Tales from today's commute....

[400bhp]

I am contemplating visiting the fat Skoda bloke on my way home because I know where he lives and he refused to discuss his actions with me at the lights, before left hooking me, but on the other hand, what would that achieve ?

Show him you know where he lives.

He may think twice in future.

 

[Andrew_P]

Return was just as fast & into a headwind, though this time I was trying. My body position is obviously different to my Giro as my glutes really ache today.

GrasB on his way to work! I assume you do not have this model with all the bodywork?

 

[Arjimlad]

Show him you know where he lives.

He may think twice in future.

Good thinking. As a holder of shotgun & firearm certificates I am loathe to provoke confrontation. Maybe a polite note on the screen would be best.

 

[BSRU]

Strange commute on the way back to work after lunch, travelling along a shared path when something small and black comes out of the bush on the left, straight across within inches of my front wheel and quickly disappears into the bush on my right. Either a rat or cat, my bet would be a rat in that area, will check the video after work to see if I imagined it all.

Yet again another cyclist trying to race me on the shared path only to see me vanish into the distance once back on the road, I was not going fast I was on my old heavy hybrid with fat studded tyres with a belly full of food and earl grey.

 

[apb]

went for a cycle during lunch time to run a few errends. Had this lady almost left hook me. It was a really strange situation as i don't know how she didn't see me. She was obviously in the wrong lane and change her mind and wanted to turn left. She simply put her indicator on and started on her way. Even with me shouting at her she just kept going like i didn't exist.

really strange.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

another quierd one here as well. going along a road which is not really full of potholes more just badly put together and so uneven that any cyclist within 2m of the curb is in danger of knocking their teeth out if they take it too fast... I was aware that I had a car coming up behind me as I approached this area, so eased up and went over it instead of going around it which I normally do if it is quiet.

I have no idea what happened next... I can only guess but the next thing I was aware of was a really long blast on someone's horn as they overtook me and the car behind me... I don't know if the 1st car behind me was a cyclist and knew I was better off in the middle of the road litterally and was holding back to give me enough room to come out or what, and the 2nd car behind me did not understand and overtook both of us getting really upset with someone in the process? Odd.

 

[GrasB]

GrasB on his way to work! I assume you do not have this model with all the bodywork?
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I wish I did. It's just I've got an FTP of just over 4.5w/kg & I weigh in at a shade under 80kg.... Currently I'm 10w shy of having a rather interesting FTP.

 

[HLaB]

I took one of my shorter routes today, as I wanted back to see some of the track racing, the scratch race was brilliant Nothing significant happened other than a wee bit of extra confidence on my part filtering on the fixed

 

[400bhp]

I wish I did. It's just I've got an FTP of just over 4.5w/kg & I weigh in at a shade under 80kg.... Currently I'm 10w shy of having a rather interesting FTP.

Revert to type

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Great ride home, not too cold, and only shouted at once to get on the cycle path. Great tail wind so 23mph on the flat more than makes up for the car driver !!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Very cold, very windy, average speed below 14mph, but I don't care as I broke 1,200 miles for the year, plus broke 1,000km for the month.

 

[paulw1969]

Smidsy on way home tonight....nearly home.........mini roundabout and i'm going straight over in the outside lane........no traffic from right hand side so did not slow down..........and a driver pulls out from the left to turn and go in my direction i slam the anchors on as she looks to be pulling straight over into my lane....good job i was watching and i had my eye on what the cars were doing......... she sees me at the last instance and doesn't pull all the way across.........heart in mouth time for me ....and i'm shaking my head when she rolls down her window beside me and seemed genuinly apologetic...i said "i cannot read minds" and something like thanks for the apology anyway.(although it didn't come out quite that way due to a lack of breath and adrenaline being high)...no harm done but it did freak me a little.. other than that a great ride home....following wind....and less traffic due to schools being off

 

[potsy]

Been a decent weeks commuting, quiet, relaxed, but very cold rides in on the road and warmer, sunnier rides home on the off road route.
No incidents, a few 'nods' and 'chats' with fellow cyclists.

Might take the road bike tomorrow but the forecast -2c is putting me off slightly

 

[musa]

bitter is the word...bitter today
slight feel of hail

 

[ianrauk]

Very cold, very windy, average speed below 14mph, but I don't care as I broke 1,200 miles for the year, plus broke 1,000km for the month.

Very cold in London too though not as windy.
Avg 14.9 for my 14 miles though, bit gutted as wanted the 15.

Well done on the mileages.