Tales from today's commute....

[PJ79LIZARD]

Strange one this morning, approaching a left turn, I hear a car horn papping, look over my shoulder as a car left hooks me. I suppose he thought he was being considerate informing me of his inappropriate manoeuvre. Well at least I thought something was not right and had already started braking!

 

[Davywalnuts]

This morning I was thanked by a women for signalling where a road splits from one lane to two and I need the outside lane. I was quite chuffed. Sure she was pervving over my my legs in lycra however... But, none the less, it was a nice gesture.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Last night, bloke in a black Civic pulls alongside me on the approach to the roundabout at the end of my street. I'm in the middle of the lane with turn left arrow. He's in the lane with the straight ahead arrow.
I turn left and he enters the roundabout and tries to turn left too, alongside me, except occupying the same part of the time-space continuum as myself proves impossible. Is given paddington bear over the shoulder hard stare and a head-shake.

He's a near neighbour. Primary rocks.

 

[Crankarm]

Last night, bloke in a black Civic pulls alongside me on the appraoch to the roundabout at the end of my street. I'm in the middle of the lane with turn left arrow. He's in the lane with the straight ahead arrow.
I turn left and he enters the roundabout and tries to turn left too, alongside me, except occupying the same part of the time-space continuum as myself proves impossible. Is given paddington bear over the shoulder hard stare and a head-shake.

He's a near neighbour. Primary rocks.

That will have shown him.

 

[G_Defy_2012]

Classic white van man on the commute this morning.

I'm crossing Battersea bridge on the CS8 heading north, looking to make a right hand turn so half way over the bridge I take my chance and move into the middle of the right hand lane (with another two cyclists doing the same ahead of me). White van man pulls alongside and starts hurling abuse for not using the cycle lane. W@nker.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Strange one this morning, approaching a left turn, I hear a car horn papping, look over my shoulder as a car left hooks me. I suppose he thought he was being considerate informing me of his inappropriate manoeuvre. Well at least I thought something was not right and had already started braking!

HA! I've had that.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

That will have shown him.

Nothing will show him. He drives a Civic.

 

[MisterStan]

Stopped at some traffic lights, from the corner of my eye I see the guy in the 4WD next to me talking. Removed headphone expecting to receive a load of abuse, instead get asked for directions, thanked for the answer and told to 'enjoy your ride home'.

 

[400bhp]

Relatively easy commute home tonight - still shouted at a rlj numpty. I got a "well done mate" off another cyclist for that-must resist in future...

 

[fossyant]

Non eventful other than passing lots of standing traffic. Knees now good after man100. Took it easy this morning and was scalped by a hybrid just before work. Oh the shame

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[ianrauk]

Can't wait for the commute tomorrow. No commute this week so far due to the child minder being on bleedin' jury service. Weather is looking great for the morning... 22 miles... oh bring it on indeedy!

 

[MichaelO]

Nice ride in today - and the joined what felt like an enormous peleton on the CS7 at Oval tube - but have been surrounded by 35-40 cyclists! Certainly made the last 2 miles of the commute easier than the first 18 - I'm sure there was a headwind

 

[ianrauk]

School traffic and headwind does not make for a fast commute.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

Got my new camera http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/found-a-bargain-do-tell.16260/post-1996100
Here's a little test from todays commute.

Silver car pulls out, I brake and move into the cycle lane, reolise someone's in it but lucky he gets out to the left leaving enough room for all 3 of us.

Hope I catch some good stuff in the future.

 

[fimm]

Get big bike back from bike repair man. Set out to do long commute on it without a test ride. Discover the seat is miles too high, and after a couple of miles decide I can't live with it and have to stop and bash it down a bit. Get it low "enough" but it is still too high, I'll have to do a proper job at lunchtime.

Commute is then enlivened by 1) a passenger shouting something at me - I assume connected with the fact that I'd been holding primary round a blind bend which has no overtaking lines on the road (anyone who abuses me on this section has justified my decision to take primary by implying that they would have tried to overtake if I had not) and 2) someone turning right from a side road onto the bit of road I was cycling on - a very loud "OIOIOIOIOI!" from me got them to stop, and I think it was a genuine "looked and failed to see" mistake as they then hung well back and did a good overtake when they did pass, as if they were a bit shaken.