This afternoons commute home

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extimus uero philosophus
Location
'ampsheeeer
By the time I got home I was pretty p***ed off with myself. For some reason I just couldnt get into it, kept making silly mistakes and then suffered a minor asthma attack when I got in... presumably because I stressed myself out.

Nearly got caught out by a small van at one point. Sat behind a people carrier waiting to pull on to a RAB, van pulls out from the left because the driver is waiting for the traffic from his right to pass, I follow the PC into the RAB but he suddenly slows and it turns out the van isnt heading off at the next exit like it appeared but doing a uturn. Good driver though, slowed right down, didnt beep and was patient until I got out of the way.

Two loose dogs in the back streets of Shirley. Boxers. Scared the bejessus out of me. No idea where they came from, scared an old dear with a yorkie too. Then they ran off in the opposite direction to us. Trouble is I'd come around the corner and been faced by them in the road.

City centre.. perhaps I could have rung the bell a little more. Got scowled at by some bloke and his missus walking a pram in the cyclepath outside the Geothermal. A nice tailwind was pushing me along and I was perhaps going a little too fast at that point.

Generally I dont feel as if I had been as observant today. Have been feeling run down and tired, bad migrane on friday and feel like I'm still recovering. One of the managers at work did find my crash test dummy jersey quite funny, though.
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Sometimes we aren't perfect ... but when you start analysing your mistakes as you go along sometimes you loose your focus on the rest of your journey and just carry on making further mistakes (speaking from experience :biggrin: )
 
It happens - I've done that sort of thing a few times. City centre / busy street cycling can be more stressful than we like to admit - I know I don't always do that to myself. And we are keen to enjoy our ride and get up a pace and it can be hard to be patient as the two often don't fit as well as we'd like with town centre riding.

And +1 for we're can't be perfect - as cyclists we often feel a bit more responsible than other road users. And dogs can be darn scary.
 

Moodyman

Legendary Member
We all have those days. Don't worry.

Normally I'm very focussed and aware, but occasionally I'll go into dreamland and then a near-scare will bring me back to reality
 
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extimus uero philosophus
Location
'ampsheeeer
I've been remarkably on the ball today. Even managed to save myself from going over some plum's bonnet (mobile phone user, pulled out onto the RAB I was on, told him he'd see me if he puts the phone down, he put the phone down).

Seemed to be more relaxed today, traffic wise.
 

Knockoffneil

New Member
Location
Mansfield
I was like that today, it was so damn hot. I've only been cycling a week though, but being a motorcyclist my hazard perception is usually spot on, (no crashes to date) yet today i found myself skidding to a stop more than once. And if im always skidding it feels like im not paying attention.
 

DTD

Veteran
Location
Manchester
I suppose knowing when you've done something wrong can be a good sign, there's plenty of car drivers don't seem to notice (or want to blame someone else).
 
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