Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

Brutal headwind tonight, but still very warm and managed to avoid any rain as well. Bike is absolutely filthy though, definitely needs a clean.

 

[fossyant]

Bike is filthy. And I am afraid it's been left like that.

Got in late from work, and we headed straight off to Wales. So I will have to give is a clean on Sunday for it to collect dust for a few weeks

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

All week I've been smashed in the face by the wind on the home leg, made it really difficult in places, head almost on the bars trying to get out of it. Looks like it's slowing down a little though from tonight

 

[potsy]

Bike is filthy. And I am afraid it's been left like that.

Got in late from work, and we headed straight off to Wales. So I will have to give is a clean on Sunday for it to collect dust for a few weeks

 

[paul04]

Mild again this morning (and dry) had a close call with a motorist who pulled out of a side road, (I had both my front lights on) and you can guess the excuse, "sorry mate I did not see you"

My reply, can you see that car over there (picking some random car in the distance)
the motorist, which one, the red one
me, that just proves my point I said to him, you can see things if you actually look.
to which that point I just rode off.

I had a long day in work, so it was nice to get on the bike and have a nice ride home (going the long way round )

 

[Arjimlad]

Really enjoyed the light misty rain this mornring - so refreshing to cycle in.

However, I had a nobber in a BMW lean on his horn because I held him up for 5 seconds at a pinch point. Of course I cruised past him stuck in a queue another ½ mile further on, which I find is always the best riposte.

Then on a 2 lane section approaching a junction someone decided they needed to be in the same place as me, so tried to squeeze me into the kerb. Unfortunately I'm not a quantum particle able to exist in a superposition of states, so that wasn't going to work.

Had to bash on the side of her car to get her to abort. She didn't seem to think she has done anything wrong, saying "But I needed to be in that lane". Oh, right, well just drive over anything in your way then.

Depressing attitude..holding back for two or three seconds not an option then?

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Managed to extend my commute in today and also used the Blackfriars underpass of where I had a close pass incident yesterday.Today's commute in ad return were relatively trouble free although the traffic jam at Stratford made it look dicey for me to extend my ride via Lambeth Bridge.Last commute till Nov 4th.

Question,why do they wait for the lights to change before they indicate?
Am I the only one that thinks that sometimes this may be a waste of time?

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Bike is filthy. And I am afraid it's been left like that.

Got in late from work, and we headed straight off to Wales. So I will have to give is a clean on Sunday for it to collect dust for a few weeks

I left mine on Friday didn't think much of it, I knew she was dirty, but got up with morning, took one look at the bike and thought my god, I am ashamed. Its not like me to have a dirty bike, so spent 7 hours stripping down and re building. As my wife said, she looks like yours again...
Changed the front gear cable as well, as that was hanging on with 3 strands.....

 

[fossyant]

My bike is still there. Now back from Wales, but got surgery tomorrow, so any bike fettling won't be until late in the week. Certainly no riding now.

 

[inkd]

Left work just after 6 this morning and was greeted with thick fog! first time I have cycled in fog so decided to take my time but it did remind me of how crap my front lights were, bump = flicker. Soon be payday so one of those ebay xml t6 jobbies

 

[martint235]

Really enjoyable ride in today. No real issues other than the usual snarl up at Catford. Practising pedalling into corners other the one into the car park at work was a bit iffy.

 

[BSRU]

Started off in thick fog which cleared when I reached the countryside were it was a lovely cloudless morning but it was flippin' freezing.

 

[MisterStan]

A great start to the week, quiet roads until we hit Cambridge and then it was filtertastic all the way! Checked the Met Office's app before leaving which warned of fog - nothing at all though.

I did have the world's heaviest backpack as was taking supplies (shirts, pants and food) for the week in, but that means nothing to carry for the rest of the week - bonus!

 

[Frood42]

Foggy where I am now, but thankfully I left early enough this morning to miss it.
The commute was nice, it was a bit chilly first thing (at 05:45 this morning), but still in shorts and it got me motivated to get warmed up.

GPS tells me that the 30miles into work took an active time of 2hrs 4mins, but that doesn't include time sat at traffic lights, the number of traffic lights in London is just getting annoying now, but at least I get to practice my starts.

Had two incidents on the commute:

Car cut me up on the exit of the roundabout that goes into Leytonstone, almost went into the side of his car.
He had the whole of the right hand lane free (which he had used to try and go past me) ahead of him but still decides to cut across me while I am in the middle lane in primary (probably not expecting me to be doing 18-19 mph, primary as just coming off the roundabout and coming to a set of traffic lights, and left hand lane is for left turn only). http://goo.gl/maps/8jEZg

Bus driver decides to cut me up to get to a bus stop, poor planning as there is a zebra crossing just before it (http://goo.gl/maps/RFsbE), he is about halfway past me when he decides to indicate and start pulling in (might is right attitude it would seem), a few seconds to let me clear the bus stop would not have hurt him, and to think I let 3 buses out this morning as well. Complaint sent to TFL.


Time to go get my recovery hot chocolate.

 

[potsy]

Warm at 5am this morning, took a few detours and added nearly 3 miles to my normal journey