Tales from today's commute....
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I would just like to say how much I hate @ianrauk and everyone else that commutes in from the east this morning
Headwind all the way.
With you there. Thought I'd got a slow puncture this morning. Felt like cycling through treacle - although the wind didn't feel that strong!
1 Numpty this morning - CS8 along the embankment near where there are new roadworks and very narrow lanes. Despite the multiple signs warning not to overtake cyclists, Mr MGIF in his white Audi insisted on diving past me into the non existent gap between me and the car in front... just as traffic stopped completely. I might have given him the coffee bean hand shake as I immediately filtered back past him
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
I had a headwind from the south on my commute. Slightly later than normal due to finding a flat rear tyre when I got the bike ready. Bit of SCR with another cyclist as he got in front of me at some lights. Took me a while to get past him as legs are still suffering a little from last Sunday. Eventually got past at Penge and burned him off.
No numpties. And my psycho is still missing.
No numpties. And my psycho is still missing.
Cold this morning but not frosty, cold not helped by the fact that I was not quite awake when I got dressed and I have put my 3/4 summer cycling bottoms on and not my full length thermal winter ones, what a pillock.
Anyway, nice smooth ride on my short commute, no idiots, lights on green and no stops at all on the way and I overtook another cylcist (very rare for me). Happy, if not a little chilly Nicky.
Anyway, nice smooth ride on my short commute, no idiots, lights on green and no stops at all on the way and I overtook another cylcist (very rare for me). Happy, if not a little chilly Nicky.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
The sun is shining, the air is crisp and dry and my car is broken so I had no choice but to cycle to school with my youngest son. It wasn't much of a hardship and last night I prepared my classic 1991 Raleigh road bike for the run.
It was a nice change and I soon got back into the swing of using down tube shifters.
Looking forward to the return trip tonight.
It was a nice change and I soon got back into the swing of using down tube shifters.
Looking forward to the return trip tonight.
Leaway2
Lycrist
- Location
- Manchester (Sale)
Very cold headwind all the way in. As I locked my front door, I thought, Should I go back in and get thicker gloves. I wish I had.
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Another commute, with more harassment from Australian motorists. 
The latest moron pulled out of a driveway, narrowly missing me, made no apology, then tailgated me up the road for a bit, before flooring the accelerator to get past me. I wish I could leave this f###d up country, because I hate it.
The latest moron pulled out of a driveway, narrowly missing me, made no apology, then tailgated me up the road for a bit, before flooring the accelerator to get past me. I wish I could leave this f###d up country, because I hate it.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Blimey the wind was a bit raw today and a very rare easterly it was as well
hennbell
Guru
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta , Canada
Good question considering my environment. I keep by bicycles in a heated garage overnight, the garage is at about 8C not very warm but when it is -10 outside it feels so warm.
The Garmin was shutdown when I got to the bicycle and would not start up. Once I rest the GPS the battery indicated 75% charge. In the past I have used it successfully at -25C for 45 minutes with no issue. The Gopro on the other hand is very temperature sensitive will shutdown in 15 minutes in similar conditions, both the Gopro and the Garmin are mounted in similar locations.
Simontm
Veteran
Late meeting then went to see a mate in Wimbledon.
Numpty count:1 me! Didn't know Kensington Gardens was gated so went from Bayswater end to Ken end only to find that gate shut. Off to North rd...nope so back to Bayswater where I knew the turnstyle gate would fit my bike
Anyway alternative route meant Putney hill for the first time (iirc) since I was a teenager. Not too bad, no one overtook me with their spindly hill climbing legs
Numpty count:1 me! Didn't know Kensington Gardens was gated so went from Bayswater end to Ken end only to find that gate shut. Off to North rd...nope so back to Bayswater where I knew the turnstyle gate would fit my bike
Anyway alternative route meant Putney hill for the first time (iirc) since I was a teenager. Not too bad, no one overtook me with their spindly hill climbing legs
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Freezing this morning. Not such a bad ride but I felt the chill right through to the bone, that chilling wind penetrated through all my layers. Not even my 'windproof' gloves with some old dhb roubaix glove liner could save my fingers!!
Cycling home felt slightly warmer, though Garmin was telling me it was -4'c windchill. The wind had backed off a little and didnt cut through my layers almost as if i had nothing on.
I had one numpty bump into the back of me when i stopped at a set of lights. It wasnt a huge bump but I still felt it and turned around. He offered no words of apology. Even if he had mumbled it, I would of accept it but he said absolutely nothing so i gave him a dirty look and sped off when the lights changed.
Whatever happened common courtesy or etiquette amongst cyclists??
Cycling home felt slightly warmer, though Garmin was telling me it was -4'c windchill. The wind had backed off a little and didnt cut through my layers almost as if i had nothing on.
I had one numpty bump into the back of me when i stopped at a set of lights. It wasnt a huge bump but I still felt it and turned around. He offered no words of apology. Even if he had mumbled it, I would of accept it but he said absolutely nothing so i gave him a dirty look and sped off when the lights changed.
Whatever happened common courtesy or etiquette amongst cyclists??
Another commute, with more harassment from Australian motorists.
The latest moron pulled out of a driveway, narrowly missing me, made no apology, then tailgated me up the road for a bit, before flooring the accelerator to get past me. I wish I could leave this f###d up country, because I hate it.
Don't let the barstewards grind you down.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Thank goodness for merino thermal long johns on today's commute.
Leaway2
Lycrist
- Location
- Manchester (Sale)
TIL that an Aldi haggis fits perfectly in my bottle cage.
Simontm
Veteran
Drive like a dick day again. Many a close pass and wayward manoeuvring. But ...
Numpty count: 3 a lorry and a Biffa truck decided to overtake me on Richmond Road. Lorry on the blind bend right and had to pull in sharpish thanks to on coming traffic while the biffa decided to overtake at the 20zone pinchpoint
BMW crossover bombing around Chiswick High St cutting me up twice. Glad he got stuck in a traffic jam
Numpty count: 3 a lorry and a Biffa truck decided to overtake me on Richmond Road. Lorry on the blind bend right and had to pull in sharpish thanks to on coming traffic while the biffa decided to overtake at the 20zone pinchpoint
BMW crossover bombing around Chiswick High St cutting me up twice. Glad he got stuck in a traffic jam
