Tales from today's commute....
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I guess almost 3 weeks of cold, but dry weather with very light winds has spoiled me. I found myself wishing for lights to turn red to give me a break on the way into work this morning.
Was going to fairweather it until my mate on his hybrid told me he was doing the full 12 miles despite the weather.
I absolutely destroyed my cheap Primark trousers, but to be honest that was inevitable anyway.
Question of the day: why do people with flat tyres refuse help so adamantly?
I absolutely destroyed my cheap Primark trousers, but to be honest that was inevitable anyway.
Question of the day: why do people with flat tyres refuse help so adamantly?
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Wet, wet, wet yesterday but as has been said, kept a lot of the fairweathers off the road meaning I had pick of the bike shelter. Foggy this morning and looks likely to be staying around most of the day too. Prime shelter place again then 
Perhaps they do not need any help?
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Was your wife sitting on the cross bar or on the back?Commuted in with the wife this morning, painfully slow. Got scalped by a teenage girl on a step through with a basket on the front
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Very mild; very wet roads, but no rain; very foggy; loads of cyclists and cars going around with no lights.
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
I always offer to help, i've never had to actually help.
I'm often offered help, i never accept it. I probably sound like a right arse, when I gruffly say 'no thanks' but it's because i'm p*ssed off with the situation.
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Took the long route in, very foggy, but not cold, took my jersey off in the end!
little bit wet on the roads, but a pleasent cycle in. Scalped a mate from work on the way in. He's getting a Dolan track bike next week which will be a lot faster than his Mountain bike SS conversion, so had to enjoy it while i can.
Had a goal to reach 250 miles on strava by the end of the week. Need to find 10 miles on the way home tonight.
Had a goal to reach 250 miles on strava by the end of the week. Need to find 10 miles on the way home tonight.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Friday legs into a headwind, hope the journey back is easier.
Got beeped at for being in primary thru a pinch point, he got the finger
Got beeped at for being in primary thru a pinch point, he got the finger
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Almost had a 40~45mph head-on with a <beeep> MOB (Muppet On a Bike) this morning. Coming up to a corner with a car behind me me in the mist I see a blinking red light round the bend. The driver starts to overtake as we enter the corner & is close for real comfort as he'll probably cut in a bit & isn't actually accelerating to overtake so it'll take a long time, I get a bit distracted by this. About 1/3 round the corner realise that this flashing red light is on the FRONT of a bike coming towards me on the wrong side of the road & the approach speed is more like 40-45mph not 15-20mph & I'm much closer than I thought to him because of this. He also takes the driver by surprise who jinks the car to the right as he realises what's going on as well. I make my thoughts know to this person as I pass.
Besides that a nice but misty ride in.
Besides that a nice but misty ride in.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
- Location
- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
yikes - that is pushing it a bit. sometimes "we" can be our own worst enemies. I had a run in with a guy on an mtb on Tuesday whilst I was driving our car. 3 times he cut me up on his mtb causing me to use brakes/swerve to avoid him, crossing the road randomly, jumping up on the pavement on the right hand side, crossing the main road (after a T junction) without looking at me (hard on brakes) and then reappearing after a bridge (after I had turned left) to try to come on to the road at a pedestrain crossing without looking despite the fact there was an oncoming lorry and a car & lorry can't pass at that point - I was level with him at this point so he had to knwo I was there, our diesel engine is not quiet! I had words with him after a very long horn blast subtly phrased but most certainly not printable.
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
It's made worse by the fact I'm one of those people who find it almost impossible to judge speed & distance from a flashing light. Had the bend been a right hander not a left hander they would have been in the lights of the car & my bike so probably been able to see something, but being a left hander all I had as a reference was the red flashing light. My initial judgement was wrong & then the preoccupation with the car caused me to drop frequent enough re-observations to check everything was as expected.
