Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Nice work on that M25 jobby ! Happy New Year
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Great effort! Any chance you could share the exact route? It was on my bucket list for 2019 but events conspired against me doing it. Had a few friends who did and am not sure they picked the most scenic / pleasant / safe route, especially around the north side of London, so keen to pick up on any better route tips. South / West side of London is more familiar and less of an issue. Cheers
Some drivers are just frikkin hopeless.
Could have quite easily turned into a nasty situation.
W anchor is nothing less then deserved.
Here you go
South
North
On reflection I would have done the trip differently.
I would have done it over a weekend, rather then a Sunday and Monday. Yesterdays riding through the northern part of the trip was plagued at times with horrendous traffic at times with too many close passes to count.
I would have also reversed the route. The north side of the journey was far bumpier then the south with the only hill of note being Ranmore Common. The north was just seemed to be a continual up and down with not much respite.
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Coming home this afternoon along Gulpher Road I passed a couple out for a walk with what I presume was thier pet - she had a Macaw perched on and tethered to her left arm!
Thanks so much, really appreciate that - and my goodness that North route is a lot lumpier than I would have expected!
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
I rode to work and was greeted by this wonderful surprise from one of the teachers I work with..... they know me so well !
Reported a moron to the Police today. Turned out of Upper Ground on to the segregated cycle path on Blackfriars to be greeted by a red car pulling out of Blackfriars one, onto the cycle lane and driving at me (very aggressively), as he was too lazy to go onto the road and back off. Didn't have my camera running, so I don't have high hopes, but then again there is good CCTV on Blackfriars - just depends whether the Met are interested in having a word with him or not.
vickster
Legendary Member
Aaaaaaaarh me hearties...shiver me timbers
Dreadful commute this morning, the ebike motor suddenly stopped straight at the foot of the steepest climb, so wheeled the bike up it. Hoped whatever was the fault may have cleared for the return but still dead, homeward run is less steep but even so I skipped the final climb and subsequent descent for a footpath that is relatively level. Lugging a dead motor and heavy battery about along with a packed rucksack from working at home yesterday and the same tomorrow not much fun. Bike now indoors and it looks like the evenings activity has now been arranged
Randombiker9
Senior Member
Had a close call with a car and a bus the otherday
1st: car pulled out of its parking space Just before i was about to change lanes I didn’t signal as I didn’t need to yet but was in the centre of lane and then The car turned right. 2nd time bus pulled out right in front of me. Luckily it realised becuse the bus behind it honked at it lol 😂
as for today had a quick commute to dentist appointment. Quite a few close calls. Even a police car close passed me (it didn’t have sirens on) and I thought they would know better and then turned round back the way it came at the roundabout. Weird
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1st: car pulled out of its parking space Just before i was about to change lanes I didn’t signal as I didn’t need to yet but was in the centre of lane and then The car turned right. 2nd time bus pulled out right in front of me. Luckily it realised becuse the bus behind it honked at it lol 😂
as for today had a quick commute to dentist appointment. Quite a few close calls. Even a police car close passed me (it didn’t have sirens on) and I thought they would know better and then turned round back the way it came at the roundabout. Weird
My MacBook won’t let me
Upload anything because apperntly
My disk space is full
And it won’t let me
Move any pictures I don’t need
Into the trash either. Guess I need to pop into apple tommorow
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Heading in this morning, approaching this junction and a driver comes straight out of the road to the right without stopping looking to park up where the white Fiat is in the link - which is roughly where I was! I just stood my ground and stared directly at the driver for about 15 seconds (roughly 3 times the amount of time she saved by not waiting) before a final slow shake of the head and cycled off.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
I bought a little USB charging bike horn thing on a whim in December, £8 on eBay. Makes various noises!
Came in handy last night, the driver hadn't spotted me and took prompt evasive action.
View: https://youtu.be/us1jgqL7z0w
Came in handy last night, the driver hadn't spotted me and took prompt evasive action.
View: https://youtu.be/us1jgqL7z0w
Shorter commute than yesterdays but longer than the two previous. My January and February commutes generally consist of the car for the first 5 miles then cycle the last 7.1, so this morning was the first of those type.
Year total: 4 work days & 4 cycle commutes.
Year total: 4 work days & 4 cycle commutes.
