Tales from today's commute....

[MisterStan]

I checked the forecast before posting, another week of hot dry weather.

Famous last words.....

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I checked the forecast before posting, another week of hot dry weather.

Didn't you do something similar Jan/Feb time regarding ice. I recall having to put the ice tyres back on the bike for a few weeks after one of your weather forecasts.

 

[BSRU]

Didn't you do something similar Jan/Feb time regarding ice. I recall having to put the ice tyres back on the bike for a few weeks after one of your weather forecasts.

No that wasn't me, probably.

 

[Leodis]

A quick ride home as a "surveyor" was meant to call, what turned up was a teen with a clipboard and asked me if I had loft insulation and make a model of our boiler all done on the doorstep... He got a sharp, sweaty and knackered BAXI.

Apart from the above and some div of a women on a bike far too small for her bypassing the red by using the pavement = Me going through as she decided what to do, her worst option was the one she went for, just stop in the middle of the road and wobble whilst I head towards her, she got a sharp "You should be on the road", I now feel dirty.

 

[BSRU]

The complete video:-


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uyJApJJfK4

 

[ianrauk]

^^ dickhead. No where in that vid did you hold him up even for a second.
One of life's tosspots.

 

[HLaB]

Found out tonight why I'm cautious of cycle paths. This ones a dedicated wide path and segregated (a picture says 1000 words) As I was heading towards Bourges Boulevard Underpass (a long downward slope on the east side, its a bit steeper on the west side) a older cyclist (I'm guessing 60-70years old) was turning left into the underpass when another cyclist (20-25 year old at a guess) came flying into the older cyclist. As I arrived 5 secs later the young lad hopped back on his bike said sorry and cycled off, the old boy was left there trying to fix his twisted glasses, he also had a cut over his eye!

 

[ianrauk]

It was one of the hottest evening commutes that I have ever experienced. Damn hot....went through a 500ml bottle of water in just 15 miles. I promised myself that I would take it easy and not get tempted by any SCR. Yeah right!...that went right out of the window.

 

[HLaB]

^^ dickhead. {Snip}.
One of life's tosspots.

I was too far away to apportion blame but I'm guessing that applies to the younger cyclist in my post too

 

[MichaelO]

It was one of the hottest evening commutes that I have ever experienced. Damn hot....went through a 500ml bottle of water in just 15 miles. I promised myself that I would take it easy and not get tempted by any SCR. Yeah right!...that went right out of the window.

I went through more of the 750ml I took this morning than I should have - parched when I got home! A cold beer rehydrates....right...?!

 

[ianrauk]

I went through more of the 750ml I took this morning than I should have - parched when I got home! A cold beer rehydrates....right...?!

I would say that's a big yes

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Left work late so only 15 miles, suggested to our lass that we should go for a quick pootle, got another 10 miles in.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

First commute after a fortnights holiday this morning, thewas out, the sky was blue and everybody was behaving themselves, what a superb way to start the day. This evening the still out and its hot hot hot, I backed off and cruised home keeping it down to 16-18mph, everybodies behaving themselves again, though I did come across one driver who was in a daydream, as was her passengers, me filtering down the inside scared the crap out of the rear pasenger which was funny, he yelled and nearly jumped out of the car.

 

[G3CWI]

Held up on way to work while 210 cows crossed the road.

 

[glenn forger]

Got scalped. Gutted.