Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

Do you know who I hate. Bloody Smart car drivers. With their stupid little hair drier on wheels. Thinking they are somehow saving the environment. Well you're not. It still has four wheels, it has an engine, runs on petrol and belches out fumes. You are just as bad as all the other polluting numpty motons who likes to think you can try to bully cyclists off the road. One of the little shytebags decided he didn't like the 3 cyclists in front of him at a junction so decided to hi rev and pass us very close on a couple of occasions whilst ranting and raving out of his window. Coward wouldn't stop at the road side when I asked him so we could talk. Twat of the highest order.

Apart from that, it was a lovely, very warm, windless, fairly traffic free, fairly fast commute in.

 

[Arjimlad]

Do you know who I hate. Bloody Smart car drivers. With their stupid little hair drier on wheels. Thinking they are somehow saving the environment. Well you're not. It still has four wheels, it has an engine, runs on petrol and belches out fumes. You are just as bad as all the other polluting numpty motons who likes to think you can try to bully cyclists off the road. One of the little shytebags decided he didn't like the 3 cyclists in front of him at a junction so decided to hi rev and pass us very close on a couple of occasions whilst ranting and raving out of his window. Coward wouldn't stop at the road side when I asked him so we could talk. Twat of the highest order.

Apart from that, it was a lovely, very warm, windless, fairly traffic free, fairly fast commute in.

I've not found this but I do take extra care when I see a Prius or other electric/hybrid car especially those little BMW i3 thingies. The drivers seem to take even less care around cyclists than other motorists. Your Fartcar driver appears to be a moron but you'll have @Drago on your back if you tar them all with the same brush

 

[dhd.evans]

"Wife, weather looks lovely - i'm going to take a longer ride home is that alright?"

Oops. seem to have tagged on 1.5hrs onto my ride...

 

[ianrauk]

I've not found this but I do take extra care when I see a Prius or other electric/hybrid car especially those little BMW i3 thingies. The drivers seem to take even less care around cyclists than other motorists. Your Fartcar driver appears to be a moron but you'll have @Drago on your back if you tar them all with the same brush

Don't even get me started on those sh!tty London Prius cabbie drivers...

 

[StickyPTFE]

Does anybody else feel like the roads are worse when the weather is so nice, I feel like everybody is racing around to get to the pub. I have been papped more times than usual.
Anyway, booked yesterday off work so no commute but it was a scorcher, 34°C in the midlands.

 

[dhd.evans]

Cruising on my Mavic Ksyriums (which i forgot to take off) down a slight incline at about 30mph:



Guy was immensely apologetic but i did get the 'life flashing before my eyes' feeling.

 

[ianrauk]

Very warm mornings commute interspersed with warm cooling rain. Very enjoyable.

Rain stats
Rainy commute # 24 for the year td
same period last year 31 rainy commutes 53 over all. So catching up with last years.

Previous years
Same period Jan 1st - July 26th / Year total
2017 13 / 31
2016 21 / 31
2015 14 / 35
2014 23 / 45
2013 16 / 39
2012 25 / 45

 

[StickyPTFE]

Cruising on my Mavic Ksyriums (which i forgot to take off) down a slight incline at about 30mph:



Guy was immensely apologetic but i did get the 'life flashing before my eyes' feeling.

Wow, that was definitely a 'Life flashing before eyes' moment. Glad you're ok.

 

[downesy]

Well yesterday's was a belter 2 minutes from home hit a branch tried to correct come off sideways, left leg first broken tibia and fibula and something broke in the kneecap. May give the bike a miss today .
In good hands operation tomorrow(Fri) maybe home for Christmas not the present I wanted really ho! ho! ho!

Well after nearly 8months I had my first ride since the accident only a couple of miles but man I am happy .
Was on the operating table for 5 hours 2 pins , 3 plates and 32screws plus a rebuild of my knee plateau , using milled bone paste . Almost good as new and weekly physio to help muscle strength and flexibility , so more cycling to come just build up slowly and back to commuting before I know it

 

[Arjimlad]

Well after nearly 8months I had my first ride since the accident only a couple of miles but man I am happy .
Was on the operating table for 5 hours 2 pins , 3 plates and 32screws plus a rebuild of my knee plateau , using milled bone paste . Almost good as new and weekly physio to help muscle strength and flexibility , so more cycling to come just build up slowly and back to commuting before I know it

Great! Really pleased for you

 

[Arjimlad]

Cruising on my Mavic Ksyriums (which i forgot to take off) down a slight incline at about 30mph:



Guy was immensely apologetic but i did get the 'life flashing before my eyes' feeling.

Unusual to get an apology!

 

[DCBassman]

Well after nearly 8months I had my first ride since the accident only a couple of miles but man I am happy .
Was on the operating table for 5 hours 2 pins , 3 plates and 32screws plus a rebuild of my knee plateau , using milled bone paste . Almost good as new and weekly physio to help muscle strength and flexibility , so more cycling to come just build up slowly and back to commuting before I know it

Great news!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Back at work It's tough doing this after 7 weeks off. On the bright side, I barely noticed the "hills" on my commute: they're nothing compared to the French Alps.

 

[Randombiker9]

taxis?
why was this black taxi in such a hurry when he stopped for fuel afterwards lol . (incase you wonder why i'm looking back it's because the black taxi was by my tail (You can't see it behind me as my cameras on my helmet and i'm not an owl i can't turn my head 360 degrees) and kept wanting to overtake when it wasn't safe too. around temporary lights even though he was just getting fuel.


ps you guys might wonder why i didn't confront it, I don't confront drivers as it's most likely just going to make things worse or things will end up getting physical.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlZfAABfr-k

Opinions?

Don't even get me started on those sh!tty London Prius cabbie drivers...

how do you know where taxis are from or are most from london because i checked the number plate from the black taxi in my video and it said it was a london taxi? even though i'm in reading not london lol.

 

[IanSmithCSE]

Good morning,

I always love complaints about other road users accompanied by video clips. :-)

You seem completely oblivious to the fact that you are riding on the "wrong side of the road" (I know that this is permissible when safe) and are forcing oncoming drivers to divert from their route to avoid hitting you.

Bye

Ian