Tales from today's commute....

[Phil485]

Commute home yesterday, got hit on the arm by an egg thrown from a grey transit type van travelling in the opposite direction. Big red mark and cuts with a bit of blood. Marked police car stopped while I was getting over it as well as another cyclist who had already been hit by something. Just made a witness statement.

Why do people think its funny??? Who goes around with eggs on their dash ??? Tw@ts

 

[BSRU]

Commute home yesterday, got hit on the arm by an egg thrown from a grey transit type van travelling in the opposite direction. Big red mark and cuts with a bit of blood. Marked police car stopped while I was getting over it as well as another cyclist who had already been hit by something. Just made a witness statement.

Why do people think its funny??? Who goes around with eggs on their dash ??? Tw@ts

Hopefully the police catch the d1ckheads.

 

[TrafficDroid]

Crossed paths with TrafficDroid for the first time this AM.
Gave up SCR'ing another rider after they kept running lights.
Strange noise from down below (bike not me) will need further investigation.

Howdy

 

[TrafficDroid]

just a test to see how this thing works. On my work dealing with issues of bad usage. This speeding truck caught by one of my Droid Cams may get a ticking off.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Kz8Cv88qheg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[TrafficDroid]

just a test to see how this thing works. On my work dealing with issues of bad usage. This speeding truck caught by one of my Droid Cams may get a ticking off.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Kz8Cv88qheg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

ok.. that works. Got to prepare for my trip to London. Ride safe everyone

 

[Matthew_T]

Good commute today. Should have taken sunglasses for commute home though, sun was high!

 

[DWiggy]

Nice warm but wet ride in today, had a few near misses probably due to the low visibility (even though i'm lit up like blackpool illuminations)
Some fum duck tried to overtake me on a blind right handed corner down a country lane to be greeted by an oncoming car, is amazing evasive maneuver almost side swiped me of my bike...I did scream a few choice words at him!

 

[GrasB]

Nice warm but wet ride in today, had a few near misses probably due to the low visibility (even though i'm lit up like blackpool illuminations)
Some fum duck tried to overtake me on a blind right handed corner down a country lane to be greeted by an oncoming car, is amazing evasive maneuver almost side swiped me of my bike...I did scream a few choice words at him!

I've taken to entering blind corners on a wide line for a lefty & tight for a righty. Get a number of horn toots but that just confirms that I was in the right place. Why are they annoyed? Because they thought that a blind corner overtake is okay.

 

[DWiggy]

I've taken to entering blind corners on a wide line for a lefty & tight for a righty. Get a number of horn toots but that just confirms that I was in the right place. Why are they annoyed? Because they thought that a blind corner overtake is okay.

TBH I was about as tight to the left as I could go, (usually take the same defensive positions as you) but this particular numpty was toeing it and didn't leave himself very many options, was lucky me or the oncoming car didn't get clipped my him!

 

[Leodis]

First ride in nearly a week after a fight with the dreaded man-flu. I was sweating like a fat bird in a cake shop when I got to work even though through the ride I felt full of energy.

 

[BSRU]

Ride of two halves, first half very wet roads and drizzle, second half no drizzle and bone dry roads.
It was nice and warm.
Some teenage school kid on a bicycle decided to join a main road from a side road without bothering to actually look right to see if there was any traffic. He then proceeded to swerve across the lane in order to take an immediate right turn again without a shoulder check. They were completely oblivious to the dangerous situation they had put themselves in.
Luckily it was me on the main road and I had slowed down on the possibility the pull out may occur.
He might not have been so lucky if they had encountered a driver distracted by their mobile or updating their twitter feed.

 

[fossyant]

Usual 'dodgy pull out' section of my commute, I got a pull out from the right. Pointed at the driver and said 'stay there' as I came through. Dirver then accellerates and leans on horn. Oh dear, you got the finger. You then leant on the horn again, and got the finger again. You then did it again, as I responded with the finger once again, just as I filtered on the right of a 30 plus car queue. Enjoy waiting in the traffic.

 

[ianrauk]

Today must be dickhead rlj'ing cyclists day.
And to the guy in Blue..... when I said "You are one shoot cyclist" yes, I was talking to you, so don't pretend you didn't hear me, even when I said "Yes, you!". And if you wondered why I said that to you, then perhaps next time when people are waiting at a stop line at a junction, do not overtake and swerve in front of other cyclists as the lights change. You did it twice. If I see you do that again I will kick you off your bike....promise!
You ruined a really nice Monday morning cycle commute for me and others.

 

[BSRU]

Seems my CX bike is a little faster than my main commuting bike a tourer.
It's just an extra 1 mph, but the CX bike has knobbly 35c CX tyres, which are noisy compared to the tourer's slicks.
It maybe due to using a compact double instead of my usual triple, as I can see my average cadence has dropped to low 80's whereas on the tourer it is normally low 90's.
Even managed a 30 minute 10 mile squirt home last week on the CX bike

 

[GrasB]

Seems my CX bike is a little faster than my main commuting bike a tourer.
It's just an extra 1 mph, but the CX bike has knobbly 35c CX tyres, which are noisy compared to the tourer's slicks.
It maybe due to using a compact double instead of my usual triple, as I can see my average cadence has dropped to low 80's whereas on the tourer it is normally low 90's.
Even managed a 30 minute 10 mile squirt home last week on the CX bike

What are the crank lengths?