Tales from today's commute....

[Exile]

Getting tired of driver shenanigans in the city centre now, just because I indicate left doesn't mean you can come around the corner with me.

Having a lump of metal less than two feet to my right is a little intimidating at the best of times, never mind when I need to sweep gracefully around a corner, across to the second lane and overtake the delivery truck parked in front of where I'm being shepherded to. Thanks though, Mr C Womble, I'm glad you get to your destination three seconds quicker...

Might need to consider a detour before I end up properly kicking off with a numpty.

 

[Christopher]

Very windy and rainy on Tuesday, it was almost fun! Two close passes this AM, both from big un-marked white vans. Thought for a mo to throw my water bottle at the second one but just yelled instead.

 

[Elybazza61]

Cambridge busway almost deserted again. Bit more life once I got to the college and the science park. I don't ride through Cambridge itself and actually have very little experience of town/city riding and I'm glad of it, I think I would go mad in a very short space of time, I do a short stretch northwards on Milton road through a couple of sets of traffic lights. This morning I passed someone. Got to traffic lights and stopped, they wobbled up the inside and stopped just in front of me. Set off again, pass them as they are effin slow, stop at next lights. Even though my front wheel is over the line they wobble past, pull in and stop right in front of me again.

This sort of thing probably happens regularly to those of you who have to ride through towns but it was a new and head-explodingly annoying thing for me!

"just go slower, its not a race" is not an answer.

Happens all the time in the city;go up Mill Road to the station and regularly have bods I've passed pull in in front.The worst place is the actual rail station,ice mix of people looking for parking spaces,taxis,peds not aware what's around them and to be fair idiot cyclists too.

 

[martint235]

I always thought I was angry on a bike but this morning I met a real Mr Angry. Jeez, he had a whistle and everything. Talk about a tool. He whistled a bus driver for indicating. The bus never moved, he indicated to pull out, waited for Kerbhead to pass him and then pulled out behind him as I signalled he could. Guy turned round and blew his whistle at the driver.

I got told to "P** off you w*****"" for having the temerity to try to overtake him. I say try because although I was going faster than he was he deliberately swerved into my line to block me. I politely told him to f*** off and passed him in the next space. As everyone who knows me is aware, I don't handle confrontation very well. Hopefully I'll see the guy again tomorrow.

 

[GrasB]

Short commute home so quick exit out of town then afterburners set to 200%... prisoners not taken.. especially for those people with a lawn mower engine between their legs

Do ou get double SCR points for scalping a moped changang?

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I had forgotten just how powerful doughnuts are.
Had 4 this arvo and shot home. Legs felt like they were turbo charged!!!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Some bugger turned the wind back on tonight.

 

[Simontm]

damp ride and busy but no real numpties, unless you count a mad Springer who thought they'd come up and say hello forgetting they're attached to a lead

Last night got punishment passed by an ambulance! At least I could have consoled myself that help was at hand if anything had happened.

 

[Beebo]

Not one puncture all summer then two punctures in one week. I had one at the front on Tuesday which was caused by a flint, then this morning I had a rear puncture. No tyre will stand that sort of attack. Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and admit that you've been beaten. My saddle bag now has two inner tubes with holes in, and no spares! Wish me luck tonight!

 

[Arjimlad]

Screwed !

 

[fossyant]

A wet one this morning. Glad the weapons grade front light was fitted last night. Dark, hissing rain and poor visibility.

 

[Arjimlad]

Hi-Vis yellow rain jacket and Moon XP300 - and still myopic madam in her red BMW estate fails to spot me as she turns right out of a junction I wanted to turn right into.

A quick glance is not enough.

 

[Origamist]

Wet for 80 mins of a 95 min commute. Disappointing.

 

[paul04]

No rain here in Manchester, so nice and dry going into work, and the same on the way home,
but half way home I got a puncture in the front tyre, A small bit of glass stuck in the tyre, so easy fix, just put a patch on it

 

[martint235]

Where on earth did all the traffic come from this morning? It's half term and yet the South Circular was nose to tail from what used to be the Land of Leather roundabout to Catford.

Still it was dry and mild though. No sign of Mr Angry today, I feel quite disappointed.