Tales from today's commute....

[Graham Simmons]

I love those graphics. How did you get them onto the video?

A program called Dashware! You plug in your video file and an activity from a garmin or smartphone gps and can use built in or custom made gauges - some cameras also have gps features. It costs a little bit, though if you look around it can be available from certain places!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

A program called Dashware! You plug in your video file and an activity from a garmin or smartphone gps and can use built in or custom made gauges - some cameras also have gps features. It costs a little bit, though if you look around it can be available from certain places!

It looks brilliant!

 

[BSRU]

Had a BMW driver decide to ignore the "No Entry" signs on a bus gate because they were in a rush to get to the station, saved themselves about a minute at most. In his rush to the station he decides to squeeze past and not the best location.
While waiting in a queue of traffic the female passenger decides to jump out without a care in the world.
Once the female is gone the driver seems intent on confrontation with me for some reason, no idea why but I just ignored the fool.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Another quiet ride in. Ice was on the flat roof this morning so switched back to ice tyres - not as easy as normal as I only have one back wheel at the minute. The ride was cold but sunny.

 

[jamin100]

lovely ride in this morning. Best ride of 2013 to date. Sunny, not too cold but cold enough that I didn't get to work dripping as much as usual. Managed to get back into the 10 mile 40 minute bracket as well which is something I haven't seen since probably october time. For a change I'm actually looking forward to the ride home.

 

[HLaB]

A beautiful crisp clear morning, its just a pity I woke up to a slow p'ture. Thankfully, it didn't get worse for circa 14.3 miles and I was glad of the slightly lower psi on the white in places rural back road and Ferry Meadows. Knowing it could fail I cut through Bridge Street; mistake; the works or Slabs on Bridge Street completely p'tured the tube. I cut back to the smoother road but the damage was done making the last 0.7 miles loud and slow Apart from the slow, then fast p'ture making it harder work than it should have been on the fixie it was probably the most perfect commuting conditions so far this year, making it an enjoyable 15 miles.

 

[Arjimlad]

Audi A6 RO10 LHG too busy fiddling with his stereo to hold back in a pinch point or pass me safely... got a shout as he passed inches from my bars.

If I'd noticed catching him up, I would have politely asked for more space next time.

Nobber in a Passat Estate, texting away whilst negotiating M5/A38 junction with four lanes of traffic, me on the bike etc.

Riding north into the wind for 7 miles then south with the wind behind me for 7 miles - it's only 5 miles to work but that's WAY too short a ride !

 

[DWiggy]

Check out his full ride - this is a case of leaving your Garmin running when you finish a race and forgetting to crop your ride if you ask me! 0 watts on the power meter, a heart rate not much over my 60kg body's resting rate and with a bunch of other riders doing laps around the same course? An open and shut case!

It does look like he hasn't cropped his ride after the cylopark...really wish he would as its a segment I have been really working hard on and its unlikely Ill get near it... don't really want to report it Either that or he is a Pro

 

[Twilkes]

It’s been an almost perfect week for commuting in the west of Scotland, which is why it’s a bummer that I have to drive as I’m still in a wrist cast. In fact, I’m starting to think that the wrist cast may have directly caused the good weather.
So, based on that, I’m willing to have other limbs broken in order to continue the sunshine – £1k for the other wrist, or £5k per leg. Imagine how wonderful the summer would be if you all clubbed together, financially and physically.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

It’s been an almost perfect week for commuting in the west of Scotland, which is why it’s a bummer that I have to drive as I’m still in a wrist cast. In fact, I’m starting to think that the wrist cast may have directly caused the good weather.
So, based on that, I’m willing to have other limbs broken in order to continue the sunshine – £1k for the other wrist, or £5k per leg. Imagine how wonderful the summer would be if you all clubbed together, financially and physically.

are you guarenteeing the weather for the rest of the country? sunshine only started here late yesterday afternoon....

 

[Twilkes]

Money first, then the hammer, THEN we'll talk about the weather. B-)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Money first, then the hammer, THEN we'll talk about the weather. B-)

but I need some indication of your commitment to this contract before £££. your current demostration shows less than 20-25% sucess rate on sunshine for a week starting on Monday in these parts. so I reckon what we really need is a demo of more extended length (say all of Spring) to qualify commitment to the cause. what do you say?

 

[Twilkes]

A tenner for a pinky and we'll reconvene at the end of March - deal?

 

[MisterStan]

A tenner for a pinky and we'll reconvene at the end of March - deal?

Can I remove it if I pay?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

A tenner for a pinky and we'll reconvene at the end of March - deal?

March sees me in Central Scotland for 2 weeks... just have rig the train time table to get from one side of Rannoch Moor to the other and ....