This morning's commute and other commuting stories

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  • ^^ Blimey. That's a depressing answer to the great existential question.

  • If the pavement wasn't wearing hivis it's fair to say he couldn't see it.

  • Had to cycle along the embankment yesterday evening from Blackfriars bridge to Battersea bridge.

    The stretch up to the Houses of Parliament is probably the most unpleasent commuting experience I have had in London.

    Can't those coaches go somewhere else?!

  • Chapeau "full kit iPod wanker"!

    Will your Strava segment be titled: The bit where I drafted a middle-aged man in steel toe-capped boots on a fixed Dawes Galaxy until I dropped him on a hill shouting "stay left, stay left"?

  • Decided not to bother with the train on my commute in this morning.

    A lovely ride on a crisp, sunny morning right until I got to the Seventh Circle of Hell, aka the M25. At that point the cheery dog-walkers and milk-buyers who'd wave and say hello were replaced with scowling commuters, frowning alternately at the world in general and their smart phone, as the standard of driving went from largely considerate and at worst a bit dozy to near-universal ineptitude and aggression.

    Still, I survived despite the best efforts of a Camden street sweeper who, with less than a mile of the journey left, made a determined effort to take me out by shoving his handcart into the street while gazing in quiet contemplation at the red man showing on the pedestrian crossing.

  • Awesome commuting distance, do you do the return journey in the evening?

  • Never done there and back so far. It would either be a very long day for me, or a very short working day. I might do later this year though.

  • 150+ miles a day commute would be a little too much I suppose.

  • Just on the pavement thing - I got told the other day by some kind of police officer in high vis "to just ride on the pavement until you get past the accident" This was on a stretch of road thad had a load of oil dumped on it either by the crashed motorbike or oil was the cause - whatever... But the pavement was full of kids watching the mayhem, people at a bus stop etc. I got off and walked. I wondered if it was a trap...

  • The non commuting by bike lasted a week, lovely ride in this morning until E&C. Crazy bus driver, driving one of them new buses at full pelt. He almost got me when another bus started to pull out and he wouldn't slow down. Not to say about the MTB brigade.

  • London Bridge northbound intersection at Monument...

    Lady on a city bike pootling along, was riding along the bus slip lane thing on the left hand side. Van had his indicator on for a very long time in the middle lane to the right of the bus lane and was carefully and slowly moving across to turn left. She went along in this bus lane, and then started pulling to the right with her hand out, completely ignoring the van driver, as she wanted to turn right from the left hand turning lane.

    She then had the audacity to make some sort of gesture at the driver, as if he was in the wrong!

    Now I haven't been in this country for long, but surely you give way to the front, rather than cutting on the inside of a turning vehicle clearly indicating and then proceeding to turn right? I yelled something at her but whatever. Fell on deaf ears.

    I watched all this happen in front of me (I was giving way to the van), and wanted to facepalm myself, but couldn't because I was in the middle of a half assed trackstand in between cars.

    People this morning. Van driver, if you're reading this, I was hating on that bicycle numpty too (she cut me off earlier on the bridge too without looking).

  • Bad cyclist thread>>>>>>>>>>>>

  • Bad cyclist thread>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Haha only just realised after my commute post turned into a rant. Sorry lads (and ladettes)

  • London Bridge northbound intersection at Monument...

    Lady on a city bike pootling along, was riding along the bus slip lane thing on the left hand side. Van had his indicator on for a very long time in the middle lane to the right of the bus lane and was carefully and slowly moving across to turn left. She went along in this bus lane, and then started pulling to the right with her hand out, completely ignoring the van driver, as she wanted to turn right from the left hand turning lane.

    She then had the audacity to make some sort of gesture at the driver, as if he was in the wrong!

    Now I haven't been in this country for long, but surely you give way to the front, rather than cutting on the inside of a turning vehicle clearly indicating and then proceeding to turn right? I yelled something at her but whatever. Fell on deaf ears.

    I watched all this happen in front of me (I was giving way to the van), and wanted to facepalm myself, but couldn't because I was in the middle of a half assed trackstand in between cars.

    People this morning. Van driver, if you're reading this, I was hating on that bicycle numpty too (she cut me off earlier on the bridge too without looking).

    Could be the burd I pinched on the arse on London Bridge the other week who RLJ'd everything and didn't like my action while calling her out.

    As for the pavement debate^ sure the pavement was empty but doesn't it just make you and then in the minds of all who witness it, assume that all of us are cunts, such that it can wheeled out in every argument.

  • Could be the burd I pinched on the arse on London Bridge the other week who RLJ'd everything and didn't like my action while calling her out.

    You sound pleasant.

  • Could be the burd I pinched on the arse on London Bridge the other week who RLJ'd everything and didn't like my action while calling her out.

    Please tell me that you didn't actually commit an act of sexual harassment.

    And 'burd' ... ?

  • The casual sexism of an alias yet a sub 4000 user number.

    Ergo a very old alias.

  • ^^^^ please go away. forever.

  • The casual sexism of an alias yet a sub 4000 user number.

    Ergo a very old alias.

    And 'burd' ... ?
    https://www.lfgss.com/search.php

  • Well my commute was boss. For some reason as yet unkown to me, I was SMOKIN' fast. And yes I know it's completely pointless to be fast because you're only fastest to the next red light but still...neeeeeeeeeeeeeowwwwwwwwwwww!!!

  • I've started getting up earlier again. It's been fucking amazing. That is all.

  • Well my commute was boss. For some reason as yet unkown to me, I was SMOKIN' fast. And yes I know it's completely pointless to be fast because you're only fastest to the next red light but still...neeeeeeeeeeeeeowwwwwwwwwwww!!!

    Atmospheric conditions no doubt. I hear that testers get very worked up about such things

  • Could be the burd I pinched on the arse on London Bridge the other week who RLJ'd everything and didn't like my action while calling her out.

    So you perform sexual harassment because you didn't like her breaking law, are you fucking kidding me?

  • So you perform sexual harassment because you didn't like her breaking law, are you fucking kidding me?

    I suspect they're just trolling you. Either way, not even worth paying attention to.

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