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How was your cycle commute?

gentlegreen said:
Shorts and tee shirt weather again, but the railway path section was ruined first by a bunch of clueless idiots weaving at speed between cyclists and pedestrians,

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and finally by a thug who came and sat inches from my back wheel - sadly I didn't get his face.
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...not to mention the lady with the Hi Viz vest who has neglected to display her 'Wide Load' sign! ;)
 
T & P said:
Who's looking forward to tomorrow morning's 90mph-wind commute then?
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I gave my bike a good check-over today - brakes, tyres and transmission - and tweaked my front light a bit.
A strong westerly isn't the end of the world on my route.
Going home will be less fun.

Current estimate is in the 40s in Bristol.
 
gentlegreen said:
I gave my bike a good check-over today - brakes, tyres and transmission - and tweaked my front light a bit.
A strong westerly isn't the end of the world on my route.
Going home will be less fun.

Current estimate is in the 40s in Bristol.
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Side winds pushing one to the right and into the path of oncoming or overtaking traffic would be the chief concern in parts of my route. Crossing the Thames should be fun :D
 
I got a puncture ten minutes in this morning - my first for about six months - but I was in a handy place to pull over and put in a spare inner. After that it was a pretty good ride, if a bit heavy going when going into the wind.
 
T & P said:
Who's looking forward to tomorrow morning's 90mph-wind commute then?
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Contemplating the bus. Going over Kew Bridge can be hairy enough in a stiff breeze.

But then maybe a double decker bus isn't ideal in 80mph winds either.
 
I'm working from home - I usually do on Mondays, but was planning on going in tomorrow. Except now I'm not anymore. ;)
 
I'm rather proud of my 15 year old son who despite the presence of new inner tubes in our shed now has 3 patches on his rear wheel inner tube.
I normally chuck them after that.. .What's the record for number of patches on a tube?
 
ChrisD said:
I'm rather proud of my 15 year old son who despite the presence of new inner tubes in our shed now has 3 patches on his rear wheel inner tube.
I normally chuck them after that.. .What's the record for number of patches on a tube?
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I've never patched an inner tube.
A new one costs £2.50 and they puncture only every couple of years.

I'm a wasteful man.
 
In my days of under-inflated 27 x 1 1/4" Michelin World Tour tyres, my tubes had loads of patches and bizarrely I carried a puncture kit, but no spare tube that I can remember. :confused:

These days I have chunky Conti tyres with Kevlar and carry both, but rarely ever need either.

I was somewhat spoiled because Conti gave away free inner tubes for a while - so I got into the habit of replacing both at the same time... but I ride harder and farther these days so I'm back to having inner tubes with patches - and Conti MTB inner tubes are a lot more than £2.50.
 
I honestly can't remember the last time I had a puncture. I said this out loud at work the other day and everyone immediately went 'ooooh guess what you're getting on the way home' but nothing yet :hmm:
 
weepiper said:
I honestly can't remember the last time I had a puncture. I said this out loud at work the other day and everyone immediately went 'ooooh guess what you're getting on the way home' but nothing yet :hmm:
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The puncture gods are aye vigilant, and hubris like this calls loud and shrill to them. I'd suggest an immediate tribute to them as atonement, or you're looking at a double puncture, with lingering shards of glass too small for eye or hand to detect, just waiting to flatten your tubes again 3 minutes after you've swapped and reinflated. Probably on a pishing wet day as well.
 
gentlegreen said:
This evening's thug.
It was just like being tailgated by a car - shocking to be shouting "back off" to another cyclist.
I asked him to go in front so I could get him on video.
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Not following this. Are you saying that he was too close behind you? If so, why not just slow down and make him pass. And by thug, was he actually acting in a threatening way, or is it just because he was slipstreaming you.
 
Lemon Eddy said:
Not following this. Are you saying that he was too close behind you? If so, why not just slow down and make him pass. And by thug, was he actually acting in a threatening way, or is it just because he was slipstreaming you.
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He was actually threatening me.

We were doing 15MPH - and the path was busy.

There was no room for a safe overtake and I would never ever apply my brakes with someone so close to my wheel.

There's a video if you really want to see.
 
I was almost disappointed.
A lull in the wind so no assistance up the hill.

Lots of fallen leaves and twigs, but nothing to make me take evasive action.

The rain held off until I was at work so I was unnecessarily over-dressed.

On the plus side, many fewer cyclists and an almost empty bike shed. :)
 
gentlegreen said:
He was actually threatening me.

We were doing 15MPH - and the path was busy.

There was no room for a safe overtake and I would never ever apply my brakes with someone so close to my wheel.

There's a video if you really want to see.
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Who said anything about braking. Just ease up on the pedalling.

You really do seem to get a lot of aggro from other cyclists.
 
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