Tales from today's commute....

[r04DiE]

Not much to say about commute 3...

Yep, that looks like a fairly standard London commute :O

 

[Bazzer]

More peds, buses and cars this morning and (sadly) inevitably more speeders and drivers who can't be arsed to use one millijoule of energy to flick an indicator switch.
On the positive side, got to work just as it was starting to rain and my second consecutive creak free ride. So it looks like that problem has finally been nailed after many frustrating rides.

 

[HarryTheDog]

Due to the tube strike in London I spent a lot of time overtaking stationary traffic. No numpties apart from a jogger running out in front of a car, luckily the car driver was switched on and managed not to kill him.

 

[martint235]

Bit meh today but quite an enjoyable ride in. Could be cos I'm in a really good mood with this being my last day in this shitty role.

No sign of my psycho though

 

[Lonestar]

More peds, buses and cars this morning and (sadly) inevitably more speeders and drivers who can't be arsed to use one millijoule of energy to flick an indicator switch.
On the positive side, got to work just as it was starting to rain and my second consecutive creak free ride. So it looks like that problem has finally been nailed after many frustrating rides.

It seems to be a dying trend.Indicating I mean.

 

[ianrauk]

C'mon lady, if you're going to wear a plastic hat then do the straps up. I politely pointed out to you in a pleasant manner that the straps were undone and all I got back was a filthy look and a 'So what'. Pffft.. Happy Monday to you too then.

 

[Simontm]

Quite quiet until Kew where emergency braking as a car pulled out gave me a noisy ride in for the rest of the way!
Filthy ride in tho'. Had a stripe of grit and muck on the tights/socks gap.
Since Kensington is usually chocka with slow cyclists and rlj idiots, had no idea whether there was an increase or not since they are the usual signs
Numpty count: 1 aforementioned car which then imperiously waved me ahead - no mate, you're coming onto the main road

 

[J1888]

I really hate tube strikes.

When I first started commuting I had that smug sense of 'ha, this doesn't affect me' before realising that it just meant that there are more cars, more peds taking risks and most noticeably, more complete idiots on bikes. I refuse to call them cyclists

 

[Simontm]

AFA extra cyclists are concerned I forgot to add, I'd hate to have been commuting Nth/Sth if the stream of boris bikes, obviously out of the garage bikes etc steaming through Hyde Park was any indicator

 

[Sixmile]

First commute of 2017. Heavy legs and even heavier bike, with squeaky brakes! They weren't squealing when I left it in the garage at the end of December.

Couldn't find the keys to my locks, delayed me half an hour leaving the house, finally got to work and my main lock has seized. Fortunately I was given a spare by a colleague last month so that made its debut today. This year can only get better!

 

[J1888]

AFA extra cyclists are concerned I forgot to add, I'd hate to have been commuting Nth/Sth if the stream of boris bikes, obviously out of the garage bikes etc steaming through Hyde Park was any indicator

Indeed - loads of Bozo Bikes and 'irregulars'.

Scum, sub-human scum

 

[martint235]

AFA extra cyclists are concerned I forgot to add, I'd hate to have been commuting Nth/Sth if the stream of boris bikes, obviously out of the garage bikes etc steaming through Hyde Park was any indicator

Indeed - loads of Bozo Bikes and 'irregulars'.

Scum, sub-human scum

Sorry but some of these "scum" may use this as an opportunity to get in to cycling. That out of the garage bike may be traded for an upmarket road bike and the rider may upgrade themselves to an established cyclist.

Just sayin'.

 

[Simontm]

Sorry but some of these "scum" may use this as an opportunity to get in to cycling. That out of the garage bike may be traded for an upmarket road bike and the rider may upgrade themselves to an established cyclist.

Just sayin'.

Was talking about quantity not quality!!

 

[J1888]

Sorry but some of these "scum" may use this as an opportunity to get in to cycling. That out of the garage bike may be traded for an upmarket road bike and the rider may upgrade themselves to an established cyclist.

Just sayin'.

Until they pay their membership to the London Commuters Club, then they're nothing to me.

 

[martint235]

Until they pay their membership to the London Commuters Club, then they're nothing to me.

I wasn't aware there was a London Commuters Club. I assume it's different from the wastes of space over at LCC?