Weekend Commutes

[hackbike 666]

Any body else do these?
Especially during the very early hours.Had an incident with two lunatic motons racing each other yesterday.Today it was a moton pulling out from a left hand turn in front of me to save two seconds.Same moton then proceeds to left hook me when I catch him up at the lights.Then he is surprised when he gets a blast of the horn.I get to Bow Road tube and the road is cordoned of due to some moton crashing their car.It's Saturday night/Sunday morning so why am I surprised anymore?
So after talking to the copper I am diverted round the back streets of Bow.At least I know where Bow bus garage is now.

 

[3tyretrackterry]

yep me
12 hr shifts at weekends I do find some drivers act worse when there is less traffic on road but also find that peds especially drunken ones are pretty bad on a sunday morning after a night out. the bonus is that there is less traffic on the roads so chances of an incident are reduced.

 

[Tynan]

I get the distinct impression that a lot of boy racing and joy riding goes on over the weekend wee hours

It's a fact that anyone that pulls out in front of you in a desperate fashion will will be making a dangerous left or right hand turn into a side road immediatelt afterwards

 

[Bman]

Yes, 06:45 commute for me today.

There is very occasionally the odd boy racer, but all in all I much prefer the quiet (almost dead) traffic levels

 

[Browser]

Fairly regular weekend rides with my shift pattern. Saturday isn't much different from weekdays, maybe a few less trucks on the A47. Sunday's vary from quiet to post-apocalyptic in my part of the Fens and thus are very nice
I wish this dreary, drizzly weather would chuff off though, it's depressing to ride through

 

[magnatom]

Yes I work Sundays (i.e today). I love my Sunday commutes, I can fly in with very little traffic (Glasgow doesn't wake up until 11am at the earliest on a Sunday!).

Today I took my alternative back road rural route. Met one car on that part of the commute. Smashin'.

 

[gbb]

Yep, usually work Saturdays but this week its a Sunday...always commute by bike unless there's a reason to need the car later.
This morning (6am) was quiet, not many cars around in Peterborough.

 

[potsy]

Was very quiet out there this morning 4.45am. Took a couple of short cuts that I usually avoid due to traffic/legal restraints.
Do miss the chance to ride on nearly deserted roads in the week,but don't miss getting up at 4.15am

 

[Browser]

Yep, usually work Saturdays but this week its a Sunday...always commute by bike unless there's a reason to need the car later.
This morning (6am) was quiet, not many cars around in Peterborough.

Where's work gbb, if'n you don't mind me asking? (I'm at the Power Station)

 

[hackbike 666]

Yeah sorry about that....I thought I was the only one who worked weekends on here.

Boy aren't the weekend commutes fun?

I get the distinct impression that a lot of boy racing and joy riding goes on over the weekend wee hours

It's a fact that anyone that pulls out in front of you in a desperate fashion will will be making a dangerous left or right hand turn into a side road immediatelt afterwards

Aye on the boy racers and number two...yes if a moton does something dodgy then there is no reason to not believe he/she will drive like an ar53 again.

 

[gbb]

Where's work gbb, if'n you don't mind me asking? (I'm at the Power Station)

Eurodix over at Woodston...fruit packers.
Coming from Crowland, its a shame our paths are unlikely to cross, i dont often venture over the east side of town.

Thats a fairly busy ride if you're commuting on the roads i know..Crowland to Eye perhaps ? Not very wide roads and fairly fast traffic. I'd guess once you're in Eye its a cinch.

 

[Browser]

I go for the wuss/sensible option (depending upon your point of view) as Mrs Browser has forbidden me to use the A1073, due to it being as you described. So my route inis Crowland-to-Thorney, a short stretch of the A47 to Willow Hall Lane, the Willow Hall Lane to Pearces Road to Storeys Bar Road and Bobs yer wotsit! I did try sneaking along the 1073 a few times but was spotted by a friend of my wifes, who told her (cheers!) and she gave me a rollocking. It's 11.6 miles as opposed to 8.5 so it isn't exactly arduous, it's just a pain 'cos she isn't a very confident cyclist and so sees any traffic as one step up from certain death.
That would be Eurodix on Morley Way, yes? I'd imagine there are a plethora of motons to try and avoid in that neck of the woods!

 

[BentMikey]

They are certainly a different flavour to the weekday rides! Crazy drivers indeed. The most exciting/scary one I had yet was a 60mph Merc in Bromley in a 30 zone).

 

[gbb]

I go for the wuss/sensible option (depending upon your point of view) as Mrs Browser has forbidden me to use the A1073, due to it being as you described. So my route inis Crowland-to-Thorney, a short stretch of the A47 to Willow Hall Lane, the Willow Hall Lane to Pearces Road to Storeys Bar Road and Bobs yer wotsit! I did try sneaking along the 1073 a few times but was spotted by a friend of my wifes, who told her (cheers!) and she gave me a rollocking. It's 11.6 miles as opposed to 8.5 so it isn't exactly arduous, it's just a pain 'cos she isn't a very confident cyclist and so sees any traffic as one step up from certain death.
That would be Eurodix on Morley Way, yes? I'd imagine there are a plethora of motons to try and avoid in that neck of the woods!

T'would be yes...
I've said it before, i really find Peterborough drivers quite cycling friendly. Of course you get the odd incident, usually someone passing too close, but even then its not even every week it happens. i do a lot of commuting at rush hour and rarely have problems.
I can ride aggressively mind and dont mind mixing it with traffic in town.
I think i'd be more wary about cycling the 1073 than in town, towns no problem, so perhaps i can understand your wifes concerns.
Anyway...i'd go for the longer safer option, just to get the extra mileage in.

 

[hackbike 666]

They are certainly a different flavour to the weekday rides! Crazy drivers indeed. The most exciting/scary one I had yet was a 60mph Merc in Bromley in a 30 zone).

The motons moan about cyclists all the time but I think the cops need to get a grip.There is so much poor driving out there it's unbelieveable.

I try and be reasonable but these people get on my tits...That incident at the pinchpoint yesterday these people knew exactly what they were doing.

I have to be thankful I guess that I managed to keep out of the way of two speeding cars and it wasn't actually the worst overtake I have suffered and they made an effort to avoid me.