Tales from today's commute....

[Bazzer]

On the way home this afternoon



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I think the words irony and highway code do not form part of the driver's vocabulary.
I wonder what Transport for Greater Manchester will think ?

 

[HarryTheDog]

On the commute home last night I jumped off a kerb and the chain jumped off, I smacked my shin on a pedal and landed on the top tube with my gentlemans vegetables, I nearly threw up. Also made all the more embarrassing by doing it right in front of a young lady. Lost some skin on the shin but nothing major and had me peed off for the rest of the ride.
This morning had a minor shock when another cyclist came from behind and smacked my arse, turned out to be a mate unfortunately, not a lady paying me a compliment. We rolled in together for the next 10 miles catching up on news.

 

[Arjimlad]

On the commute home last night I jumped off a kerb and the chain jumped off, I smacked my shin on a pedal and landed on the top tube with my gentlemans vegetables, I nearly threw up. Also made all the more embarrassing by doing it right in front of a young lady. Lost some skin on the shin but nothing major and had me peed off for the rest of the ride.
This morning had a minor shock when another cyclist came from behind and smacked my arse, turned out to be a mate unfortunately, not a lady paying me a compliment. We rolled in together for the next 10 miles catching up on news.

Hope springs eternal !

Trust everything feels better today.

 

[HarryTheDog]

Hope springs eternal !

yep hasn't happened in 57 years so probably never going to happen.

 

[ianrauk]

It was like a spring morning today. Very mild for the time of year. Still in short sleeves and shorts for the moment.
This afternoons commute is looking like a wet one though.

 

[mjr]

On the way home this afternoon

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I think the words irony and highway code do not form part of the driver's vocabulary.
I wonder what Transport for Greater Manchester will think ?

Don't know but let us know what they do. Public flogging of the driver by the blessed Boardman?

 

[mjr]

Made my point, I think. No need to nose out like this at all. Drivers have unobstructed vision from the give way markings.

Normally a driver who has stopped like this will reverse back when it becomes plain he's causing an obstruction, long before I actually get to him.

I enjoy riding straight at the driver's window and stopping blocking their view until they reverse, but cycle lanes here are wider than that one.

 

[Arjimlad]

I enjoy riding straight at the driver's window and stopping blocking their view until they reverse, but cycle lanes here are wider than that one.

I will try to let them out, but the traffic on my right was very steady & going quite fast. I am less inclined to let them out if the driver blocks me off like this, though.

 

[mjr]

I will try to let them out, but the traffic on my right was very steady & going quite fast. I am less inclined to let them out if the driver blocks me off like this, though.

Yeah, I saw you check the traffic in the next lane. I do the same, if they're not being a daffodil blocking the lane, especially if there's only one so it means I don't have to cross the front of a motorist.

Fun commutes yesterday. I went the opposite direction to usual and at the only junction where I have to cross two lanes (the cycleway crosses into the central reservation), trucks slowed on the approach and straddled both lanes to let me cross. Both out and home. Very unusual.

 

[Arjimlad]

I've just been informed that this driver has requested a court appearance, which is good news I think. I guess this means he has rejected a Fixed Penalty Notice.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tales-from-todays-commute.105055/post-5681050

 

[rivers]

Took the winter bike in yesterday as Dr. Bike was in, and figured the winter bike could use a check over. And now it's off to my LBS this afternoon to have some new tubeless tyres fitted as my rear hutchinson overide was bald. Only 1800 miles on them, which is a shame as they aren't a cheap tyre. Going for some pirelli cinturatos this time around, and will get a second set of wheels for my off-road shenanigans.

 

[Jenkins]

Spectacular sunrise over the North Sea on the way in this morning - it was just a pity that I was running late and couldn't stop to properly appreciate it.

 

[cyberknight]

That was a fun week , one day it was like riding in the worlds for floods as it was peeing it down and road was flooded .

 

[cyberknight]

Was darker than I was expecting when I came out of yoga at 9pm. Luckily I have put a couple of £2.50 rechargeable lights on the front and rear forks in an anti theft way so they can stay on 247. Worked a treat this evening.
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running cree solarstorm + flasher on front as well s 4 rear lights its proper dark on my commute at 5.45 am

 

[sleuthey]

I've just been informed that this driver has requested a court appearance, which is good news I think. I guess this means he has rejected a Fixed Penalty Notice.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tales-from-todays-commute.105055/post-5681050

What channel do you use to send in your video footage?