Tales from today's commute....

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Gez73

Veteran
Another glorious ride in this morning. Hoping for less of a headwind on the way home after yesterday's nightmare wind. Gez
 

BSRU

A Human Being
Location
Swindon
Warm but overcast this morning, lights needed at the start:eek:. Wind a little stronger than normal but in a good direction for me.
An enjoyable 56km ride in, encountered single speed guy, wearing a ToB jersey, in the town again, twice(because I take a longer route).
With the wind behind us it made his single speed look even more over-cogged(if that's such a word).
I think I get two lots of FCN points even though I'm on a road bike due to hairy legs and face, very rare opportunity to get any FCN points, so far this year all from the same rider.
 

Origamist

Legendary Member
17C and head-windy this morning, but still added 1.4 miles!

Was on the good bike, so hoping for a tailwind and 20mph+ average on the way back - flower show traffic willing...
 
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Supersuperleeds

Legendary Member
Location
Leicester
Warm but overcast this morning, lights needed at the start:eek:. Wind a little stronger than normal but in a good direction for me.
An enjoyable 56km ride in, encountered single speed guy, wearing a ToB jersey, in the town again, twice(because I take a longer route).
With the wind behind us it made his single speed look even more over-cogged(if that's such a word).
I think I get two lots of FCN points even though I'm on a road bike due to hairy legs and face, very rare opportunity to get any FCN points, so far this year all from the same rider.

Blimey, what time did you set off? 05:30 in Leicester it was light enough not to need lights
 

KneesUp

Guru
First ride in on my bitsa-bike. It is an improvement over the MTB I have been using because it has drop bars, narrower wheels (38c vs. 2 inch, so not 'thin' - the roads here are too awful for that), 700c wheels and - wonder of wonders - all the chain-rings are straight! And it's about 1.5kg lighter I think (based on knowing the weight of the MTB and guessing - I bet it turns out to be 100 grams!) It certainly felt a lot easier, even though I've not levelled the brake levers yet - you can't move them with the bars wrapped, so I've unwrapped one side to test. It feels a bit odd to ride, but my right hand was definitely more comfortable than my left. Looking forward to seeing how it is on they way home when I normally ride in to the wind.
 

BSRU

A Human Being
Location
Swindon
Blimey, what time did you set off? 05:30 in Leicester it was light enough not to need lights
It wasn't dark dark(if you know what I mean) but with it being very overcast it was better to have lights on.
Just looking at the lights on cars showed it would be a good idea.
Plus when I got into the countryside it was also foggy/misty.
 

PJ79LIZARD

Über Member
Location
WEST MIDLANDS
Nice sunny day again, I guess this week's been like commuting abroad would be like, only trouble is my northern European fair skin doesn't cope to well with it! It's costing me a fortune in sun cream!
 

AboutLee

Regular
Location
Birmingham
This was yesterday's ride. Whole cycle lane to myself with cars bumper to bumper in the next lane. Having the odd car ahead of me using the bus lane which I pointed out to drivers there was a bus lane camera on a pole and caught them red handed. One driver was not having it and proceeded to tail gate me down the lane which I stopped for my own safety and told the driver to go in to the other lane which he didn't and wanted to use my lane and told me to change lanes.

I happened to stop next to a Birmingham city council bus lane enforcement car and again pointed out to the driver he had been caught on another camera.

All caught on my helmet cam. Video would be longer but the guy undercut me and stuck up two fingers and I followed and we had words around the corner lol.

 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
I didn't have the sound on, but why worry about him and his fines? Just carry on riding?
 

AboutLee

Regular
Location
Birmingham
No sound I swear way to much lol. And it's the fact that the lane is to keep people like me safe on the road. Plus like the enforcement officer said cyclist should make a point when we use the roads and not to be bullied.
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
I just carry on normally and let them sit behind, unless I think that they are getting very shirty, then I let them go, sometimes with a little bow/curtsy:whistle:
 

J1888

Über Member
Argh - flipping boiling this morning and yet just when hitting a slight incline, BAM, there goes the wind slamming right into me.
 

Supersuperleeds

Legendary Member
Location
Leicester
Came across a complete numpty cyclist on the way home tonight - ME.

Went to overtake another cyclist when I shouldn't have and he turned right on me, luckily I shouted out and we both stopped before I went into him, apologised to him, he apologised for not shoulder checking, but definitely felt it was my fault as I shouldn't have tried to go by him where I did. I'm blaming the hot weather.
 

BSRU

A Human Being
Location
Swindon
Overcast and warm again resulting in another enjoyable 54km commute in.
School holidays started today so traffic was better and more cyclists out, although sometimes not a good thing.
 
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