Tales from today's commute....

[subaqua]

CS2 utter crapola.

tesco at Mile end had the delivery frames in the fecking lane . then nearly left hooked 4 yes FOUR times by MGIFs driving vans.

light drizzle to start with but dry and breezy by time i got to Battersea.

 

[fimm]

Yes, I went out in shorts on my big bike and regretted it! I was looking at my longs and thinking "Its JUNE! I can't wear those!" but I did wish I had, some of the time. I was glad I'd brought my full-fingered gloves.

 

[J1888]

Looked like a pedestrian injured on Farringdon Rd going towards Blackfriars Bridge, hope he's OK.

That in itself wasn't that surprising, it seems a spot where there are lots of peds, bikes, cars, lorries, buses etc.

What I did take me slightly by surprise was ambulance and police coming northbound up the Cycle Superhighway!

Oh, and lots of complete moron cyclists still trying to weave in and out of bikes on slow moving Cycle Superhighway going to the Bridge.

 

[13 rider]

Took the route through Bradgate park this morning . Deserted at 0600 spent the 2.5 miles dodging the deer on the road didn't see another sole lovely. 13 miles in in chilly conditions for June didn't remove arm warmers until 10 miles in just as the sun was breaking through . Needed 8.3 miles to get to 2600 miles for the year so commute home was exactly 8.3 so nice round total 100 miles head of schedule of 5000 for the year .Few spits and spits of rain which was threatening all ride but it held off

 

[ianrauk]

Another blustery commute home this evening. Nawty headwinds.. go on.. do one.
At last it wasn't cold and no rain either.

Had a really nice chat with a family on a day out on their bikes. Mum, Dad and little toddler in babyseat on the back of dad's bike. It was their first outing. Lovely stuff.

 

[RoubaixCube]

Wolfed down 3 mini soreen loafs an hour before cycling home. was pretty much sailing all the way home. slightly over 30mins so no PB got stuck in traffic in 3 places and two van drivers were having a scream at each other right in front of me blocking my path and holding up the rest of traffic.

I feel like Soreen is the 'magic potion' from René Goscinny's 'Asterix & Obelix'

 

[Lonestar]

Looked like a pedestrian injured on Farringdon Rd going towards Blackfriars Bridge, hope he's OK.

That in itself wasn't that surprising, it seems a spot where there are lots of peds, bikes, cars, lorries, buses etc.

What I did take me slightly by surprise was ambulance and police coming northbound up the Cycle Superhighway!

Oh, and lots of complete moron cyclists still trying to weave in and out of bikes on slow moving Cycle Superhighway going to the Bridge.

Ped also injured by cyclist on CS 2 between Stratford and Bow this morning...four cyclists were attending to him and he was holding his nose as I went past..Looks like he got off a bus and wandered into the cycle path...hope he's ok,I felt really sorry for him....Strange ride for me with a car coming blindly out of a turning in the first set of backstreets and nearly wiping me out.Driver laughed and I told him it wasn't f'king funny and called him a twat.He also had two mates in the car but at the time and now I couldn't give a f'k....Another Cyclist had a spill on entry to Bow roundabout...Think he slipped on the red line.Seemed ok.and I had grief there with another motorist who beeped me as I had drawn to the front and he was in the advanced bit on entry to the Bow roundabout...so I swore at the idiot....For all his rushing he got stuck in traffic after 200 yards on the left turn at the roundabout...Some people really are short of brains...No left hand turn signal either.Few other minor things but the cyclists on the CS 3 were ok...Bit of a rough ride in but when I got to work I shrugged...I've had many good commutes so I was due a bad one.

 

[ianrauk]

Wolfed down 3 mini soreen loafs an hour before cycling home. was pretty much sailing all the way home. slightly over 30mins so no PB got stuck in traffic in 3 places and two van drivers were having a scream at each other right in front of me blocking my path and holding up the rest of traffic.

I feel like Soreen is the 'magic potion' from René Goscinny's 'Asterix & Obelix'

@StuAff is yer man for all things Soreen

 

[RoubaixCube]

Forgot to mention that i passed a guy on a brand new Fuji Gran Fondo Classico 1.3 -- Absolutely beautiful bike!

 

[StuAff]

@StuAff is yer man for all things Soreen

What's this mini loaf twaddle? They're flipping expensive! Lidl have standard size ones for 49p......

 

[Lonestar]

Forgot to mention that i passed a guy on a brand new Fuji Gran Fondo Classico 1.3 -- Absolutely beautiful bike!

Yes I must admit I do a bit of flirting with other bikes.

 

[fimm]

I'm stopped (on my Brompton) in an ASL and a chap on a Boardman hybrid stops next to me. We exchange hellos. When the lights change I let him go first as men on large-wheeled, smooth-tyred bikes are usually faster than me on the B. However in this case he doesn't really pull away and I indulge in a little bit of Silly Commuter Keeping Up (at an appropriate distance) until he turns off.

 

[Twizit]

BBC Weather forecasting.... Pah! That was most definitely not "light rain" this morning....


... he says after having just wrung out mitts, socks, shorts, shirt - looking forward to a nice damp commute home

 

[Smithbat]

Nice and sunny for my little commute this morning. It was very dull when I first got up and then the sun came out on the way, nice to feel it on my face again instead of head down against the stupid wind we have been having.

 

[Smithbat]

Wolfed down 3 mini soreen loafs an hour before cycling home. was pretty much sailing all the way home. slightly over 30mins so no PB got stuck in traffic in 3 places and two van drivers were having a scream at each other right in front of me blocking my path and holding up the rest of traffic.

I feel like Soreen is the 'magic potion' from René Goscinny's 'Asterix & Obelix'

Soreen is of the devil, I can't stand the stuff Him Indoors loves it!