Tales from today's commute....

[Ganymede]

I was hareing back to the pub at 8.40pm to make it before the kitchen closed - on the darkest, narrowest lane there was a truck behind me so I stood up on the pedals and put on a spurt - let him past at the junction where I realised it was a supermarket delivery van, nice wave from the driver. One small hill later and I came across him dawdling along trying to spot house names with a torch (it's all farms and cottages). I can help you! I cried, and directed him to the tiny obscure off-the-road dwelling he wanted. Then I rode away like the knight in shining armour I truly was, and got a damn fine dinner at the Scrote and Windbag to celebrate my bro-in-law's birthday. Hurrah!

 

[summerdays]

After a pleasant month off, it was back to commuting today.went better than expected even managing a PB on strava. However Bristol city council have surface dressed part of my commute (I did know they had) but it's now two weeks since they did and they haven't reinstated the lines on the road. Rather weird at a traffic light, and especially when I was joining the main road with a green light, and suddenly realising the car coming from my left didn't stop at the non existant line despite the red light!

Later on the way home, again the same section, I was trying to turn right across the main road, with heavy traffic coming towards me including an overtaking moped when a van stopped to let me through, and the nice moped. Strangely I had had a conversation with someone earlier in the day about that senario with an undertaking cyclist, and who would be to blame, and sure enough I had to give way to a cyclist. Hopefully I would have thought of that anyway without the conversation!

 

[Hop3y]

Second commute with the Garmin Edge 200 this morning - looking at that speedo does make you try and go faster...

 

[mangid]

Rear tyre is pretty cut up, so of course, trundling along and pssttt. Repaired and on my way, no trial or tribulations with the CO2, but half a mile down the road, stinging pain from inside left glove. Look down, and Fire Ants crawling over the back, shake them of, but stinging continue. Stop, take glove off, and look inside, yep more Fire Ants.

It dangerous out there folks.

 

[Hop3y]

Rear tyre is pretty cut up, so of course, trundling along and pssttt. Repaired and on my way, no trial or tribulations with the CO2, but half a mile down the road, stinging pain from inside left glove. Look down, and Fire Ants crawling over the back, shake them of, but stinging continue. Stop, take glove off, and look inside, yep more Fire Ants.

It dangerous out there folks.

Cambridge is a jungle

 

[jagman.2003]

For National 'Cycle to Work Day' I commuted in with colleagues. 7 of us in the group.
Made a change.
Certainly had a significant road presence when working as a group.

 

[Arjimlad]

More like Notional Cycle to Work Day round here. I saw no more cyclists than usual for September. The summer holiday riders have got back into their cars.

It's all very odd as the roads around Bradley Stoke/Aztec West are even more congested due to police activities over the M4 concerning the NATO summit.

 

[harveymt]

I drove in today. Lone wolf's like me don't conform to National Days of Anything.

Plus I'm waiting on a new wheelset.

 

[Ganymede]

I drove in today. Lone wolf's like me don't conform to National Days of Anything.

Plus I'm waiting on a new wheelset.

You rebel.

 

[confusedcyclist]

My brand new cateye volt 300 light immediately fell from the handlebars this morning, having not understood the clip mechanism completey after fitting last night. It (not me) was almost squished by a bus as it rolled behind me on the road. Dinged the paintwork, but still working fine, phew!

 

[Ganymede]

A female neighbour got off the train at the same time as me. Saw me unlocking my bike. "Oh Ganymede, would you like a lift?" Er, no. Thanks. Got m'bike...

Had a lovely ride home.

 

[hennbell]

I passed some road kill on the way to work, either a dog or a coyote. I just hope it gets cleaned up before I ride home.

Really impressive job from city worker, road kill was gone in less than 4 hours. I wonder how they handle such things?
Dead gopher on the road no one picks it up and we try to avoid running over it, bigger animal it gets cleaned up.

How big an animal does it take to get the city to clean it up? Who do you call?

 

[donnydave]

My dad recently had a right bit of bother getting rid of a dead sheep. RSPCA, local council and DEFRA all telling him to call someone else. In the end a defra vet told him to quote some particular legislation and mention the local newspaper to the council and someone came within 2 hours

 

[DrLex]

[…] told him to quote some particular legislation[…]

I'm guessing that it was either a reference to the HA 1980 or the EPA 1990, and not s.69 of SOA 2003...

 

[confusedcyclist]

Really impressive job from city worker, road kill was gone in less than 4 hours. I wonder how they handle such things?
Dead gopher on the road no one picks it up and we try to avoid running over it, bigger animal it gets cleaned up.

How big an animal does it take to get the city to clean it up? Who do you call?

It wasn't your local authority, it was picked up by a hungry family!