This morning's commute and other commuting stories

gopro guy was in his mind "overtaking" but I guess riding level with him upto the bus or even forcing him into the kerb

He clearly goes completely past the BMX at the lights, but GoPro guy keeps to the right as he's probably looking to overtake the guy in the suit ahead.

Not sure if I buy the "I didn't see him, I was looking to the right" line from GoPro guy. The BMXer is first visible undertaking (slightly ahead of GoPro guy) at 0:11, and they don't get to the back of the red bus before 0:14, so that's at least 2 full seconds he had to spot him. 2 whole seconds is a long time not to be looking forwards on busy roads.

What's odd is GoPro's behaviour after the red bus, he looks quite able to get past the bloke in the suit but decides not to, brakes quite sharply (front and rear brakes) and pulls in behind him when alongside the middle bus. I can only guess he's trying to annoy the BMXer who was now behind him. What he doesn't expect is the BMXer to go past him and kick his wheel out.

tl;dr looks to me like GoPro guy attempts to block off and punishment pass the BMXer for attempting to undertake, then slows down to further annoy him and gets his wheel kicked out for the trouble.

i would have given him the 9th dan karate. and then sniped him from a rooftop using my elite navy seals trainings.

BMX martial artist

I keep misreading this as "BMX marital artist"

This is why I hate cycling behind tons of cyclists I'd rather speed up and chance it with the cars in the next lane.

In other news my socks still not dry. Forgot to pack spare pair. Got 2.5hrs to dry.

Yep always best to ride in the fast lane down these roads and I don't get the video actually, how were the other people there so quickly and whose are the feet in the white shoes?

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OH yeah, I got a TFL survey this morning. Just filled it out. Anyone else?

I don't see anyone falling to the floor with their head anywhere near a coach wheel either; I see someone doing an endo after needlessly grabbing a load of brake and landing on their feet.

@goonz any news on your socks? Are they dry?

In other news my socks still not dry. Forgot to pack spare pair. Got 2.5hrs to dry.

Sorry if this is obvious advice, but have you wrapped them in whatever most resembles a dry towel, rolled up, then wrung the whole lot?

That, and then a good few minutes under the hand dryer before leaving somewhere to air usually did the trick for me.

You can also see the pixels

Endo with both feet on the floor

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Unless he fell to the floor rolled around and was back on his feet in less than a second he's talking rubbish.

Grassy Knoll level shit right here folks!

Drying by the window so will check in a bit.

I did wring everything out as soon as I got in, arm warmers, socks, cap pulled out insoles and stuffed shoes with tissues they are dry. Left socks on tissues to soak out but still damp. Merino socks take that much longer to dry than normal...

Believe it or not, not one of the toilets has an air dryer. All tissues. Best thing of all, went for a 'fresh air' break and its definitely turned chilly out there and riding home with even damp clothes does not fill me with much joy. Placing order for small portable oil radiator

A guy rides past and kicks out another riders front wheel and your overriding concern is whether he landed with one or two feet on the ground. Makes sense.

@Goonz

We just got one of these for laundry at home:
https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-19-october/product-detail/ps/p/heated-airer-1

Scratch that, just read comments online which make it sound useless. Good job it's still in the box.

I was going to say. Do you want to dry your clothes one thin strip at a time?

Autumn means even more condensation inside. I just shove the washing in front of the dehumidifier.

Yeah this is what I was having problems with. The video does not make sense

So 4:30 update socks still damp. Kept my feet nice and warm when wet but now they are a bitch to dry. 30 mins countdown...

@dubtap

I see someone doing an endo after needlessly grabbing a load of brake and landing on their feet.

The coach started indicating to pull out into his path.