crap that's been spread out all over. Still not sure how I managed to stay on the bike during my rallycross moment... And I had a few choice words to say to the chap who'd been directing the truck.
Evening commute was peaceful in comparison, hardly any traffic and managed to get 2/3 way up the bogey hill on the way home. It's not long but by goodness it's steep. Really pleased with that, it's the furthest I've managed to get up it since doing this particular commute. Of course, the wind had switched direction during the day, so I had a headwind all the way home as well. It was decidedly nippy out this evening too.
There was a chap in high vis standing in the middle of the road guiding the truck out. He holds the truck to let the traffic past, then beckons it out just when I'm approaching the entrance to the site. You would have thought he could have waited those extra 10 seconds... Truck pulls out in front of my nose and muggins is left a choice between staying in the cycle lane and hitting the truck or turning a sharp left into the entrance of the building site and bouncing over all the mud and gravel and other crap that's been spread out all over. Still not sure how I managed to stay on the bike during my rallycross moment... And I had a few choice words to say to the chap who'd been directing the truck.
Evening commute was peaceful in comparison, hardly any traffic and managed to get 2/3 way up the bogey hill on the way home. It's not long but by goodness it's steep. Really pleased with that, it's the furthest I've managed to get up it since doing this particular commute. Of course, the wind had switched direction during the day, so I had a headwind all the way home as well. It was decidedly nippy out this evening too.
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Last commute of the year done (and I survived the crazy December traffic). It was only 25 degrees at work, but 32 at home (even though it's only 24km in a straight line between them), so it was a sweaty commute.
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
I had to Google what GOAB stood for.
Am now kicking myself as it was so obvious...
"Goths On A Bus"
Graham
greekonabike
President of the 'Democratic Republic' of GOAB
- Location
- Kent
Unfortunately you're wrong. GOAB is the 'democratic' country I formed in my workshop. Viva GOAB! Viva commun.... I mean democracy!!!
President and sole resident of GOAB
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Blooming windy on the way home tonight. Got home before the proper rain fell though and it was very mild.
In conditions like that it's always best just to give in to the forces. Lower gears and just spin away. Don't fight it. Forget any PB's and just plod along. Just enjoy the ride.
