Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

Only a short ride in this morning, no rain but wet roads, feeling the effects of over-indulgence over the long weekend plus a little sore from digging an allotment.
Had one "slow" cyclist undertake me as I turned left at some lights and later another think about some SCR but decided 25mph up a small drag was a little too hot to handle.

 

[MisterStan]

A tough run in this morning; I probably shouldn't have opened that second bottle of wine last night, or eaten so much cr@p this weekend, but hey ho!

 

[HLaB]

Just a gentle recovery ride into work taking a medium route to avoid the (first day of school) chaos going the short way.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Bit dull and gloomy this morning, missed the rain which was a bonus. Noticed rather a lot of glass about from broken bottles, sign it was the bank holiday.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

The attitude of Australian motorists towards cyclists is appalling! Riding home today, I was going down a road which heads downhill and in a straight line for several hundred metres. Because there are no speed limit signs, the speed limit is the urban default limit of 50km/h. I was travelling at just under that. Somehow this was too slow for 2 motorists, who overtook me, and it was raining at the time. Had I been driving a car, I'm almost certain they wouldn't have overtaken me. It just beggars belief. This country has been ruined by cars, cyclists are treated like second-class citizens, and there's no sign of it changing any time soon, which makes me extremely depressed.

 

[Sturmey_Hub]

Sometimes I'm not sure if its broken glass or fallen blossom.

 

[HLaB]

The attitude of Australian motorists towards cyclists is appalling!

There's been a fair bit in the media over here lately and from that Appaling is an understatement. I think the last one hit a cyclists and stated they didn't care and IIRC they went on to say it was because they had a sh1tty day and the cyclist made a mess of their car (dents). There was also the noumpty who failed to notice the cyclist on their bonnet for half a mile or something. If its any consolation the US seems to be worse a couple were caught there trying to hide the body of a cyclist they had hit

 

[BSRU]

There's been a fair bit in the media over here lately and from that Appaling is an understatement. I think the last one hit a cyclists and stated they didn't care and IIRC they went on to say it was because they had a sh1tty day and the cyclist made a mess of their car (dents). There was also the noumpty who failed to notice the cyclist on their bonnet for half a mile or something. If its any consolation the US seems to be worse a couple were caught there trying to hide the body of a cyclist they had hit

From what I have heard China is the worst, if you injure someone you are responsible for the cost of their medical expenses which has resulted in some drivers going back to finish the injured party off.

 

[BSRU]

Sometimes I'm not sure if its broken glass or fallen blossom.

Cherry blossom seems to be the worst.

 

[subaqua]

1st commute for 2 weeks and it was great. mildly moist and i decided to use Victoria Park instead of Viccy Park Road. a loveley stress free commute

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Hoped for some calm, first day back after a stormy week of incidents last week. Fine on the way in, once I'd got all the waterproofs on

On the way home though, the Stobart/Tesco lorry was 3 feet away from the side of parked car that I ducked behind to prevent being trapped between. My bike with laden panniers is about 2.5 feet wide.
So no such luck.

Currently wondering why everyone wants to kill me so desperately?

 

[Exile]

Damp on the way in today but uneventful, aside from trying to get the bike out of the house with the new frame lock still locked .

Trip home was a different story completely. Warm, dry and full of surprises. A learner almost pulled out with me less than twenty feet from the junction. Pretty sure it was the instructor who braked rather than her. Decided to take a different, quieter route home to normal in the hopes of avoiding any other crisis.

Not the best idea I've ever had as I got a 'visit' in the last mile or so thanks to some p***k covering the road with shards of broken plastic and glass. Getting rather proficient at fixing the things after dealing with three in the last ten days (two on my bike, one on the O/H's) but decided to wheel the bike home and sort it whilst enjoying a nice cuppa rather than faff about at the side of the road. Plus it wasn't the nicest part of town to be stopping in.

Roll on tomorrow, whatever it may bring!

 

[BSRU]

A good 50km ride in this morning, dry(for now), warmish and a little breeze.
Came across the SS guy again, he was wearing a Swindon road club jersey, still under geared on his Langster.
Caught up very easily then had no choice but to go past(don't like drafting) as he was just going too slow even with me on the CX bike with panniers.

 

[summerdays]

First day back after the holidays and suddenly find road works on my cycle path. How come when they did up the roads around Bristol they put up signs (often in the cycle path), saying road closed for 2 weeks etc. Whereas there has just been a sign up saying improvements coming to the cycle path Summer 2014 (which I assumed Summer would be warmer!). Anyway not too bad a commute apart from the normal getting the layers right, so too hot!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

First day back after the holidays and suddenly find road works on my cycle path. How come when they did up the roads around Bristol they put up signs (often in the cycle path), saying road closed for 2 weeks etc. Whereas there has just been a sign up saying improvements coming to the cycle path Summer 2014 (which I assumed Summer would be warmer!). Anyway not too bad a commute apart from the normal getting the layers right, so too hot!

The same happens down under. In marked contrast to any "road" road works, they're advertised with an imprecise date, started late, finished even later, and generally with poor detours organised. I'm convinced construction companies use these shared/bike paths works to give their workers a defacto holiday .

My commute was much more enjoyable today, with no silly incidents and lots of energy, with the bonus of a parcel of CRC goodies waiting at my front door for me (even had a bonus High5 Zero sample pack inside) .