LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
- Location
- Whitehaven Mansions
Me too. I'm 25 minutes in a car from the city and that's still too close for comfort.
Great picture though. I do wonder if the builders compete for highest building.
Tales from today's commute....
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Great picture though. I do wonder if the builders compete for highest building.
Punkawallah
Über Member
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
Fun and games on the commute this morning, missed the opportunity to catch a bike thief. Going down CS3 there was a guy running down the cycleway shouting at a bloke all in grey , " oi bruv youve got my bike" or something similar.
you can see the thief outlined against the white van. One cyclist was on the road deciding whether to chase or not. I caught up with the runner and he confirmed the guy had nicked his bike. I had slowed to talk to the runner so the thief had a bit of a head start
He looked a bit chunky so I reckoned I would catch him no problem but he was quicker than I expected. However within 300 metres/ 25 secondsI was nearly on him
However going fast around the bend my back wheel went a little sideways which was no problem but the dam chain came off and I dam near ruined the family jewels on the cross bar trying to sprint ut of the corner. There were a couple of younger guys behind me who were on the chase so maybe they did catch him. By the time I had un-jammed the chain the victim had also ran past me and the chase was in another borough and I had no idea where they had gone so continued on with my commute. Pity I never got close enough for my pictures to be off any use.
you can see the thief outlined against the white van. One cyclist was on the road deciding whether to chase or not. I caught up with the runner and he confirmed the guy had nicked his bike. I had slowed to talk to the runner so the thief had a bit of a head start
He looked a bit chunky so I reckoned I would catch him no problem but he was quicker than I expected. However within 300 metres/ 25 secondsI was nearly on him
However going fast around the bend my back wheel went a little sideways which was no problem but the dam chain came off and I dam near ruined the family jewels on the cross bar trying to sprint ut of the corner. There were a couple of younger guys behind me who were on the chase so maybe they did catch him. By the time I had un-jammed the chain the victim had also ran past me and the chase was in another borough and I had no idea where they had gone so continued on with my commute. Pity I never got close enough for my pictures to be off any use.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Second day of the new commute; I'm still getting into my stride on this one and trying to find the right balance between getting there in reasonable time and pacing myself so I don't wear myself out...
in other news I've just found two frames on the "rubbish" pile of the bike recycling workshop at work. One is Hi-ten steel and is rusty, but has lugs for bottom bar shifters, the other is Chromoly but I'd need to fit lugs. Both have butted frames. I dragged them away from the scrap and hid them under an old wagon in the corner of the yard, I'll have a look at them tomorrow...
Punkawallah
Über Member
I see your problem - some sod keeps moving your bike far, far away :-)
GeekDadZoid
Über Member
Still on my easy 1.5 mile commute with the reopening of a city centre office still no closer by all accounts.
Been a cracking week to ride about, made plenty of excuses to do extra trips, including a lunch time trip over to meet the family today.
Been some rubbish driving this week too, including one today where a car overtook me as we where approaching a lollipop man who was stopping the traffic. I knew he was going to be trouble as I passed home about 100m earlier, he was parked on the pavement outside a school waiting for his kid.
On a very positive note think I have seen more bikes this last few weeks than for ever, loads of people commuting / utility cycling.
Been a cracking week to ride about, made plenty of excuses to do extra trips, including a lunch time trip over to meet the family today.
Been some rubbish driving this week too, including one today where a car overtook me as we where approaching a lollipop man who was stopping the traffic. I knew he was going to be trouble as I passed home about 100m earlier, he was parked on the pavement outside a school waiting for his kid.
On a very positive note think I have seen more bikes this last few weeks than for ever, loads of people commuting / utility cycling.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Yesterday the weather was poor while I was at work, then dry when I cycled back, and started raining heavily with added thunder when I was at the apartment.
This was such an unnerving inversion of normality I was forced to assume it was because of Quantum, or possibly butterflies.
Today, normal service was resumed: warm and sunny until I was riding back whereupon I met a storm coming the other way.
The sudden, brief wall of heat as I went under the edge of the storm was startling
This was such an unnerving inversion of normality I was forced to assume it was because of Quantum, or possibly butterflies.
Today, normal service was resumed: warm and sunny until I was riding back whereupon I met a storm coming the other way.
The sudden, brief wall of heat as I went under the edge of the storm was startling
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HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
Boring headwind this morning, then going through Rainham in heavy traffic my Camera/Garmin mount decided to suddenly break ( a Lifeline mount) . The expensive heavy combo of FLy12 and Garmin 1030 then bounced down the road in front of me and luckily bounced left onto the pavement out of the way of traffic.
Luckily I had invested in a shock case and screen protector for the garmin and was completely un-scathed, my venerable Fly 12 just got a couple more battle scars.
The pair seem to be too heavy for these mounts, this is the 2nd Lifeline mount I have wrecked along with 2 very expensive cycliq ones . Ill have to dig out my old seperate mounts and do it that way.
Luckily I had invested in a shock case and screen protector for the garmin and was completely un-scathed, my venerable Fly 12 just got a couple more battle scars.
The pair seem to be too heavy for these mounts, this is the 2nd Lifeline mount I have wrecked along with 2 very expensive cycliq ones . Ill have to dig out my old seperate mounts and do it that way.
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
Going up a short hill another cyclist caught me up and rode beside me then gave me some unwanted advice, " you would go faster mate if you used the small ring" I thought cheeky fecker and felt like poking him in the eye.
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
Riding to work a couple of days ago had to stop in
traffic on a road with large overhanging trees.
Was about 3 cars back from a long artic quarry tipper. While waiting noted a massive commotion in the tree above. Two grey squirrels having a massive fight on a large branch. After a short while one fell from the branch into back of the wagon hopper. Wagon the drove off with loser nutkin in the back.
Can only imagine the victorious squirrel (watching from above) being rather pleased with how that worked out.
Loser nutkin is probably forming the foundations of a road somewhere now as I can't imagine they check the hopper before filling it.
traffic on a road with large overhanging trees.
Was about 3 cars back from a long artic quarry tipper. While waiting noted a massive commotion in the tree above. Two grey squirrels having a massive fight on a large branch. After a short while one fell from the branch into back of the wagon hopper. Wagon the drove off with loser nutkin in the back.
Can only imagine the victorious squirrel (watching from above) being rather pleased with how that worked out.
Loser nutkin is probably forming the foundations of a road somewhere now as I can't imagine they check the hopper before filling it.
