Tales from today's commute....

[Beebo]

@HLaB
Glad to hear you are OK, and that the driver stopped.

 

[mangid]

@HLaB

Glad to hear you're mostly okay, take it easy and make sure things really are ok, as has been mentioned before it can sometimes take a couple of days for things to reveal themselves.

Bright low sun always makes me nervous, traffic never slows down enough :-(

Been hit by wing mirrors a couple times, makes you think what could have been, took me months to regain full confidence each time, here's hoping you're more robust !

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm not 100% sure, but do you know the road out of Bretton to the village or Marholm (Walton Road). As I was cycling towards the village at about the point pictured somebody drove into the back of me. Thankfully, I think it was a wing mirror contact but I cant work out why my right calf is feic'd when the other (thankfully minor) injuries suggest I came down on my left
She said she never saw me because of the sun, FFS I know it was bright but if you cant see you put your visor down and slow down; maybe she was blinded by my bright red gilet, bright blue foldable bag, yellow tyres and 7LED flashing. Her reasoning she should have wore her sun glasses, I think she should have worn some other kind of glasses

The only consolation, it was a bit colder and I was wrapped up a bit which seems to have protected me a bit from the tarmac.

Ouch.

Maybe you should take this as a sign and stay off the bike for a while, I reckon three weeks should do it

 

[HLaB]

@HLaB

Glad to hear you're mostly okay, take it easy and make sure things really are ok, as has been mentioned before it can sometimes take a couple of days for things to reveal themselves.

Bright low sun always makes me nervous, traffic never slows down enough :-(

Been hit by wing mirrors a couple times, makes you think what could have been, took me months to regain full confidence each time, here's hoping you're more robust !

I think I will have to look carefully for the next while at routes that avoid a direct westbound in the evenings untill the sun goes down. Only ever had a problem with drivers up north pulling (which I've beenable to predict/react to and avoid); but thats twice in a year down here I've been hit from behind

 

[fimm]

@HLaB sounds nasty, glad you're not more badly hurt.

 

[fossyant]

Bloody Hell @HLaB

 

[Cycleconvert]

..... need to break out the warmer clothes I think!

 

[Mo1959]

I'm not 100% sure, but do you know the road out of Bretton to the village or Marholm (Walton Road). As I was cycling towards the village at about the point pictured somebody drove into the back of me. Thankfully, I think it was a wing mirror contact but I cant work out why my right calf is feic'd when the other (thankfully minor) injuries suggest I came down on my left
She said she never saw me because of the sun, FFS I know it was bright but if you cant see you put your visor down and slow down; maybe she was blinded by my bright red gilet, bright blue foldable bag, yellow tyres and 7LED flashing. Her reasoning she should have wore her sun glasses, I think she should have worn some other kind of glasses

The only consolation, it was a bit colder and I was wrapped up a bit which seems to have protected me a bit from the tarmac.

Ouch, glad it wasn't any worse. I hate cycling into a low sun for that precise reason. Afraid so many drivers seem to ignore the sensible advice of only driving as fast as you can see ahead to stop. Hope your calf mends quickly. Take care.

 

[Frood42]

I'm not 100% sure, but do you know the road out of Bretton to the village or Marholm (Walton Road). As I was cycling towards the village at about the point pictured somebody drove into the back of me. Thankfully, I think it was a wing mirror contact but I cant work out why my right calf is feic'd when the other (thankfully minor) injuries suggest I came down on my left
She said she never saw me because of the sun, FFS I know it was bright but if you cant see you put your visor down and slow down; maybe she was blinded by my bright red gilet, bright blue foldable bag, yellow tyres and 7LED flashing. Her reasoning she should have wore her sun glasses, I think she should have worn some other kind of glasses

The only consolation, it was a bit colder and I was wrapped up a bit which seems to have protected me a bit from the tarmac.

Man

Hope you recover well.
Sounds like she was making excuses for poor driving.

Already back on the bike I read , hopefully the return journey won't be too bad with right calf.

 

[Frood42]

Chilly with an annoying cross/head wind.
Where's my tail wind

On the plus, we have a birthday here at work, so the birthday boy brought in 12 choc doughnuts and 12 white ice doughnuts.
As a reward for cycling 30 miles this morning (227miles since 06/10), in shorts, in the chilly wind, I treated my self to one of each

Then off to a turkish restaurant for a "light" lunch

 

[Arjimlad]

I think I will have to look carefully for the next while at routes that avoid a direct westbound in the evenings untill the sun goes down. Only ever had a problem with drivers up north pulling (which I've beenable to predict/react to and avoid); but thats twice in a year down here I've been hit from behind

Ouch... hope you're feeling better soon !

The low sun at this time of year is a menace.. I came round a bend this morning to find a transit driver sensibly edging slowly along being very careful with low sun in his eyes, which was refreshingly different to the normal standard of driving ("if I hit something I haven't seen then it's obviously not my fault, innit ?").

 

[ianrauk]

It where right bleedin' nippy and windy this morning.
I wish I had gone for the 2 pairs of socks system or the winter boots.
Made for very hard going.

But... looks like a fantastic tailwind for the journey home.

 

[HLaB]

It where right bleedin' nippy and windy this morning.
I wish I had gone for the 2 pairs of socks system or the winter boots.
Made for very hard going.

But... looks like a fantastic tailwind for the journey home.

Looks like the opposite for me, nice and sunny making it the perfect temperature and a tail wind. Its now grey and wet and I'm not looking to testing out my calf into a headwind

 

[Frood42]

But... looks like a fantastic tailwind for the journey home.

Lucky you!

Looking like a cross wind again for me.

I go east to west, then west to east, along parts of the CS2, CS3 and CS8 to the end of Chelsea Embankment, and then I loop back home.
Thankfully there are some areas where the buildings can help to block the wind, but then when you come to an exposed junction it hits you.

I just hope my gear has dried by the time I come to leave, the clothing under the wind proof jacket was soaked in sweat from this mornings ride.

 

[MisterStan]

It where right bleedin' nippy and windy this morning.
I wish I had gone for the 2 pairs of socks system or the winter boots.
Made for very hard going.

But... looks like a fantastic tailwind for the journey home.

My winter boots made their first outing of the season today. Toasty.