CC'ers spotted on the commute...

[Cyclopathic]

Give a hello or a wave to another cyclist on a London commute and it's a sure way to mark yourself out as some sort of attention seeking nutter*

*(Mikey says hello to anyone & everybody... but he's a nutter anyway)

Sounds like you have me pegged. I just think we cyclists can be a tad surly (no reference to Surly bikes intended) and a nod and smile can make things a bit more fluffy and nice. I don't think we're quite as serious out in the backwater provinces as in the high paced capital but we could still benefit from being a bit friendlier to one another. I have even been known to aknowledge fixy riders who wear pumps and roll up their trousers and like to pretend that they are couriers.

 

[fossyant]

Ian clearly recognises my bike as better than his.

Nah - it's just that you are cycling on a deckchair ! Lazy bugger.

 

[fossyant]

As Ian says, a few of us have met on rides and Velodrome sessions.

 

[Rob3rt]

Fossyant, I may have possibly spotted you yesterday.

Stockport, just coming off of the roundabout in between Decathlon and Stockport Bus Station just after coming under the bridge from over the Ferris Brow way. Red fixed/SS bike with red tyres and a rack/panniers etc?

 

[BentMikey]

Nah - it's just that you are cycling on a deckchair ! Lazy bugger.

...and when I'm not riding it, I put my towel there. So there!!!

 

[Theseus]

Telemark, this morning going the other way.

1. This is not too surprising as she works near where I live & I work near where she lives. I would suggest a job swap, but her work confuses me and I wouldn't get to cycle so much.

2. She was looking remarkably fresh and cheery considering she had just come up a big hill.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I have a feeling I got overtaken by Delzeqq on Streatham Hill yesterday afternoon, around 5pm. It was over far too quickly to get a proper look! Black Colnago, white shorts, no kneeband...does that sound possible?

 

[ianrauk]

Deptfordmarmoset this morning on his way into Lewisham

 

[fossyant]

Fossyant, I may have possibly spotted you yesterday.

Stockport, just coming off of the roundabout in between Decathlon and Stockport Bus Station just after coming under the bridge from over the Ferris Brow way. Red fixed/SS bike with red tyres and a rack/panniers etc?

It was me. We confirmed in another thread. Were you on bike or foot ?

 

[Rob3rt]

Yeah, we confirmed, I was on foot with my girlfriend, crossing the road between the garage and the pub on that roundabout just after the bridge as you come down from Ferris Brow between the bus station and Decathlon. Horrible roundabout to cross at, blind bend!

 

[martint235]

I passed someone near Elmers End, not sure if he's on here or not. He enquired at the next lights as to the setup of my bike regarding chainrings and cassette as he'd been in top gear when I passed him.

 

[Sittingduck]

I have been doing CS8 too... it's lovely during the summer hols and with Olympic restrictions in place!

 

[gaz]

CS8 is nice in stretches, I occasionally take it as well.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Deptfordmarmoset this morning on his way into Lewisham

You've got me bang to rights! Anyhow, what was that you were saying? Ah yes!

Give a hello or a wave to another cyclist on a London commute and it's a sure way to mark yourself out as some sort of attention seeking nutter*

 

[ianrauk]

You've got me bang to rights! Anyhow, what was that you were saying? Ah yes!

Yeah but I know you don't I? You not some random cyclist.

Funny thing is, another random cyclist did start talking to me at the lights on Brookmill this evening. Going on about the wind....