rugby bloke
Veteran
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Just unbelievable, it is worrying that people have these attitudes. Glad you rode away without any injuries.
Tales from today's commute....
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Just unbelievable, it is worrying that people have these attitudes. Glad you rode away without any injuries.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
Got taken off my bike on Walworth Road yesterday, by the corner of Penrose Street; white van (Peugeot?) overtook me then cut sharply across me to turn left, leaving me nowhere to go but down.
Didn't see the reg number, which is a shame as I had lots of witnesses.
Today, I got a flat by the Elephant & Castle. Whipped off the wheel, whipped off the tyre, whipped out the tube, whipped in the new tube... Only to find the replacement was a dud and wouldn't hold pressure.
No LBS open till 10pm and nowhere selling tubes. Had to walk to Evans at London Bridge for a replacement. Then had to cross London Bridge, which was not for the fainthearted due to being utterly rammed with traffic.
I've had better weeks.
Didn't see the reg number, which is a shame as I had lots of witnesses.
Today, I got a flat by the Elephant & Castle. Whipped off the wheel, whipped off the tyre, whipped out the tube, whipped in the new tube... Only to find the replacement was a dud and wouldn't hold pressure.
No LBS open till 10pm and nowhere selling tubes. Had to walk to Evans at London Bridge for a replacement. Then had to cross London Bridge, which was not for the fainthearted due to being utterly rammed with traffic.
I've had better weeks.
Both you and bike ok I hope.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
rugby bloke
Veteran
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Hopefully you can write off this week and start again afresh next week.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
I'm wondering what tomorrow has in store...!
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Sack the bike and take the space hopper. What a week !
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
21k each way is a bit of an ask on a spacehopper.
Besides, the bugger would probably p******e in Camberwell.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Very funny interaction with a driver this morning ... blasted past me well over the 30 mph limit - nice and wide but he only just made it due to oncoming traffic.
He continued to hoon down the road until the lights changed. I asked him if he was aware that the speed limit had recently been reduced from 40mph to 30mph.
He was, he said he'd sped past to give me plenty of clearance, and he was also trying to beat the lights. He then flew off down a 30mph side road again well over the speed limit. 19 reg Mercedes, very nice fast car !
He continued to hoon down the road until the lights changed. I asked him if he was aware that the speed limit had recently been reduced from 40mph to 30mph.
He was, he said he'd sped past to give me plenty of clearance, and he was also trying to beat the lights. He then flew off down a 30mph side road again well over the speed limit. 19 reg Mercedes, very nice fast car !
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
MGIF x2 two for me today.
I go over two separate sets of road humps on my commute a couple of miles apart.
Not just on one, but on both of these this morning, motorists attempted overtakes, drew alongside, then abandoned because they had to slow down for the road humps.
I go over two separate sets of road humps on my commute a couple of miles apart.
Not just on one, but on both of these this morning, motorists attempted overtakes, drew alongside, then abandoned because they had to slow down for the road humps.
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
Sorry to hear that Dec
, hope you get some better commutes . I've just had a bit of rain and a few close passes by a few numpties (including several Audi drivers, would you believe it
). Let them come and mess with these guys!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYP8hFg2X4Q
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
Got a bit of that last night... Some crank behind me in a little tin box... I indicated to turn right and started to move across the lane, so he decided that was his cue to overtake me. Which would have been bad enough, had two cars not stopped in front of me to turn right also.
In fact, yesterday evening saw me get every single conceivable driver/pedestrian hazard pop up in front of me. It was like that urban military training where cut-out baddies appear from doorways and windows; a pedestrian would step out without looking, then a car door would open at random, then someone would swing across the road in front of me to park on the opposite side of the road... Absolutely bonkers.
Oh, and I fell off. Brain fart. I bought some PDM-520's off here (@Kernow_T ) having used flats on the commute for 17 years, and I forgot I had them as I came to a dead stop. Pedals are fine, the user is at fault.
I took the train today
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Hard to counsel against!
[btw, on the puncture issue, after bitter experience I always have two tubes rather than one, and a puncture repair kit too, just in case, but my commute is mainly countryside so there are no bail out options whatever, and 10 miles is a long way to walk...]
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
Normally I carry two for the same reason. But for some reason yesterday, I only had one.
Had it been 10am I could have popped to the LBS on Elephant Road, but it wasn't open at 8.45.
I think I need to move the pannier bag to the right hand side of the rack rather than the left, so if I do forget the clips again and start to tumble after a dead stop, I'll go to the side where I can get my foot out more quickly. Then again, I'll be falling into the road rather than the pavement. Swings and roundabouts.
This clip thing has never bothered me with the SPD-SL's on my Cube, bizarrely.
