Tales from today's commute....

[xzenonuk]

not exactly a commute as im unemployed but done my second 40 miler today on a mtb and mostly on roads so i seen tons of commuters, left at 3pm and got home for 9 pm ,queensferry,the gyle, west end of edinburgh and right up massive hill behind castle then through musselburgh and hit preston pans then turned back and ended up going a different way, my fat ass is sooo knackered lol

too many bright lights eg high beams on dark roads right in my face which sucked and my front lights got totally overpowered on the pitch black silerknowes on the way back by another cyclist with what was as bright as a home security light on his front, i had to slow down to make sure i wasnt heading into the sea as i was blinded lol i want one of they lights

oh at barnton i was waiting to walk across the road and noticed all the traffic stopped as the lights for them were red so i figured id just go before the green man as their on red so when i was 2 feet from the traffic island 2 fattys started beeping their horn and some type of dance? in their car gesturing me while moving their car slightly forward and revving, i just turned around with a big smile which seemed to enrage the fat dancing people more as their hand signals got more vigorous.

then i continued on the last leg of my magical fat dancing people journey, now im still fat and drunk and knackered but satisfied

 

[DWiggy]

Took in a few little hills, nothing massive but going up the Bluewater (Shopping center) Escape ramp is fun, it's quite a short and steep enough to get the heart racing.

 

[Simontm]

Lovely morning, shame I was on the train Hope it's like this tomorrow as I have a day off and want to head off into darkest Surrey for a few hours in the morning

 

[Panter]

Another belter this morning. Lovely weather (cold, still and foggy) and well behaved motons

 

[Arjimlad]

Reading a couple of chapters of Sir Bradley Wiggins' book before bedtime was a bad move.

I was so excited about getting on my bike this morning that it took me ages to drift off to sleep !

As it was, the ride in was uneventful and enjoyable. But I did feel inspired to give it some beans so am hoping the ride data will show some improvements.

 

[harveymt]

Slow puncture in the rear yesterday morning about half a mile from work. Pumped it up and managed to take it easy the final bit and changed it at work. This morning I hit something on the road and suffered a full blow out in the front. Just getting up to speed but was still wobbly enough. managed to get stopped without coming off. There was an inch spilt in the tube beside the valve so I've hit something with a bit of force. No punctures for ages then to come along at once. Large part of the commute is on shared use pavement. There's a lot of debris on it so I presume I've been lucky so far and this might be a bit ore common over winter.

Almost left hooked then at a garage. The cycle lane runs past the front of a garage. One car passed me and turned in left directly in front of me. Had to take evasive action. One of those days.

 

[Ganymede]

I had to hail two cabs (one for a friend, one for me) in Parliament Square yesterday and as the second one pulled in a really p*ssed-off looking cyclist got trapped on the inside, had to grind to a halt. I said sorry to him and he looked slightly less p*ssed off. He was quite a handsome chap.

 

[MisterStan]

He was quite a handsome chap.

Probably no one on here then....

 

[confusedcyclist]

Probably no one on here then....

Speak for yourself!

 

[MisterStan]

Speak for yourself!

Touched a nerve, have we?

 

[confusedcyclist]

Ok, you got me...

 

[jagman.2003]

Not feeling 100% this morning so cruised a bit.
But strangely still got a half decent average speed.

 

[cyberknight]

Used the subway for the commute, took about 2 mins longer for 10 miles .
When its up to speed on the flat its ok it just take a while to get there and as its a wide ratio cassette i was finding i could not get my preferred cruising cadence as it was either spin matic or grindathon.

 

[summerdays]

My pedal has developed an annoying click, but no so Nnoying that it can't wait till the weekend to fix.

One numpty tonight, I saw the lights were green, me unlikely to make it, but hearing the engine behind revving I thought he was going for it so tucked myself in a little to let him pass with a bit more space. To my surprise he shot past then pulled into the Tesco's, and even weirder I just made it through the lights myself! And more importantly I just beat the rain, not nice out there now.

 

[subaqua]

saw a bike with a "bus drivers stay back " sign in the stylee of the TFL cyclists stay back ones on the back of a bike at Ludgate circus . wish i had my camera (phone) on me instead of in the panniers.

apart from that an uneventful normal nice ride .