Tales from today's commute....
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"I say my good man, you and I nearly collided. Have a care sir, have a care".
And with that I raised my cap and bade him good day.
Was it anything like that?
D
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Guest
I looked at the forecast and took the car, but it waited till I got to work before it started
and then stopped an hour before I left for home.
Hip Priest
Veteran
Well I got soaked on the way in, and soaked on the way home. It was rubbish.
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Windy but dry and sunny when I left work tonight. 10 miles into the ride a roadie catches me and politely points out my back wheel looks buckled, I flippantly said "I know, that's why I am going so slow", he nodded and went by. I look down at the rear wheel and it is wobbling like mad, no wonder it was hard work! Jump off the bike and have a look, I can see one broken spoke but it looks more wobbly than one broken spoke, abandoned the ride and limped 6 miles home.
Apologies to the roadie if I sounded like an arse and thanks for pointing it out to me.
Apologies to the roadie if I sounded like an arse and thanks for pointing it out to me.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Glad to hear it, my waterproofs have just about dried out nowAnd @potsy will be pleased to hear that it had stopped raining an hour before my commute, so was a dry run home
Fast ride home but got a very close pass from a numpty. I didn't react well to this and chased the car down, caught him in a traffic queue, a lot of f'ing and blinding, threats of violence from us both. Not proud of myself as I've been doing really well on the self control bit. The spare adrenalin got used up on the evening club ride and I got a 9th overall on a Strava segment.
Twelve Spokes
Time to say goodbye again...
- Location
- CS 2
Fool moon tonight so was expecting the worse,guess that will come tomorrow or Saturday night.Had my workmate with me.The tin box people were generally good but was cut up at Cambridge Heath,Upper Thames street suddenly filled up with traffic near Tower Gateway.Three Bridges on the way in and the cool fixie courier dude near Lambeth Bridge cycling at about three miles an hour.
Im the same,apart from the Strava bit.
Im the same,apart from the Strava bit.
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Andrew_P
In between here and there
Oily rain or loads of numpties driving around with a Diesel leak, Wednesday pulling away from set of lights near Redhill I was wheel spinning the rear trying to pull off, spent the rest of the ride taking it easy and running through puddles
Yesterday quite a bit around as well. quite strange. Someone must of complained loads of fullers earth around.
Some really bizarre overnight new road surface of the brow of Redhill going South, surface was fine and now either side of a junction they have laid a random 30ft of anti skid tarmac.
Normal shoot driving, but I have been ignoring that.
Yesterday quite a bit around as well. quite strange. Someone must of complained loads of fullers earth around.
Some really bizarre overnight new road surface of the brow of Redhill going South, surface was fine and now either side of a junction they have laid a random 30ft of anti skid tarmac.
Normal shoot driving, but I have been ignoring that.
J.Primus
Senior Member
- Location
- Northerner living in London
I tried to cycle off a hangover this morning. Didn't work. However I have to cycle to our data centre for work today so will attempt to banish it later. My bicycle will defeat this hangover if it kills me.
