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How was your cycle commute?

Fine so far, not so fine for my friend who fell on his head in Grosvenor Square after being tapped off his bike and is now brain damaged and depressed and living alone in the countryside, after having alienated all of his friends with anger and delusions. He now spends all day posting Bjork videos on Facebook and ranting about his carers and his neighbours
 
I wear a helmet a lot less than I used to. If that's of any interest. Which I doubt it is.
 
a_chap said:
I wear a helmet a lot less than I used to. If that's of any interest. Which I doubt it is.
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Especially having had your wisdom teeth removed !

I was rather hoping I would be safe with mine having got so far .. there was a bit of discomfort when mine first emerged.
 
As I've said before, I consciously avoid wearing mine except when commuting - ever since my one accident** where the helmet did a little good.
I'm getting the same way with HI-VIZ - in addition to excessively-bright and unsuitable lights.

Not sure I'd ever want to ride a Pashley though ...

** I don't really consider it an accident - it was my incompetence in maintaining my bike.
 
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My weekend's activities have been sadly curtailed by the annual "Freshers' lurgy" - my lymph nodes up so high I woke up wondering if I'd been cheese-rolling in my sleep again. I got through the day on adrenalin from the ride in, plus the pressure of deadlines and several minor disasters emerging during the day.
I was all set for a 20 miler on the way home today - and possibly Sunday which might have yielded the odd glimmer of sunshine.
 
I don't get "colds" as such - just some sort of "flu-lite" .. not sure about my shoulder pain being lymphatic now.
My back was spasming a bit in Aldi..
Perhaps when I'm a bit wiped out I simply lose control of my musculature .

I rode a few gentle miles to my "every other week" shops ...

It's drizzling a bit here, but warm, so I may have a lie down on my garden bench in a bit and listen to the afternoon play.
 
:)

The "winter" gloves seem to have changed in design - let's hope they're a bit warmer - I have 4 pairs that I wear all year.
Sort of a shame if they're too warm for summer as one of my current pears is starting to get a bit ragged - I wash a pair most weeks.
 
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Changing of the seasons, etc. Both my children have custard noses. My tip (for adults) is to have a Berocca style soluable vitamin tablet every day. Lidl ownbrand (or anyone else really) are about a quid or just over for about 20.

This sort of thing (I can't find the Lidl one, but they do a nice Tangerine flavour)- http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webs...tle&referrer=cookiesDetecting#product/5881379

That ASDA one is a bit more expensive but it is 1250% of your RDA for Vit C.

I rarely have colds or anything like that these days.
 
T & P said:
Not sure if the best place to stick the story, but it does not merit a thread of its own... Hilarious piece in the Telegraph about rude cyclists ruining things for the poor residents of Surrey

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/acti...ar-declared-on-the-Lycra-louts-on-wheels.html
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It seems that cyclists are also quite troublesome for HGV's so the Road Haulage Association has stepped in to tell cyclists how to behave on the roads.

http://rdrf.org.uk/2013/09/20/victim-blaming-from-the-road-haulage-association/
 
Onket said:
Changing of the seasons, etc. Both my children have custard noses. My tip (for adults) is to have a Berocca style soluable vitamin tablet every day.

I rarely have colds or anything like that these days.
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I get the lurgy this time every year (in my case, plus or minus a few days) as do a lot of my colleagues because I'm suddenly exposed to germs from thousands of people.

Actually I was slightly off ...

10/03/2010
21/10/2010
06/10/2011
24/02/2012
02/05/2012 - bonus lurgy
01/10/2012
18/03/2013- FLU
23/09/2013

The annoying thing was that like the previous couple of years I was trying to get in two or three evening rides on the way home right up until it gets too dark ..

Googling suggests Vitamin C benefits the athletic, so there may be something in it, but greatly increases the risk of kidney stones - so perhaps I'll try it for limited periods each year - I do take fizzy vitamins sometimes, but it's been a bit random...
 
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I brought a £10 quid helmet off ebay cant see an extra £50 changing the laws of physics on polystrene and hard plastic and the amount of protection it gives.
 
All lids sold have to be to the same BSI kitemark standard on crush/break etc - the difference in price is just weight and venting. I wear a helmet all the time, my missus was hit'n'runned in Feb and fell hard enough to snap the helmet - better hat than head is my adage.

In non-hat news, I rode fast today, and got my commute 8.1miles under 29 minutes for the first time! One *very* hairy moment on Blackfriars Bridge when an HGV (in the RH lane) decided to cut across lane 1 and the cycle lane, without indicating, to turn left. Luckily there was a black cab in lane 1 who slammed on his horn his horn to alert the HGV else there'd have been at least one rider underneath. :mad:
 
fredfelt said:
It seems that cyclists are also quite troublesome for HGV's so the Road Haulage Association has stepped in to tell cyclists how to behave on the roads.

http://rdrf.org.uk/2013/09/20/victim-blaming-from-the-road-haulage-association/
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The first two don't seem unreasonable - so long as they admit that HGV drivers sometimes overtake cyclists and put them in that position - there certainly are some clueless cyclists around.

"Wear hivis" WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY DARK - seems reasonable.
"Use lights" is patronising to any cyclist with three braincells.

As for "use cycle lanes", "wear helmets" - they can feck off.

Here's a lorry driver who appears to be telling a cyclist he should be using the shared pavement :-

 
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As for "use cycle lanes", "wear helmets" - they can feck off.

Here's a lorry driver who appears to be telling a cyclist he should be using the shared pavement :-

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On several occasions I've had exactly the same thing happen to me as in that video. That's why the advice from the RHA in regard to using cycle paths irritated me a little.

Edited to add as I'm having a quiet day today I might just fire off an email to the RHA about their to advice to always use a cycle path - and I'll include a link to that video.
 
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