cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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spen666
Legendary Member
Just got home and as i shut the back door the heavens opened
Lucky lucky lucky
Thorn Sherpa
Veteran
- Location
- Doncaster
Heated argument with a car driver this morning apologies to anyone who lives in Lundwood Barnsley if they heard the commotion! Heading upto the lights at Cundy Cross before dropping down to Lundwood I moved right over to one side to let a wagon and two cars past. Further down the hill the wagon and two cars are parked up at the next set of lights, plenty of space down the side of the two cars for me to wait behind the wagon. As I came down the last car in the queue (pale blue Audi) looks in his mirror and pulls his car over to the kerb to stop me passing. No reaction from me luckily had enough space to coast past and parked up waiting for the lights to change. Next thing I hear a horn blasting and the Audi driver calling me every name under the sun about my manouver. Normally I stay calm but we had a bit of a Mexican stand off with a fair few expletives from us both. Stupidly on my part I'd gone behind the 1st car and blocked the Audi with my bike (not a good idea) driver sped off around my bike and shot down the road. Lucky he didn't run straight over the bike and me looking back on it! Turned up to work and low and behold the wagon driver was delivering to my place, he just smiled and nodded!
markharry66
Guru
Wouldnt normally bother venturing out in the rain where I live its a magnet for all the Deekheads, self-centered road hogs. Amazing hour a bit of rain can bring them out. Change tatics this morning as knew needed a different mentaility cycling in the rain. Took the centre of the road let all the over takers ( there were a few) do what they wanted to do and put their car in danger, If I could see a dangerous part of the road coming up I moved right to the line. Probably pisses a few drivers off but at least that way you can control your saftery in traffic. Best pass of the day less than 10 feet from a roundabout you would have to stop at anyway. If you are reading this you prick can you let me know what you achieved in donig this as I filtered pastt you with a one haded saulte as the next set of traiffic lights.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
First wet commute in a while, which is about the only thing of note as it was quite straightforward again.
markharry66
Guru
they have no road safety sense they are only in it for the nuts.
biking_fox
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester
A few days off last week, and uneventful riding this - missed all the rain apart from the odd spot last night. Still enjoying the empty roads of the summer holidays, hopefully next week too.
spen666
Legendary Member
I thought you were talking about pedestrians for a minute
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
I think you're onto something... I seem to report more dodgy passes when it is raining. Inexplicable given how slippery the roads are.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
There was a brief biblical downpour and nothing was moving down London Road, Peterborough except a bike! I think there had been a crash on the Parkway. The boring vid
View: https://youtu.be/BWqwPxihmiA
View: https://youtu.be/BWqwPxihmiA
well technically its meteorologically speaking autumn on Monday... #justsaying
OT rant. I never really understood the meteorological thing. The equinox is on the 22nd of September, so for most of September it is still summer in the northern hemisphere. The excuse is to have meteorological seasons align with the calendar, but given the dates of solstices and equinoxes it would make more sense to align meteorological autumn to 1st of October, with an offset of only 8 days to the real season start.
was it just me this last week ? but everything felt really what I call "fraught" it was just like everyone was driving that bit faster, that bit nearer, that bit less considerate, and double the traffic volume too, and I had more reportable close passes in the week than Id had in the previous three combined.
markharry66
Guru
took the flat bar road bike in this morning, slight chill in the air, no idiots or deekheads around this morning nice relaxed ride in for a change 
