Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

A a complete and utter prick of a taxi driver in a big Merc pass me far too close. Good thing you got away at the lights otherwise his shiny paintwork would have had a nice spd cleat gouge along it. Tosser.

On another note, had a suicidal sparrow try to kill himself by flying 'through' my bike. Little bugger went right through the frame. Either suicidal or the bird was a very skilful flyer and did it for fun, like planes when they go under bridges....

 

[Frood42]

On another note, had a suicidal sparrow try to kill himself by flying 'through' my bike. Little bugger went right through the frame. Either suicidal or the bird was a very skilful flyer and did it for fun, like planes when they go under bridges....

Liked for the sparrow story

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Got up. It was raining. Waited. There was an RTA 50 metres from my front door. Looked at the sky. Unlike Crazy Horse I decided today wasn't a good day to die. Got a lift to the office.

 

[MisterStan]

Had to stop and take my base layer off this morning - gave the girls at the bus stop something to look at

 

[fossyant]

Got up. It was raining. Waited. There was an RTA 50 metres from my front door. Looked at the sky. Unlike Crazy Horse I decided today wasn't a good day to die. Got a lift to the office.

Wuss ! It was now't to do with the RTA, you didn't want to get wet !

 

[BSRU]

Had to stop and take my base layer off this morning - gave the girls at the bus stop something to look at a fright

FTFY

 

[Andrew_P]

Got up. It was raining. Waited. There was an RTA 50 metres from my front door. Looked at the sky. Unlike Crazy Horse I decided today wasn't a good day to die. Got a lift to the office.

lurvely out there now!! Looking forward to sunny, no wind, but sweaty commute home this afternoon!

 

[MisterStan]

FTFY

Well when I got the chest rug out, there were some looks of abject horror.....

 

[GrumpyGregry]

lurvely out there now!! Looking forward to sunny, no wind, but sweaty commute home this afternoon!

as a bonus I will be cycling home.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Wuss ! It was now't to do with the RTA, you didn't want to get wet !

One or other. But not both.

 

[LeeOsborne]

First day back on the bike after doing c2c at the weekend which went without incident through all 198 miles. Just 2 miles into commute today, black Merc waiting to turn across traffic I was in decides to pick me as a gap. I even put myself in the centre of my lane so she could see me. The thing is, it was outside the school that my kids go to and I know the woman, she was dropping her kids off. I think words will be had when I catch up with her, luckily for her I'll have calmed down by then.
I also put quite a good time in, strange though because I thought I was taking it easy. I guess I must be getting fitter

 

[Archeress]

Hot commute home. The cycle comp was reading 81F down here in Bristol. Nice to relax in the garden with a Cornetto after a long 2 days. Had the whole board of directors down yesterday so the supermarket had to be spotless and we wers all following customers filling the gaps as they shopped. I estimate that in my 7 hour shift I walked minimum of 9 miles up and down the ready meals aisle. Probably more like 12 or 13 with my cycle commute on top.

Exhausted
Archeress x

 

[thefollen]

FTFY

True true; can't help feeling he may learn the hard way however (if indeed the bike was for his use).

 

[Deleted member 1258]

[quote="ianrauk, post: 2509389, member: 1348"
On another note, had a suicidal sparrow try to kill himself by flying 'through' my bike. Little bugger went right through the frame. Either suicidal or the bird was a very skilful flyer and did it for fun, like planes when they go under bridges....[/quote]

Many years ago when I had a motor bike I had a sparrow try that, trouble is it got it wrong and went through the front wheel spokes.

 

[kipster]

Toasty out there for the ride home, fantastic drivers this evening and lots of fellow cyclists out and about (I don't normally see any on the route home).