Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

Got overtaken by another cyclist for the first time in ages on my commute home last night.

Was coming up the hill from Bromley Common into Locksbottom and got greeted by another cyclist coming passed me. He said he'd been chasing me for ages which made me feel a whee bit better until I saw the 2 massive panniers on the back of his bike

When we stopped at the lights I asked if he earned extra points for scalping me with panniers - he said my chain needed oiling (it did, it was squealing like a little pig) and that's bound to have cost me a few seconds, hehe. We both turned-off down Tubbenden Lane, but he turned-off down Beechcroft Road whilst I continued on.

Anyone know if he's a CC'er?

I have seen him. He cycles up/down my road (Southlands) in the morning/evenings. Wears hiv viz jacket right?

You know.. I find the Locksbottom hill harder then Bromley hill even though Bromley hill is steeper. Strange. Must be the undulations of it.
But rolling down to Tubbenden is always fun.

 

[ianrauk]

Woke up this morning to the rain battering against the windows and conservatory roof. Great I thought another rainy commute. But by the time I left at 7.30am it had stopped and by about 8am the skies were clear and blue.

Had a small incident today.
At a junction. Lights were red. I was turning right.
The junction was solid with traffic with an arctic lorry blocking the junction.
I suddenly felt a slight push on my bike. A 4x4 had driven into me. Nothing major, just a slight nudge.
So of course I gave him the universal WTF are you doing?. He refused to acknowledge me. As it was a slight nudge I just let it be. Lights turn green. Traffic still blocking the junction so no one could go anywhere. He decided to beep his horn at me. Once again I gave him the WTF? I shouted that he aint going nowehere so why beep. Once again he ignored my.
I scooted round the traffic and of course when he cleared the jam he hi-revved pass me. Nobber.

 

[Nocode]

I have seen him. He cycles up/down my road (Southlands) in the morning/evenings. Wears hiv viz jacket right?

You know.. I find the Locksbottom hill harder then Bromley hill even though Bromley hill is steeper. Strange. Must be the undulations of it.
But rolling down to Tubbenden is always fun.

Yeah, that's right with 2 great big red panniers on the back of his bike.

Yeah, it's a bit of a slog going up Locksbottom hill - probably because it's near the end of our commutes and we've done Bromley hill earlier. But yeah, I really like the section of the A21 on the run down from the hospital to the Tubbenden turn-off, can get up some serious speed down there

 

[ianrauk]

Yeah, that's right with 2 great big red panniers on the back of his bike.

Yeah, it's a bit of a slog going up Locksbottom hill - probably because it's near the end of our commutes and we've down Bromley hill earlier. But yeah, I really like the section of the A21 on the run down from the hospital to the Tubbenden turn-off, can get up some serious speed down there

Even more fun is if you continue down to Green St Green.. that get's the commute average up a little bit

 

[PocketFrog]

Ah, wish i'd have seen this thread, I wouldn't have bothered creating my own thread for my 'incident' this morning. My bad!

 

[subaqua]

headwind bad along the mile end road today. and the light timings are crap at several junctions I was past the line with both wheels when they changed to amber and the lights for the "cross traffic" were green before I had cleared the junction. boris for cyclists - my fecking arris.

 

[MattHB]

Ah, wish i'd have seen this thread, I wouldn't have bothered creating my own thread for my 'incident' this morning. My bad!

Don't worry it can be useful to separate incidents to get different views.

 

[col.kurtz]

Wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind,wind, out of my way RLJ'ing stoodents, wind,wind,wind,wind, get a move on mr drop bar, wind,wind,wind,wind,wind, arrive at work knackered and having private fantasies of warm comfy cars stuck in traffic listening to radio pleb (only for a second mind). Apparently they'll be tail wind on the way home

 

[Peter Armstrong]

24 winds, wow thats bloody windy!

 

[Kookas]

Winds must be flowing in my favour today.

I think it's a GPS glitch, though I did have a few tailwinds launch me at good speed over the course of the ride. I should probably buy an actual speedo.

 

[Twilkes]

It's lucky I remembered my RYA trying, because this morning I had to cycle up the hill to East Kilbride like this....

 

[MisterStan]

It's lucky I remembered my RYA trying, because this morning I had to cycle up the hill to East Kilbride like this....

I'm no expert, but i'm pretty sure that's not a bike.....

 

[Twilkes]

The quantity of wind and amount of water on the path is approximately correct, though. 8-)

 

[Christopher]

@potsy: where's the really muddy bit of the TPT on your commute? I am thinking of riding aroud there one weekend and don't wish to grind to a halt and then sink into a bottomless quagmire - I get enough of that in cyclocross...

 

[potsy]

@potsy: where's the really muddy bit of the TPT on your commute? I am thinking of riding aroud there one weekend and don't wish to grind to a halt and then sink into a bottomless quagmire - I get enough of that in cyclocross...

Christopher, the bit we currently have trouble with is near Didsbury just before the trail ends at Manchester Rd, which parts are you thinking of riding?