Not a great start to the week that....
Tales from today's commute....
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Not a great start to the week that....
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Avon & Somerset police cite safety of the witness as a reason to discourage what they perceive to be actions which may put the witness in danger from an angry criminal, or which they deem to be not "in the spirit of co-operation and understanding between cyclists and drivers", so in my experience,
1. Reports which feature interaction between the witness and the driver will be rejected.
2. Reports where the driver notices that the witness has observed them will be rejected.
3. Reports where the witness pauses briefly to obtain clear footage of the offence will be rejected. Especially where the driver is a lone female.
4. Reports where the witness changes direction in order to secure clear footage will be rejected.
Cyclists shouldn't be going around upsetting drivers, after all.
I can't square it with their public messaging about the dangers of driving whilst distracted by a mobile phone, but there we are.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Driech this morning.. forecast last night was for it to be nice, but it was grey with that fine, misty damp which gets into everything.
It was too warm to bother with a waterproof so my windproof gilet at least kept the worst of it off & stopped me getting cold.
It was too warm to bother with a waterproof so my windproof gilet at least kept the worst of it off & stopped me getting cold.
That is all just complete bowlacks isn't it.
Indeed; how can I expect to perform at my best when forced to start the day in this way?
Finger's crossed for a return to form tomorrow!
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still keeping up bike rides but short ones, dad and i put adustable stems on our road bikes earlier and gave my road bike a 5 mile trip earlier, adjustable stem to raise the handle bars closer to me im too old and knackered for the other stem, planning to use that bike on wet days in winter so i dont have to worry about my mtb fork 
it held my weight good, just worried about the carbon fork failing at speed with my wieght
it held my weight good, just worried about the carbon fork failing at speed with my wieght
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Dark and misty morning, perfect, not!
I had a close pass and when I eased up into the back of a traffic queue I had someone viciously go inthe 3/4 car length gap ahead of me. I had to swerve left to avoid going into the back of them. They the held me up for the next bit before I pulled of to the cyclepath through the pedestrian area. So that got them nothing and cost me seconds :-/
Before that I had a fast close pass which wasn't needed either, the road was near empty!
I had a close pass and when I eased up into the back of a traffic queue I had someone viciously go inthe 3/4 car length gap ahead of me. I had to swerve left to avoid going into the back of them. They the held me up for the next bit before I pulled of to the cyclepath through the pedestrian area. So that got them nothing and cost me seconds :-/
Before that I had a fast close pass which wasn't needed either, the road was near empty!
