Tales from today's commute....

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confusedcyclist

confusedcyclist

Veteran
Turning left at a green light a pedestrian decides today is a good day to walk right out in front of me without looking to the right.
Normally I would react with a stern frown or quick comment along the lines of "what are you doing?!!!!!".

Today though I wasn't in the greatest of moods, and this imbecile decided they would pay more attention to their phone than the road so shouted "would you walk out in front of a bus?" :boxing: to which our friend simply replied "Yes."

Do us a favor and get on with it then! :cursing:

True story!
 
hennbell

hennbell

Guru
Location
Lloydminster, Alberta , Canada
Today I had to slow down and follow a family with 3 cyclist under the age of 10. Did not bother me to slow down for a couple minutes, got to enjoy the boys desperately trying to do pop a wheelies. What was driving me nuts was the squeaking chains crying for lubrication. How can the parents (really the Father, bit sexist of me) allow these bicycles to be presented to the world in such poor state of repair?
 
summerdays

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
hennbell said:
Today I had to slow down and follow a family with 3 cyclist under the age of 10. Did not bother me to slow down for a couple minutes, got to enjoy the boys desperately trying to do pop a wheelies. What was driving me nuts was the squeaking chains crying for lubrication. How can the parents (really the Father, bit sexist of me) allow these bicycles to be presented to the world in such poor state of repair?
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Do you not get that on your commute too? I'm sometimes surprised by nice bikes passing me needing a bit of TLC (though I do realise that it may be a case that the problem developed on the commute).
 
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robjh said:
I took a different route out of Coventry last night, going west to Tile Hill. To my amazement the road across Hearsall Common has been resurfaced, and is now a smooth unblemished sheet of flat grey tarmac. I used to regularly commute this way, and the surface was like a moonscape with deep bike-swallowing craters and wheel-grabbing ruts, on a narrow road that was shared with impatient rush-hour cars and buses. It’s been a long time coming.
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Are they still working up there? I've been keeping away from hearsall Common as much as possible because of the disruption, I regularly pick up my good lady from Earlsdon in the car, the first time I did it after they started work it took almost as much time to get out of Earlsdon as it did to drive across the city to Holbrooks, after that I changed my route.
 
Archeress

Archeress

Veteran
Location
Bristol
Well my afternoon commute came to an abrupt end... on the ground in Asda Cribbs Causeway car park after being hit by a van. It wasn't a high speed collision but enough for my front Crud Roadracer 2 mudguard to literally shatter into little bits. My right foot got caught in the toe clip such that I couldnt get it out. My leg was twisted quite badly. Couple of shallow cuts on my right leg, about 3 inches long. Otherwise I got away with it. My fiance took me to Southmead Hospital to check my leg out, they thought at one point I had chipped my patella so had a quick xray, but was given the all clear to take painkillers and ice it at home.

The Asda first aider that came out to me is a cyclist too, spun the front wheel and it is slightly warped, the left brifter had moved and is quite scratched and according to my fiance the brakes are binding, but otherwise the bike looks okay.

Just want to ask... if I had clipless, would my foot have released like a ski binding does in an accident?

Hugs
Archeress x
 
robjh

robjh

Legendary Member
Location
Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
dave r said:
Are they still working up there? I've been keeping away from hearsall Common as much as possible because of the disruption, I regularly pick up my good lady from Earlsdon in the car, the first time I did it after they started work it took almost as much time to get out of Earlsdon as it did to drive across the city to Holbrooks, after that I changed my route.
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It appeared to be all finished - I would say from the look of the surface very recently indeed. I haven't been that way for a few weeks and had pretty much missed all the roadworks, barring a few cones coming off the roundabout in the town-ward direction. I actually try and avoid it in rush hour as it is/was so narrow with such a terrible surface.
 
summerdays

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Archeress said:
Well my afternoon commute came to an abrupt end... on the ground in Asda Cribbs Causeway car park after being hit by a van. It wasn't a high speed collision but enough for my front Crud Roadracer 2 mudguard to literally shatter into little bits. My right foot got caught in the toe clip such that I couldnt get it out. My leg was twisted quite badly. Couple of shallow cuts on my right leg, about 3 inches long. Otherwise I got away with it. My fiance took me to Southmead Hospital to check my leg out, they thought at one point I had chipped my patella so had a quick xray, but was given the all clear to take painkillers and ice it at home.

The Asda first aider that came out to me is a cyclist too, spun the front wheel and it is slightly warped, the left brifter had moved and is quite scratched and according to my fiance the brakes are binding, but otherwise the bike looks okay.

Just want to ask... if I had clipless, would my foot have released like a ski binding does in an accident?

Hugs
Archeress x
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No idea about your question but sorry to hear you were hit! I hope it won't keep you off the bike too long! And that you manage to get a good nights sleep! :hugs:
 
Ganymede

Ganymede

Veteran
Location
Rural Kent
Archeress said:
Well my afternoon commute came to an abrupt end... on the ground in Asda Cribbs Causeway car park after being hit by a van. It wasn't a high speed collision but enough for my front Crud Roadracer 2 mudguard to literally shatter into little bits. My right foot got caught in the toe clip such that I couldnt get it out. My leg was twisted quite badly. Couple of shallow cuts on my right leg, about 3 inches long. Otherwise I got away with it. My fiance took me to Southmead Hospital to check my leg out, they thought at one point I had chipped my patella so had a quick xray, but was given the all clear to take painkillers and ice it at home.

The Asda first aider that came out to me is a cyclist too, spun the front wheel and it is slightly warped, the left brifter had moved and is quite scratched and according to my fiance the brakes are binding, but otherwise the bike looks okay.

Just want to ask... if I had clipless, would my foot have released like a ski binding does in an accident?

Hugs
Archeress x
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Oh that's rough. Glad you have been given the all-clear but what a rotten thing to happen.
 
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