Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

A slow commute for me; 2.5 miles to the lbs to drop off the Bianchi, then 2.5miles walk back t get the fixie and a 2 mile to the office. On the way to the office, I got held up by a delivery driver who decided to dump his load in a sudo one way street (two way for bikes), then went slowly through the square and got to near the office when a green people carrier decided it'll pull out of a parking space without indicating and slam on his brakes as the road was partially blocked by oncomming traffic. He proceded to do this a few times and when he was finally begining to accelerate as I had a good wind I decided to out accelerate him, it meant rather than turning left like I normally do I had to go straight and an extra 1/4 of a mile round the block but it was worth it to prove a point

 

[nilling]

Said a cheery good morning to the traffic cop manning a speed gun. He just smiled back. I do hope he's having a good day!

 

[3narf]

Throw it away and get some new ones. Clean DAILY in a Milton solution, rinse well. Unless you enjoy unpleasant gastric illness.

Is that true? Bloody hell, it could explain why I've been getting stomach cramps and nausea every couple of weeks.

I'm buying some new ones, fo sho.

 

[MisterStan]

Is that true? Bloody hell, it could explain why I've been getting stomach cramps and nausea every couple of weeks.

I'm buying some new ones, fo sho.

I just wash mine each night when i do my dishes....

 

[GrasB]

I just wash mine each night when i do my dishes....

^^ This. The days bottles go in the dishwasher at night. Clean ones taken out the cupboard filled & put in the fridge for the morning. Does mean I have quite a collection of the little blighters.

 

[MisterStan]

^^ This. The days bottles go in the dishwasher at night. Clean ones taken out the cupboard filled & put in the fridge for the morning. Does mean I have quite a collection of the little blighters.

I have quite a good collection too - no bloody good in the cupboard though are they? 2 miles in to my commute this morning, I reached down for some refreshment and realised i've not brought any with me.

 

[Christopher]

re bottles I wash when i can see a film on the inside of the bottle & wash with Milton about once a month. Don't really care about getting sick. Spending a day vomiting is no worse than going to work.

 

[donnydave]

mmmm nice new brake pads on at the weekend so I can attack the road crossings on the guided busway. Fixed rattling pannier rack and tweaked the gears so my bike is now almost silent, nice ride in knowing that everything is working as it should. I had been putting off maintenance for a few weeks because I had convinced myself that I didn't have the time - what a load of old tosh!

 

[HLaB]

re bottles I wash when i can see a film on the inside of the bottle & wash with Milton about once a month. Don't really care about getting sick. Spending a day vomiting is no worse than going to work.

You need a new job

 

[theMec]

Puncture this morning 5 miles into 20 mile ride. Located 3 holes (no idea how that happened) which i managed to patch up with two patches. Got going again and was riding nice enough until 3 miles away from work and felt the back tyre go again - the patch over two holes had come loose so tried sticking in down again but sadly didn't work whatsoever and had to walk the rest of the way....

Not a good start to the week, but lesson learned - always carry a spare inner!

 

[GrasB]

I have quite a good collection too - no bloody good in the cupboard though are they? 2 miles in to my commute this morning, I reached down for some refreshment and realised i've not brought any with me.

...

 

[3narf]

^^ This. The days bottles go in the dishwasher at night. Clean ones taken out the cupboard filled & put in the fridge for the morning. Does mean I have quite a collection of the little blighters.

I've been a bit complacent... I only ever rinse mine out, and I use the same one every day!

 

[3narf]

I had to stop in at the Heathrow Medical Centre on the way in today for a routine medical.

Apparently I'm very, very fit! I knew already, but it's nice to have it confirmed officially...

 

[donnydave]

I had to stop in at the Heathrow Medical Centre on the way in today for a routine medical.

Apparently I'm very, very fit! I knew already, but it's nice to have it confirmed officially...

Hehe I know how you feel. I love the medicals at our work. Due to occasionally using soldering equipment I get the respiratory system test. Part of it you breathe into a tube with a fan in it, harder breath=fan spins more and you get a score. Don't know what the test is called but I nail it every year, so much so that they check the tube thing to see if its working properly!

 

[GrasB]

I've been a bit complacent... I only ever rinse mine out, and I use the same one every day!

I do have a little more incentive than most. Water in my bottles get crunchy within a few days without getting a good wash out from the softened water at home. (work has a hard water problem)