Tales from today's commute....

[gambatte]

On the way to work theres a large pothole.........its been there longer than I've been riding this commute, I've been riding round it for two years, this morning I dropped the back into it , tonight I've got to work the ding out of the rear rim, I rode the rest of the way to work and home tonight with the rear brake released.

http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

 

[Deleted member 1258]

http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

Yes I know, I've reported pot holes in the past, just never got round to this one.

 

[subaqua]

Tower Bridge was shut again last night,swore at a complete tit of a Sainsbury driver at Maryland as he was using his mobile and was completely oblivious to everyone else.May post a video if I can be bothered.

yes please. do be bothered.

sadly no more commuting by bike for me for at least a week. inner ear infection means i have been banned by wife and doctor.

tower bridge was open for me at 17.00 if thats any consolation.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I got ever so slightly bumped by a BMW waiting at a T junction on the way home. Pointed stare at the wheel then at Mr stripey shirt driver, look back at my wheel and then to him until the penny drops I'm not going to move until he backs up. No drama or confrontation, just asserting my place on the road.

 

[defy-one]

It wasn't me :-)

 

[RedRider]

Three times in two weeks I've nipped south london to enfield lock as part of work and each time with a tailwind north. Today's was sweet as I took a curving back street run beyond Waterloo onto Stokie before hitting the Roman-straight A10 and 1010s to within spitting distance of the M25. One hour and 15 felt fast in one gear, drafting buses between lights, my legs are strong this time of year.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

yes please. do be bothered.

sadly no more commuting by bike for me for at least a week. inner ear infection means i have been banned by wife and doctor.

tower bridge was open for me at 17.00 if thats any consolation.

Closed again tonight at 11pm unless they don't bother clearing the signs away.Found another route to London Bridge which put me into Borough High Street at first.Also lorry tonight popped into the narrow space in front of me at the lights in the Commercial Road which reminded me of a cork being inserted into a bottle.What is it with lorry drivers at the moment?

 

[MisterStan]

Nice cool morning and a good spin in to work aside from the silly c@w who decided to scare the crap out of me with the closest pass i've ever had. Cue me caining after her to 'educate her' in the error of her ways. Her response? 'I didn't see you!' - oh that makes it OK then.

 

[400bhp]

Lost my rag yesterday. Coming up to this junction here where I had priority, 4 cars just followed the nose of the first car. The first car had time to clear the junction before me, but not the rest. I let that go.

Until 1/2 a mile down the road here. I'd entered the one vehicle wide part when a driver ignores the fact that I am there-followed by another 4. Last driver I told to slow down and wait - he said something that I couldn't catch so I used the C word.

Fckin lemmings

First time in a long time I have resorted to verbal obscenities.

 

[MichaelO]

A lovely day to cycle in - but for some reason there were more idiots out there than I've seen in the last couple of months. First incident was approaching traffic lights in Purley - I'm slowing up as they are on red & then some idiot shoots past me & pulls in within inches of me. Not a great start to the day - but it's sunny, so give a stare & carry on.

Next was the potentially awful one - approaching Streatham Hill station on the A23, and was following a huge lorry with diggers loaded on the back - so I wasn't going to mess with that! So I hung well back, and sure enough he was turning left at the next junction. Now these things have huge turning circles, so he rightly pulls out to the right to then swing left. That's when Mr White Van Man roars up behind, swings AT me to try & get into the inside lane (at which point I bang on the back of the van as he passes within a foot of me) and then goes up the inside of the lorry! Kamikazee!!

Plus an idiot cyclist nearly getting clipped by a bus as he weaves through traffic in Brixton. More the cyclist fault than the bus, IMO.

I hope the journey home is less eventful

 

[subaqua]

Closed again tonight at 11pm unless they don't bother clearing the signs away.Found another route to London Bridge which put me into Borough High Street at first.Also lorry tonight popped into the narrow space in front of me at the lights in the Commercial Road which reminded me of a cork being inserted into a bottle.What is it with lorry drivers at the moment?

its closed including Friday night for changing the 5 rings to the para crescent devices.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

its closed including Friday night for changing the 5 rings to the para crescent devices.

Thanks,someone else said that to me but I thought they were taking the p155.

 

[Sandra6]

Well this morning was a wet one.
I decided to go on the vita (usually take the old apollo with it's mudguards) and just get wet, knowing I could change at work.
Totally forgot that rain goes right through all your layers!!!!
I was barely 100 yards from home when the first div in a rush decides to overtake on a downhill despite me riding primary and being seconds away from the stop for a r-a-b. I was one handed gesturing at him, and almost missed the second div in a rush who snuck round the side of the car who stopped to let me by (me being at the right, and he giving way) to make her left turn. Fortunately my one-handedness meant I was going more slowly so I didn't collide with her car.
The third div in a rush decided to over take me under the railway bridge where I always ride primary as there is no room to be overtaken if traffic is coming in the opposite direction. Fortunately the car about to come that way saw the div and waited for him to pass, making it much safer for me.
Got to work, peed off and peed through!
Took a good few turns under the hand dryer in the ladies to dry out my undergarments!
#note to self - pack fresh knickers!!

 

[Peter Armstrong]

Mine was uneventfull, not even a scalp,

 

[subaqua]

Thanks,someone else said that to me but I thought they were taking the p155.

leytonstoners gotta stick together