Tales from today's commute....

[Matthew_T]

Morning commute was quick (compared to the usual one). Managed to get to college a full 10 mins earlier than normal.

Evening commute was tiring as I had a bit of a headwind. I was also very tired from the day so wasnt pushing much.
Had a silly ninja cyclist on the shared use path. I was only able to see him due to my light shining on his reflective pedals. As I passed, I said "You really need some lights" and I think he said "F*** off" (wasnt bothered though). He was cycling along a section which was totally unlit and had plenty of bends in it so I have no idea how he was seeing where he was going.
Passed another cyclist who had a funny horn on his bike (cracked me up).
And just as I was approaching home, I heard a siren from behind. Shoulder checked, prepared to slow down. And then an ambulance passes me at about 80mph on a 40mph road. Gave me plenty of space but someone must have been seriously in trouble if they were going that fast.

Had a nice sausage pasta thing waiting for me at home though. Very tired from the long day!

 

[Black Country Ste]

Blown home by the north easterly wind.

 

[subaqua]

nice ride home, but was dismayed by the antics of a police van at the ASL on Leytonstone high road. revving engine and creeping forward isn't what you would expect . Roadsafe will love investigating that.

 

[MisterStan]

Bagged a 6th place on a Strava segment this morning!

 

[BSRU]

Roads nice and greasy again this morning especially one short drag covered in a fine layer of fresh mud.

 

[fossyant]

Nice and sunny this morning. Went for a Strava KOM and got second - really going to need gears to knock the top spot off (bit of an arch enemy with a few on here). Maxed speed out at about 28.5 mph on the flat (about 140 rpm) , with an average of 27.5. The KOM has just over 30 average, and that ain't happening with 46 x 16 fixed, unless I get a howling tail wind. I had the local fire engine on standby !

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Another hassle free ride this morning, though still bloody windy

 

[ianrauk]

Nice and sunny Fossy... get you and yer nice weather.

Gray, cold and damp this morning. Bit of drizzle and traffic was a nightmare.

So... the conversation goes like this.

"Good Morning Madam"
"Good Morning"
"How are you today?"
"I'm fine thank you"
"That's good. Now, do you know where the indicator shift is in your car?"
"Yes I do, It's here"
"OK, Do you know how to use it?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you pulled over and stopped without indicating"
"Did I?"
"You did and I was right behind you"
"Sorry, I will remember for next time"
"That's good of you"
*cycles off shaking head*

 

[fossyant]

Nice and sunny Fossy... get you and yer nice weather.

Gray, cold and damp this morning.

For once. Been very dull last few days. Have a feeling I will melt later.

 

[Andrew_P]

Forgot my car keys for the car @ work yesterday morning and needed to be somewhere by 10.15am, so having hammered it on the ride in, I was wet and cold as I stood trying to figure out what to do and made a couple of phone calls I then got on my bike and rode home in to a wet and cold headwind. Near the end of my commute had the my nearest miss of a left hook, partly my fault for keeping the hammer down but they defintely didn't indicate until they were right on top of a left turn that is just a fire station.

The only impressive thing was my braking and broadsiding the bike inline with his turn and luckily him stopping the turn in time for me to straghten it up and carry on all on reaction zero thought went in to it. 99.99% of the time I wouldn't have been there or done it I am putting it down to being tired, cold and starving. Near on 30 miles on just a cup of tea!

Made my 10.15am appointment at 10.25am having driven to it from home.

One of the reasons I had hammered it was I was overtaken by a decent rider on a nice Cervelo bike, which I didn't mind but he didn't pull away and I had the draft I would have stayed in the draft but for a really powerful strobe light, which was making me feel quite funny, what with the rain reflecting it as well so I had to either stop or get past... I think stobes should be against the law!!

 

[HLaB]

It was a bit grey and damp again for the route this morning but I brightened it up again by going a new route (something like this). There's nothing specific to report other than the school run drivers in that area seem to be more considerate maybe due to the high numbers of kids on bikes
Oh and I ticked over 50k recorded miles (since Sep 06)

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Cold and dry this week just a head wind in everyday so far, but it's made for a quick return journey on an evening, I really need to sort out a new wheelset though!

 

[jarlrmai]

Close overtake by a gent in a range rover, pull up at the lights, politely ask for a little more room, get told I should be in the cycle path (there is no cycle path) there was a mile and a half back..., cue window going back up.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Close overtake by a gent in a range rover, pull up at the lights, politely ask for a little more room, get told I should be in the cycle path (there is no cycle path) there was a mile and a half back..., cue window going back up.

cue next lines - "only if you introduce your 4x4 to some mud" or "only if you take your 4x4 to off road..."

 

[HLaB]

cue next lines - "only if you introduce your 4x4 to some mud" or "only if you take your 4x4 to off road..."

Don't be silly, everybody knows 4x4's cant get dirty now if he said 'get on the motorway'