This morning's commute and other commuting stories

I kept reading it as Mirkwood.

Brixton and Cs7 at rush hour? do not want.

I find cycling through Brixton at rush hour a right PITA.

Doing the length of the CS7 once a week is more than enough for me. TBH It's the cyclists more than anything else...

Thank god I moved north.

Woah.. It is all kinds of cold out there tonight.

Roads with heavy traffic are even frosted over, just did a skid on New X Rd and back-pedalled a rotation before I came to a stop.

Stay safe out there y'all.

I think they've changed them recently, they used to be fairly normal, now you can be there forever. Literally West Norwood FOR LIFE SENTENCE.

Didn't regret not having my gloves onway home. Great ride would do again.

misty and chilly, nice ride home..

Took a +/- 40 mile detour on the commute home.

Both wheels off the ground 2 or 3 times.

Commute home was on:

That looks a bit too mobility scooter to me.

Delightful couple of days, I've been very impressed by loads of really considerate, alert driving, long may it continue. Nice raspy chest cough from dat biting cold tho.

Skip truck drivers.

They really don't give a fuck when you have to take evasive action to get out of their way, do they.

It puts into perspective the driver crossing the lane into me earlier though.

Silver linings, and all that.

Cycled by a chap with his young daughter on the back of a folding tandem, (or at least that's what it looked like) and remarked on how awesome it looked. He said it felt like "having an electric motor on the back". I hope to look that rad one day.

What happened on commercial road this morning? Massive cordon across street near the market.

Look in rider down...

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/258726

Why the fuck did I ask.

More bus drivers being dicks in Croydon. Going to look into reporting the diversion as dangerous.

Railton Road, forget Dulwich Road > Water Lane > Effra Road > Brixton Road... Waste of time...

Lovely part of the world.

This thread should be renamed "This morning's commute and other cool stories"

Involved in a 3 bike pileup last night thanks to a ped who decided that the green light for traffic meant she could cross the road even though she was about 2 bikes lengths from the crossing. Think the first guy must have slammed on the anchors while on a drain cover as he went down the guy slightly in front of me cut across me taking me out. No one seriously hurt a few people stopped to help out. Women was nowhere to be seen.

Then this morning Captain Hi-Viz started shouting at me to be braver along Dulwich Rd as you join from Norwood Rd. Have no idea what his was on about, not sure what he wanted me to do, buses parked on the left, cars in middle and cars on the right, he pulled an undertake between a car and indicating left bus causing everyone to stop and blast horns. Caught up with him a 1 minute later told him that was a dick move and that the G-Pro on his head is going to save his life. Complete knob jockey.

6/10

^ Had this a lot recently, people angrily telling me to cycle more stupidly because they can't get past to undertake a left turning bus

Impatience got the better of me this morning and I overtook a right indicating 4x4.

Felt like a bit of a dick move but the 4x4 was broad enough to be blocking all traffic on it's/our side of the road, I couldn't undertake due to traffic jammed right up behind the 4x4 including a truck that was 1/2 in 1/2 out of a side street and the other side was blocked up too and noone was giving the 4x4 a gap to go through so I did at least evaluate it and decide it was safe.

Empty road after the 4x4 made feeling like a dick for a few seconds worthwhile.

Saw five squirrels within a quarter mile stretch of shared use path, are they hunting me?