fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Nooooo
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Nooooo
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Wasn't the LEJOG but when I started cycling I went on week tour with https://cyclingsafaris.com/itinerary/ireland-connemara-galway-and-mayo/ and one rider had a Tern we weren't going fast though.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
no riding for me ( see mundane news )
On balance a decent ride back. Nice to leave work in the convincing light and tolerable temperature, into town and it seemed that the weather had brought out all the cyclists with great swathes of our number pouring down the roads and most weren't hanging about.
Did the first (that I can remember) "full" post-work ride; out north, back in along the tow path, stopped at the park for a dangle then on to the shops to (largely unsuccessfully) hunt bargains.
My energy and enthusiasm waned whilst in the supermarket and I left feeling crotchety and tired, although the ride back was objectively decent.
24 miles today, the weekly and monthly mileages slowly creeping up again
Did the first (that I can remember) "full" post-work ride; out north, back in along the tow path, stopped at the park for a dangle then on to the shops to (largely unsuccessfully) hunt bargains.
My energy and enthusiasm waned whilst in the supermarket and I left feeling crotchety and tired, although the ride back was objectively decent.
24 miles today, the weekly and monthly mileages slowly creeping up again
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Decent ride home, but some cyclists are a bit shoot.
Got jumped at a set of lights by a bloke on a gravel bike, fine I thought , lots quicker bike than mine. He shot off, put some distance into me (I'm on a commuter MTB with knobblies), but I quickly caught him on any inclines, then he'd be off as it levelled out. Had to freewheel at one point so I didn't pass. He just had no power on a slight incline, and I was going easy. Pulled up at the back of a traffic queue, so he filtered through it. Just as I was setting off, behind a car, whilst in primary, some other cyclist then tries to undercut me. Comes slightly past but they have no acceleration and drops off the moving cars and me. Roll on a junction and I can see him coming up as I'm waiting to turn left after a couple of cars, again almost undercuts me until I signal. I was stationary at this point and less than 1m from the curb waiting to go left.
Some of these folk don't help themselves. Zero road scene even with other cyclists.
Got jumped at a set of lights by a bloke on a gravel bike, fine I thought , lots quicker bike than mine. He shot off, put some distance into me (I'm on a commuter MTB with knobblies), but I quickly caught him on any inclines, then he'd be off as it levelled out. Had to freewheel at one point so I didn't pass. He just had no power on a slight incline, and I was going easy. Pulled up at the back of a traffic queue, so he filtered through it. Just as I was setting off, behind a car, whilst in primary, some other cyclist then tries to undercut me. Comes slightly past but they have no acceleration and drops off the moving cars and me. Roll on a junction and I can see him coming up as I'm waiting to turn left after a couple of cars, again almost undercuts me until I signal. I was stationary at this point and less than 1m from the curb waiting to go left.
Some of these folk don't help themselves. Zero road scene even with other cyclists.
