Tales from today's commute....

[martint235]

A pleasant morning only ruined by a muppet on a Brompton. First thanks to my spider senses I knew you were going to cut in front of me from between those two vans. Secondly what the feck did you think you were on trying to out accelerate me from a green light in Penge. I've got enough to worry about without having you wobbling away on my right.

 

[Tin Pot]

Woot! Lovely ride in, broke 1hr50 again.

Fewer cars = fewer twats.

 

[Dec66]

Usual scabby South London to City commute, traffic density is getting ridiculous now, particularly in the outer suburbs.

However, at the top of Walworth Road, just before the bend under the railway bridge... I fell in love.

 

[ianrauk]

traffic density is getting ridiculous now, particularly in the outer suburbs.

It was pretty bad getting through Bromley this morning, Lewisham also... friggin' nightmare.

 

[Dec66]

It was pretty bad getting through Bromley this morning, Lewisham also... friggin' nightmare.

Went a different way to the usual to avoid the nightmare of Elmers End Road when the Langley kids are rocking up to school... Park Langley, Beckenham, Penge, all chocka. Sydenham not too bad, Dulwich a nightmare.

But the lady in full black ninja wear, with black cap, sunglasses and long black hair flying past me on the Pinarello in Walworth... Be still, my beating heart... *sighs*

 

[Origamist]

Beautiful morning. Ideal conditions. Will add a couple of miles onto the ride home...

 

[Ciar]

Lovely ride in this morning, nice to see the beauty of East London in the sun for the first time in ages all i need now is the cycle lane to be fully open from Bow Flyover up to Burdett road and things will be back to normal.

 

[Twizit]

Lovely tailwind got me home in under an hour for the first time on my new longer commute (18 miles) last night - pretty chuffed with that through London on the SS.

... headwind this morning brought me back down to earth again - it appears I haven't suddenly come into startling form, the tailwind of last night must have been stronger than I thought, and I had that one golden commute of the year when every traffic light was in my favour!

 

[13 rider]

What a lovely day to ride in . Went through a deserted Bradgate park this morning absolutely lovely 12.7 in . Thankfully I packed my shorts for the ride home . Absolutely glorious evening 8.2 miles home

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Super extended commute today

 

[summerdays]

It seemed to be a day for people in cars trying to tell me stuff.... I had multiple interactions which judging from their expressions weren't positive (other than the fact that only a few snatched words reached me..... 5 from the elderly lady, back from the builders....)

The only one that I got more of a flavour from was lots of effing and blinding.... I had just cycled along a 400 m stretch of double parked cars and queuing cars on the opposite side so I'm always in primary there (Kellaway Avenue), and I'd moved back towards the kerb the minute I was past the last car. First car passed me without comment before the shouty lady.... And she kept shouting even when she was 50/100m ahead turning off. Then she met a car passing parked cars, and rather than slow or wait for it, she rode up onto the common without reducing her speed, and drove on the common before swerving back at high speed back onto the road! There were even pedestrians shouting at her! I assume she was late possibly for school given there were kids in the car.

 

[ianrauk]

Super extended commute today

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Nutter
Nice one.., what time did you have to get out of the pit to embark on this madness?

Edit: Just seen your report about the ride....

 

[Tin Pot]

Bromley was ok...at 06:15.

Biked in to meet again this evening, tried taking a shirt rolled up which seemed to work. Terrible wind against all the way.

Police car passed me on the A3, then suddenly braked. I wondered what their problem was going to be...then I noticed the speed camera(!)

 

[Absinthe Minded]

The ride home was full of headwind, which rather explains my excellent form this morning. It was hard work, but not too awful. Mr. Big in his Uber expensive white Bentley gave me all of four or five inches as he drove along next to me, with his indicator on, expecting, no doubt, for me to bow down and give way to him because he's oh-so-important. He got told off, and then told to read the Highway Code. The enormous twit that he is.

 

[martint235]

Nice ride in but I'm on a grumpy day so quite a few people probably wondered why they were being sworn at. No one actually came particularly close to me really.

Headwind all the way home last night and expecting more of the same tonight