How was your cycle commute?

[gentlegreen]

My back one is leaking very slowly at the moment - there is probably a rate of deflation that should trigger action - but people using natural rubber constantly have to pump theirs up.
It was so much easier while Conti were giving a free inner tube with every tyre...
I must order a couple of new tubes.

 

[Hellsbells]

lots of really annoying cyclists out tonight - over taking on the left, zooming past on the right with no more than a few centremetres between them and me, zooming through red lights, blinding me with riddiculously bright lights Guess alot of people are trying to be more healthy after christmas, or avoiding paying the increased tube fares. Am hoping most of them will give up when it starts getting properly cold again.

 

[gentlegreen]

Am hoping most of them will give up when it starts getting properly cold again.

Hear Hear !
I'm not sure who I hate the most - the Ninjas or the blinders.
I unashamedly set a very high standard for that sort of thing - cycling should be a synthesis of thoughtfulness, efficiency and grace. At least other cyclists are unlikely to kill me though as there aren't very many of them and most are going in the opposite direction ...

Perhaps I'm particularly fussy because I cycle to music.

 

[gentlegreen]

It's good on a grey day to have a record of why even a simple homeward commute can be enjoyable :-

 

[joustmaster]

blinding me with riddiculously bright lights .

I followed some one who had an insanely bright back light, the other day.
It was so dazzling, I couldn't even really make out the road

 

[Onket]

ok, but a lot of the 'cycling look' exists for a good reason Especially helmets & gloves. And lycra (or man made fibre) stuff is worn because it dries quickly & is aerodynamic, not because of its looks... Juss sayin'... Put a helmet on Onket!!!! xx

Wore one everyday in London and only haven't since cos it was hidden in some box somewhere.

So there.

And I wear windproof cycling gloves.

Lycra is a definate no, sorry.

 

[Onket]

Nearly went into a parked car just before I got home tonight because I was checking my texts.

That's right.

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[Onket]

Tell me about it!

 

[colacubes]

Not that I'm in a position to comment as looks like I'll be off my bike for the foreseeable due to a (probably tbc on Wednesday) fractured elbow

 

[gentlegreen]

Found out this week that the one way street were I live is being blocked to through-traffic for 3 months, for sewage work - so they're making it into two cul-de-sacs - except for pedestrians and thereby cyclists.

One side-benefit of having no rat-runners for 3 months is that I will be legally cycling up it the wrong way.

(It used to just be me - for 25 years now, but it's becoming a cyclists contraflow by default - it's completely logical.)

 

[gentlegreen]

Not that I'm in a position to comment as looks like I'll be off my bike for the foreseeable due to a (probably tbc on Wednesday) fractured elbow

Bloody hell - how did you do that ?

 

[colacubes]

Bloody hell - how did you do that ?

Not bike related (thank fuck). Looks to be an aggravation of a previous 15 year old fracture by knocking it at some stage. Slightly shits on my new year loads of cycling and exercise intentions though

 

[Crispy]

Am hoping most of them will give up when it starts getting properly cold again.

Bah!

Hear Hear !

Humbug!

More cyclists = good

 

[Pat24]

Bah!

Humbug!

More cyclists = good

I agree, though I keep seeing peeps on bikes that should perhaps take a look at the highway code before they get on the road - mind I can say the same for lots of motorists.

 

[ddraig]

e2a to Crispy
yes it is
can't deny it
more and a wider range of people please
only then can it become mainstream and on the way to being considered 'normal'

 

[gentlegreen]

Very mild this morning, but I somehow managed to leave the house wearing two tee shirts plus a heavy long-sleeved cotton shirt, plus my fairly warm shell top - and a scarf, so I was sweating like a pig by the time I got to work.

WVM pulled off a spectacular left hook just as I was getting onto a mini-roundabout and in so doing, blocked the sight lines of drivers approaching from the left.

A great shame there was no company livery ...

 

[Onket]

I overslept by 12 minutes so was only able to cycle to the second station along the line, rather than the third one.

I am also already completely done in by this extra cycling.

 

[Crispy]

I am also already completely done in by this extra cycling.

That will last a matter of weeks

 

[Ted Striker]

On the bike for the first time since December #feelaliveagaincliche!

 

[Hellsbells]

Bah!

Humbug!

More cyclists = good

Not if most of them don't have a clue what they're doing on the road and risk their own lives (and mine)

 

[Onket]

They will improve and are not to be discouraged, imo.

 

[Wolveryeti]

Potholes big enough to hide a baby in

More and more these days...

 

[ringo]

New toy assembled ready for the ride home

 

[Onket]

Wow!

 

[Crispy]

Looks like it's going fast already

 

[ringo]

Just needs some new pedals

 

[gentlegreen]

Just needs some new pedals

big chunky MTB ones with spikes.

 

[han]

On the bike for the first time since December #feelaliveagaincliche!

Me too!

I stopped for a few days in early December when it was like -2 in the morning (wimp!) and then sort of got out of the habit - dreadful - I've really missed it. Back in the saddle today - so much better

 

[Ted Striker]

Oh, and if we're allowed to flaunt our new possessions, I took delivery of my new baby (well, the frame) on Friday...Just need to find all the parts put him together. Should be ready by next xmas...