Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Cycleconvert
Active Member
- Location
- Oxfordshire
After having to drive a 450 mile round trip for a meeting yesterday, I couldn't wait to get on my bike this morning. Despite the damp weather and tiredness from the day before, I still love it every single day 
Twelve Spokes
Time to say goodbye again...
- Location
- CS 2
The tin boxes generally left me alone which is good although a pain the the rear cabbie was blocking the cycle lane up to Tower Gateway (more than once) plus a second cabbie the same when I moved into the middle.I guess these guys would be no good with a spirit level, plus the tailgating lorry driver in a hurry but I still caught it up at the Bow Flyover.
Celliptigo
Regular
That's a understatement, you should have a go, they are quite addictive
Frood42
I know where my towel is
- Location
- Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
yes I was ridingmy 8c Elliptigo to work
I saw one of these as I was riding towards Westferry DLR station, right here http://goo.gl/maps/mm8BL
Made for quite a sight in the early hours of the morning, I am sure I was awake at the time, but still, I don't see many of these about, although I hadn't seen a recumbent before joining here either.
nilling
Über Member
- Location
- Preston, UK
First time I've used a "back off" hand signal to stop a moton joining me at a pinch-point and it worked! 
Celliptigo
Regular
Haha that would be me again doing my daily commute from Dagenham to Farringdon. I've not seen any about in London either
paul04
Über Member
A damp and foggy morning ride into work, I did notice a few more cyclist on the road, it was not dark at 7 am but still hard to see in places due to the fog, and 90% of the cyclist I seen had no lights on.
Nice ride home as the traffic was light (4pm) just got home before the mad rush hour traffic started
Nice ride home as the traffic was light (4pm) just got home before the mad rush hour traffic started
geekinaseat
Well-Known Member
- Location
- London
Healthy knees and running are mutually exclusive in my case, one the reasons I took up cycling too.
100 miles in 6 hours isn't to be sniffed at
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Thanks for the tow home mate, with Jess, it makes all the difference. The legs are getting tired!!!
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Weather has turned and Kev is back with a vengeance!Nice to hear from you mate!
hello Martin!!
yep I think you can guess the weather when my usual rant returns the forum !!!
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Well even though I had to take the long route and the weather was very dreary it was not too bad. I enjoyed the change of scenery.
Good ride home with a tail wind mostly. So can't complain!
Did I actually say that? LOL!
Good ride home with a tail wind mostly. So can't complain!
Did I actually say that? LOL!
Saw an accident on my way to work - motorcyclist knocked off by a lorry. Really does put things into perspective. There were already people helping out - one person stopped the traffic, three others were tending to the casualty (someone put him in recovery position), someone was on the phone, ambulance just arrived on the scene.
I got a bit upset and hope the guy wasn't too badly hurt, but then I thought that it's good to see that people look out for each other if something goes wrong and should I ever have an accident I wont be dying on the road alone.
I got a bit upset and hope the guy wasn't too badly hurt, but then I thought that it's good to see that people look out for each other if something goes wrong and should I ever have an accident I wont be dying on the road alone.
