Tales from today's commute....

[Origamist]

Spotted a 'information' poster on a phone box this morning. "Cyclists, if the road is narrow, ride in the middle of the lane" - first one of those I've seen ! Good advice as it was on a student cycle route.

There are 4 different posters I believe - I saw one at a tram stop last week telling drivers to look out for cyclists at junctions.

It was a bit murky this morning, but the drizzle had stopped by the time I left at 8.

 

[fossyant]

In contrast I've just seen a notice on our works board reminding cyclists leaving the site to make sure you have your lights, helmets, and hi-viz on

Oh great. Had someone from the Europa Business park nearly take me off a couple of nights ago - was going into the Park at 6ish.

 

[MisterStan]

In contrast I've just seen a notice on our works board reminding cyclists leaving the site to make sure you have your lights, helmets, and hi-viz on

Nice, putting the onus on you, rather than the drivers.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Blimey wind picked up tonight and it has turned cold again, I had to stop to put my jacket on.

 

[Hacienda71]

Got lost on the way home from Macclesfield, found myself up The Cat and Fiddle then in Buxton, not sure how that happened. Will have to improve my sense of direction.

 

[potsy]

Oh great. Had someone from the Europa Business park nearly take me off a couple of nights ago - was going into the Park at 6ish.

Nice, putting the onus on you, rather than the drivers.

To be fair they have included motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, just split them into separate paragraphs.
There have been a couple of incidents recently around the estate.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

OK, not from today, from Wednesday

"You must have some right gears on that! How d'you get here so quick?"
A workmate who leaves at the same time who pulled up alongside at traffic lights a couple of miles away from work


Yes, it's all about fancy gears and nothing to do with my effort, even relatively unfit and the bicycle being faster and more efficient than the car...

 

[fribbleblib]

Co-op lorry parked in layby. Cycle path skirts edge of layby. Cycled past just as the lorry driver was having a wee up against one of his wheels. He may have been hidden from the road, but not from the cyclepath. YUK.

 

[summerdays]

Today the idiots were out! One of my route has two islands on the road just before an off road cycle path. Today I had several fast close passes trying to beat me to both islands, with the last one realising that he wasn't going to make it and me shouting stop at them! I know they are there to help pedestrians but I don't think pedestrians cross there, so I'd rather they were removed to stop the local idiots trying to squeeze past or going the wrong side of the island.

 

[glenn forger]

That Eastway abomination is one of the most dumbass cycle lanes I've ever seen. It was better before, they've made it much worse, that was my commute for a long time.

 

[Black Country Ste]

I hope you will report that, somehow.

I have an appointment to give a statement on Monday. It was meant to be this morning but a serious incident meant they had to cancel.

 

[Rouge79]

Bloody cyclist sitting right on my ass.

Either overtake me (most usually do ) or back the fcuk off

 

[summerdays]

Decided to clean my chain today since I'm not commuting and found that I've obviously got to go shopping and quickly. It's broken both sides at the weld.

 

[Ollie W]

Horribly wet on the way in so for the first time I tried my waterproof hi-vis jacket (DHB Signal). Was pleasantly surprised at the lack of sweat and I was faster than Thursday's commute, mostly down to a lack of cars. No idiots today either... yet

 

[Shut Up Legs]

That was a lovely Monday morning*** commute . My Vivente tourer/commuter was running extra smooth and quiet because I'd thoroughly cleaned its drivetrain yesterday, and the minor adjustment on the front derailleur has improved the shifting. I love my commutes.

*** I use "morning" in a relative sense, as it's still dark when I arrive at work.