Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

I do have a nice cyclists tan... but you cant see on my arms it due to my tattoo'ed sleeves

Mine never fully disappeared from last year, it has really picked up though in the last few weeks

 

[ianrauk]

Bit of excitemnt on the way home. Was cycling up a back road when I saw a little bit of smoke. Suddenly with a big woosh a huge flame shot out of a garden shed. Within a minute the whole shed was ablaze.

Amazed at how quickly the fire engulfed the shed and the surrounding fencing. I called for the fire brigade. A few neighbours came out and one said the house holders were at work. Buggered off before the fire brigade turned up, little bit worried there could have been gas bottles or suchlike in there.

 

[fossyant]

Missed the rain, but my lad got soaked. He had jammed the chain between the granny ring badly. Said he stopped pedalling, but I reccon not as the chain was well bent. A KMC ! Replaced it with a spare. May need a dog fang as the chainset is getting old. Its his school bike.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Well..as opposed to the tales of altercations..

I wasn't going to the pub today but it started to chuck it down on my way home so I took shelter for a swift couple - ended up sitting in the beer garden in the sun! Good job too, one of the regulars with mobility problems rides a hand trike and his chain had snapped heading up the hill

My multitool was in the pack of another bike but a friend was on hand to whizz me home and back in the car to save me a mad dash, to retrieve my proper chain tool and get him on his way again.

Warm and fuzzy feelings for a change (don't normally get those on a ride up the narrow-lane tidal-flow rush hour hell of Queens Road)

 

[ianrauk]

ffs got his from behind by another cyclist today. Second time it's happened in 2 weeks. Not a hard hit more of a tap, but annoying never the less. He caught me at the very wrong moment when I was getting pissed off with a rlj'er in front. The guy who tapped me did apologise but he got called a bloody div who should pay attention in future.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I had a crash with another cyclist this morning. Shared path, blind bend, I managed to stop, he didn't. He caught my right arm and then as he went over the handle bars his bike came crashing down on me again, a few cuts on my right hand which look like his rear cassette did. Both bikes okay, we shook hands and carried on our separate ways. He was probably going to fast and I probably could have been further over to the left.

 

[BSRU]

I had a crash with another cyclist this morning. Shared path, blind bend, I managed to stop, he didn't. He caught my right arm and then as he went over the handle bars his bike came crashing down on me again, a few cuts on my right hand which look like his rear cassette did. Both bikes okay, we shook hands and carried on our separate ways. He was probably going to fast and I probably could have been further over to the left.

I hate shared paths and avoid them as much as possible but I still need to ride on about 600metres of shared path due to bad road design.

 

[mangid]

Lie in, lovely sunny day, Then some excitement.

Cruising down Madingly Hill, traffic backed up maybe a mile, total joy, not going too fast, but then. Car trying to join queue from Coton, lets me continue, but having attention on him I don't see car coming thru queue from left. Fortunately they were going slowly, and legs reacted well, even though I was carrying more speed than I should. Raised the heart rate a little, and inner voice shouted at me that I should have known better.

It's easy to become complacent and not cover all the bases.

 

[fossyant]

Middle distance commute today - just over 10.5 miles. Had to get the kids off to school, so was late for work. Not much to report as traffic was quite light. Bad night's sleep, but two strong cups of Columbian Coffee sorted that out before the ride.

Got a KOM last night despite a bit of off roading round some ruddy road works for the Metrolink ! Could have gone faster, but it's very dependant upon three sets of traffic lights, so you either fall lucky, or don't.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Rode through a rain shower of biblical proportion on the way home last night. I was soaked through in all of about 5 seconds! It was raining so hard that I started laughing, I must of looked like a right nut job!
Different story this morning though, up early for a 50 mile inbound journey, gonna try and do same tomorrow too. May be off site on Friday meaning bonus bonus miles may be coming my way, probably up to 160 of the beautiful little things....

 

[glenn forger]

Moor sheds on fire plz thnx bai

 

[HLaB]

Just a relaxed 4.3mile commute this morning for me along the rowing lake path, which takes me slightly in the wrong direction but allows for a pleasant relatively roundabout free run into town.

 

[Nocode]

First cyclo-commute into work for a long time today. Not sure I really like the last couple of miles on my new commute from Greenwich along the A200 into London Bridge. The rest of my commute (down the A21 from Orpington) remains unchanged, but it's that last bit (A200) that is much busier and full of ninja cyclists.

However, was a lovely sunny morning. Forgot how much I like getting my exercise fix done as part of my commute.

 

[Beebo]

First cyclo-commute into work for a long time today. Not sure I really like the last couple of miles on my new commute from Greenwich along the A200 into London Bridge. The rest of my commute (down the A21 from Orpington) remains unchanged, but it's that last bit (A200) that is much busier and full of ninja cyclists.

However, was a lovely sunny morning. Forgot how much I like getting my exercise fix done as part of my commute.

I do the A200 every day, it's the worst bit of my ride , especially from the bit from the Surrey Quays one way system to Tooley Street. As you say, full of nobbers who cant ride bikes in a sensible way, either roadies trying to win the TdF or noobies who havent got a clue. I tend to just take it easy for that section, no point getting into a incident caused by someone elses mistake.
I saw an arguement outside Bermondsey Tube this morning caused by two nikes coming together as they tried to get round a parked bus.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I screamed as the learner driver pulled out in front of me, turning right from behind the give way lines on the minor road at the junction at the bottom of the hill.

Aren't disc brakes amazin'?