Tales from today's commute....

[Sittingduck]

Noticed one guy pedalling furiously on a kinda MTB but with tyres not that much thinner than a motorbike - what was this monstrosity?

A Fat bike?

 

[TheSoulReaver03]

A Fat bike?

That's an MTB with old style tyres.

 

[DWiggy]

...why is it sooo god damn windy at the moment?

 

[fossyant]

Short sleeves today. Had a cheeky wheel hugger for a few hundred yards until I turned of. Made sure he was aware I was slowing as he was right on my ass.

 

[ianrauk]

Short sleeves today. Had a cheeky wheel hugger for a few hundred yards until I turned of. Made sure he was aware I was slowing as he was right on my ass.

Short sleeves?
Blimey, it's been so long already since wearing long sleeves on my commute.

 

[fossyant]

Short sleeves?
Blimey, it's been so long already since wearing long sleeves on my commute.

Cold up north

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Commuted with the backpack today, stocking up the food supply on cakes and biscuits, nom nom nom. Lovely blue sky morning with a fresh breeze. Going the longer way round on the return leg tonight, meeting @13 rider for the next instalment if the CycleChat Jersey handover.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cold up north

Still feels like winter here in Leicester in a morning

 

[Hacienda71]

Lovely sunny ride in. Unlike Fossy I had arm warmers on, it is still a bit cold for the middle of June up here.
I saw two of the ladies from the BC development squad on a tandem this morning. I assume it was one of the para riders.

 

[ianrauk]

Cold up north

It is much warmer in London as a whole but I am still seeing commuter cyclists kitted out as if they are cycling in Arctic temperatures.

 

[donnydave]

There's a grey fiat 500 with black wheels and private reg P** PEH that I often see on my commute. In around September or October last year he squeezed past when someone was coming the other way and forced me to crash into a pothole so I threw my arms up in exasperation as I'm sure many would naturally react. Well now on the mornings that I see him (maybe once or twice a week) he will wave (not friendly) or make some sort of signal of recognition but has passed me in an acceptable manner until today when he pushed past in the face of oncoming traffic and then waved his arms around madly, then about 2 miles later when he had to pass me again (massive queue for the only set of traffic lights in a 10 mile radius) he passed in what he probably thought was an intimidating way (you'll have to try harder than that matey!) and his passenger shouted something, probably about the useless cycle path that I've been ignoring for about 6 years.

I've challenged motorists before at the roadside and it never goes how you imagine it so even though I often get the opportunity to knock on his window in the queue for a chat I've settled on not reacting at all but I am getting slightly worried by this latest escalation however there's no way on this planet I'm changing my convenient and comfortable routine to accommodate this fool.

 

[summerdays]

Cold up north

Cold down south... I've had full finger gloves on!

 

[Simon_m]

Hope the guy who's bike went from under him at Smithfields this morning, is ok. Very slippery down there.

 

[MichaelO]

Turns out I broke my arm in an incident with a ped on the way home last night (walked straight off the pavement into the road in front of me while looking left). Can't believe i rode another 13-14 miles home after it happened. 6 weeks off the bike now though

 

[Sittingduck]

Turns out I broke my arm in an incident with a ped on the way home last night (walked straight off the pavement into the road in front of me while looking left). Can't believe i rode another 13-14 miles home after it happened. 6 weeks off the bike now though

Ouch - GWS.
Where did it happen? Had the exact same thing happen to me by St Pauls once. Luckily the only one who hit the deck was him, when I ran over his toes!

BTW - is the bike ok?!