Tales from today's commute....

[Frood42]

A fairly uneventful commute, but the weather is very dull, which is a bit of a downer

One nice bus driver letting me across the road.
One complete moron (in a blue Ford Mondeo) deciding to pass me very close.

 

[kipster]

All drivers were good this morning, it was pedestrians that were being stupid. Had two school kids walk out in front of me, they got shouted at, 10 seconds later I was too far away to hear their witty response. Then four workmen decided that the best time to walk out in front of me to look at the road was when I was 20 meters from them with a car coming the other direction. Lastly was a school girl walking towards me and coming up to a road where I was turning left, flashing lights on, eye contact made, left arm out but she still decides to walk straight out into the road in front of me.

Two thoughts crossed my mind this morning, have people been watching too many super hero movies and really think they are invincible and that this really doesn't bode well for when they are driving metal boxes around.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

New commuter bike had her maiden voyage today - Sirrus elite disc, much more upright position then the Felt, which is now going to be my winter bike. I like the disc brakes, 1) They seem better than rim brakes, and 2) The frame should be easier to clean with no calipers being in the way.

Was a tad slower than normal, but I put that down to a) getting used to the bike and b) being knackered from all the miles I did last week.

 

[veloevol]

New commuter bike had her maiden voyage today - Sirrus elite disc, much more upright position then the Felt, which is now going to be my winter bike. I like the disc brakes, 1) They seem better than rim brakes, and 2) The frame should be easier to clean with no calipers being in the way.

Was a tad slower than normal, but I put that down to a) getting used to the bike and b) being knackered from all the miles I did last week.

I used a Sirrus Elite comp for years as a commuter bike and it served me well. Now I have another one but using it mainly for shuttling kid and shopping around since I'm now using a Ridgeback Advance 8 as my main commuter bike and using drops.

Have to say that I do prefer discs even when they whistle/hum to themselves

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Dull and miserable this morning...........enough about me, the weather was crap this morning. Wet and dark. Can we have the sun back now

 

[Leodis]

Nice ride in this morning, knocked 2.30 minutes off my PB, I think its down to watching premium rush yesterday

 

[apb]

Lots of boy racers on bikes going down Lothian road today. It's all a bit wacky racers and feels like they have something to prove.

 

[nilling]

Passed up on a free breakfast being offered to cyclists in my local park

 

[Hayley]

Took a slightly different route to work this morning - a little less road use, more time in the park. Also cut off a few minutes... I think. Still seeing other cyclists ignoring traffic lights, possibly due to time of day and lack of traffic... still not good though :S

 

[fossyant]

No rain ! Whoo

Although, on reaching another site for a meeting first thing, pulled out my paperwork from the panniers, and it had obviously got damp from friday's down pour. Looked a right mess. Then started the battle with the copiers to actually get them working, couldn't go handing a colleague a bunch of wrinkled papers !

 

[BSRU]

Muppet in a 4x4 driving along side me as we approach a pinch point using his vehicle to intimidate me out of the way.
Didn't succeed and made himself look like a right prat, all in 1080p as well.

 

[Archeress]

Passed up on a free breakfast being offered to cyclists in my local park

Why??!

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[GrasB]

Moderate paced tempo ride went a little wrong... cue sub-2 hour 50 miles

 

[ComedyPilot]

Lovely little commute home, got a 'favourite' hill that drags on for 1.75 miles and got my PR on that. Coming down the other side usually helps with the av speed, but not tonight. Bloke walking along with 2 dogs on leads and a small boy (about 4?) wandering all over the road. I slow down to a crawl and ding my bell. Bloke looks up and gets dogs closer to hand and the boy goes to his side.

Just as I ride past the boy says, "You look like a sort of wino..."

The bloke (looked like grandad?) said something to the boy that I missed, so I rode on and and said, "Thanks.......I think...?"

1/2 a mile further on a bloke on full sus MTB going the other way totally blanked my cheery hello....

Other than that, and a woman bouncing her car through a drainage cutting in the verge because she couldn't be bothered to slow down, nothing much happened.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Commute home was good, slight tail wind and the sun was showing its face