Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

Crisp and clear when I looked out the window this morning, within 400m it was almost a white out, I was quite glad I was off road for the first part and when I got to the road it cleared again and yesterday's traffic had too I got there 5-10mins before the school run chaos

 

[martinclive]

There's just too much momentum inertia in the way people are used to living their lives .

FTFY (with apologies - the rest of the post was great!)
It takes something to make people change - usually self motivation is the only way - 'greater good' only seems to have influence on a minority

 

[donnydave]

FTFY (with apologies - the rest of the post was great!)
It takes something to make people change - usually self motivation is the only way - 'greater good' only seems to have influence on a minority

Ah good correction, inertia is the correct term. As an engineer im ashamed.

Just had a google and inertia stems from the latin "iners" which meand idle or lazy. Very apt in this case!

 

[martinclive]

Ah good correction, inertia is the correct term. As an engineer im ashamed.

Just had a google and inertia stems from the latin "iners" which meand idle or lazy. Very apt in this case!

Welcome - now I cannot help thinking of the momentum of a car vs the inertia of the driver - and the contrast between the two - as opposed to a cyclist where all is in sync in either state!
See you on the busway sometime (unless it's like this morning when we could see very little!)

 

[MisterStan]

Welcome - now I cannot help thinking of the momentum of a car vs the inertia of the driver - and the contrast between the two - as opposed to a cyclist where all is in sync in either state!
See you on the busway sometime (unless it's like this morning when we could see very little!)

We've already scalped him and his Mrs several times!

 

[donnydave]

We've already scalped him and his Mrs several times!

It doesn't count if we're chatting!

In other news, Monday will be my first commute with my new merino wool long sleeve top. Arrived in the post today, tried it on at lunch time. Good heavens how on earth have I survived until now without this fabric! Also got my first pair of tights which I may well deploy on Monday as the temperature is hovering around 10-12deg which is borderline for activating my Low Temperature Level 1 procedure. I've always been a baggy shorts man but I made the leap to lycra a couple of months ago and haven't looked back.

Can't cycle tomorrow as I'm being a good samaritan and giving a mate with a gammy leg a lift to work but looking at the forecast it's not going to be too nice round here so I don't mind driving for once.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Day after day after day of utterly unremarkable commutes. Commutes still full of knobjockey drivers driving badly in too close proximity to vulnerable road users but that's completely unremarkable.

 

[fossyant]

Saw a cruiser type bike pulling a full size trike tag-a-long tonight, on Longley Lane. Both blokes seemed to be having fun. Well cool.

Then saw a bloke with full facial (whole head actually) tattoos driving a Fiesta, complete with bull ring through the nose. Had to look twice....

 

[Supersuperleeds]

School boy error, should have just pulled over and pretended to answer his mobile

Just getting to the top of a climb tonight, just shy of 9% in places - a pimple for some, but not for me, and my mobile rang. Could tell by the ring tone it was one of the kids so had to stop and dig it out of the rucksack in case it was an emergency.

"Dad are you home yet?"
"No i've stopped half way up a hill to speak to you, what's wrong?"
"What time do I have to be home? I'm at the park"
"Phone your mam, oh and tell her I will be late, got to get up this bloody hill"

 

[hennbell]

Best weather of the summer right now, 30C with a slight cross wind. Quick commute home then off to the golf course.

 

[gavroche]

Went for a quick ride tonight ( 16 miles) when this chap pulled up alongside me and we started to talk. I explained the route I was taking and he asked me if he could tog along. No problem with me so we carried on together, me leading the way most of the time. I am glad of this because, as a result, my average speed increased to 14mph. Thanks Brian. I also told him about CC and hopefully he will sign on as he had never heard of it.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Took a fall in the office. Down a flight of stairs. Walked to the station and got a train home.

 

[Glow worm]

Best weather of the summer right now, 30C with a slight cross wind. Quick commute home then off to the golf course.

And it was going so well..!

 

[Glow worm]

Mega fog this morning, agree with others that more people should have had lights on, on bikes and in cars. The number of grey/black cars with no lights on that came looming out of the mirk when someone was overtaking me was beyond a joke. A lot of them were taxi's too, you would have thought if your were a "professional" driver, i.e. your job was to drive and your entire livelihood relied on being able to drive then you would do so with care and consideration and remember things light lights.

Know what you mean- had to drive today for the first time in about 6 weeks and picked the foggiest day of the year. Was off to Ely station to get the train to Norwich for work, and it was amazing how many cars and trucks had no lights on at all- in 50 yard visibility fog! My favourite was the skip lorry bloke on his mobile. The only denser fog around is between their ears.

Just so glad I don't have to drive every day - I really couldn't be arsed with all the cockwombleness of it all.

 

[Glow worm]

Took a fall in the office. Down a flight of stairs. Walked to the station and got a train home.

Blimey- hope you are OK.