Tales from today's commute....

[Beebo]

[QUOTE 2960810, member: 1314"]What do you look like, and ride, Beebo?[/quote]
Nice of you to ask! But I doubt our commutes will ever cross as I live in South East London.
I like to keep my identity secret as I 'm an MI5 spy, but if you have to know I'm the one right in the centre of the picture, with dark glasses on, looking menacing. Seemingly oblivious to any of DZ musings about some building or other.

 

[ianrauk]

and @Beebo has great taste... as he rides the same make/model bike as me...he's a good bloke to boot. (£5er in the post )

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Another cold ride in on the ice bike. Started off everything white over, finished in sun and not a sign of ice. Hopefully make a dash home at dinner time and switch bikes.

 

[fossyant]

Mild out, so out with the Fixed, on it's new rubber - Michelin Pro4 Endurance. Usual Michelin silky ride quality, just got to watch the bends until the release agent is scrubbed off as the tyres wwere chattering when pushed through corners (usual stuff with Michelins). Quite narrow for 23mm, certainly a few mm less than the Cont 4 Seasons.

Set out early as had a meeting in Manchester. Quiet but some real numpties.

Riding through Stockport, woman in Yaris close passes me then pulls towards the curb and slows with no indication. I'm braking and put my hand up in a 'why' remark. she now starts to pull into a left lane for the car parks, so I overtake. As I'm starting to overtake, down comes her window and out comes 'you don't have a license, fark off you fat barsteward'. Well that shut me up for a mili second until I called her an ugly b****. That was my first cyclist hating person of the day.

Next approaching Parrs Wood on Manchester Road, doing some fast filtering on the outside of the traffic, come across a guy in a van who isn't taking notice of the traffic, and has left a massive gap. Look over and his head is down looking at his smart phone in his lap, driving forward at 15 mph. I shout over 'put your phone down'. Anyway, down comes his window, "Eff off" and he then goes off on one with a rant about cyclists in general. I turn round and bid him farewell (geoff off may have been my words). Lets say he passed me on the A34 without issue. Oh and the morale of the story is don't start effing and jeffing when in a company van with "The Head Caterer" all over it. Email sent, oh and I see your company is on Twitter ! Illegal phone use and abusing other road users.

Very sorry to the lycra'ed up cyclist I didn't stop for on the A34, I was in chase mode as I'd had a very tight window to get to my meeting, and hadn't noticed you'd walked towards the road to flag me down, I was hammering it along, so so sorry ! It's a busy cyclist route, so I don't think you'd have had long to wait.

Mild out, so off with the overshoes for the return ride home - spring is coming !

 

[fossyant]

There was a little reminder in one of our 'secure' cycle parking shelters about why you should use a quality d lock.

A nicely chopped Kryptonite cable lock, and a missing bike !

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Nice of you to ask! But I doubt our commutes will ever cross as I live in South East London.
I like to keep my identity secret as I 'm an MI5 spy, but if you have to know I'm the one right in the centre of the picture, with dark glasses on, looking menacing. Seemingly oblivious to any of DZ musings about some building or other.

So who's the one with a pom-pom for a face? That must be handy on those chilly mornings!

 

[Beebo]

So who's the one with a pom-pom for a face? That must be handy on those chilly mornings!

I think it's a large clown's nose!

 

[summerdays]

I think the summer cyclists are starting to come out of hibernation! Definitely more on the ring road path this morning.

I didn't enjoy my evening commute as some bloke sat on my back wheel for about 3 plus miles and it was beginning to feel creepy when I finally lost him. Another bloke made up for it by checking I was ok when I stopped to look for my phone in my bag later on.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I think the summer cyclists are starting to come out of hibernation! Definitely more on the ring road path this morning.

I didn't enjoy my evening commute as some bloke sat on my back wheel for about 3 plus miles and it was beginning to feel creepy when I finally lost him. Another bloke made up for it by checking I was ok when I stopped to look for my phone in my bag later on.

I would have sat up, and said to him, you can go by if you want, chances are he would have gone by.

 

[summerdays]

I was on the Bristol to bath cycle path, it wouldn't have been hard to pass me!

 

[400bhp]

Nice evening, dry so took the long way back. Lovely ride - I made sure the fool in a Merc people carrier didn't ruin it even with her suicide overtake taking her towards an oncoming artic

Wind wasn't as calm as I thought it was going to be.

Another week of good weather and it may be time for the better bike.

 

[ianrauk]

Damn I am so loving this weather at the moment. Both this morning and this evenings commute. Started off this morning with dry, chilly, sunny and no wind. This evening started off in the light, nice and mild. Both rides supplemented with a good dose of SCR'ing. All these put together means a fastest time this year for both directions.

I can cycle all day when the weather is like this. Marvelous.

 

[Origamist]

It's starting to feel a lot like...Spring. Expect sleet by end of next week.

Lost my back-up rear light in the canal on the way home!

 

[Spartak]

Totally different commute for me today, I had a meeting in London so took the train & hired a Boris bike from just outside Paddington.

http://www.strava.com/activities/117951500

Had a great ride across London taking in many of the sights inc. Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, cycled up the Mall to Trafalgar Square then down Whitehall passing Downing St. then past Big Ben & over the river ( following Pale Riders advice ) then back over London Bridge, before crossing Tower Bridge, just to say I'd done it !

Picked up another bike after my meeting & took a more direct route back passing St. Pauls Cathedral, but then did a lap of the Serpentine enjoying the spring sunshine

 

[ianrauk]

Had a great ride across London taking in many of the sights inc. Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, cycled up the Mall to Trafalgar Square then down Whitehall passing Downing St. then past Big Ben & over the river ( following Pale Riders advice ) then back over London Bridge, before crossing Tower Bridge, just to say I'd done it !

This is near enough part of the Cycle Chat Sunday London ride route...