Tales from today's commute....

[Stephen C]

Are you in London?

Cambridgeshire, but many were heading in the direction of train stations, so that might explain it!

 

[Spartak]

Didn't see any cyclists but saw plenty of urban foxes & some bats in tunnel under M5.

Quick commute with a great tailwind, averaged 24.6kmh on my 20km commute

 

[Biscuit]

Cambridgeshire, but many were heading in the direction of train stations, so that might explain it!

They should still wave the feckers. :-)

 

[Cycleconvert]

Back on my bike today after 10 days off due to illness. Boy did it feel good!

 

[DCLane]

Normal commute in - except white van man pulled out on me. He acknowledged his mistake - so 'waves' swapped.

It's the commute home and the wandering Leeds' pedestrians who are the biggest hazard.

 

[ManiaMuse]

Knocked off this morning by a Chelsea tractor pulling a U-turn in a stationary queue of traffic. Clearly wasn't looking, no indication, he just kept on pulling out even even as I swerved all the way to the other side of the road while on the brakes. Ended up knocked on to the opposite pavement but landed on my feet somehow.

I'm ok, bike looks a bit bent though. He says he'll pay so I'm going to tell the bike shop to quote me for EVERYTHING and see what he says then. Definitely need handlebars sorting out, will see what the bike shop says about any damage to front wheel/forks (wheel is only a month old grr!), and suspect derailleur bits might be bent too. Need new cleats definitely and will see if I can get some new shoes and pedals out of it as well.

He is a parent of a pupil at the public school I work at so likely to be fairly loaded. It's not like the bike is brand new, but for a moment of inattention and no shoulder check he could have killed me.

 

[Arjimlad]

Knocked off this morning by a Chelsea tractor pulling a U-turn in a stationary queue of traffic. Clearly wasn't looking, no indication, he just kept on pulling out even even as I swerved all the way to the other side of the road while on the brakes. Ended up knocked on to the opposite pavement but landed on my feet somehow.

He is a parent of a pupil at the public school I work at so likely to be fairly loaded. It's not like the bike is brand new, but for a moment of inattention and no shoulder check he could have killed me.

Glad you were uninjured - these can be nasty incidents. Hopefully he'll have learnt something, along with the other drivers in the queue.

 

[kipster]

Normal commute in - except white van man pulled out on me. He acknowledged his mistake - so 'waves' swapped.

It's the commute home and the wandering Leeds' pedestrians who are the biggest hazard.

So that's where they all come from, I'll send them back to Leeds

I was off the bike last week (I was on call and don't like commuting with the laptop in the panniers), lovely ride in, great traffic, got to the office to discover than I hadn't brought a suit in. Now I've forgotten socks and ties before, but a suit, never. Gave the office a laugh and fortunately the wife dropped it in for me. Looks like a bit of rain for the ride home.

 

[paul04]

I took the road bike to work again (no spare inner tube for the mtb). quiet(ish) on the roads this morning and a good tailwind.
Picked up a new inner tube today so will be back on the mtb in the morning, here's hoping I don't get another puncture, 3 punctures in 3 days mean's I've had my share this year

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Riding home tonight thinking I am sure I had forgotten something. Took two miles of head scratching to realise I hadn't picked up my helmet, so turned around and got it.

Very hard work tonight, wind is picking up in Leicester.

 

[ClaireSaud]

Riding home tonight thinking I am sure I had forgotten something. Took two miles of head scratching to realise I hadn't picked up my helmet, so turned around and got it.

Very hard work tonight, wind is picking up in Leicester.

I can understand completely. Went out a couple of weeks ago and couldn't understand why my eyes were streaming so much. After a few miles I realised I had forgotten to put my glasses on! Nearly forgot my gloves yesterday as well! Maybe a check list is required

It has been very windy in N E Lincs over the past couple of days. No pain, no gain though! I could hear another commuter spurring himself on by growling and shouting at the wind. Made me laugh!

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Quiet commute which is the way I wanted it to be.Few ninja's no lights as usual and the Aldgate East rugby scrum (with cars) was quieter than usual.Huge roadworks vehicle at the bottom of the Bow Flyover creating a pinch point in the right hand lane,im sure that's more of a problem than the left hand lane,so I went right and stopped behind it till the cars had cleared.

 

[Arfcollins]

Along the A27 at Fareham was overtaken by these 3 cyclists who then taunted me for wearing Aldi lycra. I'm going to have to find a different route to work if this happens again.

 

[BSRU]

Short sleeve weather this morning +15 with a little drizzle and a bit murky at first.
Good ride in apart from a stupid cyclist pulling across in front of me and a driver infected with MGIF(Must Get In Front) syndrome desperate to join the back of a queue of traffic, the one I was slowing down for.

 

[ska1903]

Another quiet commute just a pity about the headwind for most of the journey.