Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

Did my preffered roundabout free route last night to go to the shop and the rowing lake path had started to flood, so I opted for another route this morning, it passes a few schools however and at 845am ish they were chaos as usual. Had to laugh at the big navy merc that desperately half wheeled me to try and fit into the less than a bike length gap at the back of a queue of six cars; a queue which I was able to bypass

 

[Hacienda71]

Two flat tyres before I left the house. Glass in one and a split in the other. After yesterday afternoon I am not a happy boy.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I got up got dressed walked downstairs and sat on the sofa.

Working from home today. Business lunch with a local supplier in 20 mins. Hurrah for Fridays.

 

[Tim Hall]

I got up got dressed walked downstairs and sat on the sofa.

Working from home today. Business lunch with a local supplier in 20 mins. Hurrah for Fridays.

Let that (almost) be our watchword. Fancy another bimble sometime?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Let that (almost) be our watchword. Fancy another bimble sometime?

A bimble would be very pleasant. Can't do owt this weekend but what about 8th/9th?

 

[Origamist]

Extended route, picked a slightly different 'extension' which avoided all the traffic, so ended up being a good 1 mph faster average.

Thought I spotted @Origamist on Styal Road as I was headding south abouit 8.10am. I was climbing up, overtaking a cyclist in blue, I was in red, and you wouldn't have missed my lights. Origamist were you in black with a beanie on ?

Good ride till nearly in work. Approaching the roundabouts at Sharston, I was in primary behind a bus. I moved to the white line going round the roundabout to head for Longley Lane Trading estate, when a nobber in a silver estate left hooked me from the inside of the roundabout at high speed. I just jinked the bike enough, but the back of my hand, whilst still on the hoods, scraped down the side of his car. Driver just hammered it off ! Idiot.

Oh, and I'm on target for my best monthly mileage in over a year (without any weekend rides as well). So things are slowly on the up !

I'm in Singapore at the moment, but I would not be surprised if I have a handsome look a like in the Styal area.

Right, back to the overpriced beer, dim sum and high humidity....

 

[potsy]

I promise never to secretly snigger at @potsy and @fossyant tales of drenching on their commutes again. I think I annoyed the cycling gods. 15 mph headwind of driving hail on a dark fast country road for 5 miles is not fun and is rather painfull. Crunching the large hailstones that I caught in my mouth was quite amusing though.

Two flat tyres before I left the house. Glass in one and a split in the other. After yesterday afternoon I am not a happy boy.

I think you have learnt your lesson now, will have a word with @fossyant and see if your punishment can be lifted

 

[400bhp]

Some impatient driving this morning. Got passed from a standing start by someone wanting to turn left into a petrol station 100 yrds down the road. The exact same thing happened yesterday too-don't particularly like using that road but it gets gritted so there's some trade off between risk of slipping on ice and risk of being hit by a twunt in a car.

Then got an impatient twonk overtake me in the RH lane to rurn left (link below-essentially where the front of the bus is). She ended up on the opposite side of the road. Utterly pointless and downright dangerous.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=e...WrRKIZzX7RtwJOFuGD6_iQ&cbp=12,193.73,,0,13.65

 

[Hacienda71]

I think you have learnt your lesson now, will have a word with @fossyant and see if your punishment can be lifted

Can you see if he can stop the rain this afternoon. I am in for a soaking on my commute tonight.

 

[fossyant]

Can you see if he can stop the rain this afternoon. I am in for a soaking on my commute tonight.

Look I've sent the wind in your favour for the ride home, soaking but fast. Asking for me to lift the rain cloud is a bit much, and for lifting the curse, well, go on then !

 

[potsy]

Some impatient driving this morning. Got passed from a standing start by someone wanting to turn left into a petrol station 100 yrds down the road. The exact same thing happened yesterday too-don't particularly like using that road but it gets gritted so there's some trade off between risk of slipping on ice and risk of being hit by a twunt in a car.

Then got an impatient twonk overtake me in the RH lane to rurn left (link below-essentially where the front of the bus is). She ended up on the opposite side of the road. Utterly pointless and downright dangerous.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=e...WrRKIZzX7RtwJOFuGD6_iQ&cbp=12,193.73,,0,13.65

Get some right numpty's on that bit of road, it's so short it's hardly worth them overtaking even at my low speed.

 

[fossyant]

Should be knocking on 30 miles for today, over 4 rides. 11 this morning, followed immediately by another 6 into the City Centre. Then another 7 this afternoon in the pouring rain and wind back to my office, then possibly another 7 home (short route).

We move offices in 6 months so thought I'd better go and check out the bike parking and the new office.

New bike parking in the multi story carpark, and a picture of the building from the car park exit. Bike parking is going to mean me using alternative locks as my rather beefy but small NY Fagh looks like it won't be any use to secure the frame. Pah.

 

[Ganymede]

Hi fossyant - how is that bike parking supposed to work? Wouldn't you have to hold onto your bike up in the air and try to apply locks at the same time? And presumably you need a good spot to divest your bike of bags, lights, pump etc first, as you wouldn't be able to do it after parking it, as I can with my local Sheffield stands. Is there a space advantage?

 

[Hacienda71]

Look I've sent the wind in your favour for the ride home, soaking but fast. Asking for me to lift the rain cloud is a bit much, and for lifting the curse, well, go on then !

Nice only light drizzle and no visits from the fairy on the way home. Cheers.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

We move offices in 6 months so thought I'd better go and check out the bike parking and the new office.

New bike parking in the multi story carpark, and a picture of the building from the car park exit. Bike parking is going to mean me using alternative locks as my rather beefy but small NY Fagh looks like it won't be any use to secure the frame. Pah.

shockingly pisspoor cycle parking unless it is in some sort of secure compound. Excpet I don't trustother cyclists not to steal things. Presume nobody consulted any cyclists. We are moving end of March. Our cycle parking provision is being spec'ed by a cyclist and signed off by another (me)