How was your cycle commute?

[Onket]

Anyway, talking of freebies-

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/new-unused-cycling-water-bottles.331785/

 

[weepiper]

It's warming up again this week, it seems. I think we got away with a mild winter.

My road biking mate posted this picture of his afternoon ride today with the caption 'careful son, there's a wee bit of ice down that way'

 

[Onket]

It's grim up north!

 

[Rebelda]

Fuck bikes, that would be wicked on a sledge!

 

[ChrisFilter]

*clang*

Hardly name-dropping They're club mates.

 

[Orang Utan]

My sinuses swell up after a ride at the mo. Ow. Feel like I've been punched.

 

[plurker]

Bit slushy this morning on Streatham backroads, but drivers seemed to be generous in giving way to me.
Once I got onto Kings Avenue it was all fine; just shitcoldwet

 

[a_chap]

Cold this morning but pretty nice out there right now. No snow, no wind, mild(ish)

 

[Orang Utan]

There was snow this morning in London! I wasn't expecting it, but the roads weren't icy, so it was fine.

 

[Rebelda]

I'm wearing my breton stripe dress again Onket

 

[Utopia]

There was snow this morning in London! I wasn't expecting it, but the roads weren't icy, so it was fine.

'twas lovely at 7am in Hackney this morning, plenty of virgin snow where I could draw lovely fine lines in with my pinarello single speed.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Saw a guy this morning on a lovely early 80s Bianchi with Campag record. At the traffic lights if you listened carefully you could hear the sound of the bike slowly dissolving in salt.

 

[Orang Utan]

what do people make of this 'safety' device?
https://www.blaze.cc/
eh? what's the point? how does having the shape of a bicycle projected on to the road in front of you going to keep you safe?

 

[a_chap]

what do people make of this 'safety' device?

I haven't been injured by one so far.

 

[Rebelda]

I don't know and I don't care. I've seen them on the road a couple of times and I WANT ONE.

 

[Orang Utan]

then there's this shite:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...srail-for-bikes-scheme-approved-10023945.html

 

[Orang Utan]

and this one made me want to burn London down:
http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/p...k-homes-along-londons-new-cycle-superhighways

 

[BigTom]

what do people make of this 'safety' device?
https://www.blaze.cc/
eh? what's the point? how does having the shape of a bicycle projected on to the road in front of you going to keep you safe?

File under: liberal's idea of a solution to a structural problem.

Still relies on drivers looking and acting, just gives then another point at which they can see you. If they look. How often do drivers look where the symbol will be? How many will pay attention to it? If you're in their blind spot, they see that then look in their mirrors you won't be there.

I think a lot of this is "something must be done, this is something, therefore it must be done" kind of thinking.

 

[ChrisFilter]

I don't think anything that makes you more visible is a bad thing.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't think anything that makes you more visible is a bad thing.

But it doesn't.

 

[ChrisFilter]

It does.

 

[Orang Utan]

It makes drivers notice a stupid projection of a bicycle a good few feet in front of the actual bike and cyclist, and would be confusing at best.

 

[ChrisFilter]

People who know more about the subject than you and I disagree. I'm happy to accept that.

I won't be buying one though.

 

[Orang Utan]

They're just other cyclists with other opinions. I trust my own.

 

[Ted Striker]

People who know more about the subject than you and I

Who?!

 

[Dogsauce]

Like most 'safety' devices, It'll become one of those things cyclists get blamed for not having in the event of an accident where someone else didn't look properly.

We should have one for cars that projects the number of points someone has on their license in front of them so we know to exercise caution around the more useless drivers.

 

[braindancer]

I haven't been injured by one so far.

I saw one of these last night for the first time - a guy was cycling behind me with one for a time so the bike image was projected on to the road in front of my wheel - I found it very distracting - particularly as the bike image was not static but twisting around doing some kind of dance. I was really confused by it at first - thinking what the fuck is going on? - then I realised what it was but even still I found it hard not to follow the dancing bike with my eyes instead of looking where I was going. When we got to some lights I told the bloke that his novelty laser show was likely to cause an accident. I hadn't twigged it was intended to be safety device

 

[steeeve]

I'll probably regret asking this but what are peoples opinions on dark/black cycling gear? I normally go for bright colours / hi viz but saw a good deal on a windproof jersey that only comes in mostly black with a couple of reflective strips

 

[Crispy]

I hate the way snow can waft its way behind my glasses and get in my eyes

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

I'll probably regret asking this but what are peoples opinions on dark/black cycling gear? I normally go for bright colours / hi viz but saw a good deal on a windproof jersey that only comes in mostly black with a couple of reflective strips

Black kit = way cool. As used by pre 1970 British TT riders as time trialing was banned on public roads - officially.

And the Belgian champion used to ride in an all black jersey - which meant you were double hard.

Fuck hi-viz - its for herberts.