Tales from today's commute....

[donnydave]

Someone in my offices mentioned the rozzers were stopping cyclists yesterday on wilmslow road without lights.

In cambridge they are on it like a tramp on a kebab, a colleague of mine took a chance with no lights as they had been nicked but was stopped by the 5-0

 

[Hip Priest]

Rode home in slush, rendering my brakes almost completely ineffectual. Took a short-cut along a shared path to minimise the suffering.

 

[potsy]

Someone in my offices mentioned the rozzers were stopping cyclists yesterday on wilmslow road without lights.

Good to hear, wish they'd do it more often.

 

[gaz]

Interesting take on it, but I would argue that signalling it makes you appear that you are changing direction and moving into a space that you don't have automatic right to occupy. Thus a driver may believe he has the right to occupy that space over your right to be there,

Signalling can be taken as an instruction ("i'm going to do this") but also as an intended manouvre ("can I move into this space please"). It's the second that I'd be worried about in the circumstance provided.

Potentially yes, why is this crap so complicated. i'm just trying to get from a to b!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I kid you knot but I had a tail wind coming home today!

 

[donnydave]

Extremely rare commute by car today as I had to travel for work. I may moan at the weather sometimes when on the bike but good lord (other deities are available) what an absolute nightmare it was in the car. I had forgotten how excruciatingly bad it was. It really does astound me (knowing what I know now from cycling to work) that so many people just accept the complete bun fight on the roads morning and night every workday. They all talk about today's delay from breakdown/accident etc as if there's no alternative and you just have to put up with it. (I accept for some this is true but still...)

ARRRRRRRRRRR!

 

[HLaB]

It started snowing sometime this afternoon, only a few mm's fell but rather than being caught up in the probable commuter chaos I took one of the shorter routes back to the flat

 

[MisterStan]

I kid you knot but I had a tail wind coming home today!

I believe you, coz I had it too!

 

[MisterStan]

Very cold again, looking forward to a warm but wet run in tomorrow!

 

[Twilkes]

After 3 months of 100 miles a week, if I shine a torch at right angles across my front, I can just about make out evidence of a six pack that I don't remember seeing since 2002.

 

[ianrauk]

Where did that bloody headwind come from?
Very cold and a bit of a snow flurry.
Hard work.

At least I reached 1000 miles for the year.

 

[400bhp]

Where did that bloody headwind come from?
Very cold and a bit of a snow flurry.
Hard work.
.

Indeed

 

[ianrauk]

Indeed

You too huh?
Annoying weren't it?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

You too huh?
Annoying weren't it?

Me three, really struggled tonight

 

[400bhp]

yeah

You ever get the feeling that you look like a right wimp, pedalling like feck in a low gear only to be going 13mph?

That was me today. Harrumpph