Tales from today's commute....

[Arjimlad]

My son sent me a photo of that very sub this morning, he was piloting a safety boat on the way to a bridge inspection I think!

He was facilitating an inspection of the railway bridge over which you travelled!

 

[Arjimlad]

Lovely old Datsun passed me this morning...

Followed by a sh*tt*ng Peugeot !

 

[Andy in Germany]

Frequently see blokes on the Bristol Railway Path doing about 20mph uphill not pedaling at all. Also those people on bikes with really fat motorbike type tires. The rolling resistance must be huge and you can't go that fast uphill either.

Don't know if it helps, but we occasionally get customers with this sort of bike at work. The bikes are invariably... imported, and while they generally conform to local regulations, the owners find that their internet bought bike has lots of non-standard parts, brakes with unknown hydraulic fluid, motors we can't repair; tyres we can't replace; batteries which no longer hold a charge that we can't order... and on, and on... and because the bikes are made very cheaply, the original parts are failing.

So look at it this way, in about five years many of these bikes will vanish and/or be replaced, leaving the owner with a large bill and a scrap bike, while you keep pedalling and getting fitter...

 

[markharry66]

Feels like autum is here, had to put full length Gloves on this morning luckily I carry them all year round downside of this is i had forgot to wash them last time I used them, they were a bit smelly also had boil in the bag (high Viz jacket on). Thames water still camped out on the hill with temporary traffic light, according to the sign should have been finished two days ago probably left it there to cause maximum annoyance over the bank holiday weekend. Upper wickham lane only finsihed digging road up about week ago. Bored with digging up the same section voer and over again they have moved 300 yards down the road this has of course caused maximu traffic carnage on the way home pi**sing everyone off mission achieved. Fiday legs, no cycling this weekend .

 

[HLaB]

A nice fast and quiet commute for me this morning and a bit of train fettling. My headset since a 3.5h drenching the other week has been right juttery. Packed it with grease and put it exactly to torque and it was still juttery. I'm suspecting as the bike was built pre torque wrench, the headset bolt was overtightened at that point and just needed a few more lbs 🤞