Tales from today's commute....

[martint235]

/rant
So got to the top of Welling Way and hit a light just turning green so went through. Roadie appeared at speed from my left straight through a red. Burned past him on the little rise of Rochester Way but wasn't surprised to be passed on the way down the other side (I spin out at around 28 on the Mango) but I thought it would be fun when the road levelled a bit but he just went straight through the red at the cross roads. Oh well.

Also, as some people know I don't often use cycle paths but I have to in the riverside park. It's actually quite a nice one but has someone changed the rules so that if you're on a road bike you now ride on the RHS of the path and just expect everyone to get out of your way?
/rant over
On a positive note, what a glorious morning!!!
Oh and I saw @deptfordmarmoset this morning. Largely cos he wound his window down and shouted "Martin" at me but still after 15+ years of commuting (many on one of the busiest roads in London) I now see a CCer on my commute.

 

[summerdays]

he wound his window down.

that bit of your post made me smile!

 

[martint235]

that bit of your post made me smile!

That was actually a bit of an assumption. I was accelerating away from some lights so not paying a huge amount of attention but it seemed like quite a small car and so I assumed it still had a winder thing.

 

[summerdays]

That was actually a bit of an assumption. I was accelerating away from some lights so not paying a huge amount of attention but it seemed like quite a small car and so I assumed it still had a winder thing.

Are you saying there are still cars apart from ancient ones that have winders, I assumed it was a thing of the past!

 

[MisterStan]

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing fog again. Thicker than yesterday too. No mechanicals though!

 

[I like Skol]

Just want to say how well my boys (age 8 & 11) have done this week. 'Commuted' to school by cycle all 5 days at 5 miles a day

I did a full 4 night shifts cycle commute too and with the two times a day school run have clocked up a considerable commute mileage this week

 

[DWiggy]

Dense fog going through Darenth this morning, its amazing how many car drivers didn't have their lights on, its about time the choice was taken from the driver and was automated somehow?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That was actually a bit of an assumption. I was accelerating away from some lights so not paying a huge amount of attention but it seemed like quite a small car and so I assumed it still had a winder thing.

I press a button and the electric butler does it for me. It was the third time I'd seen you this week so I was ready to ambush you. I didn't realise you were on the fixed though. I must pay more attention next time.

 

[MisterStan]

Dense fog going through Darenth this morning, its amazing how many car drivers didn't have their lights on, its about time the choice was taken from the driver and was automated somehow?

Actually that may be part of the problem, a lot of these new cars have automated lights that may not be sensitive enough/setup for fog.

 

[potsy]

Very foggy ride home last night, came out of work to find a slight mist, by the time I'd done a couple of miles it was really thick, glad I had the 'big' light on.

 

[martint235]

I press a button and the electric butler does it for me. It was the third time I'd seen you this week so I was ready to ambush you. I didn't realise you were on the fixed though. I must pay more attention next time.

It's on freewheel rather than fixed (felt I'd better make that clear before the Disciples come looking for me!!!)

 

[HLaB]

Foggy again, I'm quite glad I was before the stop start traffic. They are redeveloping the old hospital site on route and hgv were parked either side of the road and I thought I was going to witness a head on as drivers overtook!

 

[Andrew_P]

I don't come in here that often now, I reckon the main reason is I have switched the morning run to 6am start from 7am and what a difference in riding pleasure! I just grin and bear the return run

 

[Chris Swift]

Sounds like it was your day for all the idiots, I had the same problem Monday, not on the bike but in the car, I had to finish work at dinner time because of a domestic problem , out running about in the car in the afternoon sorting it out and some of the driving we saw was atrocious.

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Driving in rubbish round Coventry mate![/URL]

 

[uclown2002]

Driving in rubbish round Coventry mate![/U][/URL]

Did you intend to post a link there?