Tales from today's commute....

[L Q]

Do you use the water railway? What a great route.

Yes the full route from Lincoln to Woodhall Spa everyday, traffic free bliss.

 

[Aunty Tyke]

Last night numpty count: 1 - almost got totalled by a gardener's van. I signalled then entered a roundabout to turn right, he obviously thought "Just a bike" and pulled out causing me to slam the anchors on. When I called him an idiot as he passed (oh yes, didn't think of stopping at all), I got a "Whatever".

Today was a normal, chilly ride in. Wore the latest winter top from Aldi and, nope, that's an early Autumn top. Last year's was very warm, this just kept the chill off.
Numpty count: 0

Glad you're in one piece!

 

[summerdays]

Just remembered a snippet from my commute yesterday, I was going uphill as I saw a youth going downhill. What attracted my attention was he was leaning forward using his hands to pull in the brake arms against his front wheel he did it but I couldn't help think a cable would have been easier. Forgot to look at the back brake to see if it was similarly set up.

 

[Sim2003]

Well today was fun , road closed somewhere so my usual route was used as a diversion , lots of impatient drivers wanting to race to the car ahead.

On the the slight hill up towards my house I always like to go at it hard. I take the whole lane as Im usually touching 20mph up it and there is a row of cars plus a pinch point at the top . Towards the top 2 cars decided to try get ahead of me before the point , 1 did the other didn't and decided to go the opposite side of the road. Just pure stupid with it being a busy road and junction just after the pinch point too.

 

[claudbutler]

Yes the full route from Lincoln to Woodhall Spa everyday, traffic free bliss.

Its one of my favourite rides Lincoln to the pub at Southry.

 

[L Q]

Its one of my favourite rides Lincoln to the pub at Southry.

Pass that pub 10 times a week and have never been in yet.

Fantastic cycle route tho as I wouldn't cycle to work daily without it.

 

[Simontm]

Dull start to the week so of course drivers think: "It's dark, rainy with poor visibility, shall I put my lights? I know what I'll drive like an absolute idiot, speeding away in my warm cabin..."
Bizarrely though, numpty count: 0 Sure there were a lot, and I mean a lot of cars obviously wanting to shake my hand judging how close they were passing but there was nothing that had a material affect on me - unless you count the office managers who still haven't fixed the showers.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Wetter than a wet thing this morning. I saw the forecast for rain to start around 06:00 and that was pretty much spot on to the minute, had a brief spell where it stopped for 5 minutes but then it came again. Clothes on the drier ready to get wet again on the way home...

 

[fossyant]

Missed the rain, just. Decent run in if windy. Going to be hard on way home

 

[EthelF]

Just missed the rain on the way in. Doubt I will be so lucky on my way home again.

Lots of impatient cyclists dashing through the minuscule gaps between statoinary (or in some cases, moving) HGVs and the roadworks on Embankment. Just to save a handful of seconds. And 3 PCSOs on bikes changing lanes without looking or indicating. Monday mornings - don't you just love them?

 

[Chris Swift]

Well today was fun , road closed somewhere so my usual route was used as a diversion , lots of impatient drivers wanting to race to the car ahead.

On the the slight hill up towards my house I always like to go at it hard. I take the whole lane as Im usually touching 20mph up it and there is a row of cars plus a pinch point at the top . Towards the top 2 cars decided to try get ahead of me before the point , 1 did the other didn't and decided to go the opposite side of the road. Just pure stupid with it being a busy road and junction just after the pinch point too.

Knob!!! WHere was closed?

 

[steve keay]

Not a commute as Im not at work this week so went for a ride down the river. found a body in the bushes, separate thread https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/found-a-body.188774/
Further down the river I ran over a load of smashed bottles, saw them too late but was sure I was going to get a flat. and a further mile away I was riding around the marina where there are some old rail tracks I managed to get my wheel alongside one making me do a massive speedway style slide in front of loads of commuters all waiting for me to fall but I managed to keep going. Glad all my rides aren't this eventful,

 

[Simontm]

A wet wet wet ride home. Most well behaved. Two pullouts but one spotted me at the last and stopped before hitting me. So Numpty count:1 4x4 woman look once look twice, look three times to make sure I am close enough and pull out

 

[Shut Up Legs]

One good thing about Melbourne's heatwaves is that they're relatively short, and the cool changes are simply brilliant! It was 34°C when I left work, with a hot northerly blowing, i.e. over Melbourne towards Port Philip Bay. 10 minutes later, as I waited at a set of traffic lights, the wind suddenly changed to a moderately-strong and gusty southerly (i.e. from the Bay), and I could feel the chill in it. 20 minutes later, the temperature had dropped from 34 to about 23, and by the time I got home it was about 17.

The sudden change wasn't without its drawbacks, though, because I found this about 40 minutes later on a shared path I use to get home. I'm glad I wasn't around when it fell.

 

[roger06]

This morning a chap was standing at the side of the road with his arm out, palm facing me, as if he wanted a high-five. He was hailing a bus.