Tales from today's commute....

[gaz]

Wind was still battering me today but had a good ride. Over dressed, had a base layer on when I didn't really need it.
Also out of the winter booties and back into the summer shoes, although with overshoes for a bit of extra warmth.

 

[fossyant]

Got a string of yellows on the way to work and an upset taxi driver. I'm sure he's generally an angry man so me cruising through a yellow and causing he to be delayed by 2 seconds doesn't really concern me.

He gave me a shout, i gave him the finger. Let's all move on.

Yellow means stop you know ?

 

[apb]

Yellow means stop you know ?

usually it does, but this morning i felt when the lights turned orange it was safer for me to run it, as i didn't think i would stop in time of peds stepping onto the road. so i made a judgement call to take primary and speed up as there were no cars behind me.

whether that was illegal or not i'll leave that to my lawyer.

i wasn't trying to be an peanut.

 

[potsy]

Need to get the the ice tyres off the MTB for summer duty, but not confident of this weather.

You'll be fine, summer's on it's way

*takes off guards, throws winter gear into back of wardrobe*

 

[fossyant]

You'll be fine, summer's on it's way

*takes off guards, throws winter gear into back of wardrobe*

Mistake ?

I know the kids want to take the bikes down North Wales, so I'll need to drop the spikes and guards off mine, and also fit a tag-a-long bracket. Looks like it's slowly warming up.

 

[3outof5]

Took the long way round today and doubled the journey from 5 miles to 10. Had to get across an absolute bugger of a roundabout, the traffic flow from the right was dense and almost endless, had to wait about 3 or 4 minutes to be able to squeeze across.
Don't know if it's the new financial year, but around my work location they seem to have managed to create a 'ring of steel' with roadworks on almost every approach.
Appreciated the longer journey though. Put on 3lbs over Easter so need the extra work ;-P

 

[BSRU]

Changed to the sunny day road bike at lunch time, first ride on it for a long time.
New wheels, new tyres, new cassette and new chain meant it was a smooooth effortless ride back to work .
Looking forward to an extended commute home later , although not as extended as I would like

 

[Matthew_T]

Had a really joyous commute home today. Even though I had a battering headwind and a guy honked me for not being in a terrible cycle lane.

I was pulling out of a junction and slowly crept into the middle of the road (right oncoming was clear) and gave a guy a heart attack because he thought I was going to pull out right infront of him.
I then saw a cyclist that I had seen on my morning commute. I then saw a guy jump into a construction fence (to the amusement of his children). Then when I got about 5 miles from home, I had a little chat with a woman who's daughter's bike had a flat. Apparently the dad had gone to "get the stuff".
I then did a little bit of SCR with a very young lad who soured past me which angered me a little (I scalped him like a BOSS!).
And I finally clocked loads of people looking at my helmet cam.

I regret not wearing my sunglasses though. The sun was giving me a headache half way through my journey.
In all, it was a good commute and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Mange-tout]

Saw a guy in Edinburgh today with a yellow high viz vest with the words "POLITE notice PLEASE SLOW DOWN". It looked like POLICE from afar, so perhaps why he had these words ?

My hubby and I debated, and I thought thanking the traffic could have sounded a tad more polite, perhaps "THANKS FOR GIVING ME SPACE" .

What does everyone think?

 

[HLaB]

Saw a guy in Edinburgh today with a yellow high viz vest with the words "POLITE notice PLEASE SLOW DOWN". It looked like POLICE from afar, so perhaps why he had these words ?

My hubby and I debated, and I thought thanking the traffic could have sounded a tad more polite, perhaps "THANKS FOR GIVING ME SPACE" .

What does everyone think?

Maz has one

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

What can I say except that tonight 15 mile ride home was simply outstanding.
20 mph average, got home in under 44 minutes, so a personal best,
beautiful weather, a perfect tail wing along the bus way.
On the top where the wind mill is, 26 mph along there, I felt like Cancelara !!!!!
Its one of those ride where you don't want it to end.

 

[Nathjh]

Well cycling my 1.5 miles home tonight was awful! I tried beating my strava segment in Arbury. Headwind and traffic soon put a stop to that. Nearly crashed into a numpty taxi driver who indicated left at a junction and just pulled over instead of turning. Glad I've got good reactions!!
8 minute journey a minute slower than this morning.

 

[rliu]

After having had a pet hate of motorcyclists passing close on a daily basis in bus lanes through inner London, today one finally caused me mischief. Near the bus stops at New Cross Road in the Deptford direction close to Sainsbury's, I was filtering past stationary buses and just about to cut in front of a stationary one to continue in a bus lane when a motorbike comes from behind me and undercuts me to get into the space ahead of me. His motion forced me to turn my front stem back straight and made me crash straight into the back of a tipper truck. Luckily I wasn't hurt beyond a bruised bottom and the bike wasn't damaged beyond a slightly bent front wheel that hopefully some spoke adjustments can sort out, but if the motorbike had hit me I certainly would be hospitalised right now.

 

[HLaB]

Just a short (2.4mile) for me tonight, looks fab out there and if the rear wheel wasnt pringled I'd have went further, I briefly thought about going back to the flat and getting the good bike out but I think I stressed my throat too much last night.

 

[Black Country Ste]

Decent weather, slightly chillier than my weekend rides. Couple of minor close passes. One numpty in a BMW who I recently discouraged from crossing Belgrave with me got his phone out at the lights, driving away with all his attention on pointing the camera at me. I might be on YouTube!