kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Caught again by @MisterStan ! but latched on for a last 5 minute blast of 24 mph.
Well worth the effort !!
Well worth the effort !!
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Lovely morning, although starting to get too hot for me now!Only one incident of note, a van was waiting to turn right into a side road, indicating away, I was approaching slowly (towards him) so signalled for him to take the turn, at which point a cyclist with a fully loaded front basket decided to overtake...luckily the van driver saw it and stopped, but the cyclist still wobbled over (no contact), before scuttling away. Maybe those TFL stickers aren't such a stupid idea!
Too hot? Nah!!!
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Warm out and I keep forgetting to try to ease off a bit, I seem to be in non poodle mode weirdly!
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
Near miss on the ride home. Stuck in A20 traffic, Toyota in front of me, big lorry in front of it. I was at that horrible spot from the lights where you can just make it through before they change again, if you really go for it. Initially thought I was going to be seriously gapped but the lorry came against a narrow spot and stopped. Started again figuring I should be able to keep with traffic to the lights, had clipped in, then the Toyota emergency stopped for no obvious reason, lorry kept going. I managed to heave the bike left and miss the side of the Toyota while braking and desperately unclipping. Huge adrenalin rush. While I was blaming myself for getting too close the next two to three cars past all gave me an 'OK?' type query and indicated the Toyota had been well out of order, it had just pulled off again and left, probably didn't even realise they'd done something odd. I think the car behind me was happy, if I'd not been there he'd have hit her. I'm kind of happy I got beside her, if I'd stopped directly behind her I might have been the meat in the sandwich.
Stephen C
Über Member
I could sweat for England, it often looks like it's raining on my face! Ah well, I suppose I must soldier on and enjoy
AboutLee
Regular
- Location
- Birmingham
Nice ride this morning until a highway maintenance truck jumped the red light nearly taking me out on the road and a cyclist which was on the pavement crossing over. Of course the driver blamed me for him driving through his red light.
Further down the road over taken by another cyclist which I was slowling down for the lights, when he jumped the red light prompting the already stopped car to also jump the red light which the driver soon realised the light was red.
Managed to catch up with the cyclist and tail him some time and he jumped a further 4 red lights. I had to over take him as I didn't fancy seeing him get killed.
So plenty of red light issues this morning and it wasn't even 5:30! Haha
Further down the road over taken by another cyclist which I was slowling down for the lights, when he jumped the red light prompting the already stopped car to also jump the red light which the driver soon realised the light was red.
Managed to catch up with the cyclist and tail him some time and he jumped a further 4 red lights. I had to over take him as I didn't fancy seeing him get killed.
So plenty of red light issues this morning and it wasn't even 5:30! Haha
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I must admit I do feel pressurised to get past the RLJ's, just to prove that they haven't actually gained that much time.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
I could sweat for England, it often looks like it's raining on my face! Ah well, I suppose I must soldier on and enjoy
you and me both mate!
I only look at the bike and start sweating!
Nocode
Senior Member
- Location
- Orpington, Kent
Lovely 'easy' commute in this morning, glorious weather. Had to force myself to take it easier as I've pushed it a bit too hard on some of my commutes recently.
Didn't see a single cyclist heading in my direction until I got on to the A200, so that's about 40+ mins into my commute.
Only event was a female cyclist coming hurtling out of Southwark Park on a MTB and fluorescent gear (including fluro helmet cover in this heat!) having to momentarily pause when joining to Jamaica Road A200 to avoid taking me out. Then at the next junction when a group of us cyclists all stopped, she jumped the lights, scooting out to the island in the middle to then get beeped/berated by a skip lorry driver turning right at the junction. Of course, as these things go when the lights turned green we all went, caught-up and passed her... I never understand why they do it
Didn't see a single cyclist heading in my direction until I got on to the A200, so that's about 40+ mins into my commute.
Only event was a female cyclist coming hurtling out of Southwark Park on a MTB and fluorescent gear (including fluro helmet cover in this heat!) having to momentarily pause when joining to Jamaica Road A200 to avoid taking me out. Then at the next junction when a group of us cyclists all stopped, she jumped the lights, scooting out to the island in the middle to then get beeped/berated by a skip lorry driver turning right at the junction. Of course, as these things go when the lights turned green we all went, caught-up and passed her... I never understand why they do it
Another fantastic morning for being out there.
A lovely 62.5km ride into work with not as much traffic usual but definitely more bikes.
Although one cyclist on a narrow shared path, overtaking other cyclists just before a blind bend was not very clever, especially as he was giving it some effort. And the woman on a bike that looks far too big for her and she grinds huge gears but always seems to be out of the saddle(probably because of the size).
A lovely 62.5km ride into work with not as much traffic usual but definitely more bikes.
Although one cyclist on a narrow shared path, overtaking other cyclists just before a blind bend was not very clever, especially as he was giving it some effort. And the woman on a bike that looks far too big for her and she grinds huge gears but always seems to be out of the saddle(probably because of the size).
thefollen
Veteran
- Location
- Balham/Tooting Bec
Friday legs and bloomin' lovely in the sun! Everyone (I saw) well behaved. Porridge after the work shower was a controversial choice- have a bead on!
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Had to drive yesterday, so last night pumped up the tyres on the road bike, gave the chain a good clean then had a cracking ride in on it this morning. Fantastic weather again.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Sitting here looking out at a gloomy, wet day......I am not jealous...honest!
Stevie Mcluskey
Über Member
- Location
- East Kilbride
Forecast rain but dry and warm run in this morning. Roads seemed quiet so another bonus.
