Tales from today's commute....

[Frood42]

Last nights commute and this mornings commutes were fairly pleasent depsite a slight headwind knocking my avg speed down.

Following this mornings commute I have hit the 200miles mark for the week, so will taking an easier and shorter commute tonight, and then I will be having a nice long recovery weekend.
My parents are visting on Saturday, so I suspect a nice hot meal out with some chocolate based dessert(s) will be on the cards.
Cake

 

[Andrew_P]

I might stop and take a photo of this as I have never seen one before there is a bit of irony about it but at least they are trying.

On the A23 they have some long term road works and they have thinned the junction to single lane in each direction. Going northbound there is a massive sign that states "Avoid Overtaking Cyclists" Might have narrow lanes on it as well but not sure. The irony is you can only read it once you are in the roadworks as they have a massive and tall keep right sign in front of it.

 

[Frood42]

I might stop and take a photo of this as I have never seen one before there is a bit of irony about it but at least they are trying.

On the A23 they have some long term road works and they have thinned the junction to single lane in each direction. Going northbound there is a massive sign that states "Avoid Overtaking Cyclists" Might have narrow lanes on it as well but not sure. The irony is you can only read it once you are in the roadworks as they have a massive and tall keep right sign in front of it.

I saw one of those "Avoid Overtaking Cyclists" signs at some works near Holborn/Farringdon station.
First time I had ever seen one...

The works were roughly here: http://goo.gl/maps/448uu
They even have a Information for cyclists section on the website:
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/stations/farringdon/current-works/


"To end these musings on a good note, however, it is amazing that the closure to traffic of Farringdon Road for the Crossrail works means that only cyclists can get through in the southwards direction. Amazingly, special provision has been made for cyclists with a single track lane that wiggles through the roadworks and, at one point, even means that pedestrians have to use the other footway. This would never have happend a few years ago, and shows there is genuine progress. But cyclists have to do their bit, too, to ensure that they do not give easy excuses to opponents of cycling to stop further progress."

http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/2012/12/cyclists-can-be-the-problem/ -- ignore the URL title, I was looking more at the bit on Farringdon, where during the works they have done their best to try and accomodate cyclists, or so it seems.

 

[HLaB]

I might stop and take a photo of this as I have never seen one before there is a bit of irony about it but at least they are trying.

On the A23 they have some long term road works and they have thinned the junction to single lane in each direction. Going northbound there is a massive sign that states "Avoid Overtaking Cyclists" Might have narrow lanes on it as well but not sure. The irony is you can only read it once you are in the roadworks as they have a massive and tall keep right sign in front of it.

I've seen that sign a few times at traffic islands but I don't think I've ever seen it at roadworks.

 

[Leodis]

Was tough this morning, the bus took an hour... I feel like an intruder not riding in and being on the forum.

 

[GrasB]

Looks like the wind is back for some of next week too....

Wind, wind, wind... It's at worst extra resistance for training MTFU

 

[MisterStan]

Wind, wind, wind... It's at worst extra resistance for training MTFU

I don't need to MTFU, I just feel that having commuted through the whole of winter, we're being cheated by the weather now. A few days of sun and dead calm would be appreciated.

 

[GrasB]

I don't need to MTFU, I just feel that having commuted through the whole of winter, we're being cheated by the weather now. A few days of sun and dead calm would be appreciated.

The wind is something that exists. Until it's a 40mph side wind at ground level it's not something worth mentioning!...

 

[Frood42]

went out for a quick afternoon wander, and got soaked by a sudden downpour, it has eased off a little but doesn't look to be going away, so anticipating a wet commute home. So glad I packed my wet weather jacket... can't decide whether it would be better to get soaking wet or to "boil in the bag"...

Hope it's sunnier where you are (if you cycled and didn't take the bus )!

 

[nilling]

Great ride home just ruined by the moron in a car spraying liquid at me and too busy effing and jeffing to get the reg

 

[kipster]

Grey and a little wet this morning with a bit of a head wind. The ride home was much nicer so I extended the route, ended up getting lost and once I found my way back to familiar roads got a bad overtake, caught them at traffic lights and shouted at them and was backed up by another motorist. Foolishly I put myself back in front of them and waited for a punishment pass that didn't happen, they gave me a nice wide berth.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well I avoided the rain all week, can you believe that?
normally it waits for me to turn out of work at 5!!!

Off for 2 days as well now, get in !!

 

[HLaB]

Got a wee bit carried away on the PM Commute; it was supposed to be a slow trundle after this mornings effort on the heavy fixie; I succeeded in that far as the three miles across town; then I had a bus wait patiently behind me on a gentle downhill, so I upped the pace slightly, then I turned into a tail wind and got carried away Lost a wee bit of speed on Love's Hill (short but steep) and through Ferry Meadows but managed to get it up a wee bit again before I stopped for a few things at the supermarket and finally that wee trundle home
Traffic wise I cant remember anything specific

 

[apb]

100 miles for me this week. (self high five)

 

[Collider]

I know this is a totally trivial thing to rant about,
but I do declare that jimmies have been rustled.

Cycling back from work today, doing 26-27mph on 30mph road, keeping to the left (plenty of space to overtake)
and not far behind a car that’s going a few mph slower. Motorist behind me beeps
his horn, overtakes and gestures for me to get on the (NON-COMPULSORY)
pedestrian/cyclepath. Must have been awkward for him when he had to slow down immediately
after the overtake and had me tailgating him until he turned off half a mile
down the road (his bulky, ancient shoot-heap of a car provided me with a nice
slipstream!), proving that I wasn’t even holding him up. Best part is that he
had farking LEARNER PLATES ON HIS CAR!! Better give the highway code another read before
your theory test pal (I sure farking hope you weren’t the one giving lessons!).

I always bang on about how it's not worth confronting dickhead motorists, but it sure was hard resisting the temptation to follow him down the cul-de-sac and have a word!