Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Dry for a change up in Manchester.

Had a chuckle at traffic chaos caused by a double decker having tried to turn left at a 'no HGV' junction in Cheadle - it got stuck on the 'anti big vehicle' curb - proper wedged. The driver must have been a right idiot to try and turn. The junction has been modified to stop vehicles left turning as it's a very sharp turn, and only cars and vans can turn down it. Big vehicles have to carry through the junction, go round a roundabout and come back.

 

[MisterStan]

Only light drizzle here, not the down pour I was expecting - somehow had a cracking average speed today - my best of the year so far - amazing what you can do when the wind isn't against you and you don't have to worry about sliding on ice and stuff.
Still I have to get home this evening....

 

[DWiggy]

Raining cats and dogs down in the SE (Gravesend/Dartford) got an old pair of over shoes BBB heavy duty that work really well on my commute but chose to use some that I got for Xmas (to test them out) Shimano Blades with Waterproof on the label.... shouldn't have bothered my feet were soaked through absolutely useless

 

[Andrew_P]

Blimey it's heaving down in SE London at the moment. Not commuting today just as well.

You missed a nice ride, wind under 8mph, didn't notice that it was raining just such a relief for normal wind conditions. The ride barely registered on my legs, well compared to the rest of the week...

 

[Beebo]

Blimey it's heaving down in SE London at the moment. Not commuting today just as well.

lucky you, it rained the whole way in. Loads of standing water plus the gutters, cycle paths and bus lanes are full of crap.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Why do things have to come in threes?

First, a close overtake by a junction when there's a car already pulling out from my left, making the overtaking driver swing in almost before he'd got past me. It was so close the pulling-out car driver opened his window and shouted something to me along the lines of "That was %&^$ close! What a &U%&ing idiot!"

Later on, a bus overtakes and pulls straight back in to stop behind another bus, which I'd already seen and moved out to overtake. All this by a pinch-point too.

Finally, on an L-shaped side road that so many people use as a rat-run, it's got loads of speed bumps the length of it. Chap overtakes, on a speed bump, with a car coming the other way. Doesn't speed up, just sits alongside me till the next speed bump, and the next... Eventually he turns into a driveway and I think "What was the point?"

Oh well, it's Friday...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Got my bike back from the lbs this morning so had to take the direct route to work. 5.3 miles in 17 minutes, smashed my record by 3 minutes, averaged over 18mph

 

[BSRU]

Used the waterproofs this morning although the last 30 minutes was just light drizzle, lots of water on the roads.

 

[400bhp]

Well, well, well.

Wind direction this morning. SW 20 odd kph. Tailwind

Forecasted wind direction later this afternoon NorthNorthwest. Tailwind.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

My BSmeter is flashing.

Will report back later.

 

[BSRU]

First "near injury" experience of the year, turning left of a main road into a one way side road, view obscured by an illegally parked large van, suddenly a stupid bint in a Chav-alier coming the wrong way at speed.
No idea how I managed to miss the cockwomble, probably just enough room to squeeze between the Chav-alier and parked vehicles, if I had been in the car it would have been a crash as there was no where to go.

 

[MisterStan]

if I had been in the car it would have been a crash as there was no where to go.

A good reason if there was one needed for not using the car!

Glad you're OK.

 

[Davywalnuts]

This mornings funny antics involved some SCR by some prat who proceeded to blow up on the first attempt to overtake me.. I wasnt even going that fast as I was on the tourer. Why do they do it!?

 

[Black Country Ste]

Had a SMIDGAF on the way into work who swung out from a side road without even slowing down. Naturally I caught him 200 hundreds yards down the road where he started blathering about 'right of way' and I parted with my best scolding-a-naughty-child voice telling him he's a very bad driver before leaving him in his queue.

 

[lozcs]

Can't believe the cat that made a dash for it across the a38 made it in one piece - amazing luck.

If I'd have seen it on youtube I would swear it was fake..

There goes one of its lives

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cracking ride home tonight. 22.5 miles, average speed over 16mph and 4 Strava PBs, plus had half an hour or so of daylight and just a light rain to keep me cool. Bliss.