How was your cycle commute?

[Orang Utan]

People will just think 'that bloke just shined a light in my face' and remain baffled as to why.

 

[Onket]

People will just think 'that bloke just shined a light in my face' and remain baffled as to why.

Exactly.

GG has already said on this thread that another cyclist has shouted "not shouting at people today?" or similar to him!

 

[Onket]

Shining my light back at cyclists who do that to me ?
Depends who it is - sometimes I simply point it out loudly. I don't actually like doing the thing I'm complaining about - and there are often people near by. I certainly resist flashing at ninja idiots.
And where the feck does this "Shining a bright light in the face of other cyclists because you don't approve of their choice of clothing" thing come from ?
My horn is never appropriate on shared paths - except in jest.

You call them 'ninja idiots'. I presume they are in dark clothing that you don't approve of?

 

[TitanSound]

FUCK!

Riding home at a reasonable clip despite the pain from my shoulder and ribs when POP! and the bearable pain in ribs became sudden excruiciating pain.

Rode home very slowly feeling sorry for myself

Maybe this is a hint that you need to rest up and get better? Your persistence is admirable, but sometimes the body just needs some time ya know?

 

[Orang Utan]

Puncture on the way in again. Had to finish journey by train.

 

[pissflaps]

^ d-lock your bike in the face.

 

[Blagsta]

Puncture on the way in again. Had to finish journey by train.

Carry a spare inner tube.

 

[Orang Utan]

Carry a spare inner tube.

Thanks dad.
I am intending on getting puncture resisant tyres AND spare inner tubes on payday, but even if I had those with me, it would still have been a train ride to get to work on time.

 

[Blagsta]

it takes 10 minutes to change an inner tube

but yes, good idea to get puncture resistant tyres, I got these

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/continental/travel-contact-tyre-ec004867

and went from having a puncture every couple of weeks to having about two a year

 

[Orang Utan]

It takes me half an hour! And I still need to get a portable pump that will get enough air in my tyres. I prefer to get the bike somewhere with a track pump before attempting to replace an inner tube.
Esp if I get these new tyres which I hear a bugger to fit.

 

[pissflaps]

or just take a train from the get go. you cyclists... any excuse to have a whinge.

 

[Orang Utan]

Was thinking of getting these:
http://www.cyclesuk.com/product/Gator_Skin_Hardshell_700_X_23_TYC00310
Plus tape for inside the wheel

 

[Blagsta]

Practice! Used to take me ages to do, now only takes 10 minutes.

Which tyres are you getting? Don't get Schwalbe, they have a habit of popping off rims and making your inner tune go bang.

 

[pissflaps]

Was thinking of getting these:
http://www.cyclesuk.com/product/Gator_Skin_Hardshell_700_X_23_TYC00310
Plus tape for inside the wheel

you mean rim tape? yeah you should really get some of that.

there is not a tyre in the world that is puncture proof. get narrower tyres. Less surface area = less likelihood of picking up a sharp. or suttin.

 

[joustmaster]

I don't carry a spare (or any tools) on my commute.
I've no interest in working on my bike at the side of a road first thing in the morning, or after a long day at the office.
Never had a commuting failure, in the last 3 years. If I do I will walk it to work, or home.

Not that I don't enjoy working on my bike. Just don't in a bus lane in the cold at 8am.

 

[gentlegreen]

You call them 'ninja idiots'. I presume they are in dark clothing that you don't approve of?

It is my assumption that they are trying not to be seen and yes, most of them dress in dark clothing in addition to having no lights - but they fail ultimately because they haven't painted all the shiny bits of their bike.
I wear black too as it happens - apart from the dayglo waistcoat and the armband.
The unlit pedestrians are a pain, but at least they move at pedestrian speed. (it's their modulation of cyclists' lights that makes them visible) I've been known to say more restrained things to pedestrians when they're being particularly stupid in that regard.

 

[gentlegreen]

People will just think 'that bloke just shined a light in my face' and remain baffled as to why.

I rarely fire the light without also shouting that their light is too bright.
Someone this morning put their hand over their vicious strobing light when they saw me - I'd given him a couple of blasts of mine as well as shouting "that's a fecking horrible light" as we passed - in retrospect I should have said "why not just switch the fecking thing off ?"

 

[gentlegreen]

Not that I don't enjoy working on my bike. Just don't in a bus lane in the cold at 8am.

 

[joustmaster]

My commute is 95% on roads with bus lanes.

 

[Crispy]

I recently nearly ran into someone kneeling down by their upside-down bike, right in the middle of this cycle lane (at night):

 

[joustmaster]

I recently nearly ran into someone kneeling down by their upside-down bike, right in the middle of this cycle lane (at night):

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Exciting! I bet it made for a good vocal exclamation

 

[Crispy]

Exciting! I bet it made for a good vocal exclamation

brake, swerve
"Don't do it THERE!!?!"

 

[fredfelt]

10 days without cycling. At least another week before I can cycle - probably three.

While sitting on a bus yesterday - feeling envious of cyclists whizzing past while it crossed my mind that I could get a second foot brace and fashion some SPD clips into the bottom of them.

Without a bike it's such a mission to get anywhere!

 

[Onket]

It is my assumption that they are trying not to be seen and yes, most of them dress in dark clothing in addition to having no lights - but they fail ultimately because they haven't painted all the shiny bits of their bike.
I wear black too as it happens - apart from the dayglo waistcoat and the armband.
The unlit pedestrians are a pain, but at least they move at pedestrian speed. (it's their modulation of cyclists' lights that makes them visible) I've been known to say more restrained things to pedestrians when they're being particularly stupid in that regard.

And so I was entirely correct, as usual.

 

[gentlegreen]

And so I was entirely correct, as usual.

Are you becoming a pogofish variant ?

There's one repeat offender who's done head to toe in orange post office hi-viz - I simply shout "still not got any lights ?"
Mind you I also recently saw a PO worker finishing his rounds on a PO bike with no lights...

 

[Onket]

Are you becoming a pogofish variant ?

No.

But I would prefer you to at least try to understand the post you are disputing before making a fool out of yourself.

 

[gentlegreen]

No.

But I would prefer you to at least try to understand the post you are disputing before making a fool out of yourself.

"ninja" is a concept.

 

[Onket]

We can recap if you want?

 

[Onket]

Shining a bright light in the face of other cyclists because you don't approve of their choice of clothing, or you think their light is angled incorrectly is not the same thing.

where the feck does this "Shining a bright light in the face of other cyclists because you don't approve of their choice of clothing" thing come from ?

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You call them 'ninja idiots'. I presume they are in dark clothing that you don't approve of?

yes, most of them dress in dark clothing

 

[gentlegreen]

You know damn well that "Ninja" is an abstract concept away from Samurai movies.
I'm sure there are a billion non-sequiturs and linguistic inconsistencies in other Urbanites' postings - why not make a project of it. ?

For the record I left school at 16 having failed my English O level.