Tales from today's commute....

[Deleted member 1258]

Very cold this morning, I left my woolly hat off and hadn't gone far before I realised that was a mistake, cold and wet with snow flurries, I'd got cold ears by the time I got to work, tonight was unpleasant, very cold and wet with drizzle, it wasn't raining hard enough to need the waterproof but too hard to leave it off, in the end I left it on the back of the bike, I'd got three layers on my top half and it wasn't going to work through in six and a half miles, I just put up with the cold damp knees.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Wow - I got hit last night going through Mitcham too, rear-ended going through the lights heading toward Commonside / Cricket Green and then got pulled along by the car's wing mirror which had hooked into my handlebar before it broke.

Fortunately I managed to keep upright, but the dozy woman driving didn't bother to stop, she sped off as fast as she could through the pedestrian crossing down toward Cricket Green. Makes me wonder if she was uninsured. No idea how she managed to hit me - I had all of 4 rear lights on, 2 steady, 2 flashing... I've reported it to Roadsafe for all the good it'll do.

I got p1553d off with an idiotic beemer man (this morning)@ Elephant and Castle (New Kent Road) but nothing as bad as that (just about),hope you are ok.

 

[hennbell]

Hennbell, I figure you must do some of the toughest commuting in this group with respect to meteorological forces . . damn, you must be Canadian!

I am Scottish by birth but have been in Canada for over 30 years. I hold dual citizenship now. But as for the weather I due to our very low humidity the low temperatures are no big deal. I am off the bike today as it is -38 with a stiff wind, very cold.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Seems the idiots were out yesterday then !

I was,I had a great time.

 

[400bhp]

Fecking big thorn straight through the tyre on the way home. I was running late already to pick up the kids. Dog walker went past and said only this morning he had told his wife the farmer cutting the hedges would result in problems for the cyclists. I suppose it was still light.

At 2:30 - harrumphh

 

[glenn forger]

Wow - I got hit last night going through Mitcham too, rear-ended going through the lights heading toward Commonside / Cricket Green and then got pulled along by the car's wing mirror which had hooked into my handlebar before it broke.

Fortunately I managed to keep upright, but the dozy woman driving didn't bother to stop, she sped off as fast as she could through the pedestrian crossing down toward Cricket Green. Makes me wonder if she was uninsured. No idea how she managed to hit me - I had all of 4 rear lights on, 2 steady, 2 flashing... I've reported it to Roadsafe for all the good it'll do.

Low life scumbag hit-and-runner.

 

[Hacienda71]

At 2:30 - harrumphh

3:00 pm I think you will find.

 

[Chris Swift]

Very cold this morning, I left my woolly off and hadn't gone far before I realised that was a mistake, cold and wet with snow flurries, I'd got cold ears by the time I got to work, tonight was unpleasant, very cold and wet with drizzle, it wasn't raining hard enough to need the waterproof but too hard to leave it off, in the end I left it on the back of the bike, I'd got three layers on my top half and it wasn't going to work through in six and a half miles, I just put up with the cold damp knees.

I know I went in car but didn't seem that cold at 6am this morning, I couldn't cycle today as had to deliver a server to Southam at midday.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I know I went in car but didn't seem that cold at 6am this morning, I couldn't cycle today as had to deliver a server to Southam at midday.

Temperature has definitely dropped, even the Mrs was complaining and she's hot blooded.

 

[GrasB]

Oddly wet this morning. It didn't rain but my cycling gear needed to be hung up in one of switch rooms (small cupboards with network switches & no air-con, so nice and warm)

 

[David Parry]

Low life scumbag hit-and-runner.

Right on Glen . . Tell it like it is!!

 

[BSRU]

Have to commute in by car today, picking up a couple of bulky heavy bike related parcels.
So got up a little earlier and went for a little 42km leisure ride before I had to set off for work.
Absolutely starving now as I didn't have time for breakfast at home and my plan of having breakfast at work failed due to not having any money.

 

[Beebo]

I had a rainbow to guide me in for most of my ride this morning. Very nice.

 

[Frood42]

Loads of traffic queueing nearer home again last night, and plenty of idiots blocking side roads and cross roads so that traffic cannot flow properly.
Presented a bit of a hazard at a traffic light controlled crossroads where I turn right, as all the cars were blocking up the road, and nosing to tail each other so as to not lose their "place".
A motorcyclist let me go through the junction ahead of him, I think because even he would have had issues getting through without knocking off some wing mirrors, although perhaps he should have to wake some of the idiots up.

Other than the traffic it was a nice commute with a little bit of a headwind.
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[Frood42]

Pleasent commute this morning, and fairly light when I set off (although I did still need the lights).

Two close passes, but one excellent driver made up for that. I filtered past the close passers, and joined the queue just in front of a blue VW, very nice driver, they kept a nice distance holding back the idiots from earlier and when they did pass gave both me and the cyclist ahead of me plenty of room (and all this depsite us both being in a cycle lane, they passed us as if the cycle lane did not exist, which was so unusual, but very welcome).

I also hit a pot hole and lost my cheap lights on the rear stays (rarely used), but did not lose my main rear light, so not too bothered about that.

A nice commute thanks to the nice weather, but its not looking so nice out there now.


*yes, it was nice, very nice
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