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How was your cycle commute?

sleaterkinney said:
Had a bit of road rage off a scooter driver this morning. What kind of prick still drives a scooter?
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So did I as it happens. He was most annoyed at me riding on the right hand side of the lane (because I was about to turn right)

Might have been the same one :D
 
I've had a couple of toots from halfwit drivers this week for daring to take the lane on approaching a roundabout. It's weird how the same sort of prickery comes in little clusters.
 
Dogsauce said:
I've had a couple of toots from halfwit drivers this week for daring to take the lane on approaching a roundabout. It's weird how the same sort of prickery comes in little clusters.
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Yeah I was wondering this last week, as I felt the same. Do you think it's because you're suit of keyed up after the first one and more aware?
 
Dogsauce said:
I've had a couple of toots from halfwit drivers this week for daring to take the lane on approaching a roundabout. It's weird how the same sort of prickery comes in little clusters.
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Yes, weird. I had a guy in a smartcar overtake with about a foot clearance down a narrow street and then have a go at me for "riding in the middle of the road" when he had to stop 20 yards further on cos of the traffic and I had a go at him.

Then, about half a mile on, a woman beeped me cos I was riding in the middle of the lane. Again, with a red light about 20 yards ahead.

People are fucking idiots. There's a reason why I'm taking a position in the middle of the lane, and it's not just to piss you off.
 
Not sure if you guys are coming in from south London, but the traffic this week on the main roads has been really congested again and consequently there seems to have been a lot more prickery from frustrated drivers.
 
tommers said:
Yes, weird. I had a guy in a smartcar overtake with about a foot clearance down a narrow street and then have a go at me for "riding in the middle of the road" when he had to stop 20 yards further on cos of the traffic and I had a go at him.

Then, about half a mile on, a woman beeped me cos I was riding in the middle of the lane. Again, with a red light about 20 yards ahead.

People are fucking idiots. There's a reason why I'm taking a position in the middle of the lane, and it's not just to piss you off.
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Also, most of the time I'm keeping up with traffic on my bike. The fact you want to drive at 35 is largely immaterial, especially if it's in the increasing numbers of 20 zones. So, in summary, please be patient or GTFO the roads.
 
Stupid bloody bus driver... if you want to overtake me and pull in, overtake me! Don't just slowly edge me closer and closer to the pavement and expect me to drop back! FFS, dickhead!
 
Commuting has been a frustrating mess of red lights and people (mainly buses) getting in my way this week. Plus the supposed south-westerly was actually a south-easterly and a headwind most of the way today, fucking lying shits at BBC weather.

Also had someone driving right at me yesterday, they were coming towards me and decided they were going to pull across into a parking space on my side of the road, underestimated my speed and moved onto my side of the road so I moved out to the right, then they thought I'd pass them on the left so moved back to my right, then back left again when they realised where I was heading. It was a bit like that thing where two people have problems passing each other in a corridor. Had to come to an almost complete halt and do quite a bit of swearing. Still got the KOM though :)
 
I was late leaving yesterday and yet had hardly any queues, slightly earlier than normal this morning and loads of traffic. Not sure everyone has broken up here. I don't mind the traffic so much, but get annoyed if I leave later and get pulled up at every pedestrian crossing up by the school.
 
Knocked off by a hit and run on a mini roundabout. Escaped with a sore thumb but will probably need a new rear wheel and mech. Not what I need at the beginning of the hols
 
Hit 20mph average for the first time today, chuffed. I like the school holidays. Scraped home despite getting caught by two pedestrian crossings, both of which had been activated by cyclists. Where's the solidarity? :D
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The CS7 is taking shape at Oval. There's been a segregated-ish bit on the short run north from Brixton Rd to Kennington Park Rd for a few days (it's a raised pavement just for cyclists) and this morning the lights at the Kennington Rd/Kennington Park Rd junction were working and the northbound cycle lane unveiled.
 
Winot said:
The CS7 is taking shape at Oval. There's been a segregated-ish bit on the short run north from Brixton Rd to Kennington Park Rd for a few days (it's a raised pavement just for cyclists) and this morning the lights at the Kennington Rd/Kennington Park Rd junction were working and the northbound cycle lane unveiled.
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Indeed, there was a whole new segregated bit as part of CS7. There was even a guy dressed in pink guiding us onto it! Some others were giving out leaflets to the cyclists. It's taken forever but it's finally getting there.
 
Winot said:
The CS7 is taking shape at Oval. There's been a segregated-ish bit on the short run north from Brixton Rd to Kennington Park Rd for a few days (it's a raised pavement just for cyclists) and this morning the lights at the Kennington Rd/Kennington Park Rd junction were working and the northbound cycle lane unveiled.
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I promptly ignored it too and mixed with the traffic, but I will give it a go in future.
 
I think this HIIT approach is making my net average speed quicker. I did 22 miles this morning at an average of 16.5mph, and I was only really going for it on the short bursts.
 
I think today was the first time I've ever ridden to work when I haven't needed the bike for something else, e.g. site visit, repairs, etc. Good fun, albeit very short (<10 minutes).
 
Knowing how hot it was, I took it fairly easy and avoided the HIIT stuff I've been doing recently. A good 17.5 miles though, via a lot of conveniently-shaded roads.
 
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