Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Pretty sure I saw Shane Sutton this morning in Cheadle. Full GB kit on a GB issue Dogma/Prince, but with a Sky Kash helmet with the filled in vents. Seen him last week too. Thought he lived above Wills Wheels but may have moved. Trim and quick he was.

 

[BrynCP]

Three weeks with only one person trying to kill me (and that was on Day 1!)

Then today two decided to have a go at knocking me off.

A man in a "luxury car" decided the cars on the other side of the road needed a bit of space, so he pulled into the bike lane, right in front of me Luckily at 10mph I could stop and avoid hitting his car - I wouldn't have fancied arguing over who pays the £3k repair bill.

Then a man in a car/van type contraption. He liked my leg, and tried rubbing his car up against it like a cat. Perhaps he didn't see me and my luminous green jacket. In fact, I think he was either (1) annoyed at cyclists, or (2) an incompetent driver because he did it not once, not twice, but three times. In the end I decided to stick behind him and go his speed as he clearly wanted me off the bike for some reason.

All the guidance says avoid coming up the left of cars, even when this is where the cycle / filter lanes are, as drivers don't check their inside mirror. I am a drive of 6 years and I have always checked my inside mirror - I borrowed a car once without one and it felt so wrong.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Head wind was bad fri night, I could have done without it, as my ankle was hurting from an off Thursday night, same ankle I chipped the bone off, which I had just recovered from. Feeling better today, road bike freshly fettled and looking forward to the mornings commute

 

[Beebo]

Lovely ride in.
Late autumn is great when it's mild, still and dry. Loving the musty smell of fallen leaves in Greenwich park.

 

[Frood42]

Roads fairly quiet again, nothing much happening except the usual, chilly this morning

Guaranteed on my commute around Greater/Central London:
There's always someone in a vehicle doing stupidly fast speeds in a 30mph zone
There's always at least one ignorant/self entitled twunt in a motor vehicle who does not know what a horn is actually for (not always aimed at me!)
There's always vehicles entering the ASL's despite the lights being red
There's always vehicles parked in the cycle lanes
There's always pedestrians more interested in their mobiles than what is around them
.

 

[BSRU]

Nice weather for riding this morning, cool and calm, first ride of winter

 

[HLaB]

Just a short 5.75 miles for me, nothing really to report other than the weather, still and foggy in parts.

 

[ianrauk]

'twas a tough old commute this morning. My leg's are certainly feeling the effects of yesterday's hilly 100 ride.

 

[Stephen C]

Good ride in this morning, thanked 2 cars and a lorry for waiting and overtaking sensibly and got a wave back, more than the miserable types on bikes!

 

[EthelF]

On a whim, and a trifle bored with my usual route options on my way from Wandsworth to the City, I decided to try a different route to work this morning to see what I would encounter, passing Clapham Junction and along Wandsworth Road. And what did I encounter? 5km of almost uninterrupted nose-to-tail cars, buses and hgvs going nowhere in a hurry along a narrow road with only sporadic, blocked bus lanes. Average moving speed for the commute was a shocker!

Back to one of my usual routes tomorrow!

 

[Rouge79]

Saw a gap and went for it, Bloody car decided to go left and the gap very quickly started to close!!!


Thankgod for sharp disc brakes!!!

A 50/50 incident so i kept calm and didn't make any fuss.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Lovely and warm tonight, shorts time again

 

[HLaB]

Just a slow bimble from me tonight with a trip to the supermarket to buy tea if I ever get round to making it

 

[fossyant]

Scalped an electric bike tonight whilst going up hill. He looked like he was doing well, then heard the whine of the motor.

 

[400bhp]

First commute on the 26"er at my new place of work (June this year). Played squash then tanked it back. Averaged 18 on the heavy bugger too.