Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

C'mon Fossy, you know it doesn't work like that. When talking about wing mirrors or kicking cars, we are not talking numpty behaviour of which your lady car driver friend seemed to be guilty, but out and out aggressive, moronic bullying by car drivers, which does go on. I am surprised at you with your comments.

I probably should have put a in there, but you can't go round hitting cars up here, there aren't enough cyclists, and I stand out and I am recognisable. I also see the same cars day in day out ! There is no critical mass of cyclists outside London.

Best action is just to note the registration and report them - GMP certainly took action when that happened to me. Details went against then car which already had previous !

 

[potsy]

Miserable weather again, took the short route as I had an early meeting. I have a couple of junctions on my commute where you have to watch the 'right filter' follow my leaders - i.e. the filter turns off, but people still gamble.

The trick is to roll off from green slowly whilst carefully watching the traffic turning right. Bear in mind there are two lanes of traffic with me at both these junctions.

I roll through, but see a 106 is gunning for the late dash, I slow but keep rolling. Driver starts to slow, but keeps coming (cars behind me). She doesn't stop, and by now I am in the firing line. She even starts revving her engine !!! I am afraid rather a few expletives were shouted at the car.

I did not, however, feel the need to smash off wing mirrors or kick the car. Maybe I'm weird, or maybe some cyclists need to take a chill pill. Two wrongs don't make a right !

Was this A560/Councillor lane junction?
Used to get loads of it there on the way home, other was bottom of Lancy hill going towards Stockport, muppets following the car in front or just plain 'trying it on' either way with the ASL the cyclists are usually first in the firing line.

 

[fossyant]

Was this A560/Councillor lane junction?
Used to get loads of it there on the way home, other was bottom of Lancy hill going towards Stockport, muppets following the car in front or just plain 'trying it on' either way with the ASL the cyclists are usually first in the firing line.

Stockport Road at Vernon Park Bredbury - I'm headding East, traffic from Portwood have a 'filter' first. Same at the top of St Mary's Way near nissan when headding towards Offerton - exactly the same, filter gambling. Lancy hill is another !

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Got soaked this morning, that is all

 

[Origamist]

Cold, v wet and windy...again.

This morning I found myself staring at the bottom of my front mudguard and noticed that it was still firing drips at my shoes and shins. I then thought about axolotls and wished I was one....

The weather is addling my senses.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

It is getting a bit repetitive now isn't it ! More of the same tomorrow... and Wednesday.....

The weather was reversed today, wet in the morning but dry at night, I got wet this morning just getting the car out.

 

[Origamist]

Horizontal sleet and hail. Could barely see 5m ahead.

To punish the weather gods, I'm getting the train tomorrow and going to the pub after work.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

The weather was reversed today, wet in the morning but dry at night, I got wet this morning just getting the car out.

Snap. Very wet ride in this morning but tonight was dry, not cold and not windy.

 

[ianrauk]

Seems we are getting things better in SE London. A mild, dry, non windy ride home again. We have had rain showers during the day but cleared up for the commute. Tomorrow is looking grim though.

 

[Leodis]

Siling down when I left work, too the safe option and soon realised that neoprene gloves are pretty crap in the wet and cold (well the ones I have), then the crazy drivers started with their death moves and to finish off slush on the road to home, I soon realised what it was at 25 mph and was a sheepish slow down and pootle home

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Are you using the Low Road Kev? I am using the A14 for a junction in the mornings and then that cut through back to the A14 in the evening (going past the Low Road).

Yesterday I came home the old way, Bridge Street, Castle Hill, Girton, Airfield, etc etc. Went down the Low Road, its flooded, just under a foot, but its better as its closed to cars so you can go down the middle. The bit I hate is from Longstanton to Swavesey, and from Swavesey to Fen Drayton, No Mans Land I call it, where when it was raining it was a bit hairy.
So tonight came back all the way on the GBW to Swavesey and then back via the road. I think its 19 miles and I got in at 6.45.
I saw you swoosh across the Histon junction!
So tomorrow I am not sure which way I will go, the longer, car free and less stress on my rear wheel, or the quicker 17 miles....
Its just rubbish, I am really fed up with over 2 months of this weather, like you said head wind all the way in today, and the wind was no help coming home either.
St Ives has become an island, its shoot.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Absolutely racked off with the weather at 5am this morning so took the car instead.
Tomorrows forecast looks a barrel of laughs too ! Up to 62 mph gusts early evening

 

[Hacienda71]

Shouted tw4t at an oncoming van driver who was trying to force me off the road. Then noticed a mum of one my son's friends on the pavement a few feet further down the road .

 

[biggs682]

had a 200 metre section covered with spilt diesel fuel , bike was all over the place but we stayed upright not sure how

 

[400bhp]

Horizontal sleet and hail. Could barely see 5m ahead.

To punish the weather gods, I'm getting the train tomorrow and going to the pub after work.

Same-got attacked by hail and sleet. No pub for me, just the hybrid tomorrow.