Supersuperleeds
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Summer holidays always start early in Leicester
Tales from today's commute....
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Summer holidays always start early in Leicester
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Another week here for the holidays to start! (mine included, well with the occasional day until my kids go back in September).
Ride in this morning, I was feeling like a lazy ride in, so that's what I did. The only notable thing was trying to turn into a side road to find a car coming out that side (to park just by that corner) going on the wrong side of it and meeting another one coming straight towards me. All low speed and calm, but just realising that if I had been looking further into the junction I would have spotted the second car, but I was too busy focusing on the first.
Ride in this morning, I was feeling like a lazy ride in, so that's what I did. The only notable thing was trying to turn into a side road to find a car coming out that side (to park just by that corner) going on the wrong side of it and meeting another one coming straight towards me. All low speed and calm, but just realising that if I had been looking further into the junction I would have spotted the second car, but I was too busy focusing on the first.
Had a little road rage on my ride home at lunchtime
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Some complete and utter cockwomble
, on a three lane road, two straight ahead, one right turn only(clearly marked bus and cycle only) decided to turn, at the last moment, right from the left lane driving straight across the front of me. If I had not being paying attention he would have t-boned me.
I gave a full and frank opinion of what I thought of his daydreaming driving.
He tells me to mind my language, no chance of that considering what he has just done. He them blames lack of signs for his attempted illegal right turn(complete rubbish).
He then tells me he should get out of his car and give me a slap, I stand there waiting but no he drives off like the coward he is.
Took me a cup of tea and some fruit shortcake biscuits to completely calm down.
.Some complete and utter cockwomble
, on a three lane road, two straight ahead, one right turn only(clearly marked bus and cycle only) decided to turn, at the last moment, right from the left lane driving straight across the front of me. If I had not being paying attention he would have t-boned me.I gave a full and frank opinion of what I thought of his daydreaming driving.
He tells me to mind my language, no chance of that considering what he has just done. He them blames lack of signs for his attempted illegal right turn(complete rubbish).
He then tells me he should get out of his car and give me a slap, I stand there waiting but no he drives off like the coward he is.
Took me a cup of tea and some fruit shortcake biscuits to completely calm down.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Left early today, and ended up catching the school traffic.
On the bus way caught these two lads cycling home, anyway one turns right and off home some where and the other looks over his shoulder and sees me and attacks!
Off he goes trying to drop me on the Col du Busway!
So I catch him and politely tell him he needs more gears and leave him for dust.
He catches me at the next lights to which I said that he had made a great effort and well done mate.
The problem was if he had put it on the big ring, I would have been in trouble!!!
On the bus way caught these two lads cycling home, anyway one turns right and off home some where and the other looks over his shoulder and sees me and attacks!
Off he goes trying to drop me on the Col du Busway!
So I catch him and politely tell him he needs more gears and leave him for dust.
He catches me at the next lights to which I said that he had made a great effort and well done mate.
The problem was if he had put it on the big ring, I would have been in trouble!!!
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kevin_cambs_uk
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- Near Cambridge
What is a Geocache?
MisterStan
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kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Got it cheers Stan!
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
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- Leicester
Had to extend my commute home by a couple of miles as I "forgot" about a road closure
Also had the nasty headwind for most of the ride as well, very slow going.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Well I've converted my 14 year old MTB into a commuter and it's first outing was today. It needs some work: have to figure out how to lock the forks out a bit more, it's very bouncy; it corners like a beached whale and it's a bit rusty. I did however knock 2 minutes off yesterday's single speed commute 
It must be dispiriting. There you are on your new hybrid, pretending you're Vincent Nibali when an old rust bucket goes past .............. on a MTB!! Today, most of the cyclists I saw seemed friendly but unobtrusive. Is it the bike? Do people dislike SS riders? However, the guy on the Cannondale (not sure if it was a CAAD or not) that I overtook 3 times (he kept pulling front of me at lights and traffic queues), you should hang your head in shame. One of the wheels on my MTB weighs more than your entire bike and yet only one of us was pretending you weren't slow.
It must be dispiriting. There you are on your new hybrid, pretending you're Vincent Nibali when an old rust bucket goes past .............. on a MTB!! Today, most of the cyclists I saw seemed friendly but unobtrusive. Is it the bike? Do people dislike SS riders? However, the guy on the Cannondale (not sure if it was a CAAD or not) that I overtook 3 times (he kept pulling front of me at lights and traffic queues), you should hang your head in shame. One of the wheels on my MTB weighs more than your entire bike and yet only one of us was pretending you weren't slow.
Nocode
Senior Member
- Location
- Orpington, Kent
Rookie mistake this morning - was raining when I left home so put on a 'light' waterproof jacket. Couple of miles down the road and it has stopped raining but I couldn't be bothered to stop and take it off. Arrived at work sweating so much I'd probably have been drier had I just not bothered with it at all, doh.
Said "hello" to a guy on a MTB that pulled-up next to me at a set of lights, he then proceeded to jump the next couple of sets - I always caught him up and overtook. Later he nearly went into the back of me when I stopped at a pedestrian crossing, he clearly wasn't paying much attention and was intent on RLJ as much as possible. Noticed he had headphones in too
Plenty of RLJ cyclists these days - in fact, I've started to count the number of cyclists that don't instead.
Said "hello" to a guy on a MTB that pulled-up next to me at a set of lights, he then proceeded to jump the next couple of sets - I always caught him up and overtook. Later he nearly went into the back of me when I stopped at a pedestrian crossing, he clearly wasn't paying much attention and was intent on RLJ as much as possible. Noticed he had headphones in too
Plenty of RLJ cyclists these days - in fact, I've started to count the number of cyclists that don't instead.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Commute in fine, though a bit sticky (and I know it's only going to get worse this week!). Saw a bloke on a Brompton, pushing a high gear with the saddle too high (rocking from side to side), and he had well developed calves so I'm surprised he was cycling with it so high. It was easy to overtake him!
MisterStan
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Overcast and quite muggy this morning. Caught up with @kevin_cambs_uk on the busway and had a good chinwag.
A good 60km commute in spoilt at the end by a school run mum in her Chelsea tractor pulling out of a side road(right side) and almost taking me out.
Her excuse, she didn't see me, well of course not you never bothered looking left at all, in fact as she pulled out she was chatting to another driver coming from the opposite direction, who had stopped in order to let her out.
Her excuse, she didn't see me, well of course not you never bothered looking left at all, in fact as she pulled out she was chatting to another driver coming from the opposite direction, who had stopped in order to let her out.
