Miquel In De Rain
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Not too bad tonight coming back,no close pass till Thatched House.Like something out of the Italian Job,couldn't catch idiot,the two second rule must have applied.Glad to see not everyone on here is a 9-5 M-F.
Tales from today's commute....
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RedRider
Pulling through
- Location
- Location Embrocation
Today I noticed Burgess Park has finally fully re-opened. For the first time since I started my new job eight months ago I can avoid the pot-holed, car-pocked hell that's albany road and still have a reasonably direct route.. It's a good, straight blast thru the park with a couple of nice swoopy bits.
RedRider
Pulling through
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- Location Embrocation
There was a huge black plume of smoke in the blue sky on the way home in London towards the south and east. Anyone know what was on fire?
RedRider
Pulling through
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Cheers, that was it. What a shame, I used to pass by it all the time on my way from my old gaff in Herne Hill on the way to Dulwich Hamlet/East Dulwich.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Didn't expect a car to be completely on the wrong side of the road, just 100 yards from my house this morning 
Parp. !
Parp. !
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Not quite commuting, but don't mess with the missus when we are out on the bikes. 
Saturday morning, fantastic early September weather. Staying at the in-laws caravan in North Wales. Bikes out, my rucksack loaded with spades for some digging on the beach. Just rolled out of the caravan site, waiting to turn out onto the main road to access the NCN 5 1/4 mile away. Just waiting for traffic to clear, tell kids to watch out for traffic.
BEEEEEEP
Turn round and there is a guy, just come out from the site jesticulating for us to get out of the way. Well, I turn round, ask him what his problem is, we are waiting for the traffic to clear you impatient person.
Wife gets off her bike and wheels it back to the car to have a 'go' - no swearing but she gives him a ding dong about the traffic, there was a bus and a car restricting view. Guy then says 'so you want it your way' - "Yes" was the answer. I'd by then got the kids through the junction and 'loudly' said that it was yet another fat impatient person in a car - a few others heard my comments.
FFS the site is actually full of kids whizzing about on bikes not looking, so when a family on bikes is patiently waiting for traffic to clear he gets impatient ? Plonker.
Saturday morning, fantastic early September weather. Staying at the in-laws caravan in North Wales. Bikes out, my rucksack loaded with spades for some digging on the beach. Just rolled out of the caravan site, waiting to turn out onto the main road to access the NCN 5 1/4 mile away. Just waiting for traffic to clear, tell kids to watch out for traffic.
BEEEEEEP
Turn round and there is a guy, just come out from the site jesticulating for us to get out of the way. Well, I turn round, ask him what his problem is, we are waiting for the traffic to clear you impatient person.
Wife gets off her bike and wheels it back to the car to have a 'go' - no swearing but she gives him a ding dong about the traffic, there was a bus and a car restricting view. Guy then says 'so you want it your way' - "Yes" was the answer. I'd by then got the kids through the junction and 'loudly' said that it was yet another fat impatient person in a car - a few others heard my comments.
FFS the site is actually full of kids whizzing about on bikes not looking, so when a family on bikes is patiently waiting for traffic to clear he gets impatient ? Plonker.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Almost nothing of note except a minibus style taxi passing so close I thumped it. Driver didn't appear to notice. Perhaps he will notice the call from the LA licensing authority now I've sent them an email.
Set a new PB on the way home, mainly through the slow and satisfying tactical demolition of several other fast commuters in an informal race (the type where no one acknowledges its a race but its definitely on).
On the scale of human achievement its not much but its nice to know that I was slightly better than someone at something today.
I'll be cream crackered tomorrow so I'll have to make sure I don't meet them all again
On the scale of human achievement its not much but its nice to know that I was slightly better than someone at something today.
I'll be cream crackered tomorrow so I'll have to make sure I don't meet them all again
SportMonkey
Guest
I often wonder if a power kite would make for a better commute when the wind is behind you though
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Windy ride home for me too, gusting quite hard at points. 17.5 miles at 18.4 mph average.
Blurb
Über Member
- Location
- Somewhere on the Edgware Rd.
Windy in NWLondon too. Didn't help that a blacked out BMW decided to swerve out whilst I was filtering down the off-side. Brown trouser time, but no damage. Apparently, it's more important to avoid hitting a pothole with his shiny alloys than me making it home in one piece. Happy days 
Miquel In De Rain
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Strange.I had my best day for a long time today,both ways.Perhaps my increased mileage before the tour,to make the 3000 is paying off.
, so glad I wore a base layer underneath as it was mighty chilly riding into the stiff breeze out in the countryside.
