This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Unless it's an absolute downpour (where nothing will prevent you from being soaked through), far more water is flicked up by tyres than falls on the same area from above.

Also water from above is clean, water flicked off the road isn't.

Touche.

While they call it an easy chair shooters hill with it on your back is still a bitch.

Weird rubbing noise, rear wheel had shifted and rubbing on the stay... clocked it after a few minutes. Also, numberplate-less car right behind me for five mins around aldgate area. Very suspicious, they didn't even accelerate to dangerously pass me.

London drivers celebrate easter by trying to make someone else die for their sins. Nice weather though

First commute from the new gaff in Barons court to Spitalfields... Sun was out, roads were quiet, nice chat with 2 cycle Police lads, all in all a solid 9/10 - would ride again...

Very cold fog/mist by the river lee flood plains. Much chilly, so nipples, loved it.

Waterloo Bridge seems to have been turned into a bus park over the Easter weekend.

Apparently it's still because Kingsway was closed. Causing blockages all over the West End.

Rode into work in my LFGSS jersey for the first time. No DAS. Much disappoint.

I got told off for using zebra crossing with kids the other night, I think he was talking out of his arse.

So if you are riding a bike across a zebra crossing on a bike or doing something else not strictly legal (grey area kids on bikes) then a car is not obliged to stop? It can legally cruise through you? Yeah fucking right! WAC!
Perhaps if you ride like a maniac across a zebra and a car hits you, you might be held partially responsible but it's a little different to what you did. In fact he was at fault, trying to block you with his car.
His main thrust is, because there are aggressive idiots that drive at people, you need to be told off to stop you being a potential victim.

I liked your explanation to your daughter: "because he's a police man I have to say yes, OK"
Patronizing cop speak, the only thing more annoying is that "This girl is on fire" song

A guy drove at my daughter when I was walking her to school, I was on my bike riding on the pavement at child walking speed, always deferring to any pedestrians (I did it every day for 2 years never got a complaint from a pedestrian, did however get 3 complaints from drivers*) As I crossed an entrance to a car park he drove at us. Then when I slapped his car went on to explain that in this country (France) we don't ride on the pavement. No but apparently you drive at kids on them in cars. Suffice to say one way or another he worked out that it would be a lot less hassle if he just let things that had nothing to do with him slide in future. The logic of the arsehole driver.

(*I rode my bike simply because it takes less space than walking it and I could move behind my daughter on the rare times there was a pedestrian)

Was hoping to go easy into work today after 4 days off the bike. 2 roadies put an end to that. Damn idiots spinning away from the lights but then can't make it stick so reeled them both in and spat them out the other end of commercial road.

Do you ride through Clapham and Borough? Someone got a mention on Bike Rader

'Also who buys a LFGSS jersey? surely that the most none LFGSS thing you can do? his tiny D lock looked out of place, how he was going to Dlock some c*nt with it I never know.'

Still can't work out what they are takling about

No, I ride from Clissold Park, through Islington and over Blackfriars. I'm glad someone else's tiny D lock was looking out of place too though.

Ate far too much white chocolate thorntons bunny last night and threw it all back up within a few streets this morning. Grim.
Also much colder than I expected but still really nice to be back on the bike after a week off

Just made me laugh so much that some coke zero came out my nose. Hoping against hope this appears on the Spotted thread...

I'm not London based and I'm pretty sure I wasn't seen so I'd be surprised if it did...
Pleased it entertained someone though

Ha, that could've been me this morning. Full team colours on display, plus D-lock in attendance. BR riders can >>>>>>>>>

Bit chilly, but lovely and sunny and incredibly quiet ride in. Must be all the parents taking the Easter holidays off work.

First time wearing armwarmers and they kept slipping down my beanpole arms, otherwise blinding commute. 9/10

Frost on the garage roofs this morning, ~3.5 degrees according to the thermometer, but a very pleasant ride in - although as AndyP observed earlier, Waterloo is a car-park at the moment.

Started off bloody freezing, but by the time I got to the jam at Waterloo, it was thoroughly enjoyable apart from the traffic. Easter holidays means very little traffic outside of Z1.

Love reading the silly commuter thread on BR, some people are complete twats, boasting how they were doing 1000mph down the OKR.

Great ride in today owing largely to the weather and Easter hols, 9/10
However... 200m from the office, pulling off at the lights on Charterhouse street my chain jumped off of the chain ring!
Still confused how it happened as the chain had no slack whatsoever and the bike is only 5 weeks old. Nice bloke in the workshop fitted a new chain and said the old one was stretched? This particular element was a definite 1/10.

9/10 + 1/10 = 10/10. Nice commute!

Love this weather! Please let it stay... Also lockring slipped this morning. was scary, chances I have stripped the threads? Is at a shop being looked at now.

Sadly the nice weather hasn't heightened the spritits of many drivers, all still very angry :(