Tales from today's commute....

[cyberknight]

For me it was the 1st close call in a long while
Coming down this road,
http://goo.gl/maps/TjgTE
maybe 25 mph at the time as i was still building up when a car that was parked on the right hand side facing downhill pulls out then stops to take the next right turn, nearly ended up its exhaust !

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

must hit target by end of the week

What's your target ?

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Only have 3 commuting days left for 2013 & I need another 85 miles before Friday to hit 7500. Hopefully I'll do it by Thursday morning, meaning the ride home will be the celebratory parade !

 

[HLaB]

Left work late so had to do the direct ride home. Hopefully will get time to do a dinner time ride tomorrow to make up for it, must hit target by end of the week

 

[400bhp]

WTF is going on.

Bl00dy notorious r'about where I've had issues before. Effin coach this time overtakes me with circa 50 yards to the junction then turns right. The back end of the bus closing in rapidly. Maann the driver got it totally totally wrong.

Roundabout 3 of 3 within half a mile - nobber van decides to edge out onto the r'about

It's the problem with the airport, half of the people don't know where they are going.

Not a good last mile commute.

 

[hennbell]

Weather is finally clearing here in Canada,After 2 weeks of -30 C it is only -2 today and no new snow.
Unfortunately i have to ride into a 50 kph headwind on the way home.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Only have 3 commuting days left for 2013 & I need another 85 miles before Friday to hit 7500. Hopefully I'll do it by Thursday morning, meaning the ride home will be the celebratory parade !

impressive, most impressive!

 

[jagman.2003]

Steady scoot in, bit chillier than yesterday. Got some good pace in the last part of the commute.

 

[GrasB]

Erg... what's all this wet stuff about? I've had 3 weeks of almost constant glorious sun

 

[Markymark]

Nearly a SMIDSY right in front of the police this morning. They didn't even bat an eyelid. Nothing serious, didn't get hit, but it's events like this where people do get hit. Not expecting the police to do anything with the driver but even a "watch where you going next time, mate" would have been in order.

Lucky I was wearing high viz and a helmet else they would have done a hard stop on me!

 

[Beebo]

Had some knobber in a black Golf GTI rev'ing his engine behind me through a pinch point.
I called him a "Flipping Twit" (may have been a bit stronger) which he didnt like! I'm not having anyone in a 2 ton car intimidating me.

 

[MisterStan]

Chilly this morning compared to yesterday, but a pleasant run in. Just before I got to Swavesey on the GBW, I spotted an owl flying about 20 metres to my right, matching my pace, it then swept across in front of me and disappeared in some trees - beautiful.

 

[Frood42]

Last nights commute was wet, but I stayed fairly warm, more of a constant drizzle rather than the heavy rain forecasted.
.

 

[Frood42]

For this mornings commute the temperature dropped again, no rain, but the CS2 has accumulated a huge puddle.
So much for a flagship segregated cycle lane, especially when the whole lane is covered in water and the only way out is to navigate into traffic which is moving very fast (road is treated like a dual carriageway by cars)...

I ended up going through the puddle and splashing water all over my left leg and foot.
So that combined with the wind chill made the ride a little uncomfortable.

Other than that, not a bad commute...

MET Office is suggesting I may get one of those mythical tail winds tonight
.

 

[potsy]

Cold one at 4.45 this morning, and I had to take my rucksack in to bring home some goodies later

Don't think it'll be one of my faster rides that's for sure