Tales from today's commute....

[jagman.2003]

Three of us going to attempt commuting back via off road trails/mountain bikes this evening.
Have been meaning to give this ago for ages. Between us we think we know the full route.
Will make a nice change from competing with traffic on the roads. Might attempt it more often & both ways if successful.
Scenic route is about 18 miles on rough route plan. Mountain bike had a lot of dust on it....

Job done. 17.7 miles, 1,929 ft elevation. We only went wrong direction once.
My mountain biking technique was a bit rusty, but did ok really. Didn't fall off...

 

[apb]

He was already on the roundabout as you were approaching. You should have slowed down.

exactly. It also means the BMW had right of way. So if the OP collided with the car the OP would of been at fault.

 

[BSRU]

Lots and lots of drizzle this morning but warm.

 

[Ganymede]

Job done. 17.7 miles, 1,929 ft elevation. We only went wrong direction once.
My mountain biking technique was a bit rusty, but did ok really. Didn't fall off...

Sounds fun! - how did you look when you got to work?

 

[Beebo]

15degs when I left this morning... that's warm for a bike ride.
Yet why am I seeing other cyclists dressed up as if they were expecting the second Ice age?

Some guy on my commute had jacket, long tights and a full face balaclava on!
I was slight over dressed in shorts and a L/S top. I had to undo the zip to reveal my stunning torso

 

[jagman.2003]

Sounds fun! - how did you look when you got to work?

It was good fun. Mountain biking is very much the flip side of road cycling.
Lots of nice climbs & sweeping single track in the woods.
Luckily it was way home. But only minor mud splatters. Despite some nervous descents...

 

[potsy]

Had to stop after a few miles to take the buff and headband off, much warmer than yesterday.
Unusually I saw 4 other cyclists within a mile of setting off a t 5.45am, not quite so unusual was the fact 2 of them had no lights and 1 came from my left through a red light and forced me to slow down (a bit) nobber.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cracking weather this morning, even the wind wasn't as bad as the local news made it out to be. SS top and shorts all the way, felt like I was back in the summer again

 

[benb]

On the way home yesterday a car had broken down. No one was stopping to assist, so I helped the driver push it off the road.
Good deed for the day done.

 

[I like Skol]

It was a bit wild west this morning! Was passed at 6am by 3 youths riding a (stolen?) motorbike in the opposite direction. They weren't wearing helmets! Utter madness.

I saw a cop car parked in the entrance to some industrial units just 50yds later so pulled over to ask if he had seen the bike pass. He had but couldn't respond as he was at the scene of a break-in (one of the units was wide open and lit up) so was radioing it in. This was in Offerton and they were heading in the direction of Brinny, it's rough in Cheshire!

 

[MisterStan]

On the way home yesterday a car had broken down. No one was stopping to assist, so I helped the driver push it off the road.
Good deed for the day done.

If you weren't dressed as Spiderman and you didn't fix the car, then frankly you may as well have not bothered!

 

[Hacienda71]

It was a bit wild west this morning! Was passed at 6am by 3 youths riding a (stolen?) motorbike in the opposite direction. They weren't wearing helmets! Utter madness.

I saw a cop car parked in the entrance to some industrial units just 50yds later so pulled over to ask if he had seen the bike pass. He had but couldn't respond as he was at the scene of a break-in (one of the units was wide open and lit up) so was radioing it in. This was in Offerton and they were heading in the direction of Brinny, it's rough in Cheshire!

Nah we annexed Offerton and Brinnington to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council a while back hoping the Russians might invade claiming to be the ethnic Russian population of Stockport . Unfortunately they haven't bothered yet.

 

[TheSpence]

Here's a screen shot of the incident, you were no where near the roundabout when he came out.
View attachment 57496

I think you are right in a way. Looking at the whole footage again and again, it seems like a series of errors. However one would say, being 3-5 metres away from the junction doing 20mph, he should have given way. Hey ho, just another day in the saddle!

 

[Beebo]

I think you are right in a way. Looking at the whole footage again and again, it seems like a series of errors. However one would say, being 3-5 metres away from the junction doing 20mph, he should have given way. Hey ho, just another day in the saddle!

I agree, it's all about learning and moving on.
IMO, you shouldn't approach a mini roundabout at 20mph, they are unpredictable places.

 

[benb]

If you weren't dressed as Spiderman and you didn't fix the car, then frankly you may as well have not bothered!

Sadly I am but a poor imitation of @GfromHull