Tales from today's commute....

[Shut Up Legs]

Temperatures over 20, a slight head wind and Friday legs are not a good combination for riding to work .

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I had a tale to tell from this mornings commute but was that busy at work didn't get chance to post it and now for the life of me I can't remember what it was.

I am going to assume it was very witty and if there was such an award would have won "Post of the Year"


Remembered: I set off one of those warning signs to tell you to slow down this morning, was pretty chuffed until it flashed up I was doing 22mph, this is in a 30mph speed zone so I think the sign might need calibrating a bit better.

and the award for "Dullest Post of the Year" goes to............

 

[Archeress]

I didn't take my own advice and I was on a late start just timed to coincide with when the bad weather was passing through! It was horrible, having to push hard on the pedals to go downhill! At least it was dry and calmer by the time I came home.

Yes, I saw the rain start at about 11am. Was a dry ride home too. Powerfully lit by my Cateye front light, and the soft glow of my mio computer. I just love that its illumination means I can see the display clearly.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[clf]

Proper lucky with the wind tonight, left work late and it was though someone just flicked a switch and turned it off as I left work, really gusty all day until then, I was dreading the ride home.

 

[bonker]

Hilarious run in with a taxi driver at the M25 junction just outside Leatherhead. The Roundabout was jammed with cars and he was stuck behind a Sainsbury's Arctic that couldn't get around the island. I'm on his right and track standing (badly) waiting for a gap big enough to get through so I can carry straight on.

He's desperately trying to stop me getting through ( Keep clear is written on the road ffs). I call his bluff and sneak through so he starts effing and blinding uncontrollably. I Calmly say ' it's a roundabout' he goes absolutely, nuts I thought he was going to have a seizure. I felt quite sorry for him really.

 

[I like Skol]

I don't often rant about incidents on the commute but tonight I nearly sh!t myself. I'm not one to scare easily but as I rode from Portwood in Stockport up the hill towards Bredbury I was passing along a stretch that always has parked cars on both sides. It was at this point that, despite oncoming traffic, some 1st class Cock decided to overtake me in his window cleaning van. I was aware of his presence and heard him coming and it wouldn't really have been too tight except he decided to pass really close to me instead of the oncoming cars. When I felt/saw his left indicator appear by my right knee I instantly knew what was coming and instinctively my body lurched to the left while I also pulled my right arm from the handlebars and toward my body. If I hadn't I'm almost certain his mirror would have hit me. Just to cap things off, he then turned left not 50 yards later, I wasn't hanging about and was within a cars length of him as he turned. Some people!
On a lighter note, when I got to the lights by McDonalds in Denton there was a group of about a dozen younger teenagers milling about the railings and traffic islands. When the lights changed one cocky bu99er thought he (a boy of course!) would show off how brave he was to the rest of the group by wandering nonchalantly across the road in front of me. It was surprising how fast he shifted when he realised how quickly the big, ugly, old guy could accelerate straight at him

 

[Spartak]

Longer commute this morning via 2 Asdas !
Looking for a Pudsey T shirt for my daughter - neither the Cribbs Causeway or Filton stores had any 8-(

Got lost looking for a short cut thru the new development at Charlton Hayes, then hit the busy A38 just before 7am !
The Avon ring-road was solid as well - there's something very satisfying about cycling past two lanes of stationery traffic

 

[donnydave]

Hehe, booked a meeting at a supplier based on the weather forecast - company hire car for me today and its slinging it down

 

[Dave 123]

Went into the garage this morning to be greeted by a front puncture. The expletives started...

Out into the rain..... hammering down.

Half way down Madingley hill my Hope vision 1 decides to work loose, it does once in a while (but why choose today) Had to find multi tool in the dark, peeing down even harder, the swearing had reached olympian standards by now!

Heater now on in work cooking my kit. I must have wrung a gallon of water out of my stuff!

How not to end a really enjoyable week!

 

[nilling]

Saw two magpies eating vomit!!

 

[Leaway2]

Bike slipped from underneath me just as I was setting off.

The shifter has moved and the chainset is "taco'ed".

It is not very clear but the disc is like a taco and the teeth are at about 30°. It all happened so fast I am not sure how the shifter on the left got damages and the chainset on the right. I think the kerb must have been involved somewhere. Bars needed re-aligning and rear wheel had jumped out of the forks.
I am not hurt at all though.

 

[Panter]

That's a sod @Leaway2, hope you get it sorted easily.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Bike slipped from underneath me just as I was setting off.
The shifter has moved and the chainset is "taco'ed".
It is not very clear but the disc is like a taco and the teeth are at about 30°. It all happened so fast I am not sure how the shifter on the left got damages and the chainset on the right. I think the kerb must have been involved somewhere. Bars needed re-aligning and rear wheel had jumped out of the forks.
I am not hurt at all though.

Sorry to hear it, @Leaway2 . Do you have another bike to use while this one is being fixed?

 

[Panter]

Running a bit late this morning, dug the bike out to be greeted by a flat rear tyre and heavy rain.
Did toy with the idea of jumping in the car but instead fixed it and slogged to work in increasingly heavy rain and wind. No incidents at all on my nemesis RAB this morning which is nice
Annoyingly air was leaking from the tyre when I got to work so I obviously didn't do a good enough job of finding whatever it was that holed the first tube but I think I'll chance it and just pump it up before I leave this evening,

Also, this marks my first full Month as a full time cycle commuter. Feeling quite chuffed!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I knew I should have taken the bus!
But the bus takes so long!
15 mph was my top speed today