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How was your cycle commute?

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I banged out a very pleasing 80km on a route I don't ride very often this morning as it finally wasn't raining. Got a couple of PRs.
 
DownwardDog said:
Strava is about at the stage usenet was before the Eternal September of 1993. A like minded community that mostly use their real names. However with it's increased popularity and the emergence of surveillance fetishists and grasses there will be a regrettable retreat to pseudonyms.

I banged out a very pleasing 80km on a route I don't ride very often this morning as it finally wasn't raining. Got a couple of PRs.
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Can I coin a new acronym?

DMDSM: Didn't mirror, didn't signal, maneuvered.

As practiced by the BMW driver this morning who pulled across into the cycle lane to undertake stationary traffic at the lights and get into a left filter without checking that there wasn't a cyclist (me) already in that lane. Cue sharp braking and hand gestures. I did get an apologetic wave of contrition, which is something.
 
had a fuckwitted lorry driver yell 'well you don't even have a driving license' at me this morning by way of explaining why he'd just merrily pulled out from a t-junction on hampstead road causing me to throw down anchors whilst calling him a blind fucking cunt.

caught up with him at the lights 8 seconds later and showed him my driving license.

fucking bulb.
 
pissflaps said:
had a fuckwitted lorry driver yell 'well you don't even have a driving license' at me this morning by way of explaining why he'd just merrily pulled out from a t-junction on hampstead road causing me to throw down anchors whilst calling him a blind fucking cunt.

caught up with him at the lights 8 seconds later and showed him my driving license.

fucking bulb.
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Licence. FFS. :mad:
 
Visiting my folks this week, so no bike. Feel genuinely sad that I won't use my bike for a whole 9 days. I'm not sleeping cos of it!
On a brighter note, my longer commute is finally pulling off as my parents have a set of scales and I was able to weigh myself and I am now what the BMI calls a 'normal' weight for the first time in years
 
Orang Utan said:
Visiting my folks this week, so no bike. Feel genuinely sad that I won't use my bike for a whole 9 days. I'm not sleeping cos of it!
On a brighter note, my longer commute is finally pulling off as my parents have a set of scales and I was able to weigh myself and I am now what the BMI calls a 'normal' weight for the first time in years
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With 9 days without a bike you may well be able to break through that barrier twice!
 
Hoping to make the journey home up to 20 miles tonight - distinctly odd looking weather outside.
I doubt it will actually rain - no proper clouds, but it's gone dark out there and there was something like dew condensing earlier ... but it's warm and I have music. :)
 
:p it's actually drizzling now and all I have apart from an insanely warm "office coat" is a flappy hiviz waistcoat and a second tee shirt - oh and my emergency binbag for actual downpours. :hmm:
 
I'll see how I feel when I get to the fork in the path - I'm struggling to work up the enthusiasm now - even though I know I'll be buzzing if I do it ... :hmm:
 
I think I might be doing the bike/train combo home tonight, had half the afternoon wiped out with severe heartburn/stomach pain - a little sick at one point. Nine miles into a 12mph wind isn't too appealing.
The railway station I'd go to is actually a couple of miles west of home, so I'll have the wind behind me for the last section. Still, at least I won't need a shower before I go out this evening by doing it this way.
 
joustmaster said:
Is your commute on some dark/unlit roads, these days?
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I am generally out on the road at 6:15am and coming back around 7:30-8pm if I am in the office.

So it'll be dark in a couple of months and no doubt the lights will be expensive then.
 
I got in my 20 miles on the way home.
It's silly that I'm knocking 5MPH off my speed on account of my excess weight, but I don't like speed much.
I get so much out of pushing against gravity up a hill at a modest pace.

I feel sorry for the earnest Lycra lads thundering up and down the path never stopping to appreciate the view and the the plants and animals.
 
Onket said:
Is it the time of year to start thinking about proper lights again?

Can ayone comment on this one?-

http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/.Electron-Terra-1-Evo-Li-Ion-Front-Light-System_122291.htm

It's for a road ride with some unlit sections.
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I have a Fenix BT10 light that uses a similar rubber-band-on-steroids as its method of attaching to the handlebars. The advantage is that it's easy to adjust vertically whilst riding and the BT10 (and BT20) pivot laterally so it's possible to point the beam right/left on the approach to bend. The disadvantage is obvious; when the band slips or breaks the front light goes AWOL. So I also secure it with some additional rubber bands as a back up.

What puts me off about this £80 light is "Huge 120 lumen light output". 120 lumens is hardly huge. I use two front lights (and sometimes three) for commuting in winter and the least powerful of them is 200+ lumens.
 
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