Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Blooming cold this morning, fairly icy as well so the ice bike got another outing.
Tales from today's commute....
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confusedcyclist
Veteran
Had some good old fashioned verbal abuse this morning after pulling up next to a culprit driver following a close pass. I was almost in tears at his response to a polite request to give me a little more room next time. If you have seen Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, it was sort of akin to the the scene where Ceaser tells the human to GO HOME.
His response was to bellow "F*** OFF" followed by wheel spinning and speeding off 2 meters ahead almost into a stationary car. Not sure where he was going. He was so flustered he couldn't get window down, giving me the opportunity to get a few more words of advice in before I was off on my way.
What a tool.
His response was to bellow "F*** OFF" followed by wheel spinning and speeding off 2 meters ahead almost into a stationary car. Not sure where he was going. He was so flustered he couldn't get window down, giving me the opportunity to get a few more words of advice in before I was off on my way.
What a tool.
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
Urban thrills in the country this morning. The junction was backed up so I actually got to do the thing of filtering down the outside of a stationery row of traffic to get to my nice little right-turn cut-through. I felt like a proper ninja.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
MTB this morning as the fixed is awaiting a BB. Mucky off road route though, and the drive chain was caked in mud after 2 miles. Looking forward to seeing what the XT40 solarstorm kicks out in the pitch black.
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Clears your lungs out a treatnot looking forward to the frosty cold air
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Looked beautiful out there, unfortunately I was driving to a meeting :-(
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Absolutely loves today's commute. Forecast for tomorrow shows there won't be much to look at...
Simontm
Veteran
Forgotten about the fog coming off the thames, fun stuff.
Weird commute via Kingston. Back break issue was a stretched wire and I had a slow puncture
Paying for that off-road diversion on Thursday
Numpty count: 1 a driver came bombing down an essentially single lane thanks to parked cars forcing me to cut into the side
Weird commute via Kingston. Back break issue was a stretched wire and I had a slow puncture
Paying for that off-road diversion on Thursday Numpty count: 1 a driver came bombing down an essentially single lane thanks to parked cars forcing me to cut into the side
400bhp
Guru
Cold this morning and had a choice:
- Full winter kit consisting of windproof winter jacket with t shirt baselayer and skull cap, or;
- Semi winter kit consisting of fleeced jacket and warm base layer, with neck buff and head buff.
I went for option 2 which was just about right. Temp (feels like temp) was between zero and 2 deg. Getting pretty good at judging the clothing.
- Full winter kit consisting of windproof winter jacket with t shirt baselayer and skull cap, or;
- Semi winter kit consisting of fleeced jacket and warm base layer, with neck buff and head buff.
I went for option 2 which was just about right. Temp (feels like temp) was between zero and 2 deg. Getting pretty good at judging the clothing.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Due to my lift suffering a car mechanical (loss of power steering), I had a late start and so missed the frost, and generally had a nice easy day if a little cold.
Saw a car make a strange manoeuvre, where it went around the wrong side of the traffic lights to get to the next set to turn right. I normally use that lane both ways (it's a right turning filter lane both directions, starting half way along), and wouldn't have been expecting that car there. It didn't even seem to gain from it, just queuing at the next set of lights.
Saw a car make a strange manoeuvre, where it went around the wrong side of the traffic lights to get to the next set to turn right. I normally use that lane both ways (it's a right turning filter lane both directions, starting half way along), and wouldn't have been expecting that car there. It didn't even seem to gain from it, just queuing at the next set of lights.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Flattish tyre when I came out of work, pumped it up and road a tad over 20 miles on it home. Decided to bin the tyre as this is the second time this has happened on this tyre, the studs have started to come through the fabric and putting miniscule holes in the tube. Luckily I had a brand new ice tyre in the garage and is now on the bike ready for tomorrow.
Yup, had the same temps down in Londimuim this morning and evening.
Got my clothing right.. LS Jersey, Nightvision Evo, Buff and baseball cap, long finger gloves, shorts and tights. BUT got it wrong with my feet. Should have worn my Sealskinz socks or the Spesh winter boots. My tootsies were a little cold bless 'em.
Lilliburlero
Pro sandbagger
- Location
- South Derbyshire
Broke my cherry this morning..... had my first puncture on the commute 
.Took me 8 to 10 minutes to sort out from stop to start. I`v kept the thorn for posterity 
.Took me 8 to 10 minutes to sort out from stop to start. I`v kept the thorn for posterity 
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
i put the zip off legs on to wait for the waterloo train at woking ( 10 minute wait) and didn't take them off to ride home. feck i was hot.
