Tales from today's commute....

[YMFB]

Probably because it’s much warmer this morning I’m unable to cycle

 

[HLaB]

A bit of a pea spouper on this morning but the roads were quiet except for the cyclists. I guess the ⛽️ price is starting to hit. Slightly peaved that the person who put their bike on the train after mine, didn't really care, I could here the bikes clunking together and it looks like their brake lever is wrapped around my head tube.

 

[markharry66]

day of the douche bag part 2 today.
Douche bag number one, one of those Nissan Jokes swerving into the bus lane. I undertook when I could and of course, driver on the phone. She got some choice words.
Douch bag number two.
Driver decided that I didn't exist when driving out of the hospital into the bus lane. No way on earth he couldn't of seen me approaching. It was just bullying behaviour. That's fine. I pulled up right close to his driver window so he couldn't see. He gave me the hands, I gave him the hard stare.
Apart from that a pretty good commute with a fair few other cyclists on the road.

if you gave the hard stare did you show him your marmalade sanwiches word on the street you can locked up for that these days.

 

[ianrauk]

Woke up to misty cloud this morning but it soon dispersed to leave sunny blue skies. You gotta love this weather. The wind has dropped too as It's been a bind for most of the week and made the commute home a bit too much hard work.

I'm riding my other big boy's bike today, the Van Nich, as I'm cycling all the way home this afternoon. And why wouldn't you in this weather.

On yesterday evening commute it was so very warm in the sunshine, only the wind bringing the temperatures down.
Rochester Castle in the evening sun

 

[Arjimlad]

0645 this morning riding to a breakfast meeting, and three drivers overtake me on the A38.

The first 2 manage it fine, but 3 seems to want to see how close he can get without hitting me, or to test whether the Passpixi is a ruse, whether the cameras are present and working, or whether Avon & Somerset Police will do anything with the report. I could have touched the side of the van quite easily.

It's not a ruse, the cameras work and A&S will prosecute.

Some people are very unhappy that separated cycle lanes are being installed on this road, they should blame the few who insist on driving dangerously around other people.

 

[HLaB]

What a difference 9 or so hours makes:

According to the phone it was 20deg (it was 3 deg in the morning).

There was still a north wind despite the warmth and I hadn't planned anything, bib longs would have been to warm anyway, so I decided to take the short route to the Station but after 50mins in here:

I cracked and extended my far end commute from 4 to 26miles.

 

[ianrauk]

The things you bump into on a ride home from work

 

[cyberknight]

Ruddy puncture on the way home last night , i pulled into a side road to get off the main drag as i didnt want unwanted attention from the revellers from the pubs etc but i needed to use my bike lights to see what i was doing . Eventually found a metal shard right through the tyre and im glad i carry a pair of tweezers to yank it out , got soem funny looks from a couple of young women/ lasses walking past as i was sqautting down mucking about in full lycra about 12.30 am .
Finally got sorted only for my garmin to die then i was buzzed by some yoofs in the mandatory small car ( clio i think ) giving some jeering .
ggggggrrrrrrr !!!!