cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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took a bit of a bashing today with 67 mile club ride !
Tales from today's commute....
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took a bit of a bashing today with 67 mile club ride !
spen666
Legendary Member
A big temperature drop until the sun got higher in the sky.
Many of the fair weather cyclists seem to have given up (or are WFH today)
Today's observation of the day is that there appears to be new rules for traffic lights for motorists - none of this squeezing through the lights as they change - being an amber gambler is considered old hat. Now it seems that as long as you say the light other than on a solid red, you just carry on, even if its been red for seconds by the time you get to the stop line.
Being a cyclist means for most people not stopping or even slowing down or looking at red lights. Pedestrians on crossings forced to jump out of your way etc
Many of the fair weather cyclists seem to have given up (or are WFH today)
Today's observation of the day is that there appears to be new rules for traffic lights for motorists - none of this squeezing through the lights as they change - being an amber gambler is considered old hat. Now it seems that as long as you say the light other than on a solid red, you just carry on, even if its been red for seconds by the time you get to the stop line.
Being a cyclist means for most people not stopping or even slowing down or looking at red lights. Pedestrians on crossings forced to jump out of your way etc
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Well, that was more eventful than usual.
Mottram St Andrew, village en route, was closed by police due to WWII UXB! Unfortunately, they only closed the road at the centre, so that meant over a mile retrace to the next cut through, which happened to be one of the 100 climbs https://cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/swiss-hill/
Lungs busted, rolled in the next few miles, only to suffer an outrageously close pass approaching some lights, for no reason at all. Managed a very polite request to take more care in future after knocking on miscreants window when I immediately caught him up. I suspect his polite response was helped by his daughter being in the passenger seat.
Mottram St Andrew, village en route, was closed by police due to WWII UXB! Unfortunately, they only closed the road at the centre, so that meant over a mile retrace to the next cut through, which happened to be one of the 100 climbs https://cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/swiss-hill/
Lungs busted, rolled in the next few miles, only to suffer an outrageously close pass approaching some lights, for no reason at all. Managed a very polite request to take more care in future after knocking on miscreants window when I immediately caught him up. I suspect his polite response was helped by his daughter being in the passenger seat.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Posted on FB by plod... "The device has been moved to a field in the local area where it can be safely detonated within the next few hours.
There may be more than one controlled explosion while EOD work to make the device safe."
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Oof, Swiss hill on the commute. Thoroughly unpleasant if damp. Last time I rode it was on my CX bike last year with 34x32 and grippy tyres. - Easy on that setup.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Welcome to the forum, Tadej!
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
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- South Glos
Yeah. I think I'd suffer an uncontrolled explosion if I had to work on something like that!
wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
That is a big bomb.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
A main route on my commute is closed at the moment. Diversion was very pleasant, added 1.2 miles to the ride. Going to see if I can get past the road closure as a pedestrian this evening.
They could have put a banana in the pic for scale!
I've been spending a fairly pointless 20 minutes trying to google what size bomb it is. If those are standard concrete paving slabs then they're 2" thick which would make it 16-18" diameter.
Haven't found a pic of one yet with an oblong hole in the side like that one. Also trawled through the typically unedifying comments on the FB post, but a couple of posters saying it's a 15 or 16" artillery shell. I'm dubious, can't see any driving bands near the base. And of course, what's a naval shell (way too big to be from any other kind of artillery) doing so far inland in a suburban garden? But I'm no expert on either artillery or bombs.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
They could have put a banana in the pic for scale!
I've been spending a fairly pointless 20 minutes trying to google what size bomb it is. If those are standard concrete paving slabs then they're 2" thick which would make it 16-18" diameter.
Haven't found a pic of one yet with an oblong hole in the side like that one. Also trawled through the typically unedifying comments on the FB post, but a couple of posters saying it's a 15 or 16" artillery shell. I'm dubious, can't see any driving bands near the base. And of course, what's a naval shell (way too big to be from any other kind of artillery) doing so far inland in a suburban garden? But I'm no expert on either artillery or bombs.
UOK hun?
Latest update: now made safe in a controlled explosion. Cycled through on way home, plod all gone.
Despite feeling crap I pushed the ride out with some of the usual hometime appointments after work. Was nice in the sun, temperature dropped as it disappeared but it was still very mild and fine in a fleece.
This evening's highlight was probably seeing a bloke at the shops in a polo shirt bearing the moniker "Baboon management" on the back. From the rest of his attire and his general demeanour I was left in no doubt that he could manage a baboon or two.
This evening's highlight was probably seeing a bloke at the shops in a polo shirt bearing the moniker "Baboon management" on the back. From the rest of his attire and his general demeanour I was left in no doubt that he could manage a baboon or two.
despite it being a Monday, I felt happy to be riding into work, last week was incredibly messy transport wise for one reason or another, so it was nice to be back into the routine again, the sky was blue, the sun was shining, the trees beginning to show their golden autumn glow, it was cool but not cold, barely a breath of wind, and even though Id managed to bash my knee hard over the weekend, even it seemed happy and wasnt complaining too much, though I might be getting the knee warmers out sooner than later.
would have been perfect, except for the 5 loose nuts behind the wheels of cars I met on the road
but I still arrived at work feeling quite positive about things, just disappointed that some people are just so triggered by cyclists mere presence on the road in front of them, and the lack of accountability to driving like complete muppets there is nowadays.
would have been perfect, except for the 5 loose nuts behind the wheels of cars I met on the road
but I still arrived at work feeling quite positive about things, just disappointed that some people are just so triggered by cyclists mere presence on the road in front of them, and the lack of accountability to driving like complete muppets there is nowadays.
