Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Nice little trailing breeze this morning. Summer's around the corner!
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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400bhp
Guru
This wasn't the lollipop man in Timperley at the corner of Shaftsbury Avenue was it? He got punched by a driver a couple of weeks ago and hit by another driver's wing mirror too. He was in the local paper about 3 weeks in a row.
Origamist
Legendary Member
No, Hope Road.
I have not seen the lollipop man on Shaftesbury Av. - I come down Thorley Lane and turn right onto Shafesbury Av, so I guess he must be back along to the left. Traffic does go fast along stretch - it's a 40mph limit so I bet he gets a rough time.
I know all of the lollipop folk on my commute - they're the only people I speak to each morning!
400bhp
Guru
Gah, sorry I meant Woodhouse Lane on the A56. You probably don;t venture that far suth of the A56 much.
martinclive
Über Member
- Location
- Fens, Cambridge
New bike in 2013 with GP 4000s on - 5 punctures in 2 weeks - changed to gatorskins
Don't say thaaaaat, i've just got em!
That's my local one, junction of eastway/woodhouse lane and Chester road, the council were trying to get rid as of a couple of months ago, it's a very busy juction, with little regard to the traffic signals at rush hour, it's the main crossing point for the local primary school. God know what the council were thinking when they decided to cut the lollipop man. Protests and petitions have won the day though, he's staying.
MichaelO
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I ditched the 4000s a few months back, having suffered numerous punctures on my commute. Conti four seasons are doing a fine job so farDon't say thaaaaat, i've just got em!
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Well that was a first for me in over 5 years of commuting. Doing about 5mph as about to get back onto the cycle path and a massive bang as my rear tube explodes. Get off the bike, get out my puncture stuff, remove the tyre and yes there is a huge hole in the tube about the size of a 5p with jagged edges so put a new tube on start pumping and then I see the issue... the tyre wall has split with a 5 cm hole along the bead.
A bit of head scratching and then a nice aussie bloke stops and said that he has had the same and stuck something behind the hole and managed to limp along enough to get where he was going. The only thing I could find suitable was the plastic barcode that I have on my key ring from the library. Did the fix, put about 50 PSI in the rear, loosened the rear brake as there is a bulge where I made the fix and managed the last 6 miles into the office. It always amazes me how with a bit of lateral thinking how you can bodge a fix and get back on your way
I always carry a tyre boot made of short length cut off an old tyre in my saddle bag just in case that happens, saved my bacon a couple of times.
Possibly one of, if not the worst soul destroying commute of the entire winter.
Origamist
Legendary Member
Bit chilly in the wind, but mainly a crosswind...
Sadly, the twilight tw@ts were out in force tonight - including one guy who overtakes me when I'm trying to turn right off the A50 onto the B5081. I have to abort, silent scream, breathe, and carry on...How long 'till the clocks change!?
Sadly, the twilight tw@ts were out in force tonight - including one guy who overtakes me when I'm trying to turn right off the A50 onto the B5081. I have to abort, silent scream, breathe, and carry on...How long 'till the clocks change!?
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kevin_cambs_uk
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- Location
- Near Cambridge
Decidedly unpleasant
