Tales from today's commute....

[MisterStan]

a cracking morning commute, beautifully sunny, quite cool with it which meant i didn't turn up at work a sweaty dripping mess.
Only the WVM who cut across the cycle lane early (crossing a solid white line) and without checking his mirrors took the shine off of it.

 

[Frood42]

Sun is out, and depsite the headwind it was a nice commute this morning.

Almost ran over a whole load of glass that had been swept onto the cycle 'lane' (and covered the whole cycle 'lane') from an accident, but thankfully avoided it. While it is a 40mph road, it is quite big and wide so the traffic tends to do ~60mph, so you have to be careful coming out of the cycle 'lane' (if you use it that is).

Had a chap on a Scott road bike come past me on an uphill (said Morning to him), but then was slow on the downhill, so I went past him (I suspect uphill counts more ).
There is a flat bit after the downhill (Fencepiece Rd - A123), where for some reason he was coming up the inside of me...
I could see him coming up the inside so was giving him plenty of room. Perhaps I should have changed up to the big cog...
He did at one point try to say something to me, but I couldn't quite hear him, and then he dropped back completely...

If you are on here, Morning

Despite me being lazy in some parts, I had a good commute and my Mio GPS told me I had averaged 14.6 mph over my 21.3 mile commute (active time of 1hr 27mins).
Strava/Endomondo don't always agree with my GPS device so those numbers may come down a little when I upload the data.

 

[MickL]

Really good cycle in this morning, took my roadie out for spin rather than my subway, Turners Hill was a breeze and the climb up the A4123 was a lot easier, the amount of cycling Ive been doing on the subway is really starting to pay off, looking forward to the ride home now.

 

[MisterStan]

Really good cycle in this morning, took my roadie out for spin rather than my subway, Turners Hill was a breeze and the climb up the A4123 was a lot easier, the amount of cycling Ive been doing on the subway is really starting to pay off, looking forward to the ride home now.

Oddly, i'm on my winter commuter today as I need to use it to collect my daughter later, it felt quite sluggish compared to my roadie, especially when I was trying to hammer a sprint section on Strava, still managed to equal my best time so far!

 

[Blurb]

The sound of Gaz's shouted "don't go down there" from Silly Cyclists intro was in my head as I witnessed a roadie almost get squashed going down the inside of a truck. He had to unclip and push himself the last few feet to get ahead as he couldn't pedal he was so close to the kerb.

 

[ianrauk]

The sound of Gaz's shouted "don't go down there" from Silly Cyclists intro was in my head as I witnessed a roadie almost get squashed going down the inside of a truck. He had to unclip and push himself the last few feet to get ahead as he couldn't pedal he was so close to the kerb.

what a nobber....see it far too often.

I shouted at a cyclist not to do the same once.. he said back to me. 'Who are you? My mother?'
I said nope, I just don't want you to be a bloody mess all over the road.

 

[Blurb]

what a nobber....see it far too often.

I shouted at a cyclist not to do the same once.. he said back to me. 'Who are you? My mother?'
I said nope, I just don't want you to be a bloody mess all over the road.

I'd just encountered him on the commute and I suspect he was up for a bit of SCR'ing through the traffic and got carried away and made a bad decision. It's all too easy to do. I think I did say something, but it was more in a wincing "oh sh!t he's a gonner". Might sub the vid to Gaz if he needs any more for the next Silly Cyclists episode.

 

[ianrauk]

I'd just encountered him on the commute and I suspect he was up for a bit of SCR'ing through the traffic and got carried away and made a bad decision. It's all too easy to do. I think I did say something, but it was more in a wincing "oh sh!t he's a gonner". Might sub the vid to Gaz if he needs any more for the next Silly Cyclists episode.

Yeah, send it to @gaz bout time he got his lazy arse into gear and did another episode.

 

[HLaB]

Got the wind direction wrong but that didn't matter it was Looped out into the country and looped over the Haddon Huffer. I didn't have the energy for anything fast and only managed 15.9mph on a route I can usually be 1-2mph faster on the steel fixie.
On an aside I've just been out and the bikeshed is packed

 

[glenn forger]

This is what the cops are handing out:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/roadusers/driver-cyclist-safety-tips-asl-flyer.pdf

start fining people next.

 

[Kies]

23 miles in and the same out of London. I got lazy and slung the rucksack on instead of fitting the rack & panniers. My shirt was dripping wet by the time I got home this afternoon!!!
Lesson remembered ...... Fit the damn rack!

Other than that a lovely day to do 46 miles and the Mrs can't complain about my cycling

 

[400bhp]

Great commute in this morning - more or less 30 miles in an hour and a half. Very little traffic and felt 90%. Pretty sure I saw @skudupnorth making his way in the opposite direction along Mill Lane, just after the 11%'er. I looked at him and thought, looks familiar. Didn't dawn on me who it was until he'd "plodded" past.

 

[skudupnorth]

Great commute in this morning - more or less 30 miles in an hour and a half. Very little traffic and felt 90%. Pretty sure I saw @skudupnorth making his way in the opposite direction along Mill Lane, just after the 11%'er. I looked at him and thought, looks familiar. Didn't dawn on me who it was until he'd "plodded" past.

Ha,Ha i thought the same !!! Good day to ride in the sunshine ! I was over to catch the big Russian AN-225 which eventually did not leave but i have found a nice spot at the end of the runway with a good bridal path and field to crash out and watch stuff !

 

[400bhp]

Ha,Ha i thought the same !!! Good day to ride in the sunshine ! I was over to catch the big Russian AN-225 which eventually did not leave but i have found a nice spot at the end of the runway with a good bridal path and field to crash out and watch stuff !

T2?

 

[ClaireSaud]

A manager from my work decided to scare the c*** out of me on the way home tonight! He came roaring up behind me in his VW as we were quickly approaching a T junction. I initially thought that he was going to cut me up and stop in front of me which would have forced me to brake hard but he must have realised that there wasn't enough time and room so he decided to get as close as possible (side on, i could have eyeballed him, he was that close) and slam his brakes on so that I would stay in front. What a total idiot! He is a bully at work and obviously doesn't leave that mentality at work. Made my 10 mile ride home go swiftly - was thinking of all the things I would love to say and do to him! The rest of my commute was superb, lovely warm evening and a very courteous lorry driver.